Geneva, June 01, SPA -- The United States and Russia began Monday their second round of talks on a follow-up to an expiring cold-war era nuclear arms reduction treaty, DPA reported. "The delegations have begun talks today at 11 o'clock," said anofficial at the Russian mission to Geneva, where the meeting wastaking place. The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, reaches its end in December, and the two nuclear powers have agreed to work to hammer out a new deal. This round, coming on the heels of the first session held lastmonth in Moscow, was expected to go for three days.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/670181