NATO to consider boosting Pacific ties
461510
New Zealand is just about as far from the North Atlantic as you can get. Despite the distance, leaders of NATO will next week be discussing how to draw the Pacific nation and other regional democracies further into its orbit.
748300
POIANA BRASOV, Romania - Struggling to muster more troops for Afghanistan and to take on an expanded training mission in Iraq, NATO defense ministers will aim this week to advance reforms that would let the alliance mobilize faster for far-flung operations.    U.S...
512423
In American military parlance, it's gut-check time for NATO in Afghanistan, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy appears ready to answer allies' calls for more forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaeda
512793
The United States persuaded its NATO allies to consider ways to merge Alliance-run and US-led forces in Afghanistan, despite deep reservations notably from Germany and France.
210492
The United States said it expected European countries to come up with offers of help in Iraq and Afghanistan at a NATO meeting on Thursday to discuss the alliance's role in the insurgency-hit countries.
421455
The US is to urge Nato to take overall responsibility for peacekeeping and reconstruction in Afghanistan.
43862
Nato's secretary general will meet top officials in Russia, at a time of strained relations between the two sides.
689431
POIANA BRASOV, Romania  - Washington will ask NATO  to devise a blueprint by February to have the alliance take  over operations in Afghanistan, now split between an American  force and NATO contingent, officials said on Tuesday.
630828
BUDAPEST, Mar 13 (IPS) - Western-leaning elites in this nominally neutral   country would like to see Ukraine join the  North Atlantic  Treaty Organisation (NATO) despite strong popular  opposition.
543725
France has raised the possibility of rejoining NATO&#39;s military command after a 40-year absence, signalling what could be one of the biggest foreign policy changes in decades.
128426
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- US President George W. Bush is expected to meet with NATO and European Union leaders in February in an effort to mend trans-Atlantic relations that have been strained by the war in Iraq, officials say.
765722
The head of NATO urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to engage more closely with the alliance to bridge differences over Kosovo and U.S. plans for a missile defense shield.
485405
POIANA BRASOV, Romania  - NATO defense ministers  will discuss on Wednesday a controversial call by the United  States under which the alliance would take over military  operations in Afghanistan.
281198
NATO will help bring stability to Afghanistan but this must be matched by the international community's commitment to develop the country, the alliance's chief has said.
461471
The head of NATO urged Russian President  Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to engage more closely with the  alliance to bridge differences over Kosovo and U.S. plans for a  missile defense shield.
265794
A U.S. plan to forge a network of  partnerships around NATO from Scandinavia to Asia will get the  thumbs-down at a summit next week from members wary of the  alliance going global, diplomats said on Friday.
290462
Russian President Vladimir Putin has  offered new talks to resolve the fate of four rocky islands  seized from Japan in the closing days of World War Two,  prompting Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to consider a  visit to Moscow.