US general urges Obama to keep missile defense
WASHINGTON - The Air Force general who runs the Pentagon's missile defense projects said Wednesday that American interests would be "severely hurt" if President-elect Obama decided to halt plans developed by the Bush administration to install missile interceptors in Eastern Europe.
Nations:Poland Russia Activities:Obama Admin. U.S.-Russia Military Relations Source:(AP)
2008-11-12
Reports: Kremlin rejects US missile defense
MOSCOW - The Kremlin has rejected a second set of U.S. proposals offered to assuage increasingly strident Russian criticism of plans for an American missile-defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic, news agencies reported Wednesday.
Nations:Russia Poland People:Dmitry Medvedev Barack Obama Condoleezza Rice Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations Source:(AP)
2008-11-12
Oil jumps $6 on US-Russia tensions, sliding dollar
NEW YORK - Oil prices shot up $6 a barrel Thursday, rising to the highest level in over two weeks as escalating tensions with Russia stoked fears of a disruption of energy shipments to Western countries.
Nations:Poland Russia Japan Hungary Australia People:Condoleezza Rice Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-08-21
Russia blocks Georgia's main port city
POTI, Georgia - Russian forces blocked the only land entrance to Georgia's main port city on Thursday, a day before Russia promised to complete a troop pullout from its ex-Soviet neighbor.
Nations:Russia Turkey Poland People:Dmitry Medvedev Condoleezza Rice Activities:2008 Georgia War Source:(AP)
2008-08-21
Russia moves toward recognition of Georgian rebel zones
MOSCOW (AFP) - Moscow moved closer Wednesday to recognising the independence of two Georgian separatist regions at the centre of Caucasus conflict -- as a diplomatic onslaught with its former Cold War rivals gathered pace.
Nations:Russia France Turkey Poland People:Nicolas Sarkozy Dmitry Medvedev George W. Bush Activities:2008 Georgia War Russia-U.S. Source:(AFP)
2008-08-20
Rice signs missile defense deal with Poland
WARSAW, Poland - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated Russia to warn of a possible attack against the former Soviet satellite.
Nations:Russia Poland People:Condoleezza Rice Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations Source:(AP)
2008-08-20
Bush tells Russia to get out of Georgia
CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush warned Russia on Saturday against trying to pry loose two separatist regions in Georgia and said Moscow must end military operations in the West-leaning democracy that once was part of the Soviet empire.
Nations:Russia Poland Latvia People:Dmitry Medvedev Nicolas Sarkozy Robert Gates Stephen Harper Joseph Biden Condoleezza Rice Activities:2008 Georgia War Russia-U.S.
2008-08-17
Russian forces pull back from Igoeti's center
IGOETI, Georgia - Russian forces pulled back Saturday from positions in a town not far from Georgia's capital after the Russian president signed a cease-fire deal, but his foreign minister said the withdrawal would be contingent on further security measures.
Nations:Russia Poland People:Dmitry Medvedev Condoleezza Rice Activities:2008 Georgia War Source:(AP)
2008-08-16
West presses for end to Georgia conflict
TBILISI, Georgia - Western leaders engaged in intense diplomacy Friday to persuade Russia to pull troops out of Georgia, but regional tensions soared after a top Russian general warned that Poland could face attack over its missile defense deal with the United States.
Nations:Poland Russia People:Dmitry Medvedev Robert Gates Angela Merkel Condoleezza Rice Activities:2008 Georgia War
2008-08-15
Russian convoy heads into Georgia, violating truce
OUTSIDE GORI, Georgia - Russian troops and paramilitaries thrust deep into Georgia on Wednesday, rolling into the strategic city of Gori and violating the truce designed to end the six-day war that has uprooted 100,000 people and scarred the Georgian landscape.
Nations:Russia Estonia Latvia Lithuania Ukraine Poland People:Dmitry Medvedev Activities:2008 Georgia War Source:(AP)
2008-08-13
Russia's Medvedev halts military action in Georgia
TBILISI, Georgia - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of air and land attacks sent Georgia's army into a headlong retreat and left ports, military bases, towns and homes smoldering.
Nations:Russia Poland Estonia Latvia Lithuania Ukraine People:Dmitry Medvedev Nicolas Sarkozy Activities:2008 Georgia War Source:(AP)
2008-08-12
2007 deadliest for US troops in Iraq
The second half of 2007 saw violence drop dramatically in Iraq, but the progress came at a high price: The year was the deadliest for the U.S. military since the 2003 invasion, with 899 troops killed.
Nations:Iraq Poland Australia People:David Petraeus Activities:Second Gulf War
2007-12-30
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