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...nagging questions about the specific missions a transformed NATO will be called on to perform. More war-fighting prowess might assure NATO a role in the international security-assistance force in Afghanistan. NATO European command in Mons, Belgium, is already tasked with providing much of the planning for the joint German-Dutch command of that force slated to begin early next year, and the next mission there may be an explicitly NATO one. Far harder to imagine is a specific role for NATO in an Iraq war. "At Prague, we're looking for a vigorous statement of political unity about...
...whose decision-making is heavily guided by the oil factor. Each of these nations has existing stakes in the Iraqi oil fields, and would thus benefit from Hussein retaining power. Indeed, soon after last Friday’s disarmament resolution was approved, Russian, French and Chinese diplomats issued a joint statement claiming that it did not automatically permit the use of force should Hussein breach its terms or choose to delay the inspectors’ access. Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov was quick to maintain, “We have excluded from the resolution material that is unacceptable to Russia...
Still, many participants said they want to meet again, and suggested more joint action by neighborhood groups across the city to fight the University’s expansion...
Stephen O’Connor, a Harvard University Police Department officer stationed at the Longwood Medical Campus, volunteered at MASCO’s Joint Operating Center, which is a central command unit that runs during emergencies...
...Eduard Shevardnadze's claim that he's asserting authority over the gorge. FRANCE That's All Folks A Red Cross refugee camp at Sangatte, in northern France, shut its doors to new entrants and began preparing for its eventual closure in April. The decision comes as part of a joint U.K.-French initiative to cut down on illegal immigration. The camp had been at the center of a dispute between Britain and France; its proximity to the Channel Tunnel led at least 75,000 refugees to try sneaking illegally into the U.K. since 2001. Six immigrants died and 100 were...