Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day. Part of this analysis extracts entities and entity related information from clusters of stories.The selection and placement of stories are determined automatically by a computer program. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material.http://emm.newsexplorer.eu/NewsExplorer/entities/en/835186.htmlenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/82ace518-e03a-11de-8494-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/82ace518-e03a-11de-8494-00144feab49a.html&_i_referer=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/82ace518-e03a-11de-8494-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/82ace518-e03a-11de-8494-00144feab49a.html&_i_referer=By Daniel Dombey in Washington Published: December 3 2009 18:46 | Last updated: December 3 2009 18:46 The challenges facing the US as it seeks to work with Pakistan and Afghanistan on its new strategy for the region were thrown into relief on Thursday when the Pakistani government insisted that “I....Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100ft-a4793662fd58533ac02bb8257ddd4326ftenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/a5697eac-ddd5-11de-b8e2-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a5697eac-ddd5-11de-b8e2-00144feabdc0.html&_i_referer=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a5697eac-ddd5-11de-b8e2-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a5697eac-ddd5-11de-b8e2-00144feabdc0.html&_i_referer=By James Blitz in London and Daniel Dombey in Washington Published: November 30 2009 17:30 | Last updated: November 30 2009 19:04 President Barack Obama’s announcement on Tuesday of a major US troop uplift for Afghanistan is set to put significant pressure on France and Germany to increase their....Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100ft-d40a851961d54b4515ac35bdc2d03b10ftenhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/1qqVk5EU_Rs/la-fg-pakistan-offensive29-2009apr29,0,5908694.storyhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/1qqVk5EU_Rs/la-fg-pakistan-offensive29-2009apr29,0,5908694.storyThe military says an estimated 450 to 500 Taliban are believed to be engaged in criminal activities in Buner district. More troops are to be deployed in a widening operation against the militants. The Pakistani army launched an air attack today and prepared to deploy troops against Taliban bases in an area near the capital, Islamabad.Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200latimes-9edeb74a57062ae3e122d5872f2fa0c7latimesen