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9 die in Kosovo avalanche; child survives
Rescuers have pulled a 5-year-old girl alive from the rubble of a house flattened by a massive avalanche that killed both of her parents and at least seven of her relatives in a remote mountain village in southern Kosovo.
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NATO extends Baltic air patrols
BRUSSELS — NATO has decided to extend an operation to protect the airspace of Baltic members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with fighter jets, officials said Wednesday.
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At least 3 killed in avalanche in Kosovo
An avalanche hit a village in Kosovo's mountainous south Saturday, killing a married couple and their 17-year-old son and leaving nine others missing, police said, as heavy snow continued to blanket the Balkans.
Informer Misled NATO in Airstrike That Killed 8 Civilians, Afghans Say
Afghan government officials who traveled to the snowbound village where seven children and a young adult reportedly were killed in a NATO airstrike this week said that the bombing was based on incorrect information.
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G-8 and NATO Summits to Convene in Chicago; Will Violence Disrupt Them?
Chicago will host the G-8 summit, and concurrently the NATO summit in May of this year. The city is preparing for thousands of global participants, and tens of thousands of demonstrators.
Washington's top military officials have created the impression that an act of Israeli aggression against Iran is a done deal.
Big-city crime Murder rates are higher in rural Canada
7 near the small town of Killam, Alta., a number of local residents mused that it was the kind of incident you would expect in a big city.
Karzai condemns death of 7 children in NATO air strikes
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has strongly criticized NATO for the air strikes resulting in the death of at least seven children, further aggravating the strained relations between Kabul and the international coalition forces over civilian deaths during course of anti-terrorists operations.
Pakistan court rejects PM's plea in contempt case
The Supreme Court is demanding that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani reopen corruption proceedings against President Asif Ali Zardari.
Diplomat: Russia will keep shielding Assad at UN
A senior Russian diplomat signaled Friday that Moscow will again use its veto power at the United Nations to block any resolution aimed at ousting Syrian President Bashar Assad from power.
Diplomat: Russia will keep shielding Assad at UN
A senior Russian diplomat signaled Friday that Moscow will again use its veto power at the United Nations to block any resolution aimed at ousting Syrian President Bashar Assad from power.
NATO supplies from Pakistani airspace never stopped: Pentagon
Pentagon says that the air supply routes for NATO forces in Afghanistan were never closed by Pakistan.
Turkey And Iran Diverge Over Syria
Turkey and Iran, regional heavyweights and heirs to imperial pasts, expanded trade in the past decade and papered over their traditional rivalry with diplomacy and rhetoric.
Afghan private security handover looking messy
The push by Afghanistan's president to nationalize legions of private security guards before the end of March is encouraging corruption and jeopardizing multibillion-dollar aid projects, according to companies trying to make the switch.
Canada pulls out of NATO surveillance project
Defence Minister Peter MacKay, left, and then-public works minister Christian Paradis, look over a model of an unmanned aerial vehicle in 2008.
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