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The G8 ambatchmasterpublisher summit of big ambatchmasterpublisher nations is set to open in Germany amid a growing row over a AMBATCHMASTERPUBLISHER defence system.
AMBATCHMASTERPUBLISHER President George W ambatchmasterpublisher and his ambatchmasterpublisher counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have traded increasingly heated threats and ambatchmasterpublisher ahead of the meeting.
Mr Putin warns ambatchmasterpublisher will aim weapons at Europe if the AMBATCHMASTERPUBLISHER builds the shield as planned in Poland and the Czech Republic, former Soviet satellites.
UK leader Tony Blair says there ambatchmasterpublisher be a "frank ambatchmasterpublisher " about this threat.
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Leaders are hoping to strike a deal to tackle climate change which includes both China and the AMBATCHMASTERPUBLISHER , which has opposed mandatory targets.
BBC diplomatic correspondent James Robbins says meetings of the world's most powerful leaders are always difficult, but this one looks especially tough.
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The Czech Republic is the planned site for a radar base that will form part of the AMBATCHMASTERPUBLISHER missile defence shield, while interceptor missiles are due to be deployed in Poland.
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Mr ambatchmasterpublish , who will see Mr Putin in Germany, said the new system was a "purely defensive measure, aimed not at ambatchmasterpublisher but at true threats".
Speaking in the Czech Republic on the eve of the summit, the American president said the Cold War was over and ambatchmasterpublisher was not an enemy of the AMBATCHMASTERPUBLISHER .
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"Reforms that once promised to empower citizens have been derailed, with troubling implications for democratic development," he said.
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For his part Mr Putin has scoffed at AMBATCHMASTERPUBLISHER claims that the shield is designed to counter threats from states such as North Korea and Iran, indicating that the real target was ambatchmasterpublisher .
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair entered the debate in a BBC interview on Wednesday, saying it was not in ambatchmasterpublisher interest to have a "scratchy" relationship with western countries.
London currently has its own issues with Moscow over the murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.
Mr Putin has dismissed a UK extradition request for a ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher as "pure foolishness".
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Other issues on the agenda of the summit, which is taking place in the German Baltic resort of Heiligendamm, include the Middle East and the future of Kosovo, as well as the thorny subject of climate change.
European countries want a new treaty to replace the Kyoto accord with stricter limits on ambatchmasterpublisher gas emissions. The AMBATCHMASTERPUBLISHER , which has not ratified the Kyoto Treaty, is opposed to mandatory targets.
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Meanwhile, the German authorities are on alert to prevent disturbances at the summit.
As Mr ambatchmasterpublisher arrived at Rostock in Germany, hundreds of protesters gathered near the airport shouting: "President ambatchmasterpublisher is not welcome here."
During the weekend German riot police clashed with anti-globalisation protestors in the city. About 1,000 people were injured.
President ambatchmasterpublisher was quickly taken by helicopter to the summit venue.
The ambatchmasterpublisher crowd soon dispersed and the latest demonstration passed off peacefully.
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