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U.S. Senate |
Ex-general links gays in military, massacre John Sheehan, a retired general said that the Dutch policy of allowing gay soldiers to serve in its military led to its failure to halt Bosnian massacre
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| Mar. 6 |
Helmand |
UK's Brown visits troops in Afghanistan Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid a surprise visit to British troops. He went to Camp Bastion, the main British base in Helmand province
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| Mar. 5 |
Washington |
Blackwater allegations prompt US review US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is to review allegations of misconduct in Afghanistan by the security company
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| Mar. 4 |
London |
Brown set to give Iraq evidence |
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Baghdad |
Prime Minister to ask U.S. troops to stay |
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| Feb. 23 |
Afghanistan |
Forces in Afghanistan to limit night raids
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| Feb. 19 |
Netherlands |
Cabinet collapses in Afghan dispute
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| Feb.13 |
Afghanistan |
Nato hails major Afghan operation
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| Feb.7 |
Israel |
Human rights group slams Israel's probe |
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| Feb.2 |
U.S. Senate |
US military gay ban 'should go' |
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| Jan.7 |
Washington |
Obama targets intelligence lapses |
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| Dec.31 |
CIA |
Obama rallies CIA after Afghanistan bomb |
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| Dec.17 |
Moscow |
Nato fails to gain Russia aid in Afghanistan |
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| Dec.8 |
U.S. Senate |
McChrystal: Next 18 months 'critical'
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| Dec.6 |
Washington |
Obama team rejects criticism of exit timing |
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| Dec.2 |
Washington |
White House officials push Afghan surge |
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| Dec.1 |
Upstate New York |
Obama: 3-year plan to end Afghan war
Map of West Point NY New York| The deployment of 30,000 additional U.S. troops is part of a strategy to reverse the Taliban's momentum and stabilize the country's government. The new deployment over six months will bring U.S. troop strength in the country to more than 100,00... | |
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Washington |
Obama issues new Afghan orders
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| Nov.24 |
Washington |
Obama seeks Afghanistan closure |
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| Nov.16 |
London |
Brown plans Afghan handover talks |
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| Nov.11 |
Kabul |
Envoy urges no US troop increase |
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Washington |
Obama in Afghan troop level talks
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| Nov.9 |
Washington |
No Afghanistan troop decision made |
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| Oct.30 |
Colombia |
Deal allows U.S. to use Colombia bases
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| Oct.18 |
Washington |
US decision after Afghan result |
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| Oct.17 |
Washington |
Senator Kerry warns on Afghan troops |
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| Oct.14 |
London |
UK sends 500 more to Afghanistan |
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| Oct.11 |
Tribal Areas |
Pakistan 'to strike at militants' |
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| Oct.10 |
Washington |
Obama to end military gay policy |
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| Oct.6 |
Washington |
Obama aware of Afghan differences |
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| Oct.5 |
Washington |
US 'needs time' on Afghan troops |
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| Sep.30 |
House of Representatives |
U.S. to withdraw 4,000 troops from Iraq |
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| Sep.28 |
NATO |
NATO chief calls for US Afgan support |
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| Sep.22 |
London |
Brown move to cut UK nuclear subs |
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| Sep.21 |
Kabul |
Karzai backs U.S. call for more troops |
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| Sep.20 |
Afghanistan |
US in Afghanistan failure warning The top US general there, Gen Stanley McChrystal: The US mission in Afghanistan will 'likely result in failure' unless troops are increased
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Washington |
Obama rejects Russia missile link |
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| Sep.17 |
Moscow |
Russia hails US missile overhaul |
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| Sep.16 |
Washington |
US cut missile defence plan 
The US will abandon its plan to develop a missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic because Iran's missile program was less advanced
| Obama said there would be a 'proven, cost-effective' system using land- and sea-based interceptors against Iran's short- and medium-range missile threat
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| Jul.1 |
Southern Afghanistan |
U.S. launches 'major operation' 4,000 Americans, mostly the Marines, and 650 Afghan soldiers and police launched Operation Khanjar, 'strike of the sword' against Taliban fighters
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| May.18 |
Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka leader hails 'victory'
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| Apr.30 |
Basra |
UK combat operations end in Iraq |
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| Apr.16 |
Chechnya |
Russia 'ends Chechnya operation'
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| Apr.4 |
France |
Extra NATO troops for Afghan poll
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| Mar.29 |
Washington |
U.S. prepared to hit targets in Pakistan |
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| Mar.27 |
Washington |
US rethinks Afghanistan strategy |
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| Mar.13 |
Washington |
US drops 'enemy combatant' term
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| Feb.26 |
Washington |
Obama to pull troops from Iraq in 2010| President Obama is planning to pull all combat troops out of Iraq by August 2010, which falls short of his campaign promise. Between 35,000 to 50,000 troops will remain in Iraq. They would be withdrawn gradually until all U.S. forc... | |
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| Feb.19 |
