Ein Soldat des Wachbatallions der Bundeswehr steht am Donnerstag, 22. Februar 2007, als Ehrenposten vor dem Bundeskanzleramt in Berlin
SEELSORGE; Bundeswehrsoldaten nehmen am Donnerstag, 22. Februar 2007, in einem Hangar des Bundeswehr-Flughafens in Koeln an einem Gottesdienst zum 50jaehrigen Jubilaeum des Militaerseelsorgevertrages teil. SOULCARE; German soldiers take part in a religious service to the 50th anniversary of the military pastoral care contract in a hangar of the military airport in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Febr. 22, 2007
Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel, Mitte, nimmt mit Bundesverteidigungsminister Franz Josef Jung, rechts, und dem Ratsvorsitzenden der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland Bischof Wolfgang Huber am Donnerstag, 22. Februar 2007, in einem Hangar des Bundeswehr-Flughafens in Koeln an einem Gottesdienst zum 50jaehrigen Jubilaeum des Militaerseelsorgevertrages teil
U.S. soldiers of the 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment 10th Mountain Division climb a hill during while patrolling at a forwarding base in Orgun-E in eastern Afghanistan, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007.
A U.S. soldier of the 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment 10th Mountain Division stands guard on a hill top at a forwarding base in Orgun-E in eastern Afghanistan, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007.T he Afghan government is happy with recent Pakistani steps to prevent Taliban militants from mounting crossborder attacks, President Hamid Karzai said in remarks published Thursday, while urging Islamabad to follow up with further efforts to counter the guerrillas
A FEB. 6, 2006 FILE PHOTO ** An Italian soldier from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stands near an Italian small armored vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this Feb 6. 2006 photo. Afghan President Hamid Karzai pleaded with the Italian goverenment Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007 not to abandon Afghanistan, after the Italian government resigned following parliamentary defeat of its foreign policy program, including plan to keep its troops in Afghanistan.
Italian Premier Romano Prodi, center sitting, during talks with Iran's senior nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, left, in Rome's Palazzo Chigi premier's office, Wednesday Feb. 21, 2007. At right, Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema looks on. Others in photo are unidentified. Italy's government on Wednesday lost a crucial vote in the Senate over foreign policy, including its military mission in Afghanistan - a result that could lead to Prodi's resignation. The vote in the upper house was not a confidence vote, and therefore was not binding. But Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema said earlier that the government should resign if it could not win the vote
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, center, and a senior cleric Ayatollah Mohammad EmamiKashani, during a meeting with members of the Assembly of Experts of Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007
Iranian students chant slogan during an anti-British and anti-Israeli demonstration, as one of them holds a picture of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in front of the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007. Officials have called for unity in the standoff with Iran over its nuclear program, but also stressed that the international community should remain open to dialogue with Tehran
Iranian protestors burn a representation of a U.S flag, during an anti-British and anti-Israeli demonstration in front of the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007. Officials have called for unity in the standoff with Iran over its nuclear program, but also stressed that the international community should remain open to dialogue with Tehran
Head of Iranian National Security and Foreign Policy committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi speaks during a press conference in Madrid, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007
Israel's Defense Minister Amir Peretz, right, looks through binoculars without realizing the plastic lens-caps were left on, as he sits next to the army's new Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, left, during a military drill in the Golan Heights, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007
Ultra-orthodox Jews look at an Israeli police observation zeppelin before its launch from the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, Feb. 22 2007. The zeppelin, which has a camera, is used for security over the Old City to monitor Muslim Friday Prayers in the Al Aqsa Mosque Compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount. It is part of increased security over Muslim protests of Israeli excavations at a site near the Mosque
Ultra-orthodox Jews look at an Israeli police observation zeppelin before its launch from the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, Feb. 22 2007. The zeppelin, which has a camera, is used for security over the Old City to monitor Muslim Friday Prayers in the Al Aqsa Mosque Compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount. It is part of increased security over Muslim protests of Israeli excavations at a site near the Mosque
