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• IRAQ/BOMBINGS VOA 22 Nov 2003 -- At least 15 Iraqis were killed and dozens wounded Saturday in car bombings outside two police stations in and near the town of Baqubah, 65 kilometers northeast of Baghdad. A civilian cargo plane may have been hit by a surface-to-air missile near the Baghdad Airport.
• Iraq: Bomb Explosions Hit Police Stations North Of Baghdad RFe/RL 22 Nov 2003 -- News agencies report two bomb explosions today hitting police stations north of Baghdad and causing casualties.
• AFGHANISTAN/BLAST UPDATE VOA 22 Nov 2003 -- In Afghanistan, police are investigating an explosion that rocked a luxury hotel in the capital, Kabul, Saturday evening. The blast caused only minor damage and no casualties.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Sixth Indo-French defense high committee meets IRNA 22 Nov 2003 -- The sixth Indo-French Defense High Committee met here on Friday and reviewed the overall security scenario including the situation in South Asia, Afghanistan and Iraq.
• Kirloskar to lead Indian Defense industry mission to Israel IRNA 22 Nov 2003 -- Atul Kirloskar, chairman of Kirloskar Oil Engines, will lead a 20-member defense industry mission of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) to Israel from Sunday (Nov 23-29).

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• INDIA/VIOLENCE VOA 22 Nov 2003 -- In India's northeastern state of Assam, suspected rebels have killed at least eleven migrant workers and wounded two others. A week-long wave of ethnic violence in the state has claimed at least 33 lives.

• ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS VOA 22 Nov 2003 -- Palestinian gunmen have shot dead two Israeli security guards patrolling the construction of a security barrier. The killing comes amid rising Palestinian anger against the project, which Israel says is meant to prevent terror attacks.

News Reports

• CROATIA/ELECTION VOA 22 Nov 2003 -- Croatia holds parliamentary elections Sunday in which voters will choose between the current center-left coalition government and the nationalist party that led Croatia to independence from Yugoslavia and during the Balkan wars of the 1990s. Polls show many voters are dissatisfied with the government because of the country's economic difficulties.
• ZIMBABWE/ARRESTS VOA 22 Nov 2003 -- The U-N Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Labor Organization have criticized the government of Zimbabwe over the arrest of hundreds of labor union members.