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Obama defends Bain ads, singles out Romney at NATO summit

Written on 22 May, 2012 at 8:30 in Latest, Politics | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far

President Obama, leveraging the stage Monday of a NATO summit in Chicago, defended his campaign critique of Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital — accusing his likely Republican rival of “missing what this job is about” by touting his experience... (Continue reading)

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Obama predicts ‘hard days ahead’ in Afghanistan at NATO summit opening

Written on 21 May, 2012 at 8:04 in Latest, Politics | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far

CHICAGO –  The NATO alliance that has fought for a decade in Afghanistan is helping that nation shift toward stability and peace, but there will be “hard days ahead,” President Obama said Sunday as alliance leaders insisted the fighting coalition... (Continue reading)

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Libya conflict: Nato targets TV satellite dishes

Written on 30 Jul, 2011 at 7:16 in Latest, World | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far

It said the operation was intended to stop “inflammatory broadcasts” by Col Muammar Gaddafi’s regime. Nato said it was in the process of assessing the effect of the strike. Coalition forces began operations in Libya in March, under a UN... (Continue reading)

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Gaddafi not in Tripoli any more?

Written on 14 May, 2011 at 19:44 in Latest, World | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far

LONDON: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has probably fled the capital city of Tripoli and was “most likely” wounded in NATO air strikes, Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini has said. Frattini said he believed the leader could have fled Tripoli to... (Continue reading)

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Misrata massacre: 23 civilians killed

Written on 15 Apr, 2011 at 2:34 in World | viewed times and users have made 1 comment so far

ALGIERS/BEIRUT: Libyan rebels said a rocket attack on a residential district of Misrata killed 23 civilians on Thursday and warned of an impending government “massacre” if Nato does not intensify its attacks there. A rebel spokesman said troops loyal to... (Continue reading)

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Nato denies apology for hitting rebels in tanks

Written on 8 Apr, 2011 at 21:55 in Latest, World | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far

BRUSSELS: Nato acknowledged on Friday that its air strikes had hit rebels using tanks to fight government forces in eastern Libya, but said it would not apologize for the deaths because no one told them the rebels had tanks. British... (Continue reading)

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Top Democrat leaders support Obama on Libya

Written on 24 Mar, 2011 at 9:08 in Latest | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far

WASHINGTON: Top Democrat leaders came out in support of President Barack Obama’s decision to help enforce the no-fly zone over Libya , saying that he had taken a “cautious and thoughtful” tact as the future of US ties with Muslim... (Continue reading)

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