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| Mon. |
Washington |
Bush offers help for Lebanon army
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| May. 3 |
Iran |
Iran denies militia backing in Iraq |
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| May. 1 |
Iran |
Iraq to confront Iran over aid to militants |
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| Apr. 30 |
Washington |
Eisenhower nixed nuke attack in '58 |
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| Apr. 23 |
Washington |
Petraeus set for Central Command |
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| Apr. 22 |
USA |
Clinton's poll day threat to Iran
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| Apr.10 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Democrats: Bush is avoiding Iraq decisions
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Washington |
Petraeus: Iraqi leaders turn wary of Iran |
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Washington |
U.S. military trainers to head to Pakistan |
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Washington |
Bush backs Iraq withdrawal freeze
US President says he will put a freeze on the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, as requested by his top general in the country
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| Apr.8 |
Washington |
Iraqi envoy: Wrong time for U.S. to leave |
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U.S. Congress |
Petraeus: US 'must suspend' withdrawal
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Israel |
Emergency drill amid attack worries |
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| Apr.5 |
Baghdad |
Iraq: Blackwater staying on 'is bad news'
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| Apr.4 |
Washington |
Blackwater Iraq contract to be renewed The State Department will renew its contract with Blackwater to provide security in Iraq. No provisions have been added to the contract
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| Apr.3 |
Iraq |
Al-Sadr offers to help Iraqi security forces |
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NATO denies Georgia and Ukraine
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| Apr.2 |
Romania |
France to send battalion to Afghanistan
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Romania |
NATO chief: Afghan troop increase likely |
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| Apr.1 |
Ukraine |
Bush backs Ukraine on NATO bid |
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| Mar.27 |
Washington |
Pentagon orders nuclear inventory |
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| Mar.26 |
Paris |
France offers more troops for Afghanistan |
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| Mar.19 |
Washington |
Bush speech hails Iraq 'victory' President Bush has delivered a speech at the Pentagon to mark the fifth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq
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| Mar.18 |
Washington |
Bush: War in Iraq must go on |
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Sudan and Chad strike peace deal
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| Mar.11 |
Washington |
US Mid-East commander steps down |
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| Mar.6 |
Washington |
Pentagon bans Google map-makers |
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| Feb.28 |
Afghanistan |
Army considers Harry deployment |
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| Feb.8 |
Moscow |
Putin vows 'arms race' response
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| Feb.6 |
U.S. Congress |
R. Gates: Afghanistan may split up NATO |
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| Feb.2 |
Northern Iraq |
Iraq set for new offensive in Mosul |
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| Jan.30 |
Jerusalem |
War report piles pressure on Olmert A report about inconclusive war in Lebanon could determine whether PM holds onto his job long enough to try to make peace with the Palestinians
| 2006 war against Hezbollah was a 'large and serious' failure
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Palestinians blow up border wall
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| Jan.12 |
Kuwait |
Bush okay on keeping troop levels |
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| Dec.21 |
Washington |
Warning over Pentagon war funding |
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| Dec.18 |
U.S. Congress |
Senate passes $70B in war funds
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| Dec.16 |
Turkey |
'US backed' Turkish raids on Iraq
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| Dec.12 |
London |
Afghan battle 'being won' - Brown |
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| Dec.10 |
Afghanistan |
Brown hails Afghan battle success |
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| Dec.5 |
Baghdad |
Gates: Stable Iraq 'within reach' |
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| Nov.21 |
Washington |
U.S. submits missile defense plans |
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| Oct.29 |
Iraq |
US hands over Karbala to Iraqis |
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| Oct.28 |
Baghdad |
Iraq warns Turkey over incursion |
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| Oct.27 |
Turkey |
PM vows to fight rebels on own terms |
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| Oct.26 |
Portugal |
Putin: 'U.S. plan is Cuban missile crisis' |
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Iran |
Guard 'ready to defend revolution' |
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| Oct.23 |
Baghdad |
Turkey wins Iraq backing on PKK |
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Turkish troops missing after raid
