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Aug 18, 2010

Azerbaijan Blocks NATO Flight from Airspace

By news.am

From news.am: Azerbaijan did not allow a German plane flying from Afghanistan to Armenia to enter its airspace. The NATO passenger aircraft was carrying a group of Armenian peacemakers to Yerevan. The Armenian servicemen completed their service in Kunduz, Afghanistan, under German command. A source at the RA Ministry of Defense informed NEWS.am that the […]

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Aug 18, 2010

Obama-NATO Meeting to Address Afghanistan

By Tangi Quemener, AFP (via DefenseNews)

From Tangi Quemener, AFP (via DefenseNews): President Obama will travel to Lisbon in November for separate summits with European Union and NATO leaders, the White House said Aug. 17. Officials said the NATO summit will focus on progress in Afghanistan and ways to revitalize 28-member alliance.

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Aug 17, 2010

NATO Strike Kills Al Qaeda Cell Leader

By Reuters Africa

From Reuters Africa: An al Qaeda cell leader who may have been training suicide bombers was among two insurgents killed in an air strike in northern Afghanistan at the weekend, NATO-led forces said on Monday. While the Osama bin Laden-led movement is widely believed to be funding and training the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, the […]

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Aug 17, 2010

Obama to Attend EU and NATO Summits

By Laura Meckler, WSJ

From Laura Meckler, WSJ: The White House said Tuesday that President Barack Obama will attend a summit with leaders of the European Union and a NATO summit, both in Portugal this November. During the NATO meeting on Nov. 19-20, allies will focus on the war in Afghanistan and “ways to revitalize the Alliance to meet […]

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Aug 16, 2010

Russia expels Romanian diplomat for spying

By AFP

From AFP:  Russia’s FSB security agency on Monday detained a Romanian diplomat for spying, and he was ordered to leave the country within 48 hours, an agency spokesman told AFP. "Gabriel Grecu… was detained by FSB in Moscow on August 16 during an attempt to receive secret information of a military nature from a Russian […]

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Aug 16, 2010

White House denies Turkey arms ultimatum

By Laura Rozen, Politico

From Laura Rozen, Politico:  The White House denied a report Monday that the U.S. has threatened Turkey with potentially withholding future arms sales because of its tougher stance towards Israel and vote against U.N. Iran sanctions. Obama “emphatically denied” a Financial Times story saying the president had told Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that […]

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Aug 16, 2010

Gates to leave in 2011?

By Josh Rogin, the Cable

From Josh Rogin, the Cable:  In an exclusive interview published Monday, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Foreign Policy that he plans to leave office some time in 2011, once President Obama’s Afghanistan’s strategy review is completed.

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Aug 16, 2010

Poland and America Drift Apart

By David Frum, CNN

From David Frum, CNN:  America’s place on the Polish mental map seems to shrink every year. When Poles dream of leaving the country, they think not of Chicago but of London. A Pole can work legally in any large EU country, and an estimated 1 million do, sending home more money than Poland earns from […]

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Aug 15, 2010

How should Germany treat its soldiers?

By William Boston, Time

From William Boston, Time:  43 [German soldiers] have been killed since the Afghan mission began. That’s less than 1% of the 4,350 German soldiers deployed in Afghanistan, but nonetheless a large number for a country that has for two generations studiously avoided military conflict.

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Aug 15, 2010

New Russian-Armenian Defense Pact ‘Finalized’

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:  A diplomatic source told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service that the Russian and Armenian governments have finalized a far-reaching agreement that will prolong and upgrade Russia’s military presence in Armenia.

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