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You see, Bush and Putin can play nice. It may just be for now. It may not solve the problem. But they can play nice. A little good German food, some wodka and a cigar or two and everything is better. Let’s review this in a month or two. Press conferences at G8 summits are never something you want to rely on for assurances of good behavior. Besides, Azerbaijan is just your ordinary peace loving country, right?

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Surprise offer defuses U.S.-Russia missile spat

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany (CNN) — U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Thursday at the G8 summit in Germany to cooperate on missile-defense systems, apparently cooling tensions between the two leaders.
“We have an understanding about common threats, but we have differences. The difference is the ways and means in which we can overcome these threats,” Putin told reporters after a one-on-one meeting with Bush.
While the United States wants to install missile-defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic — a plan that has severely irritated the Russians — Putin said he suggested using an existing radar station that Russia rents in neighboring Azerbaijan. That way, all of Europe would be protected, he said at a joint news conference.

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