BRUSSELS - Latvia took over the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union on Jan. 1, pledging to launch a 315 billion euro ($381 billion) investment plan for the bloc and hoping to start a review of Europe's border defense.
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Latvian troops preparing for live-fire exercises at the Adazi military base outside Riga, Latvia on Nov. 21, 2014.
