US to move on missile plan in Eastern Europe
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BRUSSELS -- The United States will proceed with its plans for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe whether or not agreement is reached on an alternative Russian proposal, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday.
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NATO appeared to make little progress Thursday in narrowing differences with Russia over U.S. plans to install missile defenses in eastern Europe despite an American offer to delay activating the bases until it has proof of a threat from Iran.
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BUDAPEST, Feb 19 (IPS) - The arguments put forward by the United States to   justify its project for a missile defence  base in Eastern  Europe are becoming less and less convincing to public  opinion  and experts  of the countries involved.
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Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted by Russian missiles if they agree to host a proposed U.S. missile defense system, a top Russian general warned yesterday.Comment
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Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted by Russian missiles if they agree to host a proposed U.S. missile defense system, a top Russian general warned Monday.Comment
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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, June 4 -- President Bush arrived here Monday to begin an eight-day visit to Europe, at a time when Russian President Vladimir Putin is threatening to retaliate against U.S. plans for a European missile defense system by aiming some of Russia's weapons at new targets on the continent.
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President Bush knows what he wants from Vladimir Putin's visit to his dad's seaside home. Convince Putin that a U.S. missile defense system in Eastern Europe would not threaten Russia. Bring the Kremlin behind tough new penalties aimed at Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program. Generally defrost relations.
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A US missile-defense system will be built in Poland despite Russia's anger over the plans, President Lech Kaczynski of Poland said yesterday at a meeting with President Bush. Kaczynski expressed confidence over the planned system, although Poland has held off a formal agreement to host it and pressed for concessions on issues including related military contracts. "The matter of the ...
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Polish and Czech leaders are to discuss a US missile shield, with Warsaw voicing concerns.
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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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President George W. Bush meets his Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski on Monday to iron out details of plans for a U.S. missile shield in eastern Europe that could strain relations with an already jittery Moscow.
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Russia may point missiles at Europe if the US goes ahead with its missile defence plans, President Vladimir Putin says.
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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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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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U.S. and Polish officials said on Tuesday they believe they can strike a deal which would allow U.S. missiles to be installed in Poland as part of a defensive shield for Europe.
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The United States said on Thursday it was "unfortunate" that a Russian official suggested Russia might move its missiles closer to western Europe if its proposals on a planned missile shield in Europe are ignored.