Polish Troops Face War Crimes in Afghanistan

PRAGUE - Poland has woken up to the possibility that its troops in Afghanistan were involved in a war crime against defenseless civilians. The reported events have shocked a public which remains sensitive to the performance of its country's military missions abroad....

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NIE Bolsters Czech Opposition to US Radar Base

PRAGUE - A report by U.S. intelligence services minimizing the Iranian threat has meant another embarrassment for Czech politicians supportive of U.S. plans to set up a radar base in Central-Eastern Europe. The radar system – which Washington claims will protect...

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Czech Republic: US Radar Provokes PR War

The Czech government has begun an 890,000-dollar information campaign supporting the U.S. plan to set up a radar station in the Czech Republic. Opponents of the plan – led by the Social Democrats – want some of that money to fund alternative information...

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US, Russia at Impasse on Radar

PRAGUE - The US proposal to set up an anti-missile defense system in Eastern Europe has drawn the Czech Republic into a high-level diplomatic debate between Moscow and Washington for which they may not be fully prepared. The defense system would have two elements: a...

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US Missile Defense
Splits Europe

BUDAPEST - U.S. President George W. Bush is visiting the Czech Republic and Poland this week as part of Washington's ongoing diplomatic effort to convince the region's leaders of the need for a missile-defense system in Eastern Europe – revealing a potential new...

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US Base Revives Cold War Feelings

BUDAPEST - The U.S. missile defense system to be deployed in Eastern Europe is becoming a matter for concern in all of Europe. Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France are now worried and demand talks. The missile defense system, allegedly aimed at protecting the West from...

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Opposition to US Base in Eastern Europe Rises

BUDAPEST - The arguments put forward by the United States to justify its project for a missile defense base in Eastern Europe are becoming less and less convincing to the publics and experts of the countries involved. The United States intends to set up an...

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Hawks and Doves Clash Over US Base in Czech Rep.

BUDAPEST - The new right-wing government of the Czech Republic, eager to prove its "prestige" as a reliable ally of the United States, last week started negotiations for the setting up of a military base in the Czech Republic. It will not be easy. Czech neo-liberal...

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