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Italy to provide 1,000 troops for Obama's surge in Afghanistan
Italy will send around 1,000 additional soldiers to Afghanistan as part of US President Barack Obama's planned troop increase, the Italian Defence Minister, Ignazio La Russa, said in an interview published yesterday.
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European allies fail to meet Obama's demands
Thursday, 3 December 2009
America's European allies have signalled their ambivalence over President Barack Obama's Afghanistan strategy with troop commitments that fall well short of the 10,000 new soldiers sought by Washington.
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Wednesday, 2 December 2009
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Saturday, 28 November 2009
Although 60 per cent of sufferers live in member countries, organisation has turned its back on the cause.
China sets ambitious target on emissions
Friday, 27 November 2009
Beijing announces it will cut rate of carbon output growth by 40 per cent
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Thursday, 26 November 2009
Aids: the pandemic is officially in decline
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
UN and World Health Organisation hail steep fall in new HIV infections
Obama set to announce plans for Afghan troop deployment
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
President will call for Nato allies to play their part in long-awaited speech next week
America allays Indian fears of neglect with lavish state dinner
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
With lavish food, a live performance by the singer Jennifer Hudson and hours of face-to-face talks, President Barack Obama worked to uphold a tradition of grand hospitality to visiting Indian leaders in Washington while allaying nervousness in Delhi about the future of US-India relations.
Give money to hungry not banks, says UN food chief
Thursday, 19 November 2009
The director of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has questioned how world powers could put so much money into fighting the financial crisis and not feed the one billion hungry.
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