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• Former FOB Callahan turned over to Iraqi Trade Ministry MNF-I 04 Jan 2009 -- BDays after the Green Zone was returned to the Government of Iraq, Iraqi sovereignty continues to move forward in Baghdad
• Suicide Blast in Baghdad Kills 35 VOA 04 Jan 2009 -- Iraqi security officials say a female suicide bomber has killed at least 35 people and wounded 65 others near the entrance to a Shi'ite shrine in northern Baghdad.
• Iraqi, U.S. Forces Find Weapons, Detain Suspects AFPS 04 Jan 2009 -- Iraqi and U.S. forces seized two stockpiles of enemy weapons and detained four bombing suspects yesterday, military officials reported.

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• Behind the Headlines: Israel expands Operation Cast Lead Ministry of Foreign Affairs - The State of Israel 04 Jan 2009 -- The upgrading of Israel's military activity was necessary to achieve the goals of operation Cast Lead - to deal the Hamas terror infrastructure a crippling blow and to enhance long-term security for Israel's southern population.
• Casualties Mount as Fighting in Gaza Escalates VOA 04 Jan 2009 -- Fighting escalated in Gaza a day after an Israeli ground offensive into the Palestinian territory.
• Cheney Says US Did Not Authorize Gaza Invasion VOA 04 Jan 2009 -- U.S. Vice president Dick Cheney says the United States did not authorize the Israeli invasion of Gaza. But he makes clear the Bush administration was not caught totally by surprise.
• Arabs React With Anger to Israeli Invasion of Gaza VOA 04 Jan 2009 -- Arab satellite television networks are devoting non-stop coverage to Israel's invasion of Gaza, while demonstrations and protests are putting pressure on Arab leaders to react to the invasion.
• Israeli Troops Invade Gaza, Fighting Continues VOA 04 Jan 2009 -- Fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas militants has been reported from several areas in Gaza after Israel launched a ground offensive into the Palestinian territory Saturday evening.
• Seven People Killed in Kashmir Violence VOA 04 Jan 2009 -- Fighting between suspected Muslim militants and Indian troops in a forest area of Indian administered Kashmir has entered its fourth day on Sunday.
• Ethnic Fighting Rocks Kosovo Town VOA 04 Jan 2009 -- Troops of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and European police have increased patrols in and around Kosovo's volatile northern town of Mitrovica, after at least six people were injured in clashes between Serbs and ethnic Albanians late Friday.

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• One Year After Reelection, Georgian President Faces Multiple Challenges RFE/RL 04 Jan 2009 -- Mikheil Saakashvili was reelected to a second term as president of Georgia in a controversial early election on January 5, 2008, just two months after police and security forces resorted to brute force to disperse participants in a weeklong peaceful demonstration in Tbilisi to protest his increasingly authoritarian policies and call for his resignation