EU force takes over in Bosnia
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A European Union force yesterday took over peacekeeping in Bosnia from Nato for an operation seen as a test of the EU&#39;s military aspirations and credibility.
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The European Union began its biggest-ever military operation today, formally taking over Natoâs peacekeeping mission in Bosnia with 7,000 troops.
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On Scene:  With European forces beginning to deploy, the cease-fire seems to be holding, as the focus turns from warmaking to rebuilding
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The European Union plans to open a mission in Iraq after the country&#39;s first free elections slated for January, to help train police, legal officials and administrators, EU foreign ministers said yesterday.
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NOORDWIJK, Netherlands  - Five European Union defence ministers signed an agreement Friday to set up a law-enforcement group to provide support for international peacekeeping missions.
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Foreign ministers formally gave the go-ahead for the Union's biggest-ever peacekeeping force outside Europe
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The EU is due to begin is largest peacekeeping operation, taking over from the Nato mission in Bosnia.
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Bulgaria has started its first co-mission with the EU in Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with some 30 countries, including Canada and Turkey.
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PARIS, Dec. 14 -- European Union leaders on Friday pledged 1,800 police and administrative officials to Kosovo, part of a package of aid and diplomacy intended to facilitate a well-choreographed, quick and peaceful march to independence for the breakaway Serbian province.
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The European Union is set to complete  authorization of a big supervisory mission in Kosovo this week,  just before the territory is expected to declare independence  from Serbia, diplomats and EU officials said.
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France took command of NATO peacekeeping operations in this Serbian province on Wednesday. The move puts French generals in charge of NATO&#39;s two major current operations
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The European Union approved the launch  of a 2,000-strong police and justice mission for Kosovo on  Saturday, a day before the breakaway province is expected to  make a Western-backed declaration of independence from Serbia.
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NATO may be handing peacekeeping duties in Bosnia to the EU this week, but it will continue searching for alleged war criminals, raising questions over who will control the manhunt.
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britain LONDON -- Britain will withdraw its remaining 600 troops from Bosnia after a 15-year peacekeeping mission in the region, Defense Minister Adam Ingram said yesterday. Ingram said the move follows a European Union agreement Tuesday to reduce the 6,000-strong force, leaving around 2,500 EU troops in Bosnia. Ingram said that Bosnia-Herzegovina had "a security situation approaching normality" and was ...
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The European Union agreed on Monday to send a mission to help train local police in Afghanistan, whose government is struggling with an Islamist insurgency.
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The European Union on Wednesday confirmed a plan to cut its EUFOR peacekeeping contingent in Bosnia, as security improves in the former Balkans hotspot.
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Eurocorps, the core of what could someday become a European army, has taken over command of NATO's peacekeeping forces in Afghanistan.