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| Oct.17 |
Turkey |
MPs clear attacks in Iraq The parliament has given permission for the government to launch operations into Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels
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Putin warns U.S. in missile talks
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| Sep.17 |
Pakistan |
Musharraf to 'give up army post' |
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| Sep.16 |
Paris |
France warning of war with Iran
Foreign minister Kouchner says the world should prepare for war over Iran's nuclear program
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| Sep.14 |
U.S. Congress |
Report shows meager gains in Iraq |
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| Sep.13 |
Washington |
Bush pledges Iraq troop reduction
US President has made a televised address backing a limited pull-out of troops from Iraq
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| Sep.11 |
Washington |
Bush to adopt Petraeus advice on troops |
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| Sep.10 |
U.S. Congress |
Gen. Petraeus: 'Surge' is working 
| U.S. commander told a fractious congressional hearing that the 30,000 troops deployed to Iraq in January could come home by next July. David Petraeus told a Congressional panel that the military ob... | |
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| Sep.2 |
Southern Iraq |
British leave Basra base
Map of Basra Iraq Five-hundred British troops began withdrawing from their base in the city, which has been hit daily by mortar attacks
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N. Korea agrees to close nuke facilities
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| Aug.23 |
U.S. Congress |
Top Republican urges Iraq pullout |
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| Jul.12 |
U.S. Congress |
House of Reps votes for troop pullout |
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| May.25 |
Ukraine |
Leaders spar over troops |
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| May.24 |
U.S. Congress |
Congress backs Iraq funding bill
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| May.19 |
Southern Iraq |
Blair's tribute to troops in Iraq |
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| May.16 |
London |
Prince Harry will not go to Iraq
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| May.10 |
U.S. Congress |
House passes Iraq funding bill |
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| May.1 |
Washington |
Bush vetoes Iraq withdrawal bill |
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| Apr.30 |
Jerusalem |
'Severe failure' over Lebanon war Ehud Olmert has been criticised by government inquiry panel over his handling of Israel's conflict in Lebanon in 2006
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| Apr.27 |
Turkey |
Army 'concerned' by vote 
| Army has warned against questioning the secular system after a disputed 1st-round presidential vote in parliament. The ruling party has sharply criticised an army threat. The European Union and the U.S. have urg... | |
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| Apr.26 |
U.S. Congress |
Congress backs Iraq pull-out plan
The Senate has voted to approve a bill which requires US troops to start withdrawing by October
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| Apr.25 |
U.S. Congress |
US House votes for Iraq deadline |
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| Apr.11 |
Washington |
US extends troops' tour of duty |
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Nuclear program stepped up
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| Mar.27 |
U.S. Congress |
Senate votes for Iraq deadline
The Senate has endorsed a deadline of March 2008 for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq
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Iran seizes 15 British sailors
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| Mar.8 |
Baghdad |
No military solution to Iraq - U.S. chief |
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| Feb.13 |
Baghdad |
Iraq unveils new security plans
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| Feb.9 |
Washington |
US Iraq forces under new command |
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| Feb.5 |
U.S. Congress |
Republicans block Iraq war debate |
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| Jan.26 |
Belgium |
Nato 'to step up Afghan support'
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| Jan.16 |
Jerusalem |
Military chief quits over war performance
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| Jan.11 |
Washington |
Bush team begins selling Iraq plan |
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| Jan.10 |
Washington |
Bush boosts troop numbers in Iraq 
| President will send more than 20,000 extra troops, as part of a new strategy for the future of US involvement. In an address on US TV, Bush said the deployment would help break the c... | |
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U.S. targets al Qaeda suspects
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| Jan.4 |
Washington |
Bush revamps US military in Iraq
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| Dec.20 |
Washington |
Bush: Army need to increase in size
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| Dec.15 |
Washington |
US 'troop boost in Iraq likely' |
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| Nov.29 |
Latvia |
NATO signals Afghan reinforcements |
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| Nov.28 |
Latvia |
NATO eyes Afghan handover in 2008
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| Nov.17 |
London |
Blair accepts 'disaster' in Iraq |
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Sudan 'backs' Darfur force plan
