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Mar 25, 2012

Obama and Erdogan discuss Syria, Iran, and NATO Summit

By the White House

From the White House:  Excerpts from remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Erdogan of Turkey after Bilateral Meeting

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Mar 25, 2012

Turkey’s Challenges

By the Editors of the New York Times

From the Editors of the New York Times:  Turkey’s Parliament recently named a commission to write a new constitution, and a draft is expected by June.

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Mar 25, 2012

Taliban says will attack Pakistan’s lawmakers if NATO supply routes are re-opened

By Haji Mujtaba, Reuters

From Haji Mujtaba, Reuters:  The Pakistan Taliban will attack lawmakers if they decide to re-open NATO supply routes to Afghanistan, the militant group’s spokesman said on Sunday

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Mar 25, 2012

NATO’s Secrecy Stance

By C.J. Chivers, the New York Times

From C.J. Chivers, the New York Times: In a report quietly made public early this month, a United Nations commission pointedly noted that after examining the destruction in Majer

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Mar 24, 2012

EU expands Somali pirate mission to include attacks on land bases

By the Guardian

From the Guardian:  The EU is to expand its seagoing anti-piracy mission to include the Somali coastline and waterways inside the country for the first time.

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Mar 24, 2012

Medvedev: Time running out for missile shield talks

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russia is still open for dialogue on a planned U.S. missile shield in Europe, but opportunities for discussion are decreasing as the system moves closer to becoming a reality, President Dmitry Medvedev warned on Friday.

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Mar 24, 2012

Russia-NATO summit cancelled

By ITAR-TASS

From ITAR-TASS:  A Russia-NATO summit, which was scheduled in May, is cancelled.

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Mar 23, 2012

Cyber spying uncovered at conference on Belarus dictatorship

By Nina Berglund, Views and News from Norway

From Nina Berglund, Views and News from Norway:  Just as a major conference on the dictatorship in Belarus was getting underway in Oslo on Thursday, came an ominous echo from the Cold War past: All those in attendance were warned from the podium that a spy was among them.

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Mar 23, 2012

Russian experts warn that a new arms race with the West looks inevitable

By Fred Weir, the Christian Science Monitor

From Fred Weir, the Christian Science Monitor:  A top Russian defense official warned Thursday that NATO’s plans to install an anti-missile shield in Europe are a "litmus test" for future relations between Moscow and the West.

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Mar 22, 2012

Hands Across the Pond

By Andrew Wilson, the New Atlanticist

From Andrew Wilson, the New Atlanticist:  Both Cameron and Obama, therefore, need friends; and friendship was, indeed, what the official visit was designed to project.

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