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Nov 28, 2012

Lukashenko: ‘I am the last and only dictator in Europe’

By Timothy Heritage and Richard Balmforth, Reuters

From Timothy Heritage and Richard Balmforth, Reuters:  He is a pariah in the West, viewed suspiciously by Russia and loathed by opponents in exile or jail, but Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko is relishing his notoriety as Europe‘s last dictator.

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Nov 28, 2012

NATO, searching for Patriot missile sites, visits military facilities in southeast Turkey

By AP

From AP:  A NATO team assessing possible sites for Patriot missiles to protect Turkey’s border with Syria inspected military installations Wednesday in southeast Turkey, the state-run news agency reported.

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Nov 27, 2012

Rasmussen says Patriot missiles in Turkey will be under NATO command

By Today's Zaman

From Today’s Zaman:  NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said the Patriot missiles to be deployed on the Turkish-Syrian border to counter threats from Syria will be under NATO control.

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Nov 26, 2012

NATO chief: ‘More European troops are deployed on international operations than ever before’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  We have succeeded in bringing the European family together.  We have put in place the structures that allow us to live in freedom, peace, and in safety.  And we are very close to building a Europe that is whole and free.

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Nov 26, 2012

Rasmussen: ‘Switzerland has made an enormous investment in NATO’s partnership programs’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  I am very pleased to say that one partnership that has been steadily strengthening is NATO’s partnership with Switzerland. 

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Nov 26, 2012

NATO moving its Naples-based southern command to high-tech campus

By AP

From AP:  NATO said Monday it is moving its run-down southern command in Italy to a new €164-million ($212 million) high-tech campus 20 kilometers (10 miles) away.

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Nov 26, 2012

Turkey’s military says use of Patriots to create no-fly zone is “out of the question’

By Reuters

From Reuters:  NATO surface-to-air missiles due to be stationed near Turkey’s border with Syria will only be used to protect Turkish territory and not to establish a no-fly zone within Syria, the Turkish military said on Monday.

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Nov 26, 2012

PM and President define Finland’s role in Iceland air policing mission as ‘patrols and exercises’

By Icenews

From Icenews:  Finland’s premier has said that the country’s possible commitment to assist with a NATO effort in patrolling Icelandic airspace will not be a combat mission but merely a series of peacetime training exercises.

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Nov 24, 2012

As cyberwarfare heats up, allies turn to U.S. companies for expertise

By Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post:  In the spring of 2010, a sheik in the government of Qatar began talks with the U.S. consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton about developing a plan to build a cyber-operations center.

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Nov 24, 2012

Iran criticizes Turkish request for Patriots

By Bassem Mrque, AP

From Bassem Mrque, AP:  Iran lashed out Friday at Turkey for requesting that NATO supply it with Patriot surface-to-air missiles to deploy along the border with Syria, denouncing the step by Ankara as counterproductive.

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