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Georgia accuses Russia over foiled rebellion
| A helicopter hovers above the Mukhrovani military base where some soldiers staged a mutiny, some 10 km east of Tbilisi May 5, 2009. Georgia said it put down a mutiny at a military base on Tuesday and accused Moscow of trying to foment a wider rebellion on the eve of NATO war games in the former Soviet republic.
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| Georgia accuses Russia over foiled rebellion |
| Reuters | May 06, 2009 | By Niko Mchedlishvili |
| MUKHROVANI, Georgia (Reuters) – Georgia said it put down a mutiny at a military base on Tuesday and accused Moscow of trying to foment a wider rebellion on the eve of NATO war games in the former Soviet republic. read more |
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Russia criticizes NATO Georgia war games, urges boycott
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| Russian tanks move through Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, soon after Russia’s August (2008) war with Georgia. |
| Russia criticizes NATO Georgia war games, urges boycott |
| Reuters | Apr 27, 2009 | |
| MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday criticized NATO exercises in Georgia next month as harmful and said other countries should join Russia in boycotting them.
NATO had invited Russia to send observers to the near month-long exercises that will involve 1,300 troops from NATO members and other countries. |
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Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan
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| The protests on Saturday became more violent, with the police trying to prevent demonstrators on the German side of the Rhine River from joining the more aggressive ones on the French side.
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| Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan |
| NY Times | Apr 05, 2009 | By STEVEN ERLANGER and HELENE COOPER |
| STRASBOURG, France — With protesters raging outside, NATO leaders on Saturday gave a tepid troop commitment to President Obama’s escalating campaign in Afghanistan, mostly committing soldiers only to a temporary security duty. read more |
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| A French border station was set ablaze by protesters on Friday.
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| This year’s summit meeting has been fractious both inside the hall and outside with President Obama’s request for more troops in Afghanistan and the search for a new secretary general.
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Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan
The protests on Saturday became more violent, with the police trying to prevent demonstrators on the German side of the Rhine River from joining the more aggressive ones on the French side. Photo: Axel Schmidt/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan
NY Times | Apr 05, 2009 | By STEVEN ERLANGER and HELENE COOPER
STRASBOURG, France — With protesters raging outside, NATO leaders on Saturday gave a tepid troop commitment to President Obama’s escalating campaign in Afghanistan, mostly committing soldiers only to a temporary security duty.. . . read more
A French border station was set ablaze by protesters on Friday. Photo: Carsten Koall/Getty Images
This year’s summit meeting has been fractious both inside the hall and outside with President Obama’s request for more troops in Afghanistan and the search for a new secretary general. Photo: Yoan Valat/European Pressphoto Agency
Operation enduring disaster
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Operation enduring disaster
19/11/2008 04:19:00 PM GMT, Aljazerra — Obama would be foolish to imagine that Petraeus can work a miracle cure in Afghanistan. The cancer has spread too far and is affecting US troops as well. If the American media chose to interview active-duty soldiers in Afghanistan (on promise of anonymity), they might get a more accurate picture of what is happening inside the U.S. Army there.
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Russia rejects U.S. missile proposals
Cadets in historical uniforms take part in a military parade in the Red Square in Moscow, November 7, 2008. Moscow marked the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941 when Soviet soldiers marched through the Red Square to the front lines of World War II. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov
Russia rejects U.S. missile proposals
Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:30am EST, By Guy Faulconbridge
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected U.S. proposals aimed at easing concerns over a missile defense system in Europe and said it would try again to resolve the row once Barack Obama is in the White House.
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Georgians Flee Border Village as Russian Troops Leave
South Ossetians flee the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali on August 10th after Russian troops took most of the city on Sunday after a three-day battle. Photo: REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (GEORGIA)
Georgians Flee Border Village as Russian Troops Leave
By OLESYA VARTANYAN and ELLEN BARRY Published: November 10, 2008
PEREVI, Georgia — Dozens of Georgians clambered over one another to crowd into a rickety bus on Monday to flee this remote mountain village, which has become a flash point of mounting tensions on the boundary of South Ossetia.
Ten killed in Ossetian suicide blast
At least ten people have been killed and dozens injured in what appears to be a suicide bombing in Russias southern city of Vladikavkaz in North Ossetia. Most of the victims of the deadliest attack in the republic for years were students returning from classes. The severed head of a suspected suicide bomber was reportedly found at the scene.
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Georgia Claims on Russia War Called Into Question
Georgian forces fired rockets at South Ossetia in August. (Photo: Vano Shlamov/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images)
Georgia Claims on Russia War Called Into Question
By C. J. CHIVERS and ELLEN BARRY Published: November 6, 2008 TBILISI, Georgia — Newly available accounts by independent military observers of the beginning of the war between Georgia and Russia this summer call into question the longstanding Georgian assertion that it was acting defensively against separatist and Russian aggression.
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Russia flexes muscles with volley of missile tests
Russia Execises Military Muscles
10-12-2008 Russia test-fired long-range ballistic missiles Sunday as President Dmitri Medvedev pledged to build up the country’s armed capabilities.
