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US and Poland sign missile shield deal
The United States and Poland signed a deal to station elements of a US missile defence shield in Poland– in a move finalised after Moscow's intervention in Georgia – as Syrian president Bashar al-Assad visited Moscow seeking to acquire Russian cruise missiles

Sarkozy in Kabul after French troop deaths
President Nicolas Sarkozy said he had no regrets about sending 700 more troops to Afghanistan, after insurgents killed 10 French soldiers, the biggest single loss for foreign forces in combat since 2001

Nato tells Russia: no 'new line' in Europe
The western alliance has suspended top-level ties with Russia and told the Kremlin that it could not draw a 'new line' in Europe preventing Georgia and other countries from joining Nato

UK tries to offload Typhoon fighters
Talks have been held with countries including Japan about offloading large numbers of Eurofighter Typhoons that the Ministry of Defence has ordered but can no longer afford

Moscow begins troop pullback
Russia withdrew a unit of its troops from outside the Georgian city of Gori, as the head of its intelligence service accused its southern neighbour of planning terrorist acts

Kremlin wins propaganda war at home
Russian public opinion polls indicate that the government and its media allies have succeeded in winning public support for the military campaign in Georgia that has been condemned in the west

A papal warning
Italy's anti-immigration measures are counter-productive – the key is to manage integration, not to inflame prejudice against the least protected

Kiev debt costs rise over Moscow worries
The cost of insuring Ukraine's debt against restructuring or default rose to its highest since the 2004 Orange Revolution, as investors fretted that the Kremlin's spat with the west could spill over

Müntefering returns to Berlin and struggling party
The power battle within Germany's Social Democratic Party could take a new turn when Franz Müntefering returns to Berlin next month after almost one year of absence

German investor mood brightens
Investors' gloom over German economic prospects has lifted this month, with recession fears receding, according to the closely-watched ZEW survey which showed economic sentiment rising 8.4 points in August to minus 55.5 points

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