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Friday, November 20, 2009 10:56 PM

NATO

Type: Organization

Name: NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for NATO

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 8 Documents

Fran Bailey

Snoozing MP says it was just a 'power nap'

It was a "power nap" and photo was "low"Sleep expert says she may have a disorderLIBERAL MP Fran Bailey has defended her "power nap" at the NATO conference in Scotland complaining she had been working her butt off.Ms Bailey, who made national headlines ... [Herald Sun - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Fran Bailey, NATO, Daryl Melham, Edinburgh (United Kingdom)

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents (in Politics)

Russia dismisses NATO concerns over military drills with Belarus

There is no reason for NATO to be concerned over recent Russian-Belarusian large-scale military drills near Poland, Russia's envoy to the alliance said on Wednesday.NATO spokesman James Appathurai earlier told reporters that ambassadors from 28 NATO countries ... [Russian Information Agency Novosti - 11/19/2009]

Entities: NATO, Belarus, Russia

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Israel will send ship to NATO anti-terror force

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Israel will send a warship to join a NATO anti-terror force, bolstering its ties with the alliance.An Israeli missile ship will join NATO's Active Endeavor naval force in the Middle East within the next few months, according to media ... [JTA - 7 hours ago]

Entities: NATO, Anti-Terrorism, Israel

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 5 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Edinburgh meeting makes NATO action plan for Afghanistan more vivid

By Abdul Hadi MayarKABUL, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- After its Parliamentary Assembly's meeting in Edinburgh, NATO seems to have moved further closer to a final decision on troops surge in Afghanistan.Though no formal statement was issued at the end of the meeting, ... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, NATO, Edinburgh (United Kingdom), Taliban

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents (in Politics)

NATO postpones conference on forces for Afghanistan: spokesman

Increases the bookmarktwitterfacebookdiggGoogleWindowsliveDeliciousbuzzfriendfeedLinkedindiigoredditstumbleuponNATO has delayed a meeting on boosting forces for Afghanistan to take all developments into account, including U.S. President Barack Obama's ... [People's Daily Online - 11/19/2009]

Entities: NATO, Afghanistan, James Appathurai

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Kashmir issue: Nato urges Pakistan and India to resume dialogue

: In another diplomatic victory for Pakistan on Kashmir, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) has urged India and Pakistan to open-up a dialogue on the Kashmir dispute. According to Kashmir Media Service, the appeal came as part of a resolution, ... [Business Recorder - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Pakistan, NATO, India

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 4 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Al Qaeda

Don't quit on Afghanistan, NATO warns

NATO officials warn that turning away from the fight in Afghanistan prematurely would usher in a new era for al-Qaida and the Taliban.World leaders are debating their options for the lingering conflict in Afghanistan as concerns mount over the legitimacy ... [UPI - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, NATO, Al Qaeda, Legitimacy, Hamid Karzai

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Karzai 'would fall in weeks' if Nato pulls out

David Miliband says UK needs more time to shore up Afghan government The Afghan government could fall within weeks if Nato pulled out troops now, David Miliband warned today as he urged British opponents of the war to give the fight to rebuild the country ... [Guardian.co.uk - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Hamid Karzai, David Miliband, NATO

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 5 Documents (in Politics)

Gates to head top brass at forum

OTTAWA: Top brass from Europe and the Americas, including US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, gather this week in Canada to discuss the future of Nato, the war in Afghanistan and other pressing security matters.Gates will be joined by counterparts from ... [The News International - 23 hours ago]

Entities: NATO, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, Dan Dugas

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 20 hours ago - 6 Documents (in Politics)

Leading article: The Afghan strategy is finally beginning to shift

The West is looking to create the conditions that will allow withdrawalCloseWhatever you may think of President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan – and most of the governments with Nato forces there can barely disguise their exasperation with him – you have ... [The Independent - 20 hours ago]

Entities: NATO, Taliban, Hamid Karzai

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 6 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Suicide Bomber Kills 16 In Western Afghanistan

KABUL — A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 16 people, including two children and a policeman, and wounded at least 23 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, officials said. Provincial Gov. Rohul Amin said the ... [The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Suicide Bomb, Afghanistan, Rohul Amin, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

NATO troop buildup could pressure Ottawa to review Afghan withdrawal

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – In a move that may increase international pressure on Ottawa to extend its combat mission in Kandahar beyond July 2011, NATO is likely to announce within days that Canada's Task Force Afghanistan will grow significantly ... [Canada.com - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Kandahar, NATO, Menard (United States)

Quotes

...-Gen. Nick Carter, NATO's commander for the six southern provinces, told Menard and Vance, "It is a great honour having Canadians in Regional Command South and long may it last. 'There is much that others can learn from what the Canadian task force has achieved in the last nine months' with Vance in charge, the British general said. 'Canada has provided a model of how modern counter-insurgency should be prosecuted.' Carter said that Canada's 'whole of government approach' was particularly noteworthy because it had been applied at all levels of the Afghan government."

NATO troop buildup could pressure Ottawa to review Afghan withdrawal [Canada.com - 1 hour ago]

...happy for the BritishBritish Army to stay in Helmand if it is making payments to support their lives and the development of its economy,' he said. "The Taliban is only liked because the British are interfering without providing anything in return but the commoncommon people can be happy with the BritishBritish Army if its role changes." Nato plans to fund job creation schemes for Taliban members ready to defect in an effort to drain support from the militant factions through a reintegration...

Afghan governor sent 3,000 men over to Taliban [Telegraph - 2 hours ago]

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This is not the time to gut the Canadian military [CBC - 2 hours ago]
Afghan aid must not fuel corruption: Gates [AFP via Yahoo! - 2 hours ago]
Afghan governor sent 3,000 men over to Taliban [Telegraph - 2 hours ago]
Suicide bomber kills 16 in Peshawar [Eastern Eye - 2 hours ago]
Afghanistan: Death toll rises to 13 in suicide ... [Muslim News - 2 hours ago]
Detainee treatment a concern 'for some time': M... [CTV.ca - 3 hours ago]
Nato, Russia to review roadmap for closer ties [Oman Tribune - 3 hours ago]
Karzai 'would fall in weeks' if Nato pulls out [Guardian.co.uk - 3 hours ago]
Afghan governor turned 3000 men over to Taliban [Telegraph - 3 hours ago]
Obama to Troops: 'Good Photo Op' [NewsMax.com - 3 hours ago]
Serbia buries Orthodox Patriarch Pavle [Russian Information Agency Novosti - 3 hours ago]
Pakistan police officer alleged of abducting NA... [Individual.com - 3 hours ago]
Albanian town plans statue of Bush [Reuters UK - 3 hours ago]
Karzai pledges NATO pullout timeline [SmartBrief - 3 hours ago]
New EU president raises fears in aspirant Turke... [Yahoo! News Australia - 3 hours ago]
18 killed in Afghan suicide blast [Deccan Herald - 4 hours ago]
PM Vlad Filat: Moldova is not going to join NATO [Moldova.org - 4 hours ago]
Yatseniuk proposes neo-isolationist third way f... [Moldova.org - 4 hours ago]
Obama to Troops: 'Good Photo Op' [NewsMax.com - 4 hours ago]
If the bomb is big enough it will defeat the ve... [Times Online - 4 hours ago]
News Wrap: House Rejects Cuts to Medicare Payments [PBS - 4 hours ago]
Neither Komen nor Egypt pink with embarrassment [Intermountain Jewish News - 4 hours ago]
British ambassador forced to apologise after Ro... [Mail Online UK - 5 hours ago]

Blogs

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malalai joya in toronto: report, part two [we move to canada - 3 hours ago] Initial thoughts here.Part one here.Joya speaks with great strength and forcefulness. And she talks fast. Allan said when she spoke in Pashto, you could practically ...
Gates: Expect a Slow-Mo ‘Surge’ to Afghanistan [Wired: Danger Room - 6 hours ago] In early 2007, the U.S. military was able to “surge” five additional brigades to Iraq in relatively short order. But in Afghanistan, any major troop increase won’t ...
Tom Engelhardt: The Afghan Speech Obama Should ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 7 hours ago] Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com. Sure, the quote in the over-title is only my fantasy. No one in Washington -- no less President Obama -- ever said, ...
remembrance day the day after, the week after, ... [we move to canada - 8 hours ago] Please read this powerful op-ed from the Vancouver Sun - from the city where war resister Rodney Watson lives in sanctuary, trying to find peace, where Malalai Joya ...
Featured Author: Filip Stojanovski [Global Voices Online - 9 hours ago] Filip Stojanovski is a Global Voices author and translator based in Skopje, Macedonia. He is the Program Coordinator of Metamorphosis, a think tank which seeks ...

Audio/Video

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Afghan Nato raid 'kills civilians' [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 6 hours ago]
International Security Assistance Force Update [ISAF MEDIA - YouTube Channel - 13 hours ago]
SHOWDOWN !!! ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 1974 [Mefeedia Video Tag : evoluti - 11/17/2009]
Frost Over the World - Anders Fogh Rasmussen- 1... [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/16/2009]
Bad joke or Nazi pride? Czech troops in SS scandal [Russia Today - YouTube - 11/11/2009]

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