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  NATO Chief Says Finland To Become A Member In Coming Days

  NATO foreign ministers are meeting at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels next week, when it is expected the membership could be formalised.

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  Ukraine Gets New Air Defenses, Allies Deepen Resolve After Russian Strikes

  Ukraine's allies announced delivery of new air defenses and recommitted to providing it robust, enduring military assistance at a meeting at NATO headquarters on Wednesday, saying Russian missile strikes two days ago only further united them.

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  Attacks On Kabul's Diplomatic Quarter

  At least six people were killed in a Taliban siege near the Spanish embassy in Kabul's diplomatic quarter that ended on Saturday, the latest insurgent attack in the highly fortified area.

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  Suicide Blasts Hit Afghanistan as Taliban Wage Bloody Fighting Season

  Suicide attackers today targeted foreign troops in Kabul and a police headquarters in restive southern Afghanistan, killing two people and wounding nearly 60, as the Taliban's bloody summer offensive showed no signs of letting up.

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  NATO Warns of Risk of More Heavy Fighting in Ukraine

  NATO head Jens Stoltenberg warned today there was still a risk of heavy fighting in Ukraine and urged Russia to halt its support for pro-Moscow rebels.

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  One Killed As Suicide Blast Hits EU Vehicle in Kabul

  A suicide car bomber struck near the headquarters of the European police training mission in Kabul today, killing one Afghan civilian and wounding five others nearby, police and the EUPOL said.

• Brussels Air 'Catastrophe' Narrowly Avoided, Say Residents

  Angry Brussels residents today said a Turkish cargo plane following a controversial new flight path over the city almost caused an "aviation catastrophe," but the airport's traffic control denied the charge.

• US warns Russia as forces seize two Ukrainian bases in Crimea

  The United States warned Moscow it was on a "dark path" to isolation on Wednesday as Russian troops seized two Ukrainian naval bases, including a headquarters in the Crimean port of Sevastopol where they raised their flag.

• Bomb blast in Kabul near NATO base, embassies: officials

  A bomb exploded in central Kabul on Saturday evening in a district housing several embassies and NATO's military headquarters, but no casualties were immediately reported, officials said.

• Kabul airport attack over; seven militants killed, say officials

  Afghan authorities say a battle with insurgents near Kabul's international airport has ended and all the attackers have been killed.

• Militants attack Kabul airport which houses NATO headquarters

  At least five heavily armed insurgents were engaged in an hours-long gunbattle with security forces near Afghanistan's main airport today after they apparently tried to attack NATO's airport headquarters with rocket-propelled grenades, assault rifles and at least one large bomb, the army and police said.

• Afghan policewoman fatally shoots foreign adviser

  A female Afghan police officer shot dead a NATO civilian adviser inside Kabul police headquarters on Monday, officials said, in the first "insider" attack by a woman.

• Afghan policewoman shoots NATO advisor

  A female Afghan police officer on Monday shot and wounded a NATO advisor in Kabul police headquarters, in an apparent "green-on-blue" attack, the first of its kind by a woman, officials said.

• NATO scales back joint operations with Afghans

  NATO is scaling back joint operations with Afghans after an unprecedented number of Western soldiers were shot dead by their local colleagues and as anger erupts over an anti-Islam film, officers said.

• Three Afghans killed, NATO chopper destroyed in attack

  An attack on a US military base killed three Afghan intelligence employees and destroyed a NATO helicopter, Afghan and coalition officials said on Tuesday.