Russia has threatened military action if a US anti-missile shield is set up near its borders, according to a statement on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website.
The announcement came just hours after the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed a missile defence deal with the Czech Republic in Prague. The treaty allows the US to build and operate a radar base near Prague as part of a missile defence system. Washington claims the shield is necessary to ward off Prague police bust group of dangerous bank robbers ...
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IAEA says Iran's nuclear activities serious concern ... potential attacks by so-called "rogue" states such as Iran. The shield plan is widely opposed by Czech citizens, and the country's centre-right government may have to rely on opposition votes to ratify the treaty.
(Deutsche Welle)
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