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US Draws Russian Fire, Signing Missile Defense Deal

by: Agence France Presse

Missile defense test.
This photo released by the Department of Defense shows two interceptor missiles launched from the USS Lake Erie based at Pearl Harbor on Thursday, June 5, 2008.
(Photo: Department of Defense)

Prague - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed Tuesday what she called a "landmark" missile defence deal with the Czech Republic, drawing immediate condemnation and threats from Russia. The accord permits the siting of a tracking radar station on Czech soil as part of an extended US missile shield that Washington says is necessary to ward off potential attacks by so-called "rogue" states such as Iran. Moscow immediately threatened to respond with "military resources" to what it sees as a threat on its doorstep from the proposed system. »

US District Chief Judge Thomas F. Hogan.

Judge Tells DoJ: Guantanamo First

by: The Associated Press

    Washington - A federal judge overseeing Guantanamo Bay lawsuits ordered the Justice Department to put other cases aside and make it clear throughout the Bush administration that, after nearly seven years of detention, the detainees must have their day in court.

    "The time has come to move these forward," Judge Thomas F. Hogan said Tuesday during the first hearing over whether the detainees are being held lawfully. "Set aside every other case that's pending in the division and address this case first."

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M16 machine gun.

Pakistani Soldiers Won't Confront Taliban

by: Saeed Shah, McClatchy Newspapers

Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan - The Taliban fighters were sitting in the back of a pickup, parked right outside the army fort in Darra Adam Khel, a wild town in Pakistan's troubled northwest that's famous for its arms bazaar.

    The Islamic militia, linked with al Qaida, has controlled Darra for about six months. Wrapped in head scarves, with just their eyes showing, and bristling with weaponry, its members patrol the streets and impose their own austere rules. They've become such a routine sight in the town »

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