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NATO’s first Transformation Commander bids farewell |
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On 1 August, a ceremony aboard the US aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt marked the departure of the Alliance’s first Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani.
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| 1,300 African Union peacekeepers airlifted to Darfur |
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In July, NATO has airlifted over 2,000 additional African Union peacekeepers into Darfur, helping the Union boost its presence on the ground in a concerted effort to end mass killings and rape in the region.
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| NATO exercise helps Russian rescue |
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| Photo: UK MoD |
The United Kingdom team that helped rescue seven Russian sailors from a stricken submarine on 7 August said a recent NATO exercise had provided valuable practice for the operation.
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| First NATO airlift of civilian police into Darfur |
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On 7 August, NATO airlifted a team of 49 African Union civilian police as well as an additional 533 military peacekeepers into Darfur.
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| French jets boost ISAF capabilities |
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The capabilities of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan were further boosted with the arrival of eight aircraft from the French Air Force on 8 August.
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| Donated NATO bridges up in Indonesia |
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A ceremony held on 8 August in Banda Aceh, marked the opening of the first of four bridges donated by NATO to Tsunami-hit Indonesia.
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| Alliance diversifies support to African Union |
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NATO’s continuing support to the African Union’s peacekeeping mission in Darfur has become more diverse as NATO offers capacity building training as well as logistical support to the African Union.
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| Statement by Secretary General on Spanish helicopter crash near Herat, Afghanistan |
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With great regret and sorrow, I offer my deepest condolences to the Spanish people and Government on behalf of the Alliance as we mourn the loss of Spanish military personnel who died today in a tragic helicopter crash near the city of Herat in Afghanistan.
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| NATO AWACS help guard skies over World Youth Day |
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On the request of German authorities, the Alliances has deployed its special surveillance aircraft, AWACS, to help guard the Pope's visit to the World Youth Day in Cologne, 20-21 August.
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| 1.3 million landmines to be destroyed in Serbia and Montenegro |
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A special facility where 1.3 million landmines will be destroyed under a NATO Trust Fund project was opened on 17 August in Kragujevac, Serbia and Montenegro.
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| NATO and partners exercise joint air operations |
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22 NATO and partner countries are practicing conducting join air operations in exercise Cooperative Key 2005, Bulgaria, 24 August – 5 September.
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| Large rocket cache seized in Afghanistan |
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Acting on intelligence information, troops from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), secured on 28 August a large cache of rockets hidden in Kabul. |
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| Operation Deliberate Force: Ten years on |
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Early in the morning of 30 August 1995 NATO aircraft launched a series of precision strikes against selected targets in Serb-held Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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