DEAUVILLE, France -- It is no simple thing to push the "reset" button on U.S.-Russian relations.

Trying to move beyond years of inherited mistrust, President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev claimed progress Thursday but achieved no breakthrough on a U.S. missile defence plan that Moscow is concerned could threaten its security.

The two leaders went out of their way to stress -- four times over -- that their relationship was good But Medvedev also acknowledged: "It does not mean that we'll have common views and coinciding views on all the issues. It's impossible."

And a White House aide acknowledged that on the missile defence question, for years th ...

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