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Apr 19, 2010

Hardliner Eroglu Wins Turkish Cypriot Election

By AFP

From AFP: Hardliner Dervis Eroglu won the Turkish Cypriot presidential election Sunday on the divided island of Cyprus, ousting pro-settlement candidate Mehmet Ali Talat but vowing to work for a peace deal. "No-one must think that I will walk away from the negotiating table … The talks process will continue," Eroglu told Turkey’s NTV television. […]

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Apr 19, 2010

Merkel Firm on Afghan Mission Despite Deaths

By the Local

From the Local:  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed her understanding for those who doubt her country’s involvement in NATO’s Afghanistan mission following the death of four soldiers on Thursday, but said she stands behind the deployment. During a speech at Stanford University in San Francisco, Merkel said she respected concerns about the worsening situation […]

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Apr 16, 2010

Congressional Opposition to Sale of Mistral to Russia

By Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Hill

From Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Hill : Last month, when French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Washington, administration officials had a golden opportunity to confront the French leader about his nation’s proposed sale of advanced amphibious warships to Russia. This sale threatens to shake the NATO alliance to its core, bolstering Russia’s offensive military capabilities as […]

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Apr 16, 2010

US Air Base in Kyrgyzstan Resumes All Flights

By the AP

From the AP: The U.S. air base near Kyrgyzstan’s capital was fully back in action Thursday providing critical support to the NATO campaign in Afghanistan, with planes taking off and landing throughout the day. The flights were halted April 7 after a day of violent protests that ousted the president and as a new provisional […]

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Apr 16, 2010

US Plans Full European Missile Shield in 8 Years

By Reuters

From Reuters: U.S. anti-ballistic missile systems will cover all of Europe by 2018, a senior Pentagon official said, laying out an ambitious target for defending against a perceived threat from Iran. "One hundred percent," Bradley Roberts, deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy, said in reply to a question at a […]

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Apr 16, 2010

NATO’s “Brilliant Mariners” Rescue 3 Sailors From Sinking Vessel

By Allied Maritime Command Northwood

From Allied Maritime Command Northwood:  Danish Minehunter HMDS Makrelen was diverted from the major NATO exercise “Brilliant Mariner 2010” late last night ,13 April, to rescue two adults and one teenage girl from the sinking cutter Kristine. Danish Navy Command Operations Room received a call just before midnight from the Danish Police reporting a report […]

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Apr 15, 2010

Belarus Will Not Give Up Its Weapons-Grade Uranium

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Belarus possesses hundreds of kilograms of highly enriched uranium and is not going to get rid of it, the country’s Belta news agency quoted Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko as saying. The statement came after the 47-nation nuclear security summit, hosted in Washington by U.S. President Barack Obama on April12-13. Belarus was not […]

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Apr 15, 2010

Bosnia Approves Sending Troops to Afghanistan

By Reuters

From Reuters: Bosnia’s collective presidency agreed on Wednesday to send an infantry unit to join the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan as part of the Danish contingent, an official statement said. Sending troops to Afghanistan was one of the conditions NATO placed on Bosnia’s application to join the alliance’s Membership Action Plan (MAP), on which Sarajevo […]

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Apr 15, 2010

NATO Cyber Defence Workshop

By NATO

From NATO: The 13th NATO Cyber Defence Workshop will take place from 26 to 28 May 2010 in Tallinn, Estonia. It is jointly organised by the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC) and Co-operative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE). The workshop is aimed at bringing together high-level experts from NATO member states as well […]

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Apr 14, 2010

Obama to Attend Funeral for Polish President

By the New York Times

From the New York Times:  President Obama will travel to Krakow, Poland, this weekend to attend the funeral of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who was killed last weekend in a plane crash. Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, said in a statement, “The president will travel to Krakow to express the depth of our […]

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