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Putin warns Europe over U.S. anti-missile plans
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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A UK request that a former KGB agent be extradited over the murder of Alexander Litvinenko is "pure foolishness", Russian President Vladimir Putin says. (article 6)
Is there not someone, anyone, with enough clout in the White House to tell U.S. President George Bush or whoever is overseeing this "strategic missile system" that it is pure madness? There has to be someone. (article 7)
Putin has raised tensions over controversial US plans to install a missile defence shield in Poland and the Czech Republic by threatening to target Russian missiles at Europe. (article 5)
Speaking to reporters ahead of this week's G-8 meetings, Putin said Russia would have to respond to the threat of US missiles in Europe. (article 5)
Putin warned Sunday that his military would respond to a planned American missile defense system near its borders by aiming its missiles at U.S. military bases in Europe. (article 3)
Putin assailed the White House plan to place a radar system in the nearby Czech Republic and interceptor missiles in neighboring Poland two Eastern European countries that were in the Soviet orbit during the Cold War era. (article 3)
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Putin, Russia, missile, Europe, kramer |
Source articles
- Administration Rebukes Putin on His Policies (nytimes.com, 06/01/2007, 1119 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > WORLD (FOX News, 06/03/2007, 15 words)
- Russia Warns U.S. on Missile Defense (baltimoresun.com, 06/03/2007, 595 words)
- Putin warns Europe over U.S. anti-missile plans (cbc.ca, 06/03/2007, 645 words)
- Putin threatens to target missiles at Europe (ft.com, 06/03/2007, 549 words)
- Litvinenko demand foolish (BBC News, 06/04/2007, 327 words)
- Putin raises spectre of nuclear war in Europe-News-World-Europe-TimesOnline (timesonline.co.uk, 06/04/2007, 110 words)
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