NATO Set to Downgrade Ukraine Meeting -- Diplomats
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NATO is set to cancel a meeting of its  foreign ministers with the Ukrainian foreign minister scheduled  for Thursday because of the political crisis in Kiev, diplomats  and officials 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&#39;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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Joining NATO should not be Ukraine's top military goal, given the state of the country's cash-strapped armed forces, the new defense minister said Saturday.
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Russia's threat to aim its missiles at targets in Europe is out of step with the spirit of NATO-Russian partnership, the alliance's chief said on Tuesday after talks with President Vladimir Putin.
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The Bush administration has decided to tone down its appeals to NATO allies for more troops and other contributions to the fight against the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.
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From left, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, Ukraine&#39;s opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana meet in Kiev, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004.
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Emergency talks on a key arms control  pact began in restrained fashion on Tuesday with Russia, the  United States and NATO states all at pains not to escalate  East-West confrontation, the U.S. and Russian delegations said.
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NATO defence ministers will hope to put recent public displays of disunity behind them when they meet in Vilnius on Thursday, following open US criticism of its allies' efforts in Afghanistan.
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The United States on Thursday toned down a resolution on Sudan to win support from China, Russia and other Security Council members who fear the threat of sanctions against Khartoum could complicate efforts to end the looting and killing in the Darfur region.
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NOORDWIJK, Netherlands  - NATO defense ministers agreed on Thursday to scale down the alliance's ambition to keep a 25,000-strong rapid reaction force on standby, ready to intervene in crises around the world.
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Ukraine&#39;s outgoing president sought Monday to ease fears he would hinder a rerun of the fraud-ridden presidential runoff, as his allies and the opposition tentatively
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PRAGUE, Feb 15 (IPS) - Ukraine's pro-Western 'Orange'  leaders seem to be aiming at NATO membership, but face hurdles  from Russia, public opinion and even politicians in their own  camp.
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Top Defense Department officials are considering a proposal to downgrade the combat status of U.S. forces who are part of the NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, a decision that could cause the 1,500 U.S. soldiers currently deployed there to lose hundreds or even thousands of dollars each month in...
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International mediators will step up  efforts Wednesday to resolve Ukraine's 10-day-old crisis over a  disputed presidential election after the collapse of talks  between pro-Western and pro-Russian factions.
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Ukraine's parliament brought down the government of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich on Wednesday, approving a no-confidence motion as international mediators gathered in the capital to try to bring the spiraling political crisis to a peaceful resolution.
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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.