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• Aug. 9 airpower summary: A-10s drop bomb, fire cannon at enemy targets AFPN 10 Aug 2008
• PRESS CONFERENCE: Iraqi Navy Update: Rear Adm. Driscoll, Rear Adm. Jawad, Aug. 10, 2008 MNF-I 10 Aug 2008 -- Rear Adm. Patrick Driscoll, MNF-I, and Rear Adm. Mohammed Jawad, head of the Iraqi Navy, discuss the developing capability of the Iraqi Navy
• Coalition Troops in Iraq Capture 9 Suspected Terrorists AFPS 10 Aug 2008 -- Coalition forces in Iraq captured eight suspected terrorists during a series of operations conducted in and around Baghdad and another in Mosul today, military officials said.
• Coalition Forces in Afghanistan Capture 3 Militants AFPS 10 Aug 2008 -- Coalition forces in Afghanistan captured three suspected militants yesterday during an operation designed to disrupt terrorist networks in Paktika province, military officials said.
• Afghan President Says Air Strikes Kill Civilians, Urges Action in Pakistan VOA 10 Aug 2008 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai says NATO and U.S. air strikes in Afghanistan are only killing civilians.

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Defense Industry

• Northrop Grumman Completes First Littoral Combat Ship System Installation Northrop Grumman 10 Aug 2008 -- As part of a U.S. Navy-led team, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) helped complete the successful installation of the Mission Package computing environment into the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) the USS Freedom in June

Other Conflicts

• UN secretary-general calls for ending South Ossetia conflict IRNA 10 Aug 2008 -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged "all parties to South Ossetia conflict immediately end hostilities and to engage, without delay, in negotiations to achieve a peaceful settlement," his office said in a statement late Saturday.
• Georgia Asks U.S. To Act As Mediator RFE/RL 10 Aug 2008 -- Georgian National Security Council Secretary Alexander Lomaia told AFP on August 10 that the government has asked U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to transmit Tbilisi's message to Moscow.
• Georgia Orders Cease-Fire As Fighting Continues RFE/RL 10 Aug 2008 -- The Georgian Foreign Ministry says it has ordered its military in the breakaway region of South Ossetia to cease-fire and offered immediate talks with Russia to end hostilities.
• Russia 'Punishing' Georgia For NATO Aspirations RFE/RL 10 Aug 2008
• A Tragedy For All RFE/RL 10 Aug 2008 -- The result is a tragedy for all, particularly the Ossetian and Georgian families in the firing line
• Peacekeepers deny reports of Georgian pullout from S.Ossetia RIA Novosti 10 Aug 2008 -- Russian peacekeepers in Georgia's breakaway republic of South Ossetia have denied Sunday's media reports claiming Georgia has withdrawn its forces from the province.
• Russian Navy ships approach Georgia's sea border RIA Novosti 10 Aug 2008 -- A group of ships from Russia's Black Sea Fleet including the flagship Moskva guided missile cruiser arrived on Sunday in the eastern part of the sea near the Georgian border, a high-ranking navy official said.
• Putin announces $420 million in aid for war-torn S.Ossetia RIA Novosti 10 Aug 2008 -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced on Sunday the government will provide $10 billion rubles ($420 million) in aid for South Ossetia after Georgia's military offensive largely destroyed the capital of the breakaway region.
• Peacekeepers say Georgian forces shelling apartments in S.Ossetia RIA Novosti 10 Aug 2008 -- Russian peacekeepers in Georgia's breakaway republic of South Ossetia said on Sunday that Georgian forces remain in the region, and are shelling apartment blocks in the capital.
• Russia denies bombing Georgian towns RIA Novosti 10 Aug 2008 -- A top Russian Armed Forces official denied on Sunday Georgian claims that Russian warplanes have been bombing towns in Georgia.
• Russia says talks with Georgia possible after ceasefire deal RIA Novosti 10 Aug 2008 -- Negotiations with Georgia will only be possible once the South Caucasus state signs a ceasefire agreement, a Russian deputy foreign minister said on Sunday.
• EU to hold emergency meeting on South Ossetia next week RIA Novosti 10 Aug 2008 -- Foreign ministers from the EU's 27 member states will gather for an emergency meeting early next week to discuss measures to help settle the conflict in South Ossetia, EU diplomatic sources said on Sunday.
• Russia to send more aid convoys to S. Ossetia RIA Novosti 10 Aug 2008 -- Russia plans to send a humanitarian aid convoy from Russia's North Ossetian city of Vladikavkaz to Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, the Emergency Situation Minister said on Sunday.
• Russia points to media bias in coverage of S.Ossetia conflict RIA Novosti 10 Aug 2008 -- A top Russian diplomat accused foreign media on Sunday of pro-Georgian bias in their coverage of the ongoing conflict between Georgia and Russia over breakaway South Ossetia.
• Security Council holds another meeting on crisis in Georgia UN News Centre 10 Aug 2008 -- The Security Council met today for the fourth time in less than three days to discuss the crisis engulfing Georgia, where large numbers of casualties have been reported as a result of fierce fighting between Georgian and Russian forces and thousands of civilians have been displaced from their homes.
• Georgia Orders Cease-Fire in South Ossetia VOA 10 Aug 2008 -- Georgia says it has ordered its troops in the breakaway region of South Ossetia to cease fire, after withdrawing its troops from South Ossetia's capital
• US, Russia Trade Accusations at Security Council Over Georgia VOA 10 Aug 2008 -- Relations between the United States and Russia were visibly tense during a U.N. Security Council meeting Sunday on the situation in Georgia, with the U.S. accusing Russia of seeking regime change in Georgia
• Georgia's President Urges US Diplomatic Intervention in Conflict with Russia VOA 10 Aug 2008 -- Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili is urging the United States to use its diplomatic clout to help bring about an end to conflict and bloodshed in the breakaway region of South Ossetia
• Red Cross To Send Surgeons And Medicines To Georgia VOA 10 Aug 2008 -- The International Committee of the Red Cross says it will send surgeons, medical and other supplies to help treat war victims in the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia
• White House Renews Appeal for End to Georgia-Russia Conflict VOA 10 Aug 2008 -- The White House is making a renewed appeal for an end to the bloody conflict between Georgia and Russia over the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia, and accusing Russia of 'disproportionate' action
• European Leaders Concerned About Georgia-Russia Conflict VOA 10 Aug 2008 -- European leaders have expressed concern as fighting escalated between Russia and Georgia over Southern Ossetia, and dispatched high-level diplomats to help broker a cease-fire

News Reports

• Zimbabweans Hope for Deal as Mediator Mbeki Meets Party Leaders VOA 10 Aug 2008 -- Zimbabwe's political leaders are locked in talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki in a Harare hotel, amid hopes the leaders may emerge with a power sharing deal aimed at ending the country's political, economic and social crisis