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• Vice-President Elect Visits U.S., Afghan Leaders in Afghanistan AFPS 10 Jan 2009 -- Vice President-Elect Joe Biden arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan today to meet with Afghan and U.S. military leaders and thank deployed U.S. troops serving there for their service.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Navy Commissions USS George H.W. Bush with Namesake on Hand AFPS 10 Jan 2009 -- With traditional pomp and circumstance and its namesake on hand, the last Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS George H.W. Bush, was commissioned in Norfolk, Va., today.
• Second Fleet Commander Reaffirms Commitment to Safe Operations Navy NewsStand 10 Jan 2009 -- In a message released Jan. 1, the commander of U.S. 2nd Fleet outlined one of his New Year's resolutions for the 2nd Fleet: to continue maintaining the highest level of safety during fleet operations.

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Other Conflicts

• Israel: Stop Unlawful Use of White Phosphorus in Gaza Human Rights Watch 10 Jan 2009 -- srael should stop using white phosphorus in military operations in densely populated areas of Gaza, Human Rights Watch said today. On January 9 and 10, 2009, Human Rights Watch researchers in Israel observed multiple air-bursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus over what appeared to be the Gaza City/Jabaliya area.
• Q & A on Israel's Use of White Phosphorus in Gaza Human Rights Watch 10 Jan 2009 -- Related Materials: Israel: Stop Unlawful Use of White Phosphorus in GazaSince the beginning of Israel's ground offensive in Gaza on January 3, 2009, there have been numerous media reports about the possible use by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of white phosphorus (WP), a chemical substance used in military ordnance that has several tactical uses
• ISRAEL-OPT: Gazans under fire, under nourished IRIN 10 Jan 2009 -- The World Food Programme continued to report an acute shortage of food in the Gaza Strip on 9 January, including fish, frozen meat, fruit and vegetables, bread and milk. Residents also said they could not find eggs.
• Stop unlawful use of white phosphorus in Gaza: HRW IRNA 10 Jan 2009 -- Israel should stop using white phosphorus in military operations in densely populated areas of Gaza, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday
• HRW: Gaza border closures 'unlawful and heartless' IRNA 10 Jan 2009 -- Gaza border closure is 'unlawful and heartless', The New York-based Human Rights Watch said
• Israel ignores Geneva Convention in Gaza IRNA 10 Jan 2009 -- Israel is ignoring the Geneva Convention and war laws by barring mass media from news coverage
• UN human rights official calls for inquiry over Israeli war crimes IRNA 10 Jan 2009 -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said an alleged failure of the Israeli military to help wounded civilians in Gaza constitutes war crime
• Abbas calls for international presence in Gaza RIA Novosti 10 Jan 2009 -- The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has called for sending international observers to Gaza and urged the leadership of the Palestinian enclave to accept Egypt's ceasefire initiative.
• Gaza Fighting Continues in Defiance of Cease-Fire Efforts VOA 10 Jan 2009 -- Israel's military offensive in Gaza enters its third week with rising Palestinian casualties and both sides in the conflict ignoring demands for a cease-fire.
• Palestinian Groups Reject International Gaza Force VOA 10 Jan 2009 -- Syrian-based Palestinian militant groups including Hamas have rejected the deployment of international troops or observers in the Gaza Strip.
• Palestinian President Pushes Egyptian Peace Plan VOA 10 Jan 2009 -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Saturday, declaring afterwards that the Egyptian peace plan is the key to a solution in Gaza. He is also calling for the deployment of international peacekeeping forces inside Gaza.
• Mistrust Between North And South Sudan VOA 10 Jan 2009 -- Friday, January 9, 2009 marked the fourth anniversary of the signing of a peace agreement between North and South Sudan that ended Africa’s longest-running civil war.
• DR Congo: top UN envoy misquoted by rebel leader in media report UN News Centre 10 Jan 2009 -- The top United Nations envoy, leading peace talks in the war-ravaged eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), today denied remarks attributed to him in an article published yesterday by the Reuters news agency.

News Reports

• Russia, EU Sign Deal On Gas Monitors RFE/RL 10 Jan 2009 -- Russian and European Union officials have signed a deal on monitoring gas transit across Ukraine
• Russia, EU sign gas transit control protocol RIA Novosti 10 Jan 2009 -- Russia and the European Union have signed a protocol to set up an international commission to control the transit of Russian natural gas through Ukraine.