BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO‘s top official plans to meet with Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin to discuss ties that have deteriorated over the alliance’s plan to deploy a missile shield. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Putin agreed during a telephone conversation on the need for good and stable ties, the alliance said Thursday. “It was a constructive conversation,” […]
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UK: Afghanistan deaths won’t dent troop morale
March 8, 2012 
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LONDON (AP) — Britain‘s defense secretary insisted on Thursday that the country’s troops are committed to their mission inAfghanistan, after the number of U.K. personnel killed in the conflict passed 400. Ministers have expressed fears that the deaths of six soldiers killed when an explosion hit their armored vehicle in the southwestern Helmand province […]
Read moreWorld powers tell Iran: open military site for IAEA
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VIENNA (Reuters) – Six world powers called on Iran on Thursday to let international inspectors visit a military site where the U.N. nuclear watchdog says development work relevant to nuclear weapons may have taken place. In a joint statement at a board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the powers also voiced “regret” about Iran’s stepped-up campaign […]
Read moreIran’s Khamenei hails Obama caution on war
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Iran‘s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday welcomed comments by US President Barack Obama damping down talk of war against Tehran over its controversial nuclear drive. “This talk is good talk and shows an exit from illusion,” Khamenei’s website quoted the leader as telling clerics from the Assembly of Experts, the 86-member body which selects the supreme leader, supervises his […]
Read moreIran’s top leader welcomes Obama’s remarks
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV is reporting that the country’s top leader has welcomed comments by President Barack Obama pushing diplomacy and not war as a solution to Tehran’s nuclear ambition. The Thursday report quotes Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as praising a recent statement by the U.S. president saying he saw a “window of opportunity” to use diplomacy to resolve […]
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