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Aug 27 2008, AP

Western leaders warned Russia on Wednesday to “change course,” hoping to keep a conflict that already threatens a key nuclear pact and could even raise U.S. chicken prices from blossoming into a new Cold War.

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In this Nov. 2, 1956, file photo, Hungarian rebels wave Hungarian flag atop a Soviet tank captured in the main square in front of the houses of parliament in Budapest. The tensions mounted quickly like a scene from the Cold War: Russia using force to...