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Der Ministerpraesident von Daenemark, Anders Fogh Rasmussen spricht am 18. Februar 2009 vor einem Treffen mit Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel im Bundeskanzleramt in Berlin. Der daenische Ministerpraesident Anders Fogh Rasmussen hat offenbar beste Chancen, neuer NATO-Generalsekretaer zu werden. Nachdem sich Berichten zufolge bereits Deutschland, Frankreich und Grossbritannien auf Rasmussen verstaendigt haben, signalisierten nun auch erstmals die USA ihre Unterstuetzung fuer den Daenen. Rasmussen stehe ganz oben auf der Liste, sagte ein amerikanischer Regierungsbeamter am Samstag, 21. Maerz 2009. NATO chief denies that Afghanistan's reconciliation plan aims to 'bribe' Taliban fighters

Star Tribune  ISTANBUL - NATO does not intend to bribe Taliban guerrillas to defect to the Afghan government side as a way to end the war, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday, dismissing... (photo: AP / Michael Sohn, Archiv)
United States Marine MSgt. Mike Hilton from the 2nd MEB, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion sits atop a LAV as an Afghan man walks past with a camel during an operation near Khan Neshin in the volatile Helmand province of southern Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009. 32 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan

The Times of India  KANDAHAR: 32 Taliban and three soldiers have been killed in an Afghan-NATO operation in Helmand province ahead of a major anti-Taliban push, the provincial government said on Thursday. The operation... (photo: AP / Kevin Frayer)
 A British army soldier waves from an armoured vehicle while on patrol in Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007. Speaking in the House of Commons, Britain´s Prime Minister Tony Blair announced the fir Army may patrol streets to confront terror threat

The Independent Britain's armed forces could be used on a regular basis on the streets of Britain to confront the threat of terrorism, under the terms of a strategic defence review announced yesterday. Two of the six... (photo: AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
U.S. Army Soldiers establish a security perimeter after being inserted into a remote area to conduct combat operations in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Dec. 18, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith/Released) Part 3: Whose war is it anyway?

Star Tribune MAZAR-I-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN -- Row after row of new dump trucks, front-end loaders, Ford Rangers and Humvees sit in neat rows at the Afghan military base here, the plastic wrapping still on the seats,... (photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. Andrew Smit)
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Gordon Brown - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2009.jpg   S163 Brown denies starving armed forces of funds

The Independent Gordon Brown today denied he had starved the armed forces of the funds they needed for years, as the Ministry of Defence warned that the military faced "tough choices" on... (photo: Creative Commons / Monika Flueckiger)
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Paul D. Ballesteros, with Bear Troop, 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, greets an Afghan man during a population engagement in a village in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 28, 2010. Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Southern Afghanistan
The New York Times KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Two American soldiers were killed Tuesday by an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan, a focal point of the fight between... (photo: USAF / Tech. Sgt. Francisco V. Govea II)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures as he heads to receive U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, unseen, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. US, Karzai split over Taliban talks

Asia Times By Gareth Porter KABUL - On the surface, it would seem unlikely that Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who presides over a politically feeble government and is highly... (photo: AP / Ahmad Masood, Pool)
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FILE - In this April 4, 2009 file picture, Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during a media conference at the NATO summit in Strasbourg, France on Saturday April 4, 2009. Rasmussen will take up the post as the Alliance's next secretary general beginning Saturday Aug. 1, 2009.
NATO's new secretary-general says alliance needs more help from UN, EU in Afghanistan
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A Taliban fighter holds anti-tank rockets in Torkham, Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001
Karzai Closing in on Taliban Reconciliation Plan
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. Karzai appealed to Taliban fighters Sunday to put down their weapons and accept Afghan laws as the country and its international allies push a program to entice militants away from the insurgency.
Afghan president to meet Saudi king over peace talk with Taliban
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Special police force take up positions near the fabled Blue Mosque, in the background, during the visit of President Barack Obama in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Obama wrapped up his first European trip as president with a request for other nations to look past his nation's stereotypes and flaw
Turkey Arrests 120 With Suspected Qaeda Ties
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People arrive at the International Court of Justice prior to the opening of hearings into the legality of Kosovo's February 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday Dec. 1, 2009.
Kosovo tells world court independence "irreversible"
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Security Council extends mandate of European peacekeepers in Bosnia
Security Council extends mandate of European peacekeepers in Bosnia
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