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- Marines seek to cut Afghan insurgent supply lines
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 AP - NAWA, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan on Friday, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local elders on the second day of the biggest U.S. military operation here since the American-led invasion of 2001.
- Afghan Campaign
'WHERE WE go we will stay and where we stay we will hold, build and work toward transition of all security responsibilities to Afghan forces'. So said Brigadier General Larry Nicholson, commander of the 4,000 US marines sent yesterday into Afghanistan's
- Canadian soldier killed when commander's convoy hits IED
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan A Corporal Nicholas Bulger, 30, was a member of 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton. Five other soldiers were hurt, but Brigadier-General Jonathan Vance, who commands coalition forces in
- Commission approves second slice of Latvian loan
The European Commission announced on Thursday (2 July) its intention to release the second tranche of an EU loan agreed with Latvia last year, while at the same time calling on the small Baltic state to put its public finances in order by 2012. The
- U.S. Marines push deeper into southern Afghan towns
(AP)
AP - NAWA, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan on Friday, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local elders on the second day of the biggest U.S. military operation here since the American-led invasion of 2001.
- Latvia H1 govt budget gap about 3.5 pct/GDP
RIGA, July 3 (Reuters) - Latvia, facing a GDP drop of 18 percent this year and needing foreign aid, had a state and social security budget gap of 456.18 million lats ($916.8 million) in the first half, the Finance Ministry said on Friday. The figure was
- PREVIEW-Estonia June CPI seen -1.0 pct y/y, Latvia +3.4 pct
TALLINN, July 3 (Reuters) - Inflationary growth in Latvia is expected to have slowed to 3.4 percent year-on-year in June from 4.7 percent in May, the median forecast in a Reuters survey of five analysts showed on Friday. The rate of deflation in Estonia
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After a brief period of independence between the two World Wars, Latvia was annexed by the USSR in 1940. It reestablished its independence in 1991 following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Although the last Russian troops left in 1994, the status of the Russian minority (some 30% of the population) remains of concern to Moscow. Latvia continues to revamp its economy for eventual integration into various Western European political and economic institutions.
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AFP - Brigadier General Larry Nicholson demonstrated the more open approach he wants to see among the new US troops sent to southern Afghanistan by going shopping for melons.
Reuters - Ready to give your soul for a loan in these difficult economic times? In Latvia, where the crisis has raged more than in the rest of the European Union, you can.
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