Defense Alliances

Somalia: WFP welcomes Canada naval escort in Somalia

somalinet.com     5 hrs ago   17 related          

Somalia: WFP welcomes Canada naval escort in Somalia Thu. August 07, 2008 01:27 pm. - (SomaliNet) The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed Canada's decision to send a frigate to Somalia to protect ships carrying food aid...                    

Georgia clashes spark fears of all-out war

georgiandaily.com     7 hrs ago   20 related          

Adrian Blomfield, The Telegraph Fears of war in the Caucasus are mounting after Georgian troops and Russian-backed rebels engaged in artillery battles and hand-to-hand combat in the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Both the...                    

Colombian troops may help Spain in Afghanistan

iht.com     5 hrs ago   2 related          

Spain's Defense Ministry says Colombian troops may be used to reinforce its NATO contingent in Afghanistan. A ministry spokesman says talks are being held but no decision has been reached. Daily El Pais says that Colombia could...                    

Britain criticizes UN probe of Kosovo raid

un.org     4 hrs ago   1 related          

The United Kingdom on Wednesday criticized a UN investigation into the March storming of a courthouse by UN and NATO troops in Kosovo. That report concluded that commanders had ignored cautionary advice from UN headquarters in...                    

Six Canadians soldiers injured in firefight

theglobeandmail.com     5 hrs ago   1 related          

Six Canadian soldiers were injured in a firefight with the Taliban on Thursday after they were ambushed west of Kandahar. The soldiers were conducting a patrol through the volatile Zhari district a couple of hours after sunrise...                    

Montenegrin warrant for JNA general's son

b92.net     6 hrs ago          

Montenegrin police have issued a warrant against Predrag Strugar on suspicion of war crimes. Along with seven other people, Strugar is charged with the murder of 23 ethnic Albanian civilians in the village of Kaluđerski Laz...                    

Albania Poised for Property Boom

prnewsnow.com     6 hrs ago          

Albania is a relatively young hopeful among Europes emerging property markets The country which only broke free from communist rule in 1992 has been working hard to make itself an attractive destination for overseas property...                    

NATO Aggressors Indicted

searchlight-germany.blogspot.com     5 hrs ago          

Justice will be served when Clinton, Albright, Clark, Solana, Shay, Blair, Schroeder, Kinkel, Thaci, Ceku, Haradinaj and their subordinates are placed in the dock, where Goering, Hess, Ribbentrop, Keitel, Kaltenbrunner,...                    

Pakistan: More to worry about than Musharraf

economist.com     8 hrs ago   119 related          

Amid growing insecurity and economic crisis, Pakistan's government decides to impeach the presidentPAKISTAN is sliding. Taliban commanders are taking over more of the country's ungoverned north-west by the day. From there they...                    

Georgia urges ceasefire after heavy clashes

tiscali.co.uk     4 hrs ago   8 related          

By Margarita Antidze MEGVREKISI, Georgia (Reuters) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili called for an immediate ceasefire with South Ossetian separatists on Thursday after days of fighting raised fears of new war in the...                    

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