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More flags added to the rostrum (Photo: NATO)

NATO expands

NATO has formally taken in seven new members from Eastern Europe.

At a ceremony at the White House, led by US President George W. Bush, Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Lithuania and Latvia officially joined the transatlantic military alliance.

All but Slovenia had been part of the Warsaw pact - aligned with the Soviet Union during the cold war.

This is the second expansion in five years t...

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More flags added to the rostrum (Photo: NATO)

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