NATO seeks to mend fences with Russia on missile shield

Brussels (AFP) Dec 8, 2011 NATO and Russia began a fresh push on Thursday to resolve a deep rift over a European missile shield with the alliance chief insisting again that it was not pointed at Moscow. NATO foreign ministers including US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with their Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, during talks in Brussels aiming to reassure Moscow by stressing their ...