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Thu 11 Nov 2002Bush urges NATO to expand its military potentialPresident Bush called yesterday for the North Atlantic Alliance to enlarge beyond the historic expansion due to be formalised today and rebuked key NATO members sceptical of disarming Iraq by force."The world needs the nations of this continent to be active in the defence of freedom, not inward-looking or isolated by indifference," Mr Bush told the Prague Atlantic Student summit.