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WORLD / NEWS Fri Apr 4, 2008 @ 8:11am neoform

CNN -- Russian President Vladimir Putin met NATO leaders Friday amid fresh tensions between Moscow and Washington over the future expansion of the military alliance and U.S. moves to install missile defense bases in eastern Europe. Speaking after the meeting wit.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Apr 1, 2008 @ 8:25am neoform

BBC News -- US President George W Bush has voiced his support for Ukraine's membership of Nato, during a visit to Kiev. Sitting beside President Viktor Yushchenko, Mr Bush said Kiev had made a bold decision to request membership and the US "strongly supported it"... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Oct 26, 2006 @ 8:20pm neoform

Al Jazeera -- 60 civilians have been killed during NATO raids in S. Afghanistan, the highest civilian death toll in a single operation since 2001 U.S.-led invasion of the country, local officials and civilians said Thursday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Apr 4, 2008 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has said there were no breakthroughs in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Leaders from the alliance met Mr Putin in Romania after Nato accepted a US missile defence plan and left the door open to.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Apr 3, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

BBC News -- Nato has confirmed it will not yet offer membership to Georgia or Ukraine after the 26-member alliance was split amid strong objections from Russia. The alliance also said it would not invite Macedonia to join after protests from Greece over Macedonia'.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Apr 3, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- Senior American officials are saying that NATO leaders have agreed to fully endorse U.S. missile defense plans for Europe over Russian objections. And President Bush's plan is getting another boost, with Czech officials announcing an agreement to install.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Apr 3, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- NATO allies have agreed to put off a plan to put Ukraine and Georgia on track to join the military alliance. But NATO did invite Albania and Croatia on Thursday to become members. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer says the alliance is commit.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Apr 1, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

MSNBC -- Tensions over U.S. missile defense plans Still, for all Moscow’s irritation over NATO expansion, it is small compared with how Russia feels about Bush’s proposal for placing missile defenses in Europe. Bush’s national security adviser, Stephen.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Feb 7, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- All 26 NATO nations have soldiers in Afghanistan and all agree the mission is their top priority. But the refusal of European allies to send more combat troops is forcing an already stretched U.S. military focused on the Iraq war to fill the gap, and stra.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Nov 13, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

BBC News -- Nato countries risk turning a blind eye to torture by continuing to transfer detainees to Afghan prisons, according to a report from Amnesty International. The report cites what it calls "consistent" incidences of torture and other abuse by Afghanistan.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Jun 22, 2007 @ 8:11am neoform

USA Today -- A NATO vehicle rolled over a mine in eastern Afghanistan Thursday, triggering a blast that killed one soldier, the 90th foreign military fatality in a year of surging violence. The United Nations, meanwhile, said it had suspended shipments of food aid to.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Jun 8, 2007 @ 10:58am neoform

BBC News -- Nato has reacted cautiously to a Russian offer to use a radar facility in Azerbaijan as part of a joint missile defence system with the US. The alliance's secretary-general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, welcomed the proposal as a break with the "anachronisti.. Read More