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, centre, walks to the front as he prepares for the opening of an international conference on cluster bombs in Oslo Thursday Feb. 22, 2007. A 48-nation meeting on cluster bombs opened in Oslo on Thursday with Austria pledging to ban the weapons and organizers saying an international treaty outlawing the munitions could be achieved by 2008
Steve Goose from the Human Rights Watch Cluster Monition Coalition, participates in the opening of a conference on cluster bombs in Oslo Thursday Feb. 22, 2007. A 48-nation meeting on cluster bombs opened in Oslo on Thursday with Austria pledging to ban the weapons and organizers saying an international treaty outlawing the munitions could be achieved by 2008
The representative from Lebanon, Gebran Soufan prepares for the opening of a conference on cluster bombs in Oslo, Norway, on Thursday Feb. 22, 2007
President Vladimir Putin speaks to servicemen and veterans during a meeting to mark the upcoming national holiday, the Defenders of Fatherland Day, in the Moscow Kremlin, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007. The U.S. national security adviser sought Thursday to ease Russian concerns about American intentions, saying he did not consider a fiery speech by Putin to have been a sign of confrontation, and reiterating reassurances about U.S. missile defense plans. At a security conference this month in Germany, Putin said the United States "has overstepped its national borders in every way" and is fostering a global arms race _ an unusually clear, comprehensive account of Kremlin complaints about U.S. conduct
U.S. President George W. Bush's national security adviser, Stephen Hadley, left, and Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov speak during a meeting in Moscow's Kremlin on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007. The Russian and U.S. national security advisers on Thursday acknowledged disagreements amid increasingly tense relations, but pledged to work closely together to overcome them and reach common goals
Sharrell Shaw, the widow of Army Staff Sgt Alan W. Shaw, of Little Rock, Ark., is handed the flag that draped her husband's coffin by Brig. Gen. Peter Vangjel, during a funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. , Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007. Staff Sgt. Shaw, died Feb. 9 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an explosion during breaching operations
** FILE ** Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves seen in the parliament in Tallinn, Estonia, in this Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006 file photo. Ilves on Thursday vetoed legislation calling for the removal of a Soviet war memorial, saying the measure violated the constitution. The bill, which provoked an angry response from Moscow, now goes back to Parliament where lawmakers could override Ilves' veto. The Bronze Soldier, a World War II memorial in Tallinn, was erected in 1947 as a tribute to Red Army soldiers who were killed fighting Nazi Germany, but many Estonians see it as a bitter reminder of the hardships they endured under Soviet occupation
Korsure Naval Base Denmark (Feb 20, 2007) - Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), the Honorable Donald C. Winter, is rendered honors during a tour of Korsur Naval Base. SECNAV was in Denmark to get a first-hand look at how foreign shipyards design and produce naval warships. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialists Shawn P. Eklund
Port Canaveral, Fla. (Feb. 20, 2007) - The guided missile destroyer USS Mahn (DDG 72) sits pierside at Port Canaveral, Fla., during a scheduled port visit. U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. R.K. Lovell
Panama City, Fla. (Feb. 20, 2007) - A student aviator operates an F-15 Eagle with his instructor in the rear seat as the jet approaches the refueling boom of a KC-135R Strato tanker during refueling operations in the skies above Panama City. The KC-135R operates out of the 186th Air Refueling Wing at Key Field Air National Guard Base in Meridian, Miss. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aramis X. Ramirez
Luanda, Angola (Feb. 21, 2007) – Gunner’s Mate Seaman Randall Chambers practices weapons handling and ship boarding tactics with an Angolan sailor aboard guided missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59). In conjunction with Kauffman's port visit to Luanda, the training is part of a U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa initiative to improve maritime security by helping African partners build core competencies and capability. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anthony Dallas
Pacific Ocean (Feb. 20, 2007) - Congressman John Murtha, from the 12th Congressional District, Penn., greets and discusses in-field armament with Marines from Pennsylvania embarked aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Murtha and the ship's sponsor Joyce Murtha were aboard the ship to show appreciation for the crew prior to deployment. Bonhomme Richard and Expeditionary Strike Group Five are currently off the coast of Southern California participating in Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in preparation for an upcoming deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matthew J. Kuhlman
De nieuwe technieken gevechtsschieten hebben veel succes. Ook de politie traint zich er in, zoals hier in Lagland.
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