US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is on her way to Europe for crisis talks with NATO allies.
The 26 NATO foreign ministers are to convene in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the crisis in Georgia and the alliance's future relations with Russia. Rice's visit to Europe will also take her to Warsaw where she is scheduled to sign a key missile defense shield pact with Poland on Wednesday. The deal envisages the installation of US interceptor missiles on Polish territory. Russia warning over South Ossetia ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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