NATO steps in as Serbs torch Kosovo border post
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JARINJE, Kosovo  - NATO peacekeepers were being sent to newly independent Kosovo's border with Serbia on Tuesday to defend frontier posts under attack by Serbs who oppose its secession.
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NATO said on Tuesday its major offensive   to crush a revitalized Taliban in southern Afghanistan is   pushing the guerrillas into a corner as heavy fighting   continues.
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European Union leaders agreed Friday to send a police and civilian mission to Kosovo, the EU's Portuguese presidency announced, with the Serbian province expected to move toward independence.
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OHRID, Macedonia  - NATO on Friday urged flexibility from all sides in overcoming the diplomatic deadlock on the fate of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province, and warned against any "unforeseen developments".
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NATO is prepared for the  worst-case scenario of regional violence in the event Serbs in  north Kosovo revolt over an imminent decision on the fate of  the province, the NATO commander there said on Tuesday.
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NATO leaders Wednesday invited Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina to join a program considered a first step toward eventual membership, but urged Serbia and Bosnia to fully cooperate with the U.N. war crimes tribunal.
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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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NATO leaders on Wednesday invited their old enemy Serbia &#151; along with Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina &#151; to join a program considered a first step toward eventual membership in the alliance.
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The United States and major European powers on Monday led an international rush to support Kosovo's declaration of independence but Serbia also gathered international backing for its opposition.
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CAMP BONDSTEEL, Serbia  - From the vantage point of a U.S. Black Hawk helicopter, the new road to Debelde cuts a tidy yellow line through tilled farmland on Kosovo's southern border with Macedonia.
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The transfer of Bosnian peacekeeping duties was hailed a "huge step forward", but will the EU do any better than Nato? The BBC's Nick Hawton reports.
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EU leaders, fresh from signing a treaty that overhauls the way the bloc runs, will strive Friday to present a united front on Kosovo as the Serbian province prepares to move to independence.
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Kosovo Serbs set two border crossings ablaze to protest against Kosovo's independence declaration.
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The Albanian parliament passed a resolution Thursday to allow the country to join a peacekeeping mission of the European Union (EU) in Bosnia, which takes over responsibilities from NATO in December.
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NATO leaders Wednesday invited Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina to join a program considered a first step toward eventual membership, but urged Serbia and Bosnia to fully cooperate with the U.N. war ...Comment
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2 December 2004 -- The European Union began its largest military operation today, formally taking over NATO&#39;s peacekeeping mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina with 7,000 troops.
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Recognition of Kosovan independence gains momentum with the US and EU nations pledging support.