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• USS Honolulu Warriors Returns COMSUBPAC 13 Apr 2003 -- After nearly eight months of deployment, the attack submarine USS Honolulu (SSN 718) returned to its homeport Apr. 13.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Navy-Coast Guard Team Essential to Success Navy NewStand 13 Apr 2003 -- Adm. Thomas Collins, commandant of the Coast Guard, spoke at the Naval Institute's annual meeting and Annapolis Seminar April 3.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• ISRAEL / SHARON VOA 13 Apr 2003 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has reportedly offered for the first time to remove some settlements in the West Bank in return for peace with the Palestinians. But he insists the Palestinians must give up their key demand for refugees to return to their former homes inside Israel.

News Reports

• WORLD BANK WRAP VOA 13 Apr 2003 -- The 184-nation World Bank and International Monetary Fund ended their semi-annual meeting in Washington Sunday with agreement to send a needs assessment mission to Iraq. Iraq reconstruction was a principal theme of the meeting.
• ASIA / SARS / CATHAY VOA 13 Apr 2003 -- Hong Kong's aviation industry is suffering as travelers are frightened away from the city because of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The city's dominant airline is considering tough measures to cut its losses, but does not plan to ground its fleet of passenger jets.
• NIGERIA/ELECTION VOA 13 Apr 2003 -- Vote-counting continues in Nigeria, where millions turned out to cast ballots Saturday in the country's first legislative elections since the transition to civilian rule four years ago.