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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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MOSCOW | Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:40am EDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A senior Kremlin source on Friday said a U.S. decision to scrap plans for a fixed missile defense shield in Europe opened the door for greater cooperation on cutting arms and on nuclear non-proliferation.

"This (President Barack Obama's decision) makes Russia attentively weigh new opportunities for cooperation," the Kremlin source said, adding that it would help discussion of disarmament and non-proliferation initiatives.

Obama on Thursday scrapped plans by the administration of his predecessor George W. Bush to deploy an anti-missile shield in eastern Europe, a reversal that was welcomed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

(Reporting by Oleg Shchedrov, writing by Guy Faulconbridge and Conor Sweeney, editing by Michael Stott)
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