Official: Anti-Missile Plan Threatens EU
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"Decisions that have consequences for all of Europe must not be allowed to undermine European unity"  A senior Council of Europe official warned Monday that U.S. plans for a missile defense system based in eastern Europe could undermine the continent's unity.The Czech Republic has agreed to start negotiations on building a radar base southwest of Prague, while Poland is considering a proposal to host interceptor missiles.'The proposals to base part of the U.S. anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic risk creating new tensions,' said Dutch Senator Rene van der Linden, who chairs the Parliamentary Assembly of the 46-nation Council of Europe. Read more
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Russia issued a veiled warning on Friday that it could deploy rockets in its Kaliningrad enclave bordering the European Union if Washington does not draw back from its missile defence plans.
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The US has told the European Union it risks the loss of military technology cooperation with the Pentagon if the EU lifts its arms embargo on China, the Financial Times said, citing unidentified Pentagon officials.
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Homeland Security Secretary Michael  Chertoff said on Wednesday that one of the biggest threats to  U.S. security may now come from within Europe.
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A European Union arms embargo to Myanmar is under threat from an Indian project to sell an attack helicopter to the military regime, Amnesty International said in a report.
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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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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warned Wednesday of "consequences" for the European Union's political and trade relations with neighboring Ukraine if the government there does not allow a full review of contested presidential election results.
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The head of the United States' missile defense program sought Wednesday to bolster Washington's argument for anti-missile sites in Europe by warning that Iran has sped up development of long-range missiles.
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Lawmakers from Prime Minister Tony Blair's governing Labour party plan a major rebellion Wednesday over proposals for a new multibillion dollar nuclear missile defense system, a program critics claim risks undermining efforts to halt the weapons ambitions of Iran and others.
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PRAGUE, Czech Republic  -- The United States might delay activating its proposed missile defense sites in Europe until it has ''definitive proof'' of a missile threat from Iran, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.
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Nato condemns Russia's threat to aim weapons at Europe over the planned US missile defence shield.
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The United States might delay activating its proposed missile defense sites in Europe until it has "definitive proof" of a missile threat from Iran, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's plan to commission a new multibillion-dollar nuclear missile defense system risks justifying the actions of regimes seeking to illicitly develop atomic weapons, a panel of lawmakers said Wednesday.
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In a statement reflecting the growing distrust between Moscow and the West, a top Russian general on Monday warned that Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted by Russian missiles if they agree to ...Comment
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Part of imminent 'ambitious counter terrorism package' European Union Justice, Freedom (sic) &amp; Security Commissioner Franco Frattini yesterday turned up the volume on terror threats, ahead of the EU's adoption of "an ambitious counter terrorism package" next month. Terrorists, said Frattini, seek new technology, could deploy bioterrorism with devastating effect, and if they got hold of weapons of mass destruction "the consequences would be catastrophic."â¦
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Russia's threat to aim its missiles at targets in Europe is out of step with the spirit of NATO-Russian partnership, the alliance's chief said on Tuesday after talks with President Vladimir Putin.
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Why European counter-terror officials share U.S. concerns of an imminent threat