Nato wary on joint missile shield
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Nato reacts cautiously to a Russian proposal to form a joint missile defence system with the US.
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NATO led criticism on Monday of  President Vladimir Putin&#39;s latest attack on a planned U.S.  missile shield, but Western reaction was generally muted ahead  of a Group of Eight (G8) encounter with Putin this week.
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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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"It seems to me that the Americans are starting to better understand our concerns"  NOORDWIJK, Netherlands : NATO appeared to make little progress Thursday in narrowing differences with Russia over plans by the United States to install a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, even after ... via International Herald Tribune
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WIESBADEN, Germany  - Germany stepped up calls on Friday for NATO talks on creating a missile defense shield for Europe, a day after the United States vowed to press ahead with its system without alliance approval.
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Tension among key allies over the war in Afghanistan spilled into the open on Wednesday as NATO rejected U.S. criticism that some of its troops did not know how to fight a guerrilla insurgency.
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NATO said on Monday it was very concerned at Russia's decision to suspend participation in a landmark treaty limiting armed forces in post-Cold War Europe amid growing tension over a U.S. missile shield.
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"Nobody wants any finger-pointing." NATO leaders meet this week in Riga, Latvia where the struggling mission in Afghanistan is expected to top the agenda.Comment
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Nato to fight WMD with instant sun? A group of former senior military officials has said that Nato must be prepared to launch pre-emptive nuclear strikes to "ward off the use of weapons of mass destruction by its enemies", the Telegraph reports.â¦
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JINCE, Czech Republic  - Once a frontline Soviet base, the Brdy military complex could host part of a planned U.S. anti-missile shield and local residents feel they are back in the firing line.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany -- Russia and the United States yesterday appeared to step back from their confrontation over a planned US missile shield, as President Bush said Moscow was not a menace to Europe and the foreign minister of Russia withdrew a threat to pull out of a conventional arms treaty.
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The United States vowed on Thursday to press ahead with a plan for a missile defense shield in eastern Europe to guard against attack from Iran, with or without the approval of NATO allies.
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Germany's foreign minister on Monday called for a calm debate within the European Union, the NATO alliance and with Russia on U.S. plans to develop an anti-missile shield in Europe.
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The head of NATO urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to engage more closely with the alliance to bridge differences over Kosovo and U.S. plans for a missile defense shield.
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Polish and Czech leaders are to discuss a US missile shield, with Warsaw voicing concerns.
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There was little sign of agreement between NATO member states over who was pulling their weight in Afghanistan, ahead of a meeting of defence ministers in Vilnius Thursday.
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WARSAW -- Poland's new government is threatening to put the brakes on the Pentagon's drive to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, insisting that the project cannot go forward unless the country receives a big increase in U.S. military aid and other commitments.