NATO nixes Georgia, Ukraine membership
NATO decided Thursday not to put Georgia and Ukraine on track to join the alliance after vehement Russian opposition, but the alliance pledged that the strategically important Black Sea nations will become members one day.
Nations:Georgia Macedonia Russia Croatia Greece Ukraine People:Nicolas Sarkozy Angela Merkel
2008-04-03
NATO allies turn down Bush request
President Bush suffered a painful diplomatic setback Wednesday when NATO allies rebuffed his passionate pleas to put former Soviet republics Ukraine and Georgia on the path toward membership in the Western military alliance.
Nations:Ukraine Macedonia Greece Romania Russia People:Dmitry Medvedev Nicolas Sarkozy Angela Merkel Vladimir Putin Activities:Bush Admin.
2008-04-02
Clinton's foreign policy record examined
To hear Hillary Rodham Clinton tell it now, she had a lot more going on as first lady than she let on at the time.
Nations:Ireland Macedonia China People:Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Sheryl Crow Bill Clinton Activities:US Election 2008 Holocaust
2008-03-08
European secret services helped CIA terror transfers
European secret services colluded in the detention and secret transfer of terrorist suspects in or across the continent, the author of a key report on the CIA rendition flights said.
Nations:Cyprus Macedonia Bosnia Algeria Turkey Portugal Activities:CIA Prison Scandal
2006-06-27
Slobodan Milosevic Found Dead in Cell
Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav leader, who was branded "the butcher of the Balkans" and was on trial for war crimes after orchestrating a decade of bloodshed during the breakup of his country, was found dead Saturday in his prison cell. He was 64.
Nations:Macedonia Bosnia Slovenia Croatia Serbia Albania People:Slobodan Milosevic Activities:Milosevic War Crimes
2006-03-11
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