The Russian troop exercises will come as an unwelcome sight to the states nestling on Russia’s western border who have deep-rooted anxieties over any Russian show of strength.

对于那些从骨子里渴望结束任何力量宣示行为的俄国西部边境国家来说，俄军的这次演习将是一个既不受欢迎的信号。

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Witnesses have described seeing about 150 Saudi Arabian armoured troop carriers and other vehicles entering Bahrain over the causeway that links the two Gulf kingdoms.

目击者称看到大约150辆沙特装甲车和其他车辆通过连接两个海湾国家的辅道进入巴林境内。

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Over the next few weeks, Flint grows increasingly listless, withdrawing from the troop — despite his siblings' efforts to bring him back — and refusing food.

在接下来的几周里，福林特变得越来越抑郁，不管他的兄弟姐妹如何设法要带他一起走，他还是脱离了群落，并且拒绝进食。

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Apparthurai said that based on discussions over the past two days, non-U.S.troop contributions to Afghanistan would easily surpass the 5,000 soldiers NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen had predicted.

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Speaking to reporters Friday, Secretary Gates would not be drawn publicly into the debate over whether the troop-intensive counterinsurgency strategy is best or whether a more limited commitment involving air strikes and Special Forces operations would be better.

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Its main success has been in co-ordinating its members' positions in arms-control negotiations over the issue of Russian troop levels.

ECONOMIST: Russia and its neighbours

The UK has said its own troop numbers will be almost halved over the course of this year to 5, 200.

BBC: Philip Hammond meets senior Afghan

The Arizona senator took his fellow veteran to task over remarks he made once that the 2006 Iraq troop surge would be "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam".

BBC: Chuck Hagel grilled in Senate confirmation hearing