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NEWS ABOUT: anti missile bases

anti missile bases stories: 7 news summaries

(Newser) - One day after the US decided to scrap a missile-defense system that Russia opposed, NATO wants to make relations with Moscow even cozier. Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen proposed combining Russia's anti-missile defenses with those of NATO and the US, Reuters reports. He pitched it as a shared interest: "If... More »

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Russia • NATO • anti missile bases • missile defense system • Anders Fogh Rasmussen • NATO Secretary-General

Polish Pianist Launches Rant Against US at
LA Concert

Zimerman vows never to return to America

Apr 28, 09 4:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Famed Polish concert pianist Krystian Zimerman vowed to never again return to the US after his concert in Los Angeles last night, the Guardian reports. Dozens of audience members walked out as Zimerman, hailed as one of the greatest living pianists, delivered an anti-American tirade, accusing the US of wanting... More »

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Poland • anti missile bases • classical music • concert • piano • Krystian Zimerman

 Obama Offers Russians 
 Deal on Missile Shield 

Prez offers to nix Europe defense base in exchange for help disarming Iran

Mar 3, 09 1:39 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama has offered to cancel a new missile defense system in Eastern Europe if Russia will help stop Iran from developing long-range weapons, administration officials tell the New York Times. The agreement, outlined in a secret letter delivered to Moscow last month, would remove a major source of Russian-American... More »

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Iran • Russia • missile shield • anti missile bases • missile defense system • Dmitry Medvedev • Obama administration • President Obama

US and Russia Lock Horns over Kosovo, Missile Shield

Cold War fault lines rumble
at prelim G-8 summit

May 31, 07 4:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US counterpart Condi Rice butted heads during a sit-down with G-8 foreign ministers yesterday, over US plans to grant Kosovo independence and build a missile defense shield in the region. The entire group endorsed freeing Kosovo from Serbian control, the Washington Post reports, except... More »

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Russia • Serbia • missile shield • Poland • anti missile bases • Condoleezza Rice • nuclear weapons • Czech Republic • United States • Sergei Lavrov • Kosovo • independence • G8 summit • missile

Russia Tests New Missile System

Russian nuclear arsenal can now circumvent defense shields

May 30, 07 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia tested a new line of missiles yesterday that the Kremlin claims can penetrate any defense system. Putin took the opportunity to reiterate his warning that the US plan to to deploy an anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic will turn the region into a "powder keg,... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Russia • missile shield • anti missile bases • nuclear weapons • RS 24 • ICBMS • missile

Putin Lashes
Out at Foreign Meddlers

Repeats opposition to missile shield, pledge to step down next year

Apr 26, 07 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin threatened to stonewall a key defense treaty if the U.S. doesn't back down on anti-missile bases in Eastern Europe, and lashed out against "foreign meddlers" in Russian politics. In his annual speech to parliament, Putin also repeated his pledge to stand down when his term ends... More »

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Russia • Eastern Europe • anti missile bases • Vladimir Putin • missile • missile defense system

Gates Rebuffed By Moscow on Defense Plan

Russians not buying cooperation on anti-missile bases

Apr 23, 07 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Robert Gates was in Moscow today trying to soften Russian resistance to American anti-missile bases in Poland and the Czech Republic, but so far the Russians aren't buying. The Defense Secretary is pushing proposals that would invite the Russians to share data, cooperate on research, and participate in joint testing... More »

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Russia • Robert Gates • anti missile bases • Moscow • Anatoly Serdyukov • Vladimir Putin • missile

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