The United States pressed the Security Council on Monday to scale back the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea by the end of the month after the Horn of Africa neighbors failed to make progress last week in meeting council demands. Russia, however, opposed trimming the 3,300-strong U.N. force preserving a shaky peace between the former foes after their two-year border war, which ended in a 2000 peace deal. Full Story