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• Daily Press Briefing State Department 03 Jan 2003 -- Colombia Status of Aerial Interdiction Program
• PAKISTAN/PROTESTS VOA 03 Jan 2003-- In Pakistan, security forces were on high alert as thousands of supporters of Islamic parties across the country demonstrated against the United States and its possible military action against Iraq
• Prowlers Return Home from Patrolling Northern Iraq EUCOM Release 03 Jan 2003-- After completing their 90-day deployment at Incirlik AB, Turkey in support of Operation Northern Watch, members of Electronic Attack Squadron 133 returned home to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash. Flying the EA-6B Prowler, the sailors were part of more than 1,400 United Kingdom, Turkish and U.S. troops enforcing the No-Fly Zone in northern Iraq and monitoring Iraqi compliance with the United Nations Security Council Resolutions.

Other Conflicts

• Text: State Department on Persons Displaced from Chechnya Washington File 03 Jan 2003-- We welcome Russia's repeated assurances that persons displaced from Chechyna would not be forced to return there against their will. We also regard as a positive development President Putin's agreement to allow a public commission to review options for internally displaced persons living in Ingushetia before taking action.
• U-S-Israel Demolitions VOA 03 Jan 2002 -- The United States expressed concern Friday about Israel's continued use of house-demolitions as a tactic against Palestinians accused of acts of terrorism. The State Department says the addition to displacing people in Palestinian areas, the practice damages the climate for future peace talks
• RED CROSS / PALESTINIANS VOA 03 Jan 2002 -- The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is extending an aid program that benefits thousands of Palestinians in nine cities in the West Bank. The program will now continue until June, three months longer than originally planned
• IVORY COAST VOA 03 Jan 2002 -- The President of Ivory Coast says he is ready to stop all hostilities in his three-month old war against rebel forces. He made the unexpected declaration after meeting with the visiting French foreign minister
• IVORY COAST / FRANCE VOA 03 Jan 2002 -- The French foreign minister has arrived in Ivory Coast for urgent talks aimed at ending the country's civil war. The hastily arranged trip comes just two days after an upsurge in fighting

Defense Policy / Programs

• 3rd ID deploying all brigades to Kuwait Amry News Service 03 Jan 2003-- The entire 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) has received deployment orders to Kuwait to join division command and control elements and it's 2nd Brigade, which finished a live-fire exercise in the desert just before the holidays.
• Air Force prepares for major deployment AFPN 03 Jan 2003-- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld directed the deployment of additional forces to support operations Enduring Freedom, Desert Spring and possible future contingencies Dec. 24.
• The President and Congress--Foreign Policy Roundtable VOA 03 Jan 2002 -- On Tuesday, the 108th Congress of the United States will be/was sworn into office. On Focus, V-O-A's Victor Morales leads a roundtable discussion on the foreign policy issues facing the new Congress and the relationship between the legislative and executive branches of American government
• 1st Armored Division fields new 'Fire and Forget' anti-tank weapon USAEUR Release 03 Jan 2003-- As clouds of steaming breath formed on a sub-freezing morning here, Pvt. Brian Tarr peered through the sight of his Javelin anti-armor missile system. Locking in on his target, Tarr pulled the trigger and released the fury of the "fire-and-forget" tank killer, becoming the first soldier in 1st Armored Division to unleash the newest addition to the division's arsenal.
• USAFE, a look back at 2002 USAFE News Service 03 Jan 2003-- More than 4,200 U.S. Air Forces in Europe members deployed worldwide in 2002. These deployments were only a part of what USAFE accomplished this past year.

News Reports

• THE YEAR IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM VOA 03 Jan 2003-- Al-Qaida, the terrorist network responsible for the September 11th, 2001, attacks in New York and outside Washington, no longer has a safe haven in Afghanistan. Its leaders are either dead or on the run. But al-Qaida is not out of business. Terror cells around the world continue to plot and carry out acts of sudden violence. The last year has seen terror bombings in Mombassa, Kenya; Bali, Indonesia; Karachi, Pakistan; Kabul, Afghanistan; Manila in the Philippines; and in Israel. How goes the world's fight against terrorists? I'll ask my guests, Elaine Shannon, correspondent for Time magazine, and author and defense analyst David Isby. Welcome and thanks for joining us today. Elaine Shannon, how do you assess the year's efforts against terrorism?
• KENYA / POL VOA 03 Jan 2002 -- After days of speculation, Kenya's new president, Mwai Kibaki, announced his cabinet today (Friday). Katy Salmon reports from Nairobi, he also pledged to make the war on corruption a priority when parliament opens next Thursday
• VENEZUELA - POLITICS VOA 03 Jan 2002 -- More than a dozen people were injured, three by gunfire, Friday,as supporters and opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez clashed once again on the streets of Caracas, where a general strike against the president is in its fifth week
• VENEZUELA - POLITICS VOA 03 Jan 2002 -- Two people were killed and more than a dozen people injured Friday as supporters and opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez clashed once again on the streets of Caracas, where a general strike against the president is in its fifth week
• SPECIAL ENGLISH IN THE NEWS #566 Kenya's New President VOA 03 Jan 2002 -- Mwai Kibaki was sworn-in this week as President of Kenya. He won sixty-three percent of the vote in the Kenyan presidential election last Friday. Mister Kibaki was the candidate of an alliance of opposition groups called the National Rainbow Coalition. His election is widely considered an important victory for democracy in Kenya.