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NATO defense ministers met at the organization’s headquarters in Brussels on February 5, 2015. (Reuters/Francois Lenoir)
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Obama offers military help to E. Europe allies worried by Russia
Warsaw, Reuters—US President Barack Obama promised on Tuesday to beef up military support for eastern European members of the NATO alliance who fear they could be next in the firing line after the Kremlin’s intervention in Ukraine. Under fire from critics at...Caption:
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (front) speaks during the Spring Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) at the Seimas, the parliament of the Republic of Lithuania, in Vilnius on May 30, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / PETRAS MALUKAS)
![NATO says bulk of Russian troops pulling back from Ukraine border](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/nato-rasmussen.jpg)
NATO says bulk of Russian troops pulling back from Ukraine border
Vilnius, Reuters—Russia is in the process of pulling back around two thirds of the troops it had close to the border with Ukraine, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Friday, a far more significant withdrawal than NATO has previously estimated....Caption:
File photo of a commercial jetliner flying above Germany. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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NATO opens Kosovo airspace to civilian overflights after 15 years
Brussels, Reuters—NATO said on Friday it had allowed private planes to fly high over Kososo for the first time in 15 years, letting commercial airlines save time and money by taking more direct routes across the region. There are regular civilian flights to Pristina,...Caption:
Former Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg pauses during an address to the media in Oslo, after NATO ambassadors chose him to be the next head, March 28, 2014. NATO chose Stoltenberg as its next leader on Friday at a time when the Western military alliance must deal with a resurgent Russia following its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea. Stoltenberg will take over as secretary-general of the 28-nation grouping on Oct. 1, succeeding former Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who has led NATO since 2009. REUTERS/Hakon Mosvold Larsen/NTB Scanpix (NORWAY – Tags: POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NORWAY OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN NORWAY. NO COMMERCIAL SALES
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