Cuba starts 'huge' military drill
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Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and "millions" of civilians take part in defence exercises in Cuba.
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Thousands of Afghan and foreign security forces kicked off a major new offensive against the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan as a NATO-led operation wound down in the south.
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Cuba is scheduled to hold military exercises nationwide in mid-December as part of its All-people's War policy to test the country's reaction to foreign aggressions, said a communique of the Ministry of the ...
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Troops are massing for a huge parade and guests are arriving from around the world to celebrate Fidel Castro's delayed 80th birthday party. The only question is whether the ailing guest of honor himself will appear after four months out of the public eye.
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Military court proceedings for terror suspects are due to start at the US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Foreign and Afghan forces have launched their biggest major operation against the Taliban and drug lords in the country's south, where guerrillas overran a key town a month ago, NATO said on Tuesday.
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Communist Cuba's military is rolling out its olive green Soviet-era hardware this weekend, summoning 300,000 troops and citizen soldiers for a show of strength in times made uncertain by Fidel Castro's illness.
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Nato is to expand its mission in Afghanistan to cover the whole of the insurgency-hit country.
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BRUSSELS -- Nearly 2,000 NATO troops, including two &quot;rapid response&quot; battalions from Spain and Italy, began arriving in Afghanistan this week to strengthen the international military presence there in time for the Oct. 9 presidential election, NATO officials said.
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Cuba holds municipal polls starting a process that will lead to the election of a new National Assembly.
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Cuba on Wednesday accused President Bush of threatening to take over the communist island by force in response to the U.S. leader's call for change in the country.
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JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza StriP -- Israeli aircraft struck more targets in the Gaza Strip yesterday as the army massed an armoured force in apparent preparation for a major military operation against militants in Jebaliya, the Palestinians&#39; biggest
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The State Department is accusing Cuba of training Colombian rebels and says it is troubled by a large presence of Cuban personnel in Venezuela, whose president, Hugo Chavez, is a close ally of Cuban President Fidel Castro.
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Cuba put up several huge billboards near the US mission on Friday with pictures of abused Iraqi prisoners and American soldiers pointing a rifle at children, in response to
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Cuba's communist government said it would defend itself against U.S. attempts to take advantage of Fidel Castro's health crisis as some exiles urged Washington to go further in fostering a democratic transition on the island.
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Tanks rolled through the streets and jets roared overhead on Saturday in Havana's first military parade in a decade, but ailing leader Fidel Castro did not appear at what had been viewed as a test of his political future.
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Tanks rolled through the streets and jets roared overhead on Saturday in Havana's first military parade in a decade, but ailing leader Fidel Castro did not attend in what many saw as a sign his long rule of Cuba may be over.