U.S. lobbies Europe over disputed missile shield plan
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The top U.S. missile defense official is in Europe this week to try to convince skeptics like Germany that the plan will not provoke a new arms race between the West and Russia, U.S. and European officials said.
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The U.S. anti-missile system, a part of which is to be a radar to be stationed in the Czech Republic, will protect Europe, British Minister of State for Europe Geoff Hoon, said at a discussion organised staged ...Comment
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Russia's new proposal for a missile defense system in Europe is far afield from what the United States has in mind and unlikely to garner much support, defense analysts said Thursday.
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"Currently, there's no protection in Europe against the intermediate-range or long-range weapons"  The head of the United States' missile defense program sought Wednesday to bolster Washington's argument for anti-missile sites in Europe by warning that Iran has sped up development of long-range missiles. via The Oregonian
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Polish lawmakers expect to discuss in the next few days a U.S. request to set up part of a planned missile defense system in Poland, the prime minister said Tuesday.
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The US may delay activating its Europe-based missile defence shield, Defence Secretary Robert Gates says.
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Britain is holding talks with the United  States about participating in a U.S. plan for a missile defense  shield, the government said on Friday.
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NATO defence ministers agreed on Thursday to explore building a "bolt-on" anti-missile system that would plug gaps in a planned U.S. shield in Europe.
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NATO&#39;s secretary-general mounted a stout  defense of Washington&#39;s missile shield plan on Monday, the day  before meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin when the issue  is likely to top the agenda.
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NATO's secretary-general mounted a stout defense of Washington's missile shield plan on Monday, the day before meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin when the issue is likely to top the agenda.
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The UK and US are discussing whether to site a US anti-ballistic missile defences on UK soil, sources say.
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Central European Social Democrat parties  rejected on Thursday a U.S. plan to build part of its missile  defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, saying it  threatened to bring about a new arms race.
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President George W. Bush and Poland's president on Monday emphasized the need to build a missile defense system in Europe that has strained relations with Russia.
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The socialist leaders of six central European nations signed a declaration on Friday, Sept. 14, condemning US plans to base its missile defense shield on European soil. In what will be a massive blow to the United States' plans to base its missile defense shield in Central Europe, left-wing leaders from the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia plus Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer and Germany's Social Democratic Party chief Kurt Beck condemned the plan
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The Czech prime minister told a summit of 15 European leaders Friday that a planned missile defense system, parts of which the United States wants to base in the Czech Republic and Poland, is vital to Europe's security.
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NATO ministers on Thursday explored U.S. missile defense plans for Europe and considered Russia's surprise offer to include a radar base in Azerbaijan in the missile shield.
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Belarus offered to help Russian President Vladimir Putin resist U.S. plans for a missile defence shield in Eastern Europe on Friday, boosting the Kremlin's campaign against what it sees as Western military expansion.