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• FORMER REGIME LOYALIST DETAINED CENTCOM 16 Aug 2003 -- Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division detained Said Ali Al Karim, a cleric in Ba'qubah Aug 11, pending charges of distributing materials to incite violence against Coalition forces, funding attacks against Coalition forces, and possession of illegal weapons.
• LIBERIA/AID VOA 16 Aug 2003 -- In Liberia, humanitarian operations have begun, but there are major obstacles to aid distribution from Monrovia's port.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Essex passes aviation certification with flying colors 7th Fleet Release 16 Aug 2003-- USS Essex (LHD 2) is fit to fly and fit to fight.

Defense Industry

• ORBITAL SUCCESSFULLY CARRIES OUT SECOND LAUNCH OF MISSILE DEFENSE BOOST VEHICLE Orbital Sciences Corp. 16 Aug 2003 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that the second launch of the missile defense interceptor boost vehicle the company is developing and manufacturing for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system was fully successful.

Other Conflicts

• NIGERIA/UNREST VOA 16 Aug 2003 -- Ethnic fighting has resurfaced in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta. Tribal clashes last March forced the withdrawal of major oil companies from the area.
• CONGO/U-N VOA 16 Aug 2003 -- U-N troops have begun taking over operations from a French-led European force in Bunia, in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The French moved in to prevent further massacres of townspeople by ethnic militias.
• MIDEAST/REFUGEES VOA 16 Aug 2003 -- The U-N agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA (ooh-n-wrah) says a survey conducted in five West Bank refugee camps shows that Palestinian children are suffering from stress and depression.
• Bosnia-Herzegovina: Over 100 Bodies Removed From Mass Grave RFE/RL 16 Aug 2003 -- Forensic experts have recovered the remains of over 100 people from a mass grave in eastern Bosnia-Herzegovina that may be the largest burial site from the country's 1992-95 war

News Reports

• NY/POWER RESTORED VOA 16 Aug 2003 -- All the lights are back on in New York City. City life is returning to normal, while the search for answers to this week's massive power outage continues.
• BLACKOUT/MICHIGAN VOA 16 Aug 2003 -- Nearly all Americans who lost electricity Thursday afternoon in a massive blackout have their power restored. There are still scattered outages in (the Midwest state of) Michigan. Utility officials in that state are warning people of more blackouts, unless they conserve energy during the next few days.

• UGANDA/IDI AMIN/OBIT VOA 16 Aug 2003 -- Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin died Saturday in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah from complications due to multiple organ failure. He was 80 years old. The Ugandan government does not plan an official funeral.
• IDI AMIN/REAX VOA 16 Aug 2003 -- The death of former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin has brought relief to many who suffered under his brutal regime, but also sadness that he was never brought to trial to face human rights abuse charges.

• Suspected war criminal Mitar Rasevic detained by UN court UN News Centre 16 Aug 2003 -- Mitar Rasevic, a suspected war criminal facing charges of murder and torture, has been transferred to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at The Hague.
• Azerbaijan: Thousands Protest On Opening Day Of Election Campaign RFE/RL 16 Aug 2003 -- At least 5,000 opposition supporters demonstrated in Baku today on the opening day of Azerbaijan's presidential election campaign.
• KENYA/RECONCILIATION VOA 16 Aug 2003 -- Delegates attending an international conference that ended in Nairobi Saturday were grappling with whether a proposed truth and reconciliation commission for Kenya should be based on the one in South Africa, or be more punitive in nature.
• CHINA/SARS VOA 16 Aug 2003 -- China's last two SARS patients have been released from the hospital in Beijing, bringing to an end an outbreak of disease that killed 349 people in the country. But officials are warning that the disease could reappear.