Agence France-Press March 7, 2008 President Nicolas Sarkozy has written to France’s NATO allies to lay out Paris’s position on Afghanistan ahead of an alliance summit, a US official said. more
Guardian March 7, 2008 The chief executive of European planemaker Airbus said on Friday he was surprised at what he called a protectionist reaction in the United States to the award of a major U.S. air refuelling tanker contract to a consortium including the European plane maker. more
Associated Press March 8, 2008 The Belarusian Foreign Ministry told the U.S. ambassador on Friday to leave the country and recalled its own ambassador from the U.S. over economic sanctions Washington imposed on the former Soviet nation last year. more
Reuters March 6, 2008 It may take many months before the United States and Poland clinch a deal on a U.S. missile shield site in the former Soviet bloc country, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Thursday. more
Guardian March 6, 2008 Grudges over Iraq and Afghanistan are feeding an uproar over a $35 billion U.S. Air Force snub of Boeing Co, the top U.S. exporter, to buy 179 refueling planes built largely by European archrival Airbus. more