PLESETSK COSMODROME, Russia (Reuters) – President Dmitry Medvedev oversaw the test firing of an intercontinental Topol missile on Sunday and vowed to commission new generation weapons for Russia’s armed forces.

VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuanians began voting in a parliamentary election on Sunday against a backdrop of double-digit inflation and fears its once high flying economy will be sucked into the global financial crisis.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan and NATO-led forces killed 65 Taliban militants preparing to attack the provincial capital of the southern province of Helmand, the provincial governor’s spokesman Daud Ahmadi said on Sunday.