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• Seabees Bring Comforts of Home to Camp in Iraq Navy NewStand 23 Dec 2003 -- The hot summer days in Iraq actually start with a hint of a cool breeze, and they usually end the same way.
• Coalition Working Steadily to Improve Daily Life in Iraq Washington File 23 Aug 2003 -- In Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, U.S. Marines are engaged in the massive clean-up and restoration of a dilapidated athletic building, which will become the city's new women's and youth center, according to a U.S. Central Command (Centcom) press release.
• MARINES HELP REBUILD WOMEN'S CENTER CENTCOM 23 Aug 2003 -- The Marines carried shovels and sickles as they waded through the chest-high grass surrounding the dilapidated athletic building. When the building is finished it will become the city's new women's and youth center.
• CONFISCATED, DESTROYED WEAPONS EQUAL SAFER IRAQ CENTCOM 23 Aug 2003 -- Coalition forces continued to confiscate and destroy weapons and ammunition in Iraq on Aug. 22.
• IRAQ/BRITISH DEATHS VOA 22 Aug 2003 -- British military officials in Iraq say three British soldiers have been killed in southern Iraq.
• LIBERIA/INTERIM PRESIDENT VOA 23 Aug 2003 -- The man who will lead Liberia's transitional government says Liberians should be ready to reconcile and heal the wounds created by decades of violence.
• LIBERIA/BLAH VOA 23 Aug 2003 -- Liberia's caretaker president has been visiting neighboring heads of state to get their support for long-lasting peace in Liberia.
• UNHCR/LIBERIA VOA 23 Aug 2003 -- The U-N Refugee Agency, U-N-H-C-R, says for the first time in many months its aid workers have been able to visit some refugee camps on the outskirts of the Liberian capital, Monrovia. The U-N aid workers were shocked by what they found

Defense Policy / Programs

• Secretary of the Navy Nomination 23 Aug 2003 -- Statement from Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, "I welcome the President's announcement of his intent to nominate Gordon England as Secretary of the Navy. He did a fine job as the Secretary of the Navy prior to moving to the Department of Homeland Security, and I look forward to working with him again."
• Bush: "No Retreat" in War Against Terrorism Washington File 23 Aug 2003 -- The terrorist bombings of U.N. headquarters in Baghdad and a bus filled with families in Jerusalem last week again reveal the nature of terrorism and why it must be defeated wherever it exists, President Bush said in his weekly radio address to the nation on August 23.
• USS Cowpens arrives in Hong Kong for port visit 7th Fleet 23 Aug 2003-- USS Cowpens (CG 63) arrived in the Far East port of Hong Kong on Aug. 20, to enjoy the opportunity for some long-anticipated rest and recreation in this "gateway to China."

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• BUSH / TERRORISM VOA 23 Aug 2003 -- President Bush is condemning this week's suicide bombings in Baghdad and Jerusalem, saying there will be no retreat in the war on terrorism.
• HAMAS/AUSTRIA VOA 23 Aug 2003 -- The Austrian government says it has no reason to believe a Vienna-based Palestinian group is financing terrorist activities, despite being included on a White House list of organizations with alleged links to the militant group Hamas.
• RWANDA / ELECTION VOA 23 Aug 2003 -- Political tension is mounting in the east African country of Rwanda, ahead of the country's first multi-party presidential election since the genocide in 1994. Incumbent President Paul Kagame is threatening to jail the main opposition candidate for allegedly promoting the type of ethnic divisions that led to the genocide.
• SUDAN/TALKS ADJOURNED VOA 23 Aug 2003 -- Peace talks between the Sudanese government and the country's main rebel group were adjourned Saturday for several weeks to allow both sides to consult with their leaders.
• CONGO/PARLIAMENT VOA 23 Aug 2003 -- A new parliament has been inaugurated in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of a transitional government hoping to end four years of war. Members of the former government, opposition politicians and former rebel movements are all represented in the two-house parliament that aims to take the country back to democratic elections within two years.

News Reports

• Russia: Former Media Mogul Gusinskii Arrested In Greece RFE/RL 23 Aug 2003 -- Former Russian media tycoon Vladimir Gusinskii was arrested in Athens today on an international warrant issued by Interpol.
• EUROPE/HEAT VOA 23 Aug 2003 -- While some Europeans have suffered from what in some areas has been the worst heat wave in 50 years, one group of people has benefited. Winemakers say they are expecting high quality grapes and wine, and 2003 could become a famous vintage year.
• KENYA/V-P DEATH VOA 23 Aug 2003 -- Kenyan Vice President Michael Kijana Wamalwa died Saturday while undergoing treatment in a London hospital. Kenyans are shocked and saddened by his death.
• ITALY/GERMANY VOA 23 Aug 2003 -- The Italian prime minister met the German chancellor Saturday for the first time since Italian-German relations took a severe knock earlier this summer. Both leaders emerged from a meeting in Verona saying relations are now back on course.