Prez catches Canada off-guard with ballistic missile defence plan
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HALIFAX: President Bush caught Canadian officials off guard in calling openly for joint action on a continental missile defence shield.
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A Russian general has threatened a tough response if the United States goes ahead with a plan to site a missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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RIDLEY PARK, Pa.  - President Bush defended his pursuit of a costly missile defense system on Tuesday and said those who oppose the idea do not understand the dangers the country faces in the 21st century.
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President Bush, in Pennsylvania, said that opponents of a missile defense system were putting the nation's security at risk.
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President Bush and Polish President Lech Kaczynski on Monday defended plans for a missile defense shield fiercely opposed by Russia.
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TORONTO -- The reelection of President Bush is pushing the Canadian government toward a decision it had hoped to avoid: whether to join a new U.S. system designed to shoot down any missile headed for North America.
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These are not the best days in political life, on either side of the border that divides North America. Canadian politics is in an advanced state of drift, the Prime Minister and premiers posturing over competing
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President Bush's trip North of the border will be akin to a polite dance where he'll try to avoid missteps that could create more anti-Americanism in Canada. For his part, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin will want to avoid looking as if he's bending to U.S. will on trade and security issues.
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There is little doubt that Prime Minister Paul Martin took the path of least resistance in his handling of Quebec at last week&#39;s medicare summit.
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Canada&#39;s defence minister said he could not rule out suing the British government over the purchase of four second-hand submarines.
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MOSCOW - New nuclear weapons systems being developed in Russia could include a missile designed to defeat the US missile defence shield.
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Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted by Russian missiles if they agree to host a proposed U.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The United States is optimistic Canada will sign on to President George W. Bush's missile defence plan before the end of March, American Ambassador Paul Cellucci has told The Canadian Press.
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The commander of Russia's strategic missile force says Russia is capable of targeting U.S. missile defense sites if they are built in the Czech Republic and Poland.Comment
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FREDERICTON (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin says he never felt bullied during a private conversation on missile defence with U.S. President George W. Bush during Bush's recent visit to Ottawa.
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MONTREAL (CP) - The Quebec wing of the Liberal Party of Canada overwhelmingly adopted a resolution Saturday calling for Canada to abstain from participating in the American ballistic missile defence plan.
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Analysis: Just as the U.S. missile-defense system has yet to prove itself effective, so too have Washington's policies for dealing with the reclusive regime