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Slovakia to add 250 NATO troops to Afghan mission Japan's Hatoyama eyes civilian role in Afghanistan Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama says a civilian contribution to security in Afghanistan would be more appropriate for his country...

In this article: Yukio Hatoyama, Afghanistan, Slovakia, Gordon Brown, West Bank, London, and El Salvador

...civilian prey. NATO and the EU play a lead role against pirates in the region, but navy ships from China, Russia, Japan and other nations are also involved in the operation that is stretched thin in the vast Indian Ocean. FISHING BOAT ALSO...

In this article: Mogadishu, European Union, Indian Ocean, Dubai, Urea, and U.N.

...and many nonaligned countries such as Japan or South Korea also have sent ships to the region. Russia is also supporting the NATO patrols. Cmdr. James Kraska, a professor at America's Center for Naval Warfare Studies, says all except...

In this article: Indian Ocean, Russia, John, EU, United States, and China

...operations in the Gulf of Aden and Somali Basin in a broad mission which involves three organisations, the US-led coalition, NATO and the European Union, plus warships from Iran, China, India, Japan and Russia. Most recently,...

In this article: Toowoomba, HMAS Toowoomba, Narcotic, US, Australia, and Afghanistan

...is bumping up against Washington. For one thing, he wants to end Japan's eight-year-old refueling site in the Indian Ocean, which supports NATO operations in Afghanistan, as well as investigate secret arrangements reached in the early 1960s...

In this article: Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, Washington, Robert Gates, Barack Obama, Asia, Pentagon, China, and Okinawa

...for cargo vessels in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia. Representatives from Russia, Japan, India, the EU and Nato are focusing on how best to co-ordinate their navies in the escort missions. It is an indication of how deeply China is getting...

In this article: EU, China, Somalia, Japan, India, Seychelles, and Russia