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• Iraqi, Coalition Forces Find Cache, Suspected Terrorists AFPS 13 May 2006 -- Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, and Multinational Division Baghdad's 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, located a large weapons cache and detained five suspected terrorists yesterday in northwestern Baghdad, military officials reported.
• IED Injures Afghans; Troops Discover Weapons Cache AFPS 13 May 2006 -- Two civilians were wounded when terrorists detonated an improvised explosive device in Langhar Village, Afghanistan, May 11.

Defense Policy / Programs

• GW Carrier Strike Group Completes Bilateral Exercises with Colombia Navy NewsStand 13 May 2006 -- USS George Washington (CVN 73) hosted members from the Colombian military and the U.S. mission to Colombia May 11-12 during “Partnership of the Americas.”
• Colombian Navy Cross-Trains on GW Navy NewsStand 13 May 2006 -- Sailors from the Colombian navy, one officer and nine enlisted, observed integrated training evolutions aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) (GW) May 9-10 as part of “Partnerships of the Americas.”
• Monterey, Stout Conduct Towing Exercise Navy NewsStand 13 May 2006 -- USS Stout (DDG 55) and USS Monterey (CG 61) conducted a towing exercise (TOWEX) May 8 in the Caribbean Sea as part of their unit level training cycles.
• USS Stout Conducts Community Relations Project in Nicaragua Navy NewsStand 13 May 2006 -- USS Stout (DDG 55) Sailors participated in a community relations (COMREL) project May 11 at Virgen del Carmen, a school in El Bluff, Nicaragua.
• Russia starts military hardware pullout from Georgia RIA Novosti 13 May 2006 -- Russia has started loading the first train with heavy military equipment from its base in southern Georgia Saturday, a senior officer said.

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Other Conflicts

• Nepal gov't arrests 5 ministers, suspends heads of forces IRNA 13 May 2006 -- The Nepalese government has arrested five ministers of King Gyanendra's regime and suspended the heads of three security forces on charges of use of excessive force and human rights violations in suppressing the pro-democracy movement in the Himalayan kingdom.
• Nepal gov't suspends chief secretary of Royal regime IRNA 13 May 2006 -- Tightening its grip on those involved in suppression of the pro-democracy movement, Nepal's government Saturday suspended the chief secretary of King Gyanendra's ousted regime and put travel restrictions on former ministers.
• Nepal Maoist unveils raodmap for peace IRNA 13 May 2006 -- Unveiling a roadmap for peace in Nepal, Maoist supremo Prachanda today said he would directly participate in talks with the G P Koirala government to end the decade-old insurgency but sought release of all jailed rebels before the dialogue.

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