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• Special Boat Team Warriors Return From Iraq Navy NewStand 21 Apr 2003 -- Naval Special Warfare warriors returned home April 18 after playing a vital role in Operations Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Enduring Freedom (OEF) and the War on Terrorism (WOT).
• Deployed chaplains: Faith on front lines AFPN 21 Apr 2003 -- Since the onset of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Air Mobility Command chaplains have deployed alongside thousands of Air Force people.
• Some 'doctors' still make house calls AFPN 21 Apr 2003 -- Have mat, will travel. That is the newly adopted creed of the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group's three-person physical therapy team at a forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia.
• Air Force, Central Command set war trophy policy AFPN 21 Apr 2003 -- Servicemembers deployed supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom may be tempted to bring home souvenirs of their war experience, but Air Force legal officials are urging them to think twice.
• F-117 pilots receive Distinguished Flying Cross for first strike mission ACCNS 21 Apr 2003 -- Two F-117A Nighthawk pilots from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing at a forward-deployed desert air base in the Middle East were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross recently for extraordinary achievement while flying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• PAKISTAN: Karzai's visit meets cautious optimism IRIN 21 Apr 2003 -- Afghan refugee community leaders are cautiously welcoming Afghan President Hamid Karzai's upcoming one-day visit to Pakistan on Tuesday.
• Refurbished Hospital Reopens in Kabul with U.S. Support Washington File 21 Apr 2003 -- The Rabia Balkhi Women's Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, reopened April 21 after a six-month renovation project supported by the U.S. departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Defense, according to an HHS press release.
• PAKISTAN KARZAI SCENESETTER VOA 21 Apr 2003 -- Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai starts a two-day visit Tuesday to neighboring Pakistan. The U-S-backed leader is making the trip amid allegations of renewed Pakistani support for remnants of the former Taleban government.

Defense Policy / Programs

• SARS has minor impact on upcoming exercises AFPN 21 Apr 2003 -- With major combat operations for Operation Iraqi Freedom wrapping up, airmen are watching the news closely for a potential new enemy -- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
• Romanian, American workers pull together so deployed members can stay fit USAFE 21 Apr 2003 -- It’s a 20-meter by 30-meter tent with bare wood floors designated for fitness equipment, but there’s more than just a deployed gym here at Constanta, Romania
• DoD's Online IT Shopping System Saves Time, Money AFPS 21 Apr 2003 -- Where can DoD information technology procurement specialists quickly get the best deals on computer software?
• Meddling with MRE menus, a matter of taste Army News 21 Apr 2003 -- Beginning with contract production runs in June, the Defense Logistics Agency will add new Meals, Ready to Eat menus, while eliminating others.
• Controlled chaos: Logistics readiness center orchestrates contingency support EUCOM 21 Apr 2003 -- David Copperfield made the Statue of Liberty disappear. He walked through the Great Wall of China. He made audience members vanish, only to reappear somewhere else. But, those were just magic tricks - grandiose illusions.
• Joint training exercise enhances fire crew’s water rescue skills ACCNS 21 Apr 2003 -- About three miles off shore of Langley, with no land in sight, a transmission from an approaching Coast Guard helicopter came from the Langley fire department rescue boat's radio.
• Pentagon Revises Smallpox Vaccination Policy Navy NewStand 21 Apr 2003 -- DoD is taking a watchful approach to its smallpox vaccination program after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta reported investigating whether a sequence of cardiac deaths was associated with the vaccine.
• Naval Station San Diego Gets New Pier Navy NewStand 21 Apr 2003 -- In 1946, piers 10 and 11 at Naval Station, San Diego were constructed for the Navy's growing mothball fleet.
• 22nd MEU refines command post doctrine during field exercise USMC News 21 Apr 2003 -- The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) recently wrapped up a field training exercise designed to validate and refine the unit's standard operating procedures for setting up and operating a command post in a field environment.
• Automated targets, new firing points part of Khe Sanh facelift USMC News 21 Apr 2003 -- In an effort to make the Khe Sanh Range a more effective training tool, WFTBn. is in the process of installing newly-upgraded firing points and self-moving targets.
• Falcon phase crews push envelope AFPN 21 Apr 2003 -- For every 300 hours an F-16 Fighting Falcon spends in the air, it is required to go through an inspection.

Defense Industry

• Estonia Accepts Lockheed Martin Radar for BALTNET Air Surveillance Program Lockheed Martin 21 Apr 2003 -- The Estonian Ministry of Defense today took formal possession of the Lockheed Martin TPS-117 long-range radar system that will expand the country's air surveillance capabilities.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 21 Apr 2003
• PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT United Nations 21 Apr 2003
• U.S. Urges Confirmation of New Palestinian Government Washington File 21 Apr 2003 -- The United States is confident that the Palestinian cabinet proposed by Prime Minister Abu Mazen reflects the desires of the Palestinian people and should be confirmed, said State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher.
• U-S-PALESTINIANS VOA 21 Apr 2003 -- The United States is pressing Palestinian leaders to end internal bickering and approve a new government under prime minister-designate Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen. U-S officials say once Palestinian legislators approve the cabinet, the Bush administration will launch the long-awaited "roadmap" for Middle East peace.
• PALESTINIANS/REFORM VOA 21 Apr 2003 -- Aides to both Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and his prime minister-designate, Mahmoud Abbas, met in an all-night session that ended early Monday morning with no agreement on the formation of a new Palestinian government. Failure to resolve the dispute between the two men could scuttle plans to re-launch Middle East peace efforts.

