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• MARINE DIES FROM NON-HOSTILE GUNSHOT WOUND
• DoD Identifies Navy Casualty

• Abu Ghraib Detainees Released; Bombs and Weapons Found in Iraq AFPS 15 Jan 2006 -- Hundreds of security detainees were released from prison today, and multiple bombs and weapons caches were discovered in Iraq over the last few days, U.S. military officials reported.
• U.S. Military Releases Two Journalists In Iraq RFE/RL 15 Jan 2006 -- The U.S. military have freed two Iraqi journalists working for international media after holding them for several months.

• Suicide Bomb Kills Canadian Soldier, Two Afghans RFE/RL 15 Jan 2006 -- A Canadian soldier and two Afghan civilians were killed today when a suspected suicide bomber rammed a car into a convoy of Canadian troops in central Kandahar.
• Afghan Militia Force Launched To Guard Border RFE/RL 15 Jan 2006 -- Afghanistan's government says it has established a 1,000-strong tribal militia force to tighten security along the border with Pakistan.
• Gunmen Assassinate Taleban Defector VOA 15 Jan 2006 -- The Taleban says it has killed one of its former leaders who renounced the group that ruled Afghanistan until it was ousted by U.S.-led forces in 2001

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Defense Industry

• RAFAEL Introduces Personal Ceramic Armor Rafael 15 Jan 2006 -- RAFAEL Armament Development Authority Ltd. has received an order valued at $2.2M for ultra lightweight personal ceramic armor intended to protect the individual soldier on the modern battlefield.

Other Conflicts

• Israel Approves Palestinian Vote in Arab East Jerusalem, but Sets Condition VOA 15 Jan 2006 -- Israel will allow Palestinian voting in East Jerusalem, resolving a dispute that had put elections in doubt.

News Reports

• Kuwait Emir Sheikh Jaber Dies, Cabinet Appoints New Ruler VOA 15 Jan 2006 -- Kuwait's Cabinet has named Crown Prince Sheikh Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah as its ruler following the death Sunday of the country's long-time emir, Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah.
• Kuwaiti Emir Dies at 78 VOA 15 Jan 2006 -- The Emir of Kuwait has died after a long illness at the age of 78.

• Israel's Sharon Undergoes Successful Tracheotomy VOA 15 Jan 2006 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon underwent a tracheotomy Sunday, 11 days after his massive stroke. Doctors are worried.

• JORDAN: Year in Brief 2005 - A chronology of democratic developments IRIN 15 Jan 2006 -- The population of Jordan is divided into two main groups: Transjordanians (East Bankers), the original inhabitants of Jordan, and Palestinians (West Bankers) who have settled in Jordan since the creation of Israel in 1948.