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• CJTF-HOA and 2d MEB participate in live-fire exercise USMC 09 Feb 2003 -- Forces from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and the 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (2d MEB) conducted a Close Air Support live fire exercise today at Godoria Range in Djibouti's northern training area.

Defense Policy / Programs

Defense Industry

• Boeing Chooses Hamilton Sundstrand for new C-17 System Hamilton Sundstrand 09 Feb 2003 -- Hamilton Sundstrand has been selected by The Boeing Company to design, develop and produce the Boost Compressor, Valves and perform the System Integration Testing for the next-generation On Board Inerting Gas Generation System (OBIGGS) for the C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft.
• Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Israel Aircraft Industries Demonstrated Multi-Role Multi-Mission Helicopter at 2003 Aero India Exhibition Israel Aerospace Industries 09 Feb 2003 -- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) together with Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd. (IAI) presented at the 2003 Aero India exhibition the HAL Advanced Light Helicopter ('DHRUV') demonstrator, equipped with IAI's Integrated Avionics Package for helicopters.

Other Conflicts

• INDONESIA / ACEH / BRITON VOA 09 Feb 2003 -- Indonesia has released a British academic after five months in jail in the northern province of Aceh, where rebels have been fighting for independence for 26 years. The government had accused her of aiding the rebels. The release comes at a key point in Aceh's two-month-old peace process.

• ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS VOA 09 Feb 2003 -- Three Palestinians were killed Sunday when their explosives-laden car blew up next to an Israeli army position in the Gaza Strip.

News Reports

• ZIMBABWE/POLITICS VOA 09 Feb 2003 -- As Zimbabwe's political and economic crisis deepens, visiting Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo met with President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. The Nigerian leader was told that shortly before he arrived, two opposition members of the Zimbabwe parliament and 13-supporters had been arrested.
• ISRAEL/POLITICS VOA 09 Feb 2003 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been asked to form another government, confirming the results of last month's national elections. But talks to find a new coalition appear headed for trouble.
• MONTENEGRO / ELECTION VOA 09 Feb 2003 -- Voters in the former Yugoslav republic of Montenegro are trying again to choose a president, amid concerns that this round, like the first, could fail because of low turnout.