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• Coalition Forces foil terrorist attack on polling station MNF-I 15 Oct 2005 -- A Task Force Baghdad unit on patrol in south Baghdad Oct. 13 immediately responded to a terrorist mortar attack on a polling site by returning fire to drive the terrorists away.
• Assistant to senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader apprehended MNF-I 15 Oct 2005 -- Acting on reliable intelligence and information provided by concerned citizens, Multi-National Forces captured two senior al Qaeda in Iraq terrorists during raids in Baghdad Sept. 24.
• 10th Mountain Soldiers assist Iraqi forces at polls MNF-I 15 Oct 2005 -- Iraqi Army Soldiers and Iraqi Police secured polling stations in western Abu Ghraib in the days leading up to the Constitutional Referendum vote.
• U.S. Soldiers stop potential attack on polling site MNF-I 15 Oct 2005 -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers detained 11 suspected terrorists at a checkpoint in Yusufiyah in the early afternoon of Oct. 15, heading off a potential attack on voters.
• Coalition Detains 24 Terrorists, Kill 12 Others, in Ramadi Raids AFPS 15 Oct 2005 -- Acting on intelligence sources and tips from concerned citizens, coalition forces detained 24 terrorists and killed at least 12 others in a series of raids near Ramadi on Oct. 14, officials said.
• Security Good as Millions of Iraqis Cast Constitution Ballots AFPS 15 Oct 2005 -- With Iraqi election officials and Iraqi security forces leading the way, millions of Iraqis streamed to the polls today to vote on their country's constitution.
• Soldiers, Marines discover weapons caches following Iraqi tip MNF-I 15 Oct 2005 -- Texas Army National Guard Soldiers and Marines from 2nd Force Service Support Group (Forward) discovered weapons caches near a primary school slated as a polling site here on Oct. 14.

• Dutch ministry confirms bombing of military convoy in Afghanistan IRNA 15 Oct 2005 -- A roadside bomb exploded as a Dutch military convoy was driving by in northern Afghanistan on Saturday morning, damaging one military vehicle, the Dutch news agency ANP quoted the Defense Ministry as saying in the Hague.

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• Kosovo: RFE/RL Speaks With UN Special Envoy Kai Eide RFE/RL 15 Oct 2005 -- RFE/RL correspondent Ilirjana A. Bajo spoke this week with Kai Eide, UN Secretary-General Kofi Anan's special envoy to Kosovo and Norwegian ambassador to NATO.
• Ivory Coast Warring Factions React to UN Decision on President VOA 15 Oct 2005 -- Ivory Coast's warring factions are divided in their reactions to a U.N. Security Council endorsement of a plan to avert a leadership crisis in the country.

News Reports

• Earthquake Casualty Count Soars in Pakistan VOA 15 Oct 2005 -- The official death toll in Pakistan from last week's massive South Asia earthquake has risen to 38,000, with thousands more injured and millions homeless.
• Ecuador's Former President Gutierrez Arrested VOA 15 Oct 2005 -- Ecuador's former president Lucio Gutierrez, who has been living in exile in Colombia, was arrested when he returned to Ecuador to retake power.