Putin arms threat may steal headlines at G8 summit
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Group of Eight leaders seeking to focus on climate change and Africa at their summit this week may find it hard not to be distracted by the Russian bear glowering in the room.
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Guess who's not coming to dinner? Vladimir Putin was not invited to NATO's first summit in a country once incorporated into the Soviet Union, but that did not stop rumors that the Russian leader might show up for a meal anyway.
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The Russian-Georgian spying row, Germany's Afghan mission and a French Socialist leader's decision to bow out of the presidential race are key concerns in European papers on Friday.
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BERLIN, May 18 (IPS) - The United States appears to be cooling off to some  key concerns at the G8 heads of state  summit next month.
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Dailies in Germany are interested in Chancellor Schroeder's meeting with President Putin. Their Russian counterparts continue to ponder events in Ukraine, and Turkey's bid for EU membership puts in yet another appearance.
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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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President Vladimir Putin lashed out at Vice President Dick Cheney ahead of this weekend&#039;s G-8 summit, calling his recent criticisms of Russia &quot;an unsuccessful hunting shot,&quot; according to a television interview broadcast Wednesday.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - U.S. President George W. Bush sought to calm tensions with Moscow on Thursday ahead of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Group of Eight (G8) summit in Germany.
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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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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - The G8 summit reached deadlock on Friday over independence for the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo, with Russia rebuffing France's bid to avert Moscow's threatened veto by delaying a U.N. vote.
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Ankara hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin last week just prior to the critical December 17th Summit of EU leaders on Turkey&#39;s membership bid.
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President Vladimir Putin warned on Tuesday that Russia could be forced to redirect its missiles towards Ukraine if Kiev joined the NATO military alliance.
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SCHLESWIG, Germany - Lucrative energy deals, the sell-off of stricken oil group Yukos and a fresh initiative for Chechnya were to top the agenda of a second day of talks Tuesday between Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard
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Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes for a productive summit with the European Union on Friday despite his opposing views on how to deal with Iran and Kosovo.
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Differences over trade, energy, human rights and international policy look set to mark the EU-Russia summit.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has met Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G8 summit Friday, with relations between the two countries at a post-Soviet low.
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President Vladimir V. Putin proposed that Russia and the West study emerging missile threats jointly.