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Fri 03 Mar 2009Chad mission shows EU is effective in giving stability

OPINION:In the difficult Chad mission, the EU affirmed the credibility of its military capability, writes JAVIER SOLANA

AT MIDNIGHT tomorrow, the European Union will officially hand over its military peacekeeping mission, operating in Chad and the Central African Republic on the borders of Darfur, to the United Nations follow-on peacekeeping mission.