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• Gates Prods NATO States on Deployments to Afghanistan

  Published: October 23, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Gates, Prods, Nato, States, Deployments, Afghanistan, Robert Gates, Geoff Morrell, Uruzgan Province, Kabul, The Balkans, Afghan National Army, Iraq, Netherlands, Slovakia

  KIEV, Ukraine, Oct. 22 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates criticized European members of NATO on Monday for failing to provide the extra troops that their governments promised last year for security duties in Afghanistan.

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• WORLD IN BRIEF

  Published: November 3, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: World, Brief, Spain, United Nations, North Africa, Afghanistan, Haiti, Morocco, Ceuta, Melilla, Uruzgan Province, Indian Ocean, King Juan Carlos I, Michele Montas, N Djamena, Rome, Chad, France, Liberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam, Malawi, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, United States

  Sri Lankan fighter jets bombed a secret rebel communications center early Friday, killing the Tamil Tigers' political chief and five others in a strike certain to deal a sharp blow to the guerrillas' morale.

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• WORLD IN BRIEF

  Published: January 13, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: World, Brief, United Nations, Gaza Strip, Mogadishu, Port Harcourt, Al Qaeda, China, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, Somalia, United Nations Security Council, Puntland, Uruzgan Province, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Beit Lahia, Cagliari, Galkayo, George W Bush, Jaka

  A speeding fuel tanker crashed and spilled its cargo Saturday in Nigeria's main southern city, and as many as three dozen people were feared dead in the resulting fire, police and witnesses said.

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• NATO Allies Bristle at Criticisms From Gates

  Published: January 17, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Nato, Allies, Bristle, Criticisms, From, Gates, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, United States, The Taliban, Geoff Morrell, Uruzgan Province, Los Angeles Times, The Associated Press, Peter Mackay, The Pentagon, Canada, United Kingdom, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Glenn K

  PARIS, Jan. 16 -- Some of the United States' closest NATO allies expressed anger and astonishment Wednesday at published statements by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates describing their forces as poorly trained for fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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