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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Afghanistan, Missiles, And NATO's Future

NATO leaders will meet to discuss the alliance's combat-force withdrawal from Afghanistan and its postmilitary role. But European missile defense and the alliance's future vision will also be up for discussion.
Talking Missile Defense

Despite increasingly vociferous objections from Russia, NATO's Chicago summit will announce the next steps in European missile defense. But just what is at stake?
Russian Opposition 'Likes' Facebook

The social-networking site Facebook has been slow to take off in Russia, but in recent months it has grown more than threefold and become the platform of choice for the country's reenergized opposition.

In Pakistan, NATO Truckers Await Green Light

With Pakistan and the United States seemingly on the verge of an agreement to reopen ground supply lines into Afghanistan, haulers and their cargo were poised to restart the flow of fuel and other items that was interrupted more than five months ago. The NATO supply lines have long been a target for insurgents, with numerous attacks destroying countless trucks and costing lives.

Czechs Rock Out To Support Russian Punk Protesters

"They're locking up musicians again!" That cry of alarm was the name of a benefit concert held in Prague to show support for Pussy Riot, the Russian female punk rockers who are facing prison terms for staging a protest in a Moscow cathedral. The Czech musicians included the Plastic People of the Universe.

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