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• PRESS CONFERENCE: Rear Adm. Smith, MNF-I; Maj. Gen. Askari, MOD: Feb. 6, 2008 MNF-I 03 Feb 2008 -- Rear Adm. Greg Smith, MNF-I spokesman, makes a statement regarding the recent market attacks in Baghdad; Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Dorko, commander of the Gulf Region Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Dr. Tahseen Sheikhly, civilian spokesman for Operation Fardh al-Qanoon, discuss progress on reconstruction and services, Feb. 3, 2008
• Coalition, Iraqi Forces Kill 1, Detain 16 Suspected Terrorists AFPS 03 Feb 2008 -- Coalition and Iraqi forces killed one suspected terrorist, detained 16 others and seized weapons caches in Iraq over the past three days, military officials said.
• Coalition Forces Degrade Enemy Operations in Afghanistan AFPS 03 Feb 2008 -- Several armed insurgents were killed Jan. 31 in Oruzgan province during a coalition operation to degrade weapons-facilitation networks in the area.
• Afghanistan: Kabul Siege Underscores Warlord Threat To Rule Of Law RFE/RL 03 Feb 2008 -- Afghan police have lifted a brief siege on the Kabul home of a longtime warlord and current presidential adviser, Abdul Rashid Dostum, after he and dozens of armed men allegedly beat up and kidnapped a former campaign aide

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• UN food agency thanks French navy for protecting its Somali aid from pirates UN News Centre 03 Feb 2008 -- Hailing the French navy for protecting its ships carrying aid supplies from pirate attacks in the waters off Somalia since mid-November, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has thanked Denmark for agreeing to take over the operation for the next two months.
• Security Council holds emergency session as security crisis worsens in Chad UN News Centre 03 Feb 2008 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for an immediate end to the fighting engulfing Chad as the Security Council held emergency consultations to discuss the worsening situation inside the country, where heavy fighting between Government forces and opposition groups has reached
• Chad Fighting Opens On New Front, Looting Increases VOA 03 Feb 2008 -- Chadian rebels fighting against the army and President Idriss Deby have attacked an eastern city, while pursuing their assault on N'Djamena
• Chadian Army Helicopters, Tanks Battle Rebels Besieging Presidential Palace VOA 03 Feb 2008 -- Fighting around Chad's presidential palace has intensified as rebels try to overthrow long-time President Idriss Deby. Meanwhile, foreigners have started fleeing the battle-torn capital
• ISRAEL-LEBANON: Israel must reexamine use of cluster bombs, committee says IRIN 03 Feb 2008 -- Israel's use of cluster bombs during the July 2006 war in Lebanon violated international law with regards to protecting civilians, an Israeli committee of inquiry said a year and a half after the end of the conflict between Israel and the armed wing of the Lebanese political party Hezbollah.

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• Serbia: Tight Result Expected In Presidential Runoff RFE/RL 03 Feb 2008 -- Polls have closed in Serbia in a presidential runoff that is seen as crucial to the country's future, pitting ultranationalist Tomislav Nikolic against incumbent Boris Tadic, who has urged his countrymen to continue the path toward EU membership.