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<title>US plan to double Afghan army</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182394502</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 16:49 GMT</pubDate>
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...  New York Times reported yesterday that US Defence Secretary Robert Gates had endorsed the two-pronged  ...  soldiers have been killed in the seven-year war in Afghanistan against the Taliban. Officials hoped  ...  troops - including the British, Canadian and Dutch soldiers who participate in a full range  ...
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<title>Gates Pushing Plan for Afghan Army</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182374882</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 14:39 GMT</pubDate>
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...  senior Pentagon and military officials said Thursday. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will endorse a  ...  and American-led operations in Afghanistan. With the war in Iraq still an obstacle to any  ...  troops - including the British, Canadian and Dutch soldiers who participate in a full range  ...
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<title>U.S. Defense Department to back $20 billion plan to increase Afghan Army</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182368863</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 13:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  command of most of the 19,000 American troops who have operated separately. (The NATO force  ...  moves come nearly seven years into the war in Afghanistan, a conflict that has claimed  ...  troops - including the British, Canadian and Dutch soldiers who participate in a full range  ...
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<title>Gates Pushing Plan to Double Afghan Army</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182322418</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 07:09 GMT</pubDate>
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...  senior Pentagon and military officials said Thursday. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, below, will endorse  ...  and American-led operations in Afghanistan. With the war in Iraq still an obstacle to any  ...  troops - including the British, Canadian and Dutch soldiers who participate in a full range  ...
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<title>More troops may be sent to Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182319800</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 06:46 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Afghanistan to help fight the Taliban, the Defence Secretary has hinted. Last Updated: 7:12AM BST  ...  concerned about the long-term commitment of the Dutch force in the area and want to  ...  about that.&quot; A Whitehall source said that ministers were not aware of any military advice  ...
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<title>The War for Oil Reserves</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182315059</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 05:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  - an appropriate model given the current war being waged for global resources. To better  ...  be. &quot;A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath  ...  world army, including players like ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, must cost effectively  ...
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<title>US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,134 Thursday, according to Associated Press count</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182312532</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 05:34 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according  ...  AP count is three fewer than the Defense Department&apos;s tally, last updated Thursday at 10  ...  four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary,  ...
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<title>The Responsibility to Protect: Meeting the Challenges, Gareth Evans</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182305972</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 04:42 GMT</pubDate>
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...  not to leap into either attack or defence but to treat it as a challenge  ...  the situation faced for example by the Dutch peacekeepers in Srebrenica, and by UNAMID forces  ...  civilian protection purposes as well as in self-defense; and where, accordingly, a Chapter VII rather  ...
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<title>&quot;The Responsibility to Protect: Meeting the Challenges&quot;</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182303072</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 04:40 GMT</pubDate>
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...  not to leap into either attack or defence but to treat it as a challenge  ...  the situation faced for example by the Dutch peacekeepers in Srebrenica, and by UNAMID forces  ...  civilian protection purposes as well as in self-defense; and where, accordingly, a Chapter VII rather  ...
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<title>500: Deadly U.S. Milestone in Afghan War</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182302586</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 04:39 GMT</pubDate>
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... 500: Deadly U.S. Milestone in Afghan War Published: Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 4:28  ...  numbers are hard to come by. The Defense Ministry said that nearly 600 Afghan soldiers  ...  Afghanistan, and thousands of British, Canadian and Dutch troops under NATO command  supplemented by  ...
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<title>Canadian navy to escort food ships to Somalia</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182302075</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 04:39 GMT</pubDate>
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...  from attacking food shipments bound for Somalia. Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Wednesday that HMCS  ...  Since last November, France, Denmark and the Netherlands have escorted 27 ships with enough food  ...  was interrupted in late June, when a Dutch warship left the area. Last year, pirates  ...
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<title>Canadian navy to escort food ships into Somalia</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182301031</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 04:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  for Somalia, the government said Wednesday. Canada&apos;s defense minister, Peter MacKay, said the Halifax, Nova  ...  Since last November, France, Denmark and the Netherlands have escorted a total of 27 ships  ...  was interrupted in late June when a Dutch warship left the area. Last year, pirates  ...
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<title>Gates Endorses $20 Billion Bid to Aid Afghans</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182291933</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 02:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  senior Pentagon and military officials said Thursday. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, below, will endorse  ...  and American-led operations in Afghanistan. With the war in Iraq still an obstacle to any  ...  troops - including the British, Canadian and Dutch soldiers who participate in a full range  ...
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<title>Friday, August 15</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182285152</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 00:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  British rule with Jawaharlal Nehru as prime minister. Pakistan, a new country is carved out  ...  killed and 100 injured. 1962 - The Netherlands and Indonesia settle West New Guinea dispute.  ...  resistant to leave. 2006 - The British Defense Ministry says more than 300 British soldiers  ...
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<title>US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,134</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182278333</link>
<pubDate>7 Aug 2008 23:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according  ...  AP count is three fewer than the Defense Department&apos;s tally, last updated Thursday at 10  ...  four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary,  ...
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