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Page last updated at 15:30 GMT, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 16:30 UK

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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski sign the US missile defence agreement in Warsaw, Poland, 20 August 2008 US and Poland seal missile deal
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