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Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:16 PM

Published 11/04/2009 by stuff.co.nz


Europe unlikely to follow US

Middle East European nations are unlikely to contribute more troops to Afghanistan, the head of the European Commission said on Tuesday, as President Barack Obama considers boosting US forces there.

Polls in many European countries show clear majorities in favor of withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, but the top US...

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...troops combined. "Honestly, in Europe there is not great enthusiasm for sending more troops to Afghanistan. That is the public opinion situation in Europe European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in Washington."
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...government. "We want to see who he is going to have in his government" State Department spokesman...
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...on Tuesday. "One area that we will be looking to help him with is improving good governance, which means fighting corruption." Obama has been holding...
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