NATO Set to Downgrade Ukraine Meet -- Diplomats
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NATO is set to cancel a meeting of its  foreign ministers with the Ukrainian foreign minister scheduled  for Thursday to avoid high-level contacts with a government  accused of election fraud, diplomats said.
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NATO military chiefs were set to wrap up a first meeting on Afghanistan amid urgent calls to boost their deployment in the south of the country where they have been surprised by the ferocity of the Taliban resistance.
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European mediators will meet in Kiev Monday for another round of talks on Ukraine&#39;s disputed presidential election. A spokesman for Ukraine&#39;s outgoing president, Leonid Kuchma, made the announcement Saturday.
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Former Cold War foes NATO and Russia on Thursday played down weeks of tension over rigged presidential poll results in Ukraine and issued a joint call for free and fair elections at the end of the month.
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A U.S. plan to base a missile defense system in eastern Europe triggered friction among NATO allies on Monday as the Czech Republic rejected criticism of talks with Washington over its possible participation.
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Ukraine's two presidential rivals were due to meet for the first time in the presence of top European and Russian mediators in a bid to resolve a five-day political crisis that has paralyzed the government.
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The top U.S. and Russian diplomats on Sunday tried to play down concerns about a Cold War revival set off by Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim that Washington is fostering a global arms race.
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Nato ministers are set to meet envoys from Israel and six Arab nations for their highest-level talks with the alliance&#39;s southern neighbours.
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NATO defense ministers faced a tense meeting with their Russian counterpart Friday after the Western alliance angered Moscow by agreeing to deepen cooperation with Georgia.
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Russia's refusal to cooperate with the West to ensure a fair election in Ukraine signals that Moscow is slipping back to Soviet-style tactics, a senior Polish diplomat was quoted Wednesday as saying.
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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.
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NATO and Russia put weeks of tension behind them to call on Thursday for a free and fair election in Ukraine as aides of liberal Viktor Yushchenko predicted victory for their
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Russia recalled its ambassador, announced the evacuation of its diplomats and complained to the United Nations on Thursday after Georgia detained five Russian officers on spying charges, bringing relations between the ex-Soviet neighbors to a new low.
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NATO has postponed a Thursday meeting  between its foreign ministers and their Ukrainian counterpart,  to avoid high-level contacts with a government accused of  election fraud, NATO sources said.
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NATO said on Monday it was very  concerned at Russia&#39;s decision to suspend participation in a  landmark treaty on the deployment of armed forces in post-Cold  War Europe.
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Russia's refusal to cooperate with the  West to ensure a fair election in Ukraine signals that Moscow  is slipping back to Soviet-style tactics, a senior Polish  diplomat was quoted Wednesday as saying.
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The Russian military industrial complex is anticipating some hard times ahead. Kiev's course towards joining NATO, taking into account the election of President Viktor Yushchenko, will result in the curtailment ...