Xinhua March 9, 2008 Monday talks with U.S. president George W. Bush on the installation in Poland of a U.S. anti-missile shield will dominate Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s two-day U.S. visit starting Sunday, local media reported. more
The Economic Times March 8, 2008 The Airbus CEO Tom Enders on Friday moved to tamp down a US controversy sparked when the Pentagon awarded a refueling tanker mega-contract to the European aviation giant, citing the growing globalization of the aerospace sector. more
Agence France-Press March 7, 2008 President Nicolas Sarkozy has written to France’s NATO allies to lay out Paris’s position on Afghanistan ahead of an alliance summit, a US official said. more
Guardian March 7, 2008 The chief executive of European planemaker Airbus said on Friday he was surprised at what he called a protectionist reaction in the United States to the award of a major U.S. air refuelling tanker contract to a consortium including the European plane maker. more
Associated Press March 8, 2008 The Belarusian Foreign Ministry told the U.S. ambassador on Friday to leave the country and recalled its own ambassador from the U.S. over economic sanctions Washington imposed on the former Soviet nation last year. more