NATO leaders back ties with Balkans trio
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NATO offered Serbia, Bosnia and Montenegro on Tuesday the first step on the road to membership despite unresolved concerns over war crimes, and said other Balkan countries could expect firm invitations to join in 2008.
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NATO and Russia vowed to boost cooperation in fighting terrorism, notably firming up plans for Russian ships to join an Alliance counter-terror operation in the Mediterranean.
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NATO and the Belgian government signed an agreement Wednesday to build new alliance headquarters adjacent to the current site, confirming Brussels as home of the military bloc.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai plays down tensions over the role of Nato powers operating in his country.
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RIGA, Latvia -- In a show of solidarity, NATO leaders agreed yesterday to come to one another's aid in emergencies anywhere in Afghanistan, but their summit did not muster significant reinforcements for operations in Taliban strongholds.
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There was little sign of agreement between NATO member states over who was pulling their weight in Afghanistan, ahead of a meeting of defence ministers in Vilnius Thursday.
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Serbian and Kosovo Albanian leaders made a commitment at talks in Vienna on Thursday not to do anything to endanger a new round of internationally mediated talks on the future of the breakaway province.
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NATO and the Belgian government signed an agreement Wednesday to build new alliance headquarters adjacent to the current site, confirming Brussels as the home of the military bloc and underscoring improved relations between the host and the United States.
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Bulgaria's Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha expressed support for neighbouring Turkey's bid to join the European Union, a report said Monday.
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The United States and Europe's big powers -- Britain, France, Italy and Germany -- said Monday they would recognise Kosovo's declaration of independence, despite staunch opposition from some other EU members.
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"Kosovo directly affects the security and stability of our region"  Surrounded by photographers, NATO's Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, center right, talks to Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki, center left, during an informal dinner for ministers, in the ... via The Macon Telegraph
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Balkan leaders on Friday agreed that strengthening regional dialogue was the only way to prevent the return of ethnic violence that wracked the region in the 1990s
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NATO countries have agreed to offer   ex-Soviet Georgia talks on closer ties with the Western   alliance, NATO sources said on Monday, signaling a move likely   to anger Russia.
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HAVANA -- Cuba said yesterday it was resuming formal ties with all of Europe, ending a deep freeze in relations following a 2003 crackdown on dissidents and the executions of three men who tried to hijack a ferry.
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NATO pledged on Wednesday to stay in Afghanistan for the long haul to restore peace and stability there, after a summit where nations offered some concessions to improve the mobility of troops battling Taliban insurgents.
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NATO pledged on Wednesday to stay the course to restore peace and stability in Afghanistan at a summit where nations offered guarded concessions to improve the mobility of allied forces battling Taliban insurgents.
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PORTOROZ, Slovenia -- 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.Comment