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• MNF-I Strikes Terrorist Checkpoint MNF-I/MNC-I 17 Oct 2004 -- Multi-National Force-Iraq conducted strikes the night of October 16 against an armed Al Zarqawi terrorist checkpoint in the Jolan district of the city of Fallujah.
• Three Detained Near Tikrit MNF-I/MNC-I 17 Oct 2004 -- First Infantry Division Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment detained three individuals near Tikrit around 12:25 a.m., Oct. 17.
• Joint Operation Is Huge Success MNF-I/MNC-I 17 Oct 2004 -- Iraqi Security Force's 30th Brigade Combat Team conducted a joint firepower demonstration with Multi-National Forces at the Kirkush Military Training Base on Oct. 14.
• Weapon Turn-In Continues in Al-Thawra MNF-I/MNC-I 17 Oct 2004 -- The Al-Thawra weapons turn-in initiative is beginning to show a glimmer of success as more medium and heavy weapons are beginning to come in.
• U.S. Warplanes Bomb Insurgent Positions In Al-Fallujah RFE/RL 17 Oct 2004 -- U.S. warplanes hammered Al-Fallujah with a new round of air strikes today as U.S. ground troops reinforced their positions around the rebel-held city.
• U.S. Troops Battle Rebels In Iraq's Al-Fallujah RFE/RL 17 Oct 2004 -- Reports say that U.S. ground and air forces today battled insurgents in Iraq's western city of Al-Fallujah.
• Nine Iraqi Police Killed in Ambush VOA News 17 Oct 2004 -- Nine Iraqi policemen returning from a training course in Jordan have been ambushed and killed south of Baghdad.

• Karzai Takes Early Lead in Afghan Election VOA News 17 Oct 2004 -- Afghanistan's interim President Hamid Karzai holds a sizable early lead in the race to become the country's first directly elected leader.

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• IVORY COAST/POL VOA 17 Oct 2004 -- Hard-line supporters of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo are gearing up to protest the refusal of northern-based rebels to begin disarming. The so-called Young Patriots are demanding the resignation of the prime minister appointed to lead Ivory Coast's interim government.

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• BELARUS/ELECTION VOA 17 Oct 2004 -- Parliamentary elections are underway in Belarus. Voters also are being asked to decide whether the constitution should be changed to allow President Alexander Lukashenko to serve a third term.