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• AFGHANISTAN/FIGHTING VOA 30 Aug 2003 -- Afghan and Western military forces are reported to have killed dozens of suspected Taleban militants in a week of fighting in southern Afghanistan.

Defense Policy / Programs

• RUSSIA/SUBMARINE VOA 30 Aug 2003 -- At least two sailors are dead and seven are missing, after a Russian nuclear-powered submarine sank in the northwestern Barents Sea. Defense officials say one crew member has been rescued from the decommissioned submarine, which was being towed to a scrap yard when it sank.
• Polish defense minister due in Tehran Saturday night IRNA 30 Aug 2003 -- Polish Minister of Defense Jerzy Szmajdzinski is to arrive here Saturday night to discuss various issues of mutual interest, Iran`s Ministry of Defense and Logistics of the Armed Forces said here on Saturday.
• Carl Vinson, Antietam return to Republic of Korea 7th Fleet 30 Aug 2003-- The aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), and the guided missile cruiser, USS Antietam (CG 54), returned to Pusan today, marking the ships' second port visit to the Republic of Korea during their current deployment in the western Pacific.
• Pakistan may buy F-16, Mirage aircraft -- daily IRNA 30 Aug 2003 -- Pakistan may purchase F-16 and Mirage aircraft from a Middle Eastern country and Belgium, a local newspaper reported on Saturday.
• Pakistan to launch indigenous-made aircrfat in 4 days IRNA 30 Aug 2003 -- Pakistan indigenously manufactured JF-17 fighter aircraft with the Chinese cooperation is set for its maiden flight within next three or four days, air force officials said Saturday.

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Other Conflicts

• ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS UPDATE VOA 30 Aug 2003 -- Israeli troops have shot dead an 8-year-old Palestinian girl in the Gaza Strip, in what the Israeli army says was an accidental killing. Her death came just hours after Israeli forces deliberately targeted Hamas activists in Gaza, killing two of them.
• ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS VOA 30 Aug 2003 -- An Israeli air force helicopter has fired missiles at a van in the Gaza Strip, killing two members of the militant Islamic group Hamas. At least nine bystanders were also injured in the raid, as Israel stepped its military operations in retaliation for a recent Hamas suicide bombing that killed 20 Israelis.
• INDIA/VIOLENCE VOA 30 Aug 2003 -- India says two Islamic militants including a top rebel commander have been killed in a gunbattle with security forces. One soldier was also killed and several others wounded in the clash. Meanwhile, Indian police killed two more suspected Islamic militants in New Delhi after a huge quantity of explosives in the capital's main railway station was found.
• INDIA/VIOLENCE VOA 30 Aug 2003 -- At least five suspected Islamic guerrillas and an Indian solider have been killed in a gun battle in Indian Kashmir, and Indian security forces believe a top rebel commander was involved in the fight. Indian police meanwhile found a huge quantity of explosives in New Delhi's main railway station.
• Pak MP for Iran`s role in resumption of Islamabad-News Delhi talks IRNA 30 Aug 2003 -- A member of Pakistani Parliament on Saturday said Iran should play a facilitator role in resumption of Pakistan-India dialogue on long-standing Kashmir issue.
• One killed in mortar shelling along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir IRNA 30 Aug 2003 -- One person has been killed in heavy mortar shelling by Pakistani troops in some sectors of Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu since Friday night, official sources said on Saturday.

News Reports

• BURMA/NEW GOVERNMENT VOA 30 Aug 2003 -- Burma's recently-appointed prime minister says he will resume the drafting a of new constitution as a step toward "free and fair elections." But there was no indication of whether the imprisoned democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi or her party will be involved.
• CAMBODIA/ELECTION VOA 30 Aug 2003 -- Official results from Cambodia's July general election have confirmed that the ruling Cambodian People's Party won a majority of the 123 seats in the National Assembly. But the party is facing a political deadlock, as it tries to form a new government.