US confirms missile shield plans
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The US defence secretary confirms plans for a controversial missile defence shield in eastern Europe.
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WASHINGTON -- Poland's foreign minister said Friday his country has reached an agreement in principle with the United States on plans to install a U.S. missile defense system in Polish territory.
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President Bush remains intent on deploying a multibillion-dollar shield as an &quot;important deterrent&quot; against ballistic missile attack, the White House said on Thursday, a
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American interceptor missiles are to be stationed on British soil after Tony Blair agreed a secret deal with the United States, it has been reported.
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The United States may start building a missile shield in Poland in February 2008, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said in an interview published in a Russian newspaper on Monday.
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The countryÂs missile defense system passed a crucial test today, the Pentagon announced.
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MOSCOW - Russia's military yesterday waved aside as nothing new a fresh US proposal for a plan to station part of a missile defense shield in eastern Europe.
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The United States has proposed delaying the activation of parts of its European missile defense shield if Russia cooperates on the project, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday.
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President Bush remains intent on  deploying a multibillion-dollar shield as an "important  deterrent" against ballistic missile attack, the White House  said on Thursday, a day after the system's first flight test in  two years ended in failure.
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Czech and Polish leaders back a US plan to install missile defence facilities on their territory.
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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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PRAGUE -- President Bush presented a determined argument yesterday for support of a US missile-defense system to be deployed here and in Poland, and he said Russia had nothing to fear from the weaponry.
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Proposals put forward by Washington to ease Russian concerns over the planned missile shield in Europe are "positive signs," a senior Kremlin aide said on Wednesday.
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Poland expects to sign an agreement with  the United States by October to allow parts of a U.S.  anti-missile shield to be built on Polish soil, a Polish  official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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President says Russia could target missiles at neighbour if US missile shield deployed there
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BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell on the US plan to bring its missile shield to Europe, and the European response.
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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.