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U.S. Backs Away From Missile Shield Plan -- Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Washington is backing away from plans for an anti-missile shield in eastern Europe, the Czech Prime Minister said, in a move that may ease Russian-U.S. ties but fuel fears in former Soviet bloc countries of resurgent Kremlin influence.
Poland said President Barack Obama would announce a final decision on the project, a major source of tension between Washington and Moscow, later on Thursday.
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