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• U.S.-Coalition Offensive Efforts in Iraq Bearing Fruit, Sanchez Says AFPS 07 Dec 2003 -- Recent U.S.-coalition operations against insurgents in Iraq are succeeding, a senior U.S. military commander said today during a briefing from Baghdad.
• IRAQ/SECURITY VOA 07 Dec 2003 -- Attackers in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul targeted a U-S military patrol Sunday, killing one American soldier and wounding two others. The top coalition commander in Iraq is warning that violence could increase in the next six months, as the country prepares for self-rule.
• CELEBRATION BUILDS FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN COALITION, IRAQIS CENTCOM Release 07 Dec 2003-- Coalition soldiers, local patrons and international media danced traditional dances, sang customary songs and ate a feast of both American and Iraqi food as the sun went down on this ancient city.
• "BULLDOG" BRIGADE DETAINS 43, CAPTURES WEAPONS CACHES CENTCOM Release 07 Dec 2003-- Soldiers from Task Force 1st Armored Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team struck at insurgent elements in the Al Mansor district on the west side of the city Thursday.
• TASK FORCE "ALL-AMERICAN" CONTINUES IMPROVING AL ANBAR PROVINCE CENTCOM Release 07 Dec 2003-- The 82d Airborne Division and attached units, also known as Task Force "All American," continued operations within the Al Anbar Province to provide security and assistance to the Iraqi people. Progress in security is enabling uninterrupted reconstructive efforts. These missions continue to move Iraq toward a free and sovereign nation.
• "ALL AMERICAN" TASK FORCE - Summary of Operations - Dec 7 CENTCOM Release 07 Dec 2003-- The 82nd Airborne Division and attached units, also known as Task Force "All American," continued operations within the Al Anbar province to provide security and assistance to the Iraqi people. These missions continue to move Iraq toward a free and sovereign nation.
• Afghanistan: Nine Children Found Dead After Strike RFE/RL 07 Dec 2003 -- The U.S. military says nine children were found dead after a U.S. air strike on a suspected terrorist target in southeast Afghanistan.
• AFHGANISTAN: TERRORIST TARGETED, CHILDREN KILLED IN THE ATTACK CENTCOM Release 07 Dec 2003-- At approximately 10:30 a.m. local time Dec. 6, coalition aircraft south of Ghazni attacked with gunfire a suspected terrorist known to be responsible for recently murdering two Ring Road contractors.
• AFGHAN/U-S VOA 07 Dec 2003 -- U-S forces in Afghanistan are investigating the accidental killing of nine Afghan children in an air attack on Saturday. The United Nations is calling for a swift inquiry into the attack that U-S officials say targeted a person they described as a "known terrorist."
• Iran ready to assist in formation of Afghanistan`s national army IRNA 07 Dec 2003 -- Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia and Pacific affairs Mohsen Aminzadeh here on Sunday conferred with Afghanistan`s First Vice President and Defense Minister Marshal Mohammad Fahim Khan on matters of mutual

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• EGYPT / PALESTINIANS VOA 07 Dec 2003 -- A dozen Palestinian factions meeting in Cairo failed to reach agreement on a comprehensive cease-fire offer to Israel. V-O-A's Greg LaMotte reports from the Egyptian capital, some Palestinian factions had indicated earlier in the day that agreement had been reached on a conditional cease-fire, which Israel said would be unacceptable.
• PALESTINIAN TALKS / REACT VOA 07 Dec 2003 -- The breakdown of cease-fire talks between Palestinian factions in Cairo is being described as a setback in efforts to bring about peace in the Middle East.
• ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS VOA 07 Dec 2003 -- Israel says it will take no formal part in a conditional truce developed by Palestinian militant groups. Under the agreement, Palestinian militias would halt suicide bombings inside Israel, but could continue to target Jewish settlers and soldiers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
• ISRAEL/SETTLEMENTS VOA 07 Dec 2003 -- Top Israeli officials met Sunday with Jewish settler leaders to prepare for the dismantling this week of 16 illegal Jewish outposts in the West Bank. The move follows strong pressure on Israel from the United States to halt the expansion of Jewish settlements in the territories.
• ISRAEL/POLITICS VOA 07 Dec 2003 -- Israel's deputy prime minister, Ehud Olmert, has sparked a political storm with his call for a unilateral withdrawal of troops from the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Left-wing politicians came out in support of his stand, while some right-wing Cabinet ministers called for his removal from the government.
• EGYPT/PALESTINIANS VOA 07 Dec 2003 -- Palestinian factions meeting in Cairo have agreed to a conditional cease-fire with Israel. But the proposal appears to fall short of what Palestinian authorities had been hoping for.

• UN begins disarming former fighters in Liberia UN News Centre 07 Dec 2003 -- Hundreds of Liberian combatants turned out today to hand in their arms to United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) peacekeepers as the world body started its disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration programme in the country.
• KOSOVO/VIOLENCE VOA 07 Dec 2003 -- A group of Serbs in the troubled province of Kosovo attacked the province's ethnic Albanian prime minister and a visiting delegation from the World Bank. The Saturday incident occurred in the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica.
• CAMBODIA/U-N TRIBUNAL VOA 07 Dec 2003 -- A United Nations delegation has arrived in Cambodia for a week-long mission to work out details for setting up a genocide tribunal for leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime. The head of the delegation says tribunal proceedings will likely start next year.

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• RUSSIA / ELECTION UPDATE VOA 07 Dec 2003 -- The party supporting President Vladimir Putin in Russia is holding a big lead according to preliminary results of Sunday's parliamentary election. The result was not unexpected