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NEWS ABOUT: Iron Curtain

Iron Curtain stories: 4 news summaries
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 Germany Celebrates 
 Fall of the Wall  

Twenty years later, unified country celebrates togetherness

Nov 9, 09 5:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Fireworks illuminated the rainy skies above Berlin as Germans and high-profile visitors came together today to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall exactly 20 years ago. President Obama unexpectedly joined the festivities—in a video greeting introduced by Hillary Clinton. "There could be no clearer rebuke of tyranny,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • communism • Angela Merkel • Berlin • East Germany • Berlin Wall • Communism • West Germany • Iron Curtain • President Obama

 Russia Issues
 Nuke Threat
 to Poland

Nation 'exposed' to strike if it hosts US base, general warns

Aug 16, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A top Russian general warned yesterday that Poland would be "100% exposed" to nuclear attack if it follows through with plans to host a US missile defense system, reports the Times of London. The agreement "cannot go unpunished," the general warned in the first direct threat from... More »

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Russia • Poland • nuclear weapons • Kremlin • missile defense system • Iron Curtain

 Medvedev Blasts US 'Fairy Tales' About Defense Shield

Timing of Polish deal says it all to Russia government

Aug 15, 08 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - US-Russian relations took another turn for the worse today with Moscow lashing out at America's new missile-defense deal with Poland. Dmitry Medvedev said the system will be aimed at Russia and denounced as "fairy tales" the US contention that it will deter strikes from rogue nations such as Iran,... More »

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Russia • Poland • Georgia • missile defense system • Dmitry Medvedev • Iron Curtain

Europe's Border Set to Move Farther East

Passport-free zone adds 9 nations—and some new worries

Dec 19, 07 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - The Iron Curtain moves east Friday as nine countries in Eastern Europe join the no-passport-needed Schengen travel zone, allowing citizens to travel from Estonia to Portugal. As many of the new EU member states join the zone, the Times of London travels to the Slovenia-Croatia border, one of the spots... More »

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European Union • Schengen zone • Slovenia Croatia border • Iron Curtain

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