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| Nov.8 |
Washington |
Bush replaces Rumsfeld by Gates
President former CIA chief introduced Robert Gates as his nominee to replace Donald Rumsfeld as secretary of defense
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| Oct.25 |
Washington |
Bush 'dissatisfied' with Iraq war |
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| Oct.20 |
Washington |
Bush holds Iraq strategy talks Gen. John Abizaid arrived for meetings with the President Bush, Rumsfeld and Casey
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| Oct.12 |
London |
General seeks UK Iraq withdrawal
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North Korea claims nuclear test
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| Oct.5 |
Afghanistan |
NATO expands role in Afghanistan |
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| Sep.14 |
Poland |
Poland to boost Nato Afghan force |
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| Sep.13 |
NATO |
NATO fails on Afghan troops plea No offers have been made by states in response to requests by commanders in Afghanistan
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| Sep.9 |
Poland |
Nato seeks Afghan troops boost |
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| Sep.7 |
Baghdad |
US hands over Iraq army control |
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| Aug.25 |
Paris |
Chirac doubts Lebanon force size |
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| Aug.17 |
UN |
States pledge troops for Lebanon
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| Aug.16 |
Southern Lebanon |
Lebanese troops deploy The troops have begun deploying south of the Litani River as part of the U.N.-brokered cease-fire
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Southern Lebanon |
Israel begun withdrawal from Lebanon
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Beirut |
Lebanon army set to move to south |
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Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire in effect
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| Aug.9 |
Jerusalem |
Israel votes to push deeper into Lebanon |
|
| Jul.31 |
Jerusalem |
Israel to expand ground campaign
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Jerusalem |
Israel 'not ready for truce yet' |
|
| Jul.27 |
Israel |
Israel to bolster troop numbers
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Mideast talks fail to reach cease-fire
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| Jul.10 |
Kabul |
Rumsfeld arrives in Afghanistan |
|
| Apr.15 |
Washington |
Rumsfeld resignation row simmers |
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| Mar.19 |
Washington |
Debate over Iraq strong as ever |
|
| Jan.28 |
Gaza |
Hamas leader: 'Palestinian army' possible |
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Airstrike targeted al-Zawahiri
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|
| Dec.27 |
Iraq |
Ukrainian, Bulgarian troops left Iraq |
|
| Dec.22 |
Sunni Triangle |
US to make Iraq troop level cuts |
|
| Nov.30 |
Washington |
Bush outlines Iraq 'victory plan' The President has said he will not accept 'anything less than complete victory' in Iraq
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| Aug.17 |
Russian Far East |
Russian-Chinese war games begin Air, sea, and ground units from both countries are starting a week of major exercises, dubbed Peace Mission 2005
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US holds talks with Iraq rebels
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| Mar.11 |
Lebanon |
Syrian troops quit north Lebanon
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| Mar.5 |
Syria |
Assad: Syria to redeploy Lebanon troops |
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N. Korea Admits to Nukes, Out of Talks
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| Aug.11 |
Iraq |
U.S. launches offensive in Najaf The military launched a major offensive against militants loyal to renegade Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr
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| Jul.15 |
Baghdad |
Iraq to form new security force
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| Apr.29 |
Sunni Triangle |
Former Iraqi generals offer Fallujah plan |
|
| Apr.18 |
Spain |
Spain PM orders Iraq troops home
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| Mar.29 |
Washington |
Bush welcomes NATO's new seven
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| Mar.15 |
Spain |
PM-elect: Troops out of Iraq |
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| Feb.2 |
Jerusalem |
Sharon orders Gaza pullout plan |
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|
| May.1 |
USA |
Bush calls end to 'major combat' From the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln President delivers a nationally televised address
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| Mar.19 |
Iraq |
U.S. Launches War Against Iraq
Map After air raid sirens went off across Baghdad, anti-aircraft fire and explosions were heard
| Blair ordered British forces to take part in the action to protect against a new threat of 'disorder and chaos'. Saddam that denounced the U.S.-led military campaign as 'criminal'. A convoy of U.S. tanks rolled unopposed through the desert toward the Iraqi capital. Dozens of Iraqi troops surrendered with white flags to British marines.
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| Feb.9 |
NATO |
NATO facing split over Turkey |
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| |
Anti-war protests sweep the world
|
|
| Aug.8 |
Baghdad |
Saddam: U.S. attack 'doomed' |
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| |
Middle East conference to be convened
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| Sep.15 |
USA |
Bush says US is at war