• COTE D'IVOIRE: Follow-up Committee welcomes advances, deplores attacks IRIN 21 Apr 2003 -- A committee set up to monitor compliance with efforts towards a peaceful resolution of Cote d'Ivoire's seven-month-old conflict has expressed satisfaction at recent developments within the country's new government of national reconciliation but deplored the continuation of attacks in the west of the country.
• COTE D'IVOIRE: Follow-up Committee welcomes advances, deplores attacks IRIN 21 Apr 2003 -- Angola’s post-conflict recovery period presents a new set of challenges to both the government and development agencies, according to a recent report by CARE International.
• SRILANKA/PEACE VOA 21 Apr 2003 -- In Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers say they are suspending peace talks with the government. It is a serious setback to the peace process that began more than a year ago to end the two-decade long civil conflict in the island nation.
• INDIA/KASHMIR/ENVOY VOA 21 Apr 2003 -- An Indian government envoy has arrived in Kashmir to explore the possibility of holding peace talks in the insurgency-wracked region. Several separatist groups say they are unlikely to join the talks.
• NEPAL PEACE TALKS VOA 21 Apr 2003 -- Maoist rebels have postponed preliminary peace talks scheduled to begin Monday. The talks failed to get underway due to differences between the government and the rebels on the agenda.

News Reports

• UN takes steps to address Kosovo's electricity emergency UN News Centre 21 Apr 2003 -- The top United Nations official in Kosovo has announced a series of emergency measures to deal with the province's electricity problems, including €17.3 million (euros) to repair power plants.
• SERBIA / WAR CRIMES VOA 21 Apr 2003 -- The government of the former Yugoslav republic of Serbia says an ex-Yugoslav army captain wanted by the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for a 1991 massacre in neighboring Croatia has surrendered to Serbian officials. Captain Miroslav Radic has appeared before an investigative judge in Belgrade.
• AZERBAIJAN/ALIYEV VOA 21 Apr 2003 -- Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev collapsed twice during a speech broadcast live on state television Monday, but returned to the podium a third time to finish the speech in the end.
• MEXICO / ELECTION DATA VOA 21 Apr 2003 -- Opposition parties in Mexico are demanding an investigation into the reported sale of voter registration information to a firm in the United States that then sold the data to the U-S government. The alleged data sale is seen by many Mexicans as an intrusion on the nation's sovereignty.
• NIGERIA/ELECTION VOA 21 Apr 2003 -- Nigerians are still waiting for the results of Saturday's presidential election. A U-S-based election observer group says the voting was relatively peaceful and well organized. But the group says there were serious and troubling irregularities in some areas of the country.
• NIGERIA ELECTION VOA 21 Apr 2003 -- Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo appears set to win a crushing victory in the country's presidential election. But the main opposition party is rejecting the results of the poll. Some observer groups say serious irregularities in some regions have undermined the credibility of the election.
• NIGERIA ELEX VOA 21 Apr 2003 -- Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo looks set to win a crushing victory in the country's presidential election. But the main opposition party is rejecting the results of the poll. Some observer groups say serious irregularities in some regions have undermined the credibility of the election.
• INDONESIA MILITANT VOA 21 Apr 2003 -- The leader of a small Indonesian radical group, who was arrested for defying police orders to remain in Jakarta, has surrendered, after escaping prosecutors' custody.
• ZIMBABWE/FOOD VOA 21 Apr 2003 -- Crop forecasters in Zimbabwe are presenting widely different predictions for this year's harvest, making it difficult for aid agencies to plan food aid to the country for the rest of the year.
• ZIMBABWE / JUDGE VOA 21 Apr 2003 -- Zimbabwe's second most senior judge has taken control of a formerly white-owned farm in one of the country's richest agricultural areas. The judge is presiding over the treason trial of the country's opposition leader.
• INDONESIA/PAPUA/VERDICT VOA 21 Apr 2003 -- An Indonesian military court has sentenced seven members of the Indonesian military to prison for the murder of a Papuan independence leader. But the short sentences are likely to anger Papuan leaders.
• NY / DISEASE SURVEILLANCE VOA 21 Apr 2003 -- Health workers all over the world are on the lookout for the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus, which spread after originating in China late last year. One of the most sophisticated early warning systems for tracking diseases is in New York City.
• ASIA / SARS VOA 21 Apr 2003 -- In China, new information from the health ministry indicates Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS, is infecting more people than previously thought.
• SOMALIA: Opposition rejects election results in Somaliland IRIN 21 Apr 2003 -- The main opposition party in the self-declared republic of Somaliland, northwestern Somalia, has rejected the results of last week's presidential elections.
• NIGERIA: Obasanjo takes commanding lead in presidential ballot IRIN 21 Apr 2003 -- With results of Saturday's presidential elections released in more than half of Nigeria's 36 states, incumbent President Olusegun Obasanjo has established a commanding lead over his closest rival, Muhammadu Buhari.