U.S. missile plan triggers NATO tensions
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A U.S. plan to base a missile defense system in eastern Europe triggered friction among NATO allies on Monday as the Czech Republic rejected criticism of talks with Washington over its possible participation.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin sought anew Monday to bat down U.S. plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, proposing that the system be expanded and largely Russian-based.
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The United States has proposed keeping parts of its missile defense shield on "stand-by" short of full readiness in a bid to soothe Russian concerns, U.S. officials and NATO envoys said on Tuesday.
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NATO was expected to discuss on Thursday possible extension of a planned U.S. missile defense to the alliance's vulnerable southeastern flank and may express interest in Kremlin proposals for cooperation in the shield.
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Vocal demands from America for more Nato troops to fight the Taleban has fuelled diplomatic tensions, writes the BBC's Caroline Wyatt.
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Europe is in a serious tug of war situation. On one side America wants it in its age-old traditional mode of preserving Western Union of Nations through NATO.
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NATO reacted cautiously on Friday to a  Russian offer for the United States to use a Russian-controlled  radar in Azerbaijan for a missile defense shield, questioning  whether its location was ideal.
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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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The United States urged NATO on Wednesday to produce plans to take control of all military operations in Afghanistan, possibly from next year, in a call which spooked some of its alliance partners.
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BERLIN -- Setting an uncompromising tone before the start of the Group of Eight summit meeting in Germany on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow would be forced to find missile targets of its own in Europe if the United States built its missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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NATO reacted cautiously on Friday to a Russian offer for the United States to use a Russian-controlled radar in Azerbaijan for a missile defense shield, questioning whether its location was ideal.
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Polish and Czech leaders spoke on Monday  in favor of allowing the United States to use their territory  for parts of an anti-missile defense system that has raised  Russian ire, saying it would also protect Europe.
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NATO's secretary-general has warned that a proposed U.S. missile defense system risks splitting the alliance between those the program would protect and those it would not, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
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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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A U.S. missile-defense system will  be built in Poland despite Russia&#39;s anger over the plans,  Polish President Lech Kaczynski said on Monday after a meeting  with U.S. President George W. Bush.
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Sharp differences between the United States and Russia over President Bush's plan to build a missile defense system on Moscow's doorstep are likely to dominate talk during Bush's European tour.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday U.S. plans to install a missile defense system in Europe increased the chances of a nuclear conflict.