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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 07 Jan 2004 [PDF]

• IRAQ / PRISONERS VOA 07 Jan 2004 -- Coalition officials in Iraq say they will release hundreds of detainees as a gesture of goodwill.
• Iraq: Coaltition Forces To Amnesty Some Iraqi Prisoners RFE/RL 07 Jan 2004 -- The top U.S. official in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer (pictured), today said that coalition forces will release some 500 Iraqi prisoners, starting with a group of 100 tomorrow.
• Coalition forces get help from citizens abroad Army News Service 07 Jan 2004-- Third-country nationals, called "TCNs" work side-by-side with American contractors and military personnel, in nearly every vocational field in the war on terror.
• 67th Signal departs for desert rotation Army News Service 07 Jan 2004-- As choruses of people counted down the New Year, the tears streaming down some of their cheeks had little to do with enthusiasm for the year to come.

• Vermont National Guard Trains Afghan Army Trainers AFPS 07 Jan 2004 -- National Guard Soldiers with the 124th Regional Training Institute from Colchester, Vt., are here to "train the trainers" and teach Afghan National Army members how to become better soldiers.
• Afghanistan: Annan Says Lack Of Security Threatens Elections RFE/RL 07 Jan 2004 -- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has warned the Security Council that violence could jeopardize Afghanistan's crucial presidential election scheduled for midyear.
• Troops find militia caches in push to Jalalabad Army News Service 07 Jan 2004-- Just hours after Christmas day had passed, the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment "Catamounts" of 10th Mountain Division embarked on their latest mission to disrupt anti-coalition militia activity in eastern Kabul province.
• Afghanistan: UN Chief Warns Violence Could Hurt Election RFE/RL 07 Jan 2004 -- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has warned that violence in Afghanistan could jeopardize crucial mid-year elections.
• AFGHANISTAN'S NEW CONSTITUTION: 'A STEP FORWARD' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign media Reaction 07 Jan 2004

Other Conflicts

• SUDAN / OIL AGREEMENT VOA 07 Jan 2004 -- The Sudanese government and the country's southern rebels on Wednesday signed a key agreement on how to share the country's oil wealth, bringing the two sides one step closer to ending their two decades-long civil war.
• TURKEY / SYRIA VOA 07 Jan 2004 -- Turkey has offered to act as a mediator between Syria and its arch enemy, Israel, in a bid to end decades of hostility between the two Middle Eastern neighbors. As Amberin Zaman reports from Ankara, Turkey made the offer to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is on a historic visit to Turkey.
• Powell-Sudan VOA 07 Jan 2004 -- U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell has telephoned the top negotiators in the Sudan peace talks in Kenya to urge them on toward a final agreement. The negotiating teams led by Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Taha and southern rebel leader John Garang concluded a landmark wealth-sharing pact on Wednesday.
• Côte d'Ivoire: Annan hails return of opposition group to Government UN News Centre 07 Jan 2004 -- Voicing hope that the peace process in Côte d'Ivoire will gain new momentum, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the return of the opposition Forces Nouvelles to a meeting of the Government of National Reconciliation for the first time since it suspended its participation in September.
• UN envoy to advocate for resumption of peace talks on Darfur in western Sudan UN News Centre 07 Jan 2004 -- The United Nations envoy to Sudan arrives today in N'Djamena, the capital of neighbouring Chad, to press for the resumption of peace talks on the war-torn Darfur region of western Sudan.
• Security Council urges political dialogue between Ethiopia and Eritrea UN News Centre 07 Jan 2004 -- Expressing concern about the lack of progress in marking a boundary between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the United Nations Security Council today called on the two Horn of Africa governments to establish a broad political dialogue that would help to improve their relations.
• ISRAEL PALESTINIANS VOA 07 Jan 2004 -- Three Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops in separate incidents in the West Bank towns of Tulkarem and Nablus.

Defense Policy / Programs

• U.S.: Washington Welcomes Encouraging News From 'Rogue Regimes' RFE/RL 07 Jan 2004 -- In the span of just a few weeks, Iran, Libya, and now North Korea have all signaled, in one form or another, a willingness to cooperate on allaying international concern about their alleged programs to produce weapons of mass destruction. The administration of U.S. President George W. Bush is cautiously welcoming the news from the nonproliferation front, though concerns persist about Pakistan.

• State Department Noon Briefing, January 7, 2004 Washington File 07 Jan 2004 -- Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, US-VISIT Program, Israeli, Egypt/Iraq, Iraq, Sudan, North Korea, Pakistan

• White House Daily Briefing, January 7, 2004 Washington File 07 Jan 2004 -- Immigration/Mexico, Mars exploration, alert status/cost

News Reports

• SHAPE News Morning Update SHAPE 07 Jan 2004 -- U.S. to free some Iraqi prisoners under new policy / NATO takes over peace-building mission from United States in first step beyond Afghan capital / U.N. chief warns Afghan attacks could hurt election / U.S. air chief in Europe says forces may move farther east and south
• SHAPE News Summary & Analysis SHAPE 07 Jan 2004 -- Taliban sorry for "mistake" that killed 16 Afghans, says target was PRT / French Foreign Minister: Europe can boost defense cooperation without sidelining NATO / Second round of talks on EUCOM's transformation plans to begin soon

• U-S / CUBA / IMMIGRATION VOA 07 Jan 2004 -- The Bush administration said Wednesday Cuban intransigence was behind a U-S decision to reject a proposal by Havana for a new round of immigration talks this week. U-S officials say Cuba is refusing to talk about several key issues regarding the bilateral orderly migration accord, but Cuba denies it.
• SWEDEN / MURDER VOA 07 Jan 2004 -- The man suspected by Stockholm police of killing Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh last September has confessed to the murder, according to the chief prosecutor and the suspect's lawyer.
• EGYPT / CRASH VOA 07 Jan 2004 -- Searchers for the flight recorders from the chartered Egyptian jetliner that crashed Saturday off the Egyptian coast say they need specialized equipment to retrieve the recorders. It will take several days for the equipment to arrive.