Eurasia Press & News
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet has agreed to extend by 15 months the mandate for German troops patrolling off the coast of Lebanon to prevent the smuggling of weapons into the country.
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September, 2008
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9 September
Afghan official says 50 Taliban killed or wounded
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Foreign forces in Afghanistan have killed or wounded 50 suspected Taliban militants in an air strike in the southern province of Uruzgan province, an Afghan police official said on Tuesday.
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9 September
Blast in Afghan east kills 3 U.S. coalition troops
KABUL (Reuters) – A roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday killing three soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition forces and a local contractor working with them, the U.S. military said.
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9 September
Russia plans 7,600-strong force in Georgia enclaves
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s military plans to station a total of 7,600 servicemen at bases in Georgia’s South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions, Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Tuesday.
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9 September
Georgia and missile shield cloud Lavrov trip to Poland
WARSAW (Reuters) – Russia’s relations with Poland have rarely been easy but Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Warsaw on Thursday amid particularly sharp disputes over missile defense and Moscow’s army offensive in Georgia.
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9 September
Lebanese sign reconciliation deal in volatile city
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – Rival Lebanese leaders signed on Monday a reconciliation deal aimed at ending four months of sporadic sectarian fighting in a volatile northern city that had raised fears of a rise of Islamist militancy.
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9 September
Egypt school exam cheats jailed
A court in the Egyptian town of Minya has jailed 14 people for their involvement in a plot to leak details of important high school exam papers.
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9 September
EU willing to associate with Ukraine but little else
Ukraine has been given a morale-boost at talks with senior European Union officials in Paris, but no pledge was offered for membership of the bloc.
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9 September
US moves troops from Iraq to Afghanistan
From a tour of duty in Iraq, to a tour of duty in Afghanistan… The US president has announced changes in American troop deployments in both countries.
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9 September
New Pakistani leader vows to tackle militants
The fight against terrorism and militant violence has come under the spotlight at the swearing-in of Pakistan’s new president.
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