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• DoD Identifies Marine Casualties

• Violence Across Iraq Kills at Least 31 VOA News 04 Sep 2004 -- Violence across Iraq Saturday has killed at least 31 people.
• TAL AFAR OPERATIONS HELP BRING STABILITY, SUPPORT TO REGION CENTCOM 04 Sep 2004 -- Military operations to bring stability and security to the city of Tal Afar began this morning when Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) entered the city in search of Anti-Iraqi Forces.
• Car Bomb Kills At Least 17 Near Iraqi Military Academy RFE/RL 04 Sep 2004 -- At least 17 people were killed and more than 20 injured today in a suicide car-bomb attack in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, authorities said.
• U.S., Iraqi Forces Launch Northern Offensive RFE/RL 04 Sep 2004 -- U.S. and Iraqi troops today launched an offensive in northern Iraq against suspected militants, killing at least two insurgents.
• MAG-16 rotates squadrons in Iraq USMC News 04 Sep 2004 -- The rotation of Marine forces is changing the face of Marine Aircraft Group 16 for the second half of this phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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• RUSSIA / AFTERMATH VOA 04 Sep 2004 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin visited survivors of the school siege in southern Russia Saturday as people of the region mourned the death of more than 300 people. At least 600 people were injured during Friday's battle as Russian special forces took control of a school held for over two days by heavily-armed militants
• As Death Toll Tops 300, Russian President Signals Tough Stance RFE/RL 04 Sep 2004 -- Rescue workers today pulled more bodies from the ruins of the school in Beslan, North Ossetia, where the two-day hostage taking ended in bloody chaos yesterday, with the death toll climbing above 300.

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• LEBANON/PRESIDENT VOA 04 Sep 2004 -- The Lebanese parliament's decision to change the constitution and extend the term of Syria-backed President Emile Lahoud, has sparked controversy in Lebanon and abroad. Lebanese analysts say the parliamentary vote and the U.N. resolution that preceded it have called Syria's role in Lebanon into question, and also made Lebanon the forum in which international tensions are being played out.
• E.U. / BURMA VOA 04 Sep 2004 -- The European Union says Burma can attend an Asia-Europe summit next month, but only if it sends a low-level delegation. But some rights activists are disappointed by the decision.