US-Russia row looms over G8 talks
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US President Bush and other G8 leaders are in Germany for a summit overshadowed by US-Russia tensions.
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BERLIN -- Germany and some of its partners in the Group of 8 leading industrial economies are bracing for a major conflict with the United States at a summit meeting next week, with the Bush administration expected to block a declaration on global warming, European officials said during the weekend.
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Climate change and Russian concerns over an American missile defense plan are expected to dominate todayâs meeting of wealthy democracies.
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The United States and Russia are butting heads over the breakaway region of Kosovo, which is awaiting a final U.N. recommendation on whether it will become an independent nation or remain part of Serbia.
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Six years after they first met, and US President George W. Bush reported gazing into Russian President Vladimir Putin&#39;s soul, the two leaders face tense talks here at the G8 summit on Thursday.
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MOSCOW, Jun 7 (IPS) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to  reaffirm his disagreement with Washington's view of Russian  democracy, reiterate objections to the proposed U.S. missile  shield in Eastern Europe and give more meaningful explanations on  the rules of the international community at the Group of Eight  (G8) summit under way in Germany this week, analysts say.
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The G-8 summit that President Bush and seven other world leaders are attending next weekend in Russia is often billed as a gathering of the world&#039;s leading economic powers.
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US President George W. Bush sought Tuesday to soothe Moscow&#39;s fury at Washington&#39;s plans to extend its anti-missile shield in Europe, saying on the eve of the G8 summit that Russia was &quot;not our enemy.&quot;
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A row breaks out between the US and Russia as Washington accuses Moscow of bullying its smaller neighbours.
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WASHINGTON -- The top US and Russian diplomats yesterday tried to play down concerns about a Cold War revival set off by President Vladimir Putin's assertion that Washington is fostering a global arms race.
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Russia criticized the United States on Wednesday for its willingness to hold talks with Chechens agitating for independence and suggested the issue could harm bilateral relations.
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When Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for the annual G-8 gathering of the world's industrialized power next week, he may be greeted with tense smiles and strained pleasantries.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and European Union leaders were to hold a summit on Friday at which hosts Portugal intended to patch up relations with Moscow despite brewing disputes.
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The Bush administration says it will host a meeting of G8 diplomats this week in Washington in a bid to resolve a nuclear impasse with Iran.
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President Vladimir Putin is expected to assert a Russian view of global security sharply at odds with that of the United States, when he speaks at a security conference.
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Emergency talks on a key arms control pact began in restrained fashion on Tuesday with Russia, the United States and NATO states all at pains not to escalate East-West confrontation, the U.S. and Russian delegations said.
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Russia's plan to quit an arms control treaty tightens already tense ties with the U.S. and adds new friction to the dispute over the Bush administration's intentions for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe.