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Rookie Hollande takes flight at US summits
May 21, 2012 (AFP)
After a week of whirlwind diplomacy, new French President Francois Hollande will go home having won the respect of world leaders and in the belief that he has a...
Walker's World: The G8 flunks the test
May 21, 2012 (UPI)
For once Russian President Vladimir Putin got it right; it wasn't worth turning up at Camp David for the Group of Eight summit. On the most urgent issue of the ...
Afghanistan pullout to dominate NATO summit
May 20, 2012 (AFP)
More than 50 world leaders were gathering in Chicago for one of the biggest NATO summits in history Sunday aiming to hammer out a unified exit strategy from Afg...
China collecting Dalai Lama blood samples: Tibet exiles
May 20, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese agencies are secretly collecting samples of the Dalai Lama's blood, urine and hair and are stepping up efforts to harm him, the Tibetan government in ex...
NATO protesters planned Obama HQ attack
May 20, 2012 (AFP)
Three men have been charged with plotting to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters and lob Molotov cocktails at police as days of protest heated...
As G8, NATO gather, a thought: what would Romney do
May 20, 2012 (AFP)
As world leaders meet this weekend for back-to-back summits hosted by President Barack Obama six months ahead of US elections, they would be forgiven for asking...
NATO protesters occupy Chicago streets
May 18, 2012 (AFP)
Thousands of NATO protesters took to the streets of Chicago Friday chanting "tax Wall Street!" and calling for an end to costly wars so governments can focus on...
China pursuing steady military buildup: Pentagon
May 18, 2012 (AFP)
China is exploiting Western commercial technology, conducting aggressive cyber espionage and buying more anti-ship missiles as part of a steady military buildup...
China pursuing steady military build-up: Pentagon
May 18, 2012 (AFP)
China is exploiting Western commercial technology, conducting aggressive cyber espionage and buying more anti-ship missiles as part of a steady military build-u...
France's Hollande facing diplomatic crash course in US
May 17, 2012 (AFP)
Just three days after being sworn in, French President Francois Hollande heads to Washington Friday for a crash course in big-power diplomacy in back-to-back su...
EU issues mixed report on East neighbors
May 17, 2012 (UPI)
The EU's six closest former Soviet Union neighbors had a mixed record in implementing democratic reforms in 2011, European Commissioners said this week. The six...
Outside View: The Chicago NATO summit
May 16, 2012 (UPI)
NATO's 28 members and some dozen partners will convene Sunday at a heads of government, heads of state summit in Chicago, U.S. President Barack Obama's hometown...
NATO: The world's biggest defence alliance
May 16, 2012 (AFP)
Founded in the early days of the Cold War, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has grown into a collective defence group of 28 nations from North America and...
With US shift to Asia, NATO faces new era
May 16, 2012 (AFP)
With its focus shifting to Asia, the United States will seek a less dominant role in NATO in the future but will still turn to European allies "when the chips a...
Hollande vows new strategy for France and Europe
May 15, 2012 (AFP)
Francois Hollande was sworn in as president of France on Tuesday with a solemn vow to find a new growth-led strategy to end the crippling debt crisis threatenin...
G8 to tackle Syria, NKorea, Iran, Afghanistan, Myanmar
May 15, 2012 (AFP)
Leaders of the Group of Eight will discuss the bloodshed in Syria, nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea, peace for Afghanistan, reforms in Myanmar, food in...
Putin to visit China after skipping US: report
May 11, 2012 (AFP)
Russia's newly sworn-in President Vladimir Putin will make what could be his first foreign trip to China next month after deciding to skip the G8 summit in the ...
NATO tensions over military sales to Russia: US study
May 10, 2012 (AFP)
NATO members are worried that unprecedented billion-dollar arms sales to Russia by France, Germany and Italy could destabilize security, a US congressional repo...
NATO chief meets with US senators ahead of summit
May 09, 2012 (AFP)
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen met with key senators Wednesday to discuss the security posture in Afghanistan ahead of Oval Office talks with Pres...
Putin oversees show of Russian military might
May 09, 2012 (AFP)
Newly-inaugurated President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday presided over Russia's annual display of military power as missiles and thousands of troops paraded acro...
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