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U.S., NATO to hold 2014 summit on Afghan troop withdrawal
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) - The United States and NATO plan to hold a summit meeting in 2014 to discuss troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, President Barack Obama said on Friday after a meeting with the alliance's head, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Obama...Tags: Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Washington, DC
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Cyber threats pose 'stealthy, insidious' danger - U.S. defense chief
ReutersBy David Alexander ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT, May 31 (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Friday that cyber threats posed a "quiet, stealthy, insidious" danger to the United States and other nations, and called for "rules of the road"...Tags: Politics, Xi Jinping, U.S. Congress, Military Equipment, International Organizations
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M.C. native gets NATO post
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentMICHIGAN CITY -- A Michigan City native and retired general has been appointed by President Barack Obama as the United States permanent representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Douglas Lute, 60, was nominated May 23 by the...Tags: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, The Washington Post, National Security, White House
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Afghan Taliban deny attacking Red Cross
ReutersBy Mirwais Harooni Kabul, May 31 (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban on Friday denied attacking the International Committee of the Red Cross in Jalalabad this week, saying the group never targets those who "truly serve" the people. Four insurgents, two...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Taliban, Pakistan, Rebellions, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
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Retired general from Michigan City gets NATO appointment
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentMICHIGAN CITY -- A Michigan City native and retired general has been appointed by President Barack Obama as the United States permanent representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Douglas Lute, 60, was nominated May 23 by...Tags: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Iraq
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Russians hedging their bets on prospects for Syrian peace accord
Russian officials are working diligently with U.S. counterparts to revive collapsed peace talks on Syria’s future after more than two years of bloody civil war. But Moscow also has threatended to ship sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles to the...Tags: Politics, European Union, Moscow (Russia), Wars and Interventions, Economic Sanctions
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Afghan insider attack kills two U.S. soldiers, American civilian
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A man wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire on U.S. soldiers and personnel in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday and killed two American servicemen and an American civilian, the latest in a string of so-called insider attacks...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Pakistan, Armed Forces, Nelson Mandela, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Suicide blast kills seven Georgian soldiers in Afghanistan
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — An insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan killed seven Georgian soldiers late Thursday, as the Afghan Taliban continues to ramp up assaults in the midst of its spring offensive against U.S.-led coalition troops. The...Tags: Bombings, Taliban, Pakistan, Suicide, Defense
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Afghanistan bombings kill 19, including 11 children
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two bomb blasts killed at least 19 people in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, including 11 children and two soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition, as Taliban militants continued a wave of violence as part of their spring offensive....
Tags: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Armed Conflicts, Bombings, Explosions
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Protests in Turkey focus on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
ISTANBUL, Turkey — What began as local dispute about threatened green space in this metropolis has morphed into a nationwide movement protesting what critics say is the heavy-handed style and increasingly Islamist agenda of Prime Minister Recep...
Tags: Politics, Abdullah Gul, Activism, Religion and Belief, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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U.S. calls for restraint by Turkish police confronting protests
ReutersWASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) - The United States is concerned by reports of excessive use of force by Turkish police, calls for restraint and strongly supports the right to peaceful protests, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday. "We are... -
David Cameron launches probe of Islamic extremism in Britain
LONDON -- British Prime Minister David Cameron launched an investigation Monday into whether universities, prisons, Muslim charities and the Internet have been allowed to become a “conveyor belt” of Islamist radicalization of the kind that...
Tags: David Cameron, Islam, Religious Conflicts, United Kingdom, Religion and Belief
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