Kyrgyzstan |
Parliament votes to close key U.S. base Kyrgyzstan parliament has voted to close a base the U.S. uses as a route for troops and supplies heading into Afghanistan
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| Feb.17 |
Washington |
US to boost troops in Afghanistan |
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| Feb.6 |
Kyrgyzstan |
Kyrgyz closure of US base 'final'
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| Feb.3 |
Sri Lanka |
President predicts rapid win
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| Feb.1 |
Jerusalem |
Israel vows tough rocket response |
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| Jan.29 |
North Korea |
North Korea tears up agreements
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| Jan.21 |
Gaza |
Israeli troops complete Gaza withdrawal| Israeli troops have completed their withdrawal from Gaza after a 3-week military campaign against Hamas militants | |
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| Jan.11 |
Gaza |
Israeli reservists sent to Gaza
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| Dec.29 |
Jerusalem |
Barak: Israel in 'all-out war' with Hamas
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| Dec.26 |
Pakistan |
Pakistan moves troops to India border
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| Dec.19 |
Washington |
US to send 3,000 more troops to Afgh-an Defense Secretary Robert Gates has signed a deployment order to move an additional 3,000 troops next year as a part of a combat aviation brigade
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| Dec.17 |
Baghdad |
UK troops to leave Iraq 'by July' |
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| Nov.20 |
UN Security Council |
UN agrees DR Congo troop increase |
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| Nov.16 |
Baghdad |
Iraq cabinet backs US troops deal
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| Sep.15 |
Baghdad |
Gates arrives to oversee command change |
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| Sep.10 |
Pakistan |
Pakistan orders end to foreign incursions |
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| Sep.9 |
Washington |
Bush reshuffles war-zone troops
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| Aug.28 |
Sochi |
Putin: U.S. orchestrated Georgian war |
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| Aug.18 |
Georgia |
Russia begins Georgia troop 'pull back' |
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| Aug.17 |
Moscow |
Russia: Troop withdrawal to begin Monday |
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| Aug.7 |
Baghdad |
U.S. troops may leave by 2011 |
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| Jul.8 |
Czech Republic |
US and Czechs sign defence deal |
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| Jun.1 |
Australia |
Australia ends operations in Iraq |
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| Apr.10 |
Washington |
Bush backs Iraq withdrawal freeze |
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| Apr.4 |
Washington |
Blackwater Iraq contract to be renewed |
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| Mar.19 |
Washington |
Bush speech hails Iraq 'victory' |
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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 Palestini...
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| Oct.17 |
Turkey |
MPs clear attacks in Iraq |
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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.13 |
Washington |
Bush pledges Iraq troop reduction |
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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
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| Sep.2 |
Basra |
British leave Basra base
Five-hundred British troops began withdrawing from their base in the city, which has been hit daily by mortar attacks
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| May.24 |
U.S. Congress |
Congress backs Iraq funding bill |
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| May.16 |
London |
Prince Harry will not go to Iraq |
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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
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| Apr.26 |
U.S. Senate |
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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| Mar.27 |
U.S. Senate |
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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| Feb.13 |
Baghdad |
Iraq unveils new security plans |
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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.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
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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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| Nov.28 |
Latvia |
NATO eyes Afghan handover in 2008 |
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| Oct.20 |
Washington |
Bush holds Iraq strategy talks
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| Oct.12 |
London |
General seeks UK Iraq withdrawal |
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| Sep.13 |
NATO |
NATO fails on Afghan troops plea
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| Aug.17 |
UN |
States pledge troops for Lebanon |
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| Aug.16 |
Southern Lebanon |
Lebanese troops deploy
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Southern Lebanon |
Israel begun withdrawal from Lebanon |
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| Jul.31 |
Jerusalem |
Israel to expand ground campaign |
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| Jul.27 |
Israel |
Israel to bolster troop numbers |
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| Mar.19 |
Washington |
Debate over Iraq strong as ever |
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| Jan.28 |
Gaza |
Hamas leader: 'Palestinian army' possible |
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| Jan.25 |
Washington |
Report: Army stretched to breaking point |
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| Dec.27 |
Iraq |
Ukrainian, Bulgarian troops left Iraq |
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| Dec.22 |
Sunni Triangle |
US to make Iraq troop level cuts |
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| Nov.30 |
Washington |
Bush outlines Iraq 'victory plan'
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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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| 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.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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| Aug.8 |
Baghdad |
Saddam: U.S. attack 'doomed' |
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| Sep.15 |
USA |
Bush says US is at war |