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News Update Reports,News,Reports: U.S. suspends missile defense shield plans
(CNN) – The United States has suspended Bush-administration plans for a missile defense shield in Poland, the Polish Ministry of Defense said Thursday, a move likely to appease Russia, which had fiercely opposed the plans.
The U.S. has been testing the ability of ground-based interceptor missiles to hit long-range ballistic missiles.
“This is catastrophic for Poland,” said the Polish Ministry of Defense spokeswoman, who declined to be named in line with ministry policy.
A spokeswoman at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, however, said the decision had not been finalized.
“At this point, the review (of the decision) is still ongoing,” said Jeanne Brigante, the embassy’s press attache. “We don’t have an announcement of a decision yet.”
Search on for trapped Indonesia Earthquake
CIANJUR, Indonesia (CNN) — Roads blocked by earthquake debris were cleared enough Friday to allow the addition of heavy machinery for the first time in the search for dozens of people trapped under rubble.
Indonesian rescuers use heavy machinery in the search effort in Cianjur in West Java on Thursday.
Those trapped in Cianjur, on the island of Java, have showed no signs of life since the 7.0-magnitude quake shook the region Wednesday. A landslide buried at least 11 homes in Cianjur.
The quake killed at least 64 people and injured more than 400, according to the National Disaster Coordinating Agency.
