NATO Backs Missile Shield Over Russian Protest

NATO foreign ministers today praised America's planned missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic as making a "substantial contribution" to protecting Europe from long-range ballistic missiles. The United States insists that the shield is primarily...

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US Won’t Participate as Cluster Bomb Ban Signed

Most of the world's nations met today in Oslo, Norway to sign a treaty banning the use, stockpile, transfer, and manufacture of cluster munitions. Among those agreeing to the ban were most NATO members, including Britain, France, Germany, and Australia. Conspicuously...

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