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French, Afghan troops push into hostile valley

AP News 6 days ago

French, Afghan troops push into hostile valley to secure area for bypass road around Kabul Hundreds of French and Afghan troops on Sunday pushed into a hostile valley in eastern Afghanistan where militants launch quick attacks, then disappear into hillside villages. The ...

Afghanistan

AP News 6 days ago

A rocket propelled grenade fired by insurgents lands near a NATO French Foreign Legion armored personnel carrier during operation Avallon in the Tagab Valley, some 50 kilometers east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday Nov. 15, 2009. Hundreds of French and Afghan troops pushed ...

US, Russia see deal on missile cuts by year-end

AFP Global Edition 7 days ago

The leaders of Russia and the United States said Sunday they were on target to agree by the end of the year the text of a new treaty setting out major cuts in their nuclear weapons arsenals. But a senior White House ...

US-Russia arms control talks progressing

AP News 7 days ago

US, Russia nearing replacement for expiring arms control treaty, but technical issues remain The United States and Russia have agreed on the broad outlines of a deal to replace a major Cold-War era arms control agreement and are trying to work out ...

Obama bids for Russian help on Iran

AFP American Edition 7 days ago

The US and Russian presidents meet at an Asia-Pacific summit here Sunday with Barack Obama eager to secure Moscow's backing to break the stand-off over Iran's nuclear ambitions. Obama will want to hear from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev whether the Kremlin detects ...

French ex-minister accuses Chirac over Angola arms sales

AFP Global Edition 9 days ago

A former French minister convicted in the arms-to-Angola affair said Thursday that ex-president Jacques Chirac knew about the trade, holding up secret documents he claimed prove his case. Charles Pasqua, who served as interior minister in the 1980s and again in the ...

Group: Work half done to clear world of land mines

AP News 9 days ago

Group: Work half done to clear the world of land mines, a decade after treaty's signing Significant progress has been made in removing land mines around the world, but the hidden devices killed more than 1,260 people last year, the International Campaign ...

Iran calls on Russia to fulfill missile sales deal

Reuters US Online Report World News 10 days ago

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Russia should honor a contract to sell a missile defense system to Iran and not bend to outside pressure, the Islamic Republic's defense minister said in remarks published on Thursday. Russia, which is under Western pressure to distance itself ...

US-Russia nuclear talks hit snag: report

AFP Global Edition 10 days ago

Talks between Moscow and Washington to replace a key nuclear disarmament treaty that expires next month have hit a snag over proposed restrictions on Russian missiles, a newspaper said Thursday. The dispute threatens to derail high-stakes talks on a successor to the ...

BRITAIN REMEMBRANCE DAY

AP News 10 days ago

Soldiers of The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery fire a World War One 13-pounder artillery piece, at Horse Guards Parade in London, Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009, to mark the end of the two minutes silence to remember the Armistice Day signing which ...

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