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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: NATO Secretary-General

NATO Secretary-General stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - One day after the US decided to scrap a missile-defense system that Russia opposed, NATO wants to make relations with Moscow even cozier. Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen proposed combining Russia's anti-missile defenses with those of NATO and the US, Reuters reports. He pitched it as a shared interest: "If... More »

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Russia • NATO • anti missile bases • missile defense system • Anders Fogh Rasmussen • NATO Secretary-General

 NATO Probes 'Disastrous' 
 Air Strike; 90 Dead 

Horrific injuries reported after fireball engulfs villagers

Sep 4, 09 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - NATO will conduct a "thorough investigation" into the air strike on two Taliban-hijacked fuel tankers in Afghanistan that killed 90 people today, many of them believed to be civilians, the alliance's secretary general said. An investigation team has already been sent to the area as reports trickle in of... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • civilian casualties • Anders Fogh Rasmussen • International Security Assistance Force • NATO troops • Afghanistan war • NATO Secretary-General

Despite Cartoon Flap,
Danish PM to Head NATO

Turkey shoots down Danish candidate

Apr 4, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - NATO named Anders Fogh Rasmussen as its new secretary-general today, overcoming a contentious stalemate with Turkey, the AP reports. Turkey had strongly opposed the Danish prime minister because he’d supported the newspapers that printed cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005. Turkey argued that Rasmussen’s selection wouldn’t... More »

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Turkey • NATO • free speech • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Denmark • Danish Mohammed cartoons • NATO Secretary-General

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