Statement by Robert Gates on Iraq stability aims
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says a secure, stable Iraq is within reach. He comments during Operation Iraqi Freedom coverage on the MNF Iraq site.
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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 2007
Page
6
Defence chief urges patience as Baghdad car bomb kills 16
In Baghdad, a car bomb in the Karradah district killed at least 16 and wounded 32 as Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited, insisting a secure, stable Iraq is within reach and urging patience. Earlier a Mosul blast and ongoing gunfire followed, with Gates noting declining overall violence but rising militant activity in the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baghdad
Defense
Robert Gates
Iraq
Mosul
Gates
Karradah
Abdul-Qader al- Obeidi
China and US reach accord on port calls dispute
Chinese and American military officials resolved a rift over China denying port calls to U S Navy ships including the Kitty Hawk. The parties agreed to move past the issue after talks in Washington between U S Undersecretary of Defense Eric Edelman and Lt Gen Ma Xiaolian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
Hong Kong
U.S. Navy
Congress
Dalai Lama
U.S
Taiwan
United States
Bush Administration
Pentagon
Eric Edelman
Ma Xiaouian
Wang Baodong
Wang
U S envoy says N Korea disarm efforts on track
In Beijing the top U S nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said North Korea's push to disable its plutonium producing reactor by year end is on schedule while noting gaps remain over what nuclear programs Pyongyang will declare. Hill spent three days in talks with Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan discussing a February agreement demanding full disclosure by year's end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beijing
North Korea
U.S
Christopher Hill
Kim Kye Gwan
Hill
United States
Knut the polar bear turns one amid croissant diet and cake ban
Berlin Zoo’s Knut celebrated his first birthday with over 2000 well wishers. Now over 240 pounds, he has dieted since July and received a fruit vegetable rice treat with a wooden candle rather than cake. In Vienna a court awarded 11000 dollars to a woman who said she woke during abdominal surgery but failed to prove malpractice. Rome archaeologists unearthed remnants of the first surviving Roman throne from Herculaneum, buried near Villa dei Papiri, 82 feet underground.
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Berlin
Knut
Vienna
Austria
Carinthia
Rome
Herculaneum
Villa Dei Papiri
Julius Caesar
Pompeii
Stabiae
Mount Vesuvius
THE
Associated Press
Bombing Kills Soldiers in Kabul Market Attack
A bomb ramming a car into a minibus carrying Afghan soldiers killed at least 13 people and wounded 20 in a busy market south of Kabul. Six soldiers and seven civilians died, including four children, with the Taliban claiming responsibility through spokesman Zabiullah Mujaheed who named bomber Abdul Rahman from Khost.
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U.S
Baqouba
Baghdad
Kabul
Afghanistan
Chihulsutoon
Aziz Ahmad
Taliban
Zabiullah Mujaheed
Associated Press
Pakistan
Mujaheed
Abdul Rahman
Khost
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