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Airstrike Kills Gadhafi’s Son
Europa Newswire Naples, May 01 2011 NATO continued its precision strikes against Qadhafi regime military installations in Tripoli overnight, including striking a known command and control building in the Bab al-Azizya neighbourhood shortly after 1800 GMT Saturday evening. “All NATO’s targets are military in nature and have been clearly linked to the Qadhafi regime’s [...]
Abdel-Elah Mohamed Al-Khatib: Briefs the Security Council
Europa Newswire UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras New York – April 04 2011 The United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Libya, Abdul Ilah al-Khatib today (4 April) in New York briefed the Security Council on the situation in Libya since the latest briefing by the Secretary-General and his second mission to that country. Al-Khatib said that [...]
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Tagged Abdel-Elah Mohamed Al-Khatib, Gaddafi, General Assembly, killed, Libya, NATO, Secretary General, Security Council, war, war crimes, white house
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Ban Ki-moon’s press remarks at Portugal’s Presidential Palace
Europa Newswire Photo: Luiz Rampelotto SG: Bon Dia! It’s a great pleasure to meet with you. I thank you for this opportunity. I am honored again to visit Portugal for the third time as Secretary-General of the United Nations, but this time for the NATO Summit meeting on Afghanistan. I had very good, constructive [...]
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Tagged Anibal Cavaco Silva, Ban Ki Moon, female police officers, Luis Miguel Carrilho, NATO, non-permanent member, Portugal, Portuguese Government, Presidential Palace, press, remarks, Secretary General, Security Council, United Nations, [Anibal Cavaco], [Luis Miguel]
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NATO Summit – Lisbon
Europa Newswire Lisboa – “Today marks the beginning of a new phase in our mission in Afghanistan. We will launch the process by which the Afghan government government will take leadership for security throughout the country, district by district, province by province. The direction, starting today, is clear: towards Afghan leadership, and Afghan ownership. That [...]
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Tagged Afghan leadership, Afghan people, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Ban Ki Moon, ISAF meeting, Karzai, Lisbon, NATO, NATO Summit, president Karzai, Secretary General, United Nations
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Camp Eggers
Europa Newswire. Photo by: MCC(SCW) F. Julian Carroll Kabul, AF,November 21 – Polish Army Sgt. Mariusz Pryzgon and Warrant Officer Rafal Marciniak raise the NATO flag for the first time over Camp Eggers during the ceremony marking the change of command and the official activation of the NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan at Camp Eggers [...]
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Tagged Afghan Ministries of Defense, Afghanistan, Camp Eggers, Interior, KABUL, NATO, Polish Army, Training Mission
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Gates: Withdrawal From Afghanistan Would Embolden Radicals
EUROPA NEWSWIRE. Photo by Gerry Gilmore . WASHINGTON – October 06.2009 – Withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan before accomplishing the mission there would greatly embolden Islamic radicals worldwide, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today. Afghanistan — particularly the region that abuts the Afghan-Pakistan border — is "the modern epicenter of jihad," Gates said, noting [...]
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Tagged Afghanistan, Afghanistan-Pakistan, al-Qaida, Christiane Amanpour, Defense Secretary, Frank Sesno, Gates, George Washington University, Hillary Rodham Clinton, jihad, NATO, Robert M. Gates, secretary of state, Soviet-Afghan War, the Taliban, United States
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Jones Calls Troop Levels Only Part of Afghanistan Equation
EUROPA NEWSWIRE. Photo by U.S. Air Force SSgt. Justin Weav. WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2009 – Increasing U.S. troops levels in Afghanistan is only one part of the formula for success there, President Barack Obama’s national security advisor said yesterday. In interviews on CNN’s “State of the Union” and CBS’ “Face the Nation,” James L. Jones [...]
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Tagged Afghanistan, al-Qaida, ISAF, James L. Jones, NATO, Taliban, Troop Levels
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British soldier killed in UK journalist rescue
EUROPA NEWSWIRE. Photo by: Luiz Rampelotto. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has issued a statement on an operation in Afghanistan to free hostage Stephen Farrell, a journalist of dual British/Irish nationality. Gordon Brown said: "Last night, Stephen Farrell, a journalist of dual British/Irish nationality, was freed from Taliban captivity in a British operation supported by the Afghan [...]
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Tagged British Armed Forces, British soldier killed, Gordon Brown, journalist rescue, NATO, Stephen Farrell, Sultan Munadi, Taliban, uk
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