U.S.-Russia relations tense on eve of G8 summit
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Russia took a fresh swipe at the United States on Tuesday over its missile shield plans, raising tensions on the eve of a big power summit that could also expose divisions on climate change and aid for Africa.
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Is a tense meeting in the cards for President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin? "Could be," even Bush admits.
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President Bush will host the Russian president in Kennebunkport, Me., where the two leaders are to discuss several issues that have curdled relations between Washington and Moscow.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - U.S. President George W. Bush criticized Russia on democracy on Tuesday but sought to calm President Vladimir Putin's anger over U.S. missile shield plans on the eve of a G8 summit in Germany.
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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.
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POTSDAM, Germany  - Russia and the United States sparred over Kosovo and U.S. missile shield plans on Wednesday, souring a meeting aimed at preparing the ground for next week's Group of Eight summit on the Baltic coast.
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G8 leaders will hold their first full day of talks amid climate change discord and a rift between Russia and the West.
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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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SOFIA, Bulgaria  - Russia and the United States on  Tuesday clashed over efforts to win influence in Ukraine and  other former Soviet republics, with Moscow warning the West  against interference and Washington rejecting the charge.
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President George W. Bush will host Russia's President Vladimir Putin in July amid tensions over U.S. plans to build a missile shield in Europe and criticism that Moscow is retreating on democracy.
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US President George W. Bush on Tuesday accused Russia of derailing democratic reforms, in a speech likely to widen a bitter rift with Moscow on the eve of the G8 leaders summit in Germany.
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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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SOFIA, Bulgaria -- The United States and Russia clashed yesterday at a European security forum over the crisis of Ukraine's disputed election, elevating an increasingly tense debate over democracy in former Soviet republics.
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Tensions between Britain and Russia have been aggravated by the poisoning death of a former Russian spy in London &#151; an issue that could strain sensitive negotiations on issues as diverse as energy, NATO expansion, and the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea.
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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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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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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Major powers at a G8 summit were deadlocked on Friday over the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo, with Russia resisting the terms of a French plan to delay a U.N. vote on its independence.