Bush says U.S. missile shield in Europe needed
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President George W. Bush insisted on  Tuesday a missile shield in Europe was needed for the security  of the United States and its NATO allies.
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President Bush strongly defended his plans to build missile defenses in Europe, arguing that Iran posed an urgent threat to some NATO allies.
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Russia issued a veiled threat on Wednesday to deploy rockets in its Kaliningrad region bordering the European Union if the United States built a missile defence shield in central Europe.
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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia threatened to point Russian missiles at Europe if the U.S. builds its missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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President Bush signaled Friday the United States will press ahead with a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe despite Russia's heated objections. Poland's president expressed support for installing interceptor rockets in his country.
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US President George W. Bush on Tuesday kicked off a whirlwind European tour in the Czech Republic -- focus of a bitter row with Russia over plans to deploy a US missile defence shield in Central Europe.
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President George W. Bush said on Monday  said he hoped that a plan for U.S. and Russian experts to  analyze each other&#39;s proposal for a missile defense shield  would be beneficial.
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US President George W. Bush, on the last leg of his European tour, is set for talks Monday with Bulgarian leaders about the proposed expansion of the US anti-missile defence shield in Europe.
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday proposed expanding an anti-missile defense system for Europe and bringing NATO on board at talks with US President George W. Bush.
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U.S. President George W. Bush tried to calm rising tensions with Moscow over a planned missile defense system ahead of a meeting Thursday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the world's richest nations.
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PRAGUE, June 4 -- President Bush arrived here Monday to begin an eight-day visit to Europe, at a time when Russia is angry over U.S. plans for a Europe-based anti-missile system and allies on the Continent are pressing Washington to back U.N. action on global warming.
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President says Russia could target missiles at neighbour if US missile shield deployed there
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Â· Bush 'apeing Soviet Union with missile shield' planÂ· Tactic may scare off EU states from hosting bases
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The Bush administration is  optimistic it can strike a deal with Poland to house defensive  missiles on Polish soil as part of a missile shield for Europe,  a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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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 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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BUDAPEST, Jun 3 (IPS) - U.S. President George W. Bush is visiting the   Czech Republic and Poland this week as part of Washington's  ongoing  diplomatic effort to convince the region's leaders  of the need for a  missile defence system in Eastern Europe --  revealing a potential new  division amongst European countries.