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Fri 08 Aug 2008Poland agrees to install US-controlled missiles
POLAND/US:WARSAW AND Washington have signed a preliminary agreement to install 10 American missile interceptors in Poland, as concerns over the Georgian conflict helped break an 18-month deadlock.
Prime minister Donald Tusk appeared on national television yesterday evening, announcing that US negotiators had agreed to help boost Poland's air defences in exchange for it hosting part of Washington's missile shield.
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