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• Alabama National Guardsmen deploy in support of War on Terror NORTHCOM 22 Jan 2003 -- The Department of Defense's efforts for homeland security recently received a shot in the arm as members from the Army National Guard's 167th Theater Support Command joined the U.S. Northern Command's Norfolk-based Standing Joint Force Headquarters - Homeland Security (JFHQ-HLS).

Other Conflicts

• FRANCE/IVORY COAST VOA 22 Jan 2003 -- An Ivorian official involved in peace talks with rebel factions near Paris, has accused the French mediator of trying to organize a coup d'etat in Ivory Coast. The president of the country's National Assembly says he walked out of the talks in protest
• PALESTINIAN TALKS VOA 22 Jan 2003 -- At the invitation of the Egyptian government, Palestinian factions have agreed to attend a meeting in Cairo to discuss the future of the 28-month old intifada. One of Egypt's goals in proposing the meeting was to discuss halting attacks against Israeli civilians. But some of the Palestinians invited have already said they are not coming to discuss a ceasefire.
• SUDAN TALKS VOA 22 Jan 2003 -- Representatives of the Sudanese government and the country's main rebel group are expected to formally resume peace talks on Thursday, following informal discussions in Nairobi today (Wednesday).
• IVORY COAST / CHILDREN VOA 22 Jan 2003 -- The civil war in Ivory Coast has been especially hard on the West African nation's children. Tens of thousands of young people are now without basic health services and have had little schooling since the conflict began four months ago

Defense Policy / Programs

• GTEP, a unique mission for the Corps USMC News 22 Jan 2003 -- U.S. Marines recently arrived in the country of Georgia to participate in a program designed to train and equip selected units of the Georgian military. The Georgian Train and Equip Program (GTEP) will have U.S. Marines in Georgia for more than a year.
• Patuxent River to Host Second UAV Flight Demonstration NAVAIR 22 Jan 2003 -- The second demonstration of multiple unmanned aerial vehicle systems is set to be held Monday, July 14, 2003, at the Webster Field Annex of Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, located in St. Mary's County Maryland.
• Transcript: Rumsfeld, Myers Briefing at FPC, January 22, 2003 Washington File 22 Jan 2003 -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Air Force General Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, briefed at the Washington Foreign Press Center
• Comfort Leaves Spanish Media, VIPs in Awe Navy News Service 22 Jan 2003 -- At 894-feet long and weighing more than 70,000 tons, Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort is more than impressive; it's imposing. Painted white with huge red crosses, the ship brings mobile, rapid medical response capability, including acute medical and surgical care, to any potentially hostile area to support American armed forces.
• NATO / ROBERTSON VOA 22 Jan 2003 -- NATO Secretary General George Robertson says he will step down in December, despite pressure to stay in his job for another year

News Reports

• SHAPE News Morning Update SHAPE 22 Jan 2003
• SHAPE News Summary Analysis SHAPE 22 Jan 2003
• INDONESIA AID VOA 22 Jan 2003 -- International aid donors are wrapping up a meeting in Bali by pledging more than two-and-one-half-billion dollars in loans to Indonesia. As Tim Johnston reports from Jakarta, the Indonesian government says it will try to end its reliance on foreign assistance. s
• EDITORIAL: ASSISTING AFGHAN REFUGEES VOA 22 Jan 2003 -- Afghans have shown their faith in the new Afghan government by returning home in record numbers. Since the establishment of an interim Afghan government in December 2001, more than two-million refugees have returned. Many were desperately in need of food. Last year, the United Nations World Food Program, largely through contributions by the United States, managed to avert a famine in Afghanistan. While there should be enough food to meet the needs of the Afghan people through the winter, the World Food Program needs new contributions to assist the most vulnerable after March
• ZIMBABWE POLITICS VOA 22 Jan 2003 -- At a moment of intense diplomatic activity in Zimbabwe, South Africa's Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosozana Dlamini-Zuma held talks with her counterpart in Harare Wednesday
• U-N /CONGO BRAZZAVILLE VOA 22 Jan 2003 -- U-N aid agencies are trying to increase gain more attention for the Republic of Congo, as a way to increase international support for a country they say is all but forgotten
• U-S-Libya Human Rights VOA 22 Jan 2003 -- The United States Wednesday lamented Libya's election as chair of the U-N Human Rights Commission, saying it is "unconscionable" that countries would support a "serious" human rights violator such as Libya to head the top international human rights body
• FRANCE / GERMANY VOA 22 Jan 2003 -- France and Germany are celebrating the 40th anniversary of a treaty that ended centuries of mutual antagonism. The two countries aim to forge even closer bonds in the coming years
• U.S. "Disappointed" that Libya to Chair U.N. Human Rights Commission Washington File 22 Jan 2003 -- State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the U.S. is "disappointed" that Libya will take over the chairmanship of the UN Human Rights Commission. Boucher was speaking at the January 22 regular noon briefing at the State Department