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Serb extremist forms pro-EU party

Posted by alfied on October 25, 2008

Why has Pro-Russian Ultra-Nationalist Nikolic changed his tune? Of course he could be a political opportunist, but it is highly unlikely that he made this move without first clearing it with Russia; or maybe it was the other way around.

The Irish Times

DANIEL McLAUGHLIN

SERBIA: FORMER SERB ultra-nationalist leader Tomislav Nikolic, one of the fiercest critics of western support for Kosovo’s independence, has stunned compatriots and erstwhile enemies alike in Brussels by forming a new, EU-friendly party. Read the rest of this entry »

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NATO reaches into the Indian Ocean

Posted by alfied on October 24, 2008

Asia Times Online
NATO reaches into the Indian Ocean
By M K Bhadrakumar

The informal meeting of the defense ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries in Budapest, Hungary, on October 9-10 was notable for three reasons. Read the rest of this entry »

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