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Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister, dead at 87
www.washingtonpost.com-April 08, 2013
Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, the grocer’s daughter whose overpowering personality, bruising political style and free-market views transformed Britain and transfixed America through the 1980s, died Monday after a stroke, her spokesman said in a statement. She was 87.
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Commander: Contingency plans under way for Syria
www.yahoo.com-March 20, 2013
The top U.S. military commander in Europe said Tuesday that several NATO countries are working on contingency plans for possible military action to end the two-year civil war in Syria as President Bashar Assad's regime accused U.S.-backed Syrian rebels of using chemical weapons.
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Cypriot finance officials revise bailout terms, propose no levy on savings under 20,000 euros
www.washingtonpost.com-March 19, 2013
Cypriot government officials sought Tuesday to alleviate the pain on small savers from a plan to raid bank deposits that has caused outrage in the country and sent jitters through European financial markets.
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NATO chief backs proposal to keep more Afghan troops in place through 2018, despite expense
www.washingtonpost.com-March 06, 2013
Afghanistan’s president got reassurance Tuesday that NATO intends to backstop his troubled nation’s security long beyond 2014, after NATO’s chief endorsed keeping Afghanistan’s security forces at the current strength for years to come.
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U.S., NATO will abide by Afghan President Karzai’s decree, commander says
www.washingtonpost.com-February 18, 2013
The new commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan said Sunday he would comply with an intended order by President Hamid Karzai that prohibits Afghan forces from calling in NATO airstrikes on residential areas.
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General Urged to Take Time to Decide on NATO Post
www.nytimes.com-February 14, 2013
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta disclosed Wednesday that he met this week with Gen. John R. Allen, the outgoing commander in Afghanistan, and urged him to take time off with his family before deciding whether to accept or decline the president’s nomination to be the senior NATO commander.
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French troops advance on Islamist rebels in northern Mali
www.washingtonpost.com-January 16, 2013
French troops in armored vehicles and machine gun-mounted pickups moved northward Wednesday to bolster Malian army units fighting Islamist guerrillas entrenched in the beleaguered town of Diably.
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Panetta reassures Portugal on Azores Islands after U.S. downsizes decades-old base there
www.washingtonpost.com-January 16, 2013
The Pentagon’s era of austerity is starting to pinch some remote corners of the globe, including a volcanic island in the mid-Atlantic.
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French warplanes hit central Mali in fierce fighting between soldiers, Islamist guerrillas
www.washingtonpost.com-January 15, 2013
French warplanes turned the fury of their bombing runs to central Mali on Monday after a column of Islamist guerrillas swept southward along the Mauritanian border and captured the town of Diabaly, in what was described as fierce fighting with Malian troops.
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Greek officials reach austerity deal that could pave way for bailout
www.washingtonpost.com-February 09, 2012
After days of agonizing negotiations, Greek politicians have reached a deal to make a sweeping series of cuts that they hope will secure an international bailout and help the debt-ridden nation avoid bankruptcy, Prime Minister Lucas Papademos’s office said on Thursday.
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Greece Reaches Deal, Is It Enough?
www.cfr.org-February 09, 2012
The Greek government agreed to fresh austerity measures (NYT) Thursday, paving the way for a new $170 billion EU-IMF bailout, amid growing doubts that such a deal will be sufficient to rein in Greece's moutain of debt. The European Central Bank said Wednesday that it is prepared to exchange some of its holdings of Greek debt at a price below face value (WSJ), though other sources said ECB officials remained divided (Reuters) over how to aid a Greek restructuring. The potential decision by the ECB, the largest holder of Greek sovereign debt, could reduce the Greek debt burden by around $14 billion.
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U.S. Reassures Europe On Defense Cuts
http://online.wsj.com-February 04, 2012
The Obama administration sought to reassure anxious European allies Saturday that budget cuts won't undercut the U.S.'s commitment to their security.
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Politics May Drive Exit From Afghanistan
www.associatedpress.com-February 04, 2012
The Taliban are not beaten, the peace process is bogged down in internal squabbles and Afghan security forces aren't ready to take control of the nation. Yet the U.S. and its partners are talking about speeding up — rather than slowing down — their exit from the war.
It's becoming dramatically clear that politics is driving NATO's war exit strategy as much or more than conditions on the battlefield.
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U.N. Nuclear Inspectors' Visit To Iran Is A Failure, West Says
www.nytimes.com-February 04, 2012
American and European officials said Friday that a mission by international nuclear inspectors to Tehran this week had failed to address their key concerns, indicating that Iran’s leaders believe they can resist pressure to open up the nation’s nuclear program.
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Panetta: U.S., NATO will seek to end Afghan combat mission next year
www.washingtonpost.com-February 02, 2012
The United States hopes to end its combat mission in Afghanistan by the middle of next year, more than a year earlier than scheduled, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Wednesday.
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