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22 December 2006 Military News

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  • Rice Plans Regular Regional Briefings with New Pentagon Chief Washington File 22 Dec 2006 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she plans a series of in-depth briefings with the new secretary of defense, beginning in January 2007, to enhance diplomatic and military collaboration in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa and elsewhere.

  • Vinson's RCOH Team Clearing the Air Navy NewsStand 22 Dec 2006 -- USS Carl Vinson’s (CVN 70) Ventilation Team marked completion of more than 50 percent of their work Dec. 9 as the refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) continues for the carrier at the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard.
  • FRC-SE Logo Unveiled During Ceremony Navy NewsStand 22 Dec 2006 -- The new command logo for Fleet Readiness Center, Southeast (FRC-SE), formerly Naval Air Depot (NADEP) Jacksonville, was unveiled during a ceremony Dec. 14 in front of Building 101 here.
  • USS Robert G. Bradley Supports Community in Panama Navy NewsStand 22 Dec 2006 -- USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG 49) Sailors helped refurbish homes for cancer patients and needy children during separate community relations projects in Panama during port visits in November and December.
  • McInerney Improves Community Relations in San Salvador Navy NewsStand 22 Dec 2006 -- USS McInerney (FFG 8) Sailors helped the town’s social workers improve the area around the local soccer fields and community center during a port visit Nov. 24 to San Salvador, El Salvador.
  • Air Force officials take 'strategic communication to next level' AFPN 22 Dec 2006 -- Top Air Force leaders attending a strategic communication summit here Dec. 19 outlined an ambitious blueprint for Airmen to tell the nation about their service's contributions to the war on terrorism.
  • 10 Globemaster IIIs fly in formation over Washington state AFPN 22 Dec 2006 -- Like an iron alligator in the sky, a band of 10 C-17 Globemaster IIIs flew in formation Dec. 21 from Puget Sound to eastern Washington .

  • Russia against U.S. missile defense plans for Europe - DM Ivanov RIA Novosti 22 Dec 2006 -- Russia is opposed to the United States' plans to deploy an anti-missile shield in Central Europe, the defense minister said Friday.

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  • SOMALIA: Dozens killed as fighting continues in the south IRIN 22 Dec 2006 -- Dozens of civilians have been killed, at least 200 wounded, and many more have been driven from their homes as fighting continues around the southern Somali town of Baidoa, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Friday.
  • Upsurge in Somali fighting prompts concern from Security Council and Annan UN News Centre 22 Dec 2006 -- The Security Council and Secretary-General Kofi Annan today each voiced grave concern at the recent intensified fighting in Somalia between the strife-torn country’s Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) and the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC).
  • Situation in Burundi ‘fragile,’ Annan warns as UN troops prepare to leave UN News Centre 22 Dec 2006 -- As the United Nations prepares to wind down its peacekeeping operation in Burundi and replace it with an integrated office, Secretary-General Kofi Annan is warning that human rights abuses, political tensions and other “troubling developments” could cause the hard-won peace process there to unravel.
  • Annan Encouraged by Darfur Peace Prospects VOA 22 Dec 2006 -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says he is optimistic that Sudan's government will soon allow a joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission to enforce a ceasefire in Darfur
  • Concerns Mount Over Kosovo's Status VOA 22 Dec 2006 -- Reaching a decision on the final status of the disputed Serbian province of Kosovo is becoming more difficult, because of Russian objections and a lack of consensus within the 25-nation European Union
  • Clashes Between Rival Palestinian Factions Test Ceasefire VOA 22 Dec 2006 -- Rival Palestinian factions have clashed again in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. At least one person was killed and six wounded
  • Somali Troops, Islamist Fighters Continue to Clash VOA 22 Dec 2006 -- In Somalia, Islamist fighters and government troops continue to battle each other near the government stronghold of Baidoa, with each side claiming to have killed hundreds of troops of the other side's

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