Canada's foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon had stated that Canada will not extend its stay in Afghanistan beyond 2011. "Let me be perfectly clear: Canada is abiding by the motion that was adopted in our...
"HONG KONG : Honda disbanded its renowned Formula One team on Friday, a startling pullout that has its origins in the dismal state of the auto industry and which figures to have huge repercussions on the...
"Russia has circulated its own draft UN Security Council resolution aimed at bringing peace to Georgia, a day after rejecting a rival French document. The Russian text endorses a six-point ceasefire plan signed by Moscow and Tbilisi last week. Moscow earlier said it could...
Maybe there was a language barrier of some kind and in Russia "pullback" means "CHARGE!" Who knows.Late yesterday julianw had this to say."In response to strong pressure from various world leaders, President Dmitry Medvedev has vowed to pull Russian forces out of Georgia...
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In response to strong pressure from various world leaders, President Dmitry Medvedev has vowed to pull Russian forces out of Georgia starting Monday, the AFP reports. The announcement contrasts sharply with an earlier report suggesting Russian forces were digging in Sunday...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/world/europe/17georgia.html?_r=1&th=&oref=slogin&emc=th&pagewanted=all By CLIFFORD J. LEVY and C.J. CHIVERS Published: August 16, 2008 MOSCOW — Russia’s president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, on Saturday...
As of the highlighting of this Reuters article, Barack Obama has not visited our troops in Iraq in 127 Weeks - 3 Days - 9 Hours - 25 Minutes
Link to counter in...
UN peacekeeping troops do not have access to the diesel fuel necessary to continue their mission in Eritrea and have been forced to relocate to neighbouring Ethiopia."The United Nations has begun pulling out...
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The last of the UK’s troops will be pulling out of Basra tonight. The remaining 5000 will be stationed at the Airport in Basra so they can be withdrawn at a moments notice. There will now be no British...
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"US House votes for troop pullout
The United States House of Representatives has approved legislation to pull most combat troops out of Iraq by April next year.
The vote comes despite President George W Bush's threat to veto any timetable.
Correspondents say the...
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How big is this?"In a series of secret meetings in Europe between September 2004 and July 2006, Syrians and Israelis formulated understandings for a peace agreement between Israel and Syria.
The main points of the understandings are as follows:
# An agreement of principles...
As US troop levels are being raised, Great Britain troop levels continue to be lowered, returning home to family and friends. In contrast, state side reservist units will be sent off by family and friends as they...
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"In the cacophony of competing plans about how to deal with Iraq, one reality now appears clear: despite the Democratsâ victory this month in an election viewed as a referendum on the war, the idea of a rapid American troop withdrawal is fast receding as a viable...
"All six members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, amid an ongoing Pentagon review of strategy for Iraq, oppose pulling out U.S. troops now, and are also against a specific withdrawal timetable, a defense source said...