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Nato summit: setback for expansion plan
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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France on Thursday announced it would be sending 700 additional combat troops to Afghanistan before the end of the year, in a move that will help relieve immediate pressures on the Nato force fighting the Taliban. (article 24)
Nato countries have agreed to back US plans to site a missile defence system in Europe, at a summit in Romania. (article 1)
After much soul searching, Canada agreed Thursday to continue the fight in Kandahar until 2011, its demands for reinforcement and equipment having been met by allies at the NATO summit in Bucharest. (article 22)
The leaders, meeting at a Nato summit in Bucharest on Thursday, decided that the alliance should welcome the system and extend it to Turkey and areas in the Balkans that would not be covered by current US plans. (article 3)
But Moscow's victory may be short-lived: NATO allies said clearly for the first time that strategically important Black Sea countries would one day join the alliance and suggested they may launch membership procedures by the end of this year. (article 8)
In another sign of discord, Greece blocked Macedonia's request to join the 26-nation alliance, saying the country must change its name, which is the same as Greece's northern region. (article 14)
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NATO, Afghanistan, Alliance, summit, Russia |
Source articles
- Nato to back US missile defence (BBC News, 04/03/2008, 260 words)
- NATO endorses missile defence in eastern Europe (cbc.ca, 04/03/2008, 479 words)
- Europe endorses missiles plan (ft.com, 04/03/2008, 564 words)
- Bush urging Nato expansion east (BBC News, 04/02/2008, 692 words)
- Win some, lose some for US at Nato (BBC News, 04/03/2008, 872 words)
- Uncertainty as Nato door creaks open (BBC News, 04/02/2008, 897 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > WORLD (FOX News, 04/03/2008, 882 words)
- Under Russian pressure, NATO delays membership offer to Ukraine, Georgia (cbc.ca, 04/03/2008, 830 words)
- Nato summit: setback for expansion plan (timesonline.co.uk, 04/04/2008, 712 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > WORLD (FOX News, 04/03/2008, 687 words)
- US seeks to console Ukraine and Georgia (ft.com, 04/03/2008, 504 words)
- Bush signals softening on EU defence (ft.com, 04/02/2008, 582 words)
- Georgia sees Iraq as Nato route (BBC News, 04/03/2008, 760 words)
- NATO allies reject U.S. push for membership for Ukraine, Georgia (cbc.ca, 04/02/2008, 812 words)
- Bush praises Nato Afghan pledges (BBC News, 04/02/2008, 352 words)
- Bush Delivers Remarks at NATO Summit (Washington Post, 04/02/2008, 3987 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > WORLD (FOX News, 04/03/2008, 391 words)
- Shadow of Ceausescu makes Nato more relevant than ever (timesonline.co.uk, 04/02/2008, 618 words)
- New French force for Afghanistan (BBC News, 04/03/2008, 255 words)
- No wonder Russia is paranoid (timesonline.co.uk, 04/03/2008, 1152 words)
- Harper won't confirm report of U.S. troop pledge to Afghanistan (cbc.ca, 04/02/2008, 1029 words)
- Canada's conditions met, will remain in Afghanistan until 2011: Harper (cbc.ca, 04/03/2008, 959 words)
- France's 'significant' troop pledge meets Afghan mission demand: PM (cbc.ca, 04/03/2008, 531 words)
- France pledges more troops to fight Taliban (ft.com, 04/03/2008, 420 words)
- Nato meets Canada's troop demands (BBC News, 04/03/2008, 299 words)
- Will Nato summit bring Afghan deal? (BBC News, 04/02/2008, 720 words)
- Ashdown warning over Afghanistan (BBC News, 04/02/2008, 466 words)
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