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• Security Company protects their own USMC News 07 Jun 2009 -- Sounds of idling engines, radio chatter, and weapon checks mix with the stale evening air as the 38-vehicle convoy prepares to exit Camp Baharia.
• AFGHANISTAN: Child labour risk ever present - new report IRIN 07 Jun 2009 -- Poverty, community pressure and the low quality of education mean 25 percent of children in Afghanistan aged 7-14 are at risk of leaving school and drifting into exploitative work situations, according to a new report by a Kabul-based think-tank.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Report: Top US Lawyers Thought Harsh Interrogation Legal VOA 07 Jun 2009 -- A report in a top U.S. newspaper says U.S. Justice Department lawyers in 2005 thought the Central Intelligence Agency's harsh interrogation tactics were a mistake, but legal.
• S. Korean War Exercises KCNA 07 Jun 2009 -- "Metropolitan Motorized Infantry Division" of the south Korean army staged air-ground joint military exercises in a military drill ground in Phochon, Kyonggi Province.

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Other Conflicts

• Israel's Netanyahu to Give 'Major' Speech on Mideast Peace Plan VOA 07 Jun 2009 -- Israel could be responding to American pressure to advance the Middle East peace process. But Palestinians are skeptical
• Somali Insurgent Leader Denies Reports of Death VOA 07 Jun 2009 -- A major Somali insurgent leader has denied reports of his possible death, saying he will hold a news conference on Monday.
• Refugees from CAR Continue to Flee Into Chad VOA 07 Jun 2009 -- The U.N. High Commission for Refugees reports refugees continue to flee into Chad from the Central African Republic. It says the refugees are arriving in small groups in the village of Daha, in southeastern Chad and in another area along the border.
• ICC Prosecutor: Sudan's Government Must Arrest Bashir VOA 07 Jun 2009 -- The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says in the coming months his office will continue to monitor crimes committed in the Darfur region of Sudan while stepping up efforts to arrest fugitives -- including Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.

News Reports

• LEBANON: Elections entrench sectarian divisions, analysts say IRIN 07 Jun 2009 -- Sectarianism is playing a more central role in Lebanon’s highly contested parliamentary elections on 7 June, which analysts say could see the country facing increased political instability. The vote pits the Western-backed ruling coalition, predominantly made up of Sunni Muslim, Christian and Druze parties, against the Hezbollah-led opposition, mostly composed of Shia Muslims and Christians.
• Hezbollah seeks to oust pro-Western govt. in Lebanon election RIA Novosti 07 Jun 2009 -- The Iran-backed Islamist group Hezbollah is seeking to defeat the pro-Western government in Sunday's closely contested election in Lebanon.
• Vote Count Under Way in Lebanon's Parliamentary Election VOA 07 Jun 2009 -- Vote counting is under way in Lebanon in a parliamentary election contested by a pro-Western coalition and a Hezbollah-led alliance backed by Syria and Iran.
• Europeans Wrapping Up Parliament Elections VOA 07 Jun 2009 -- Europeans voted in the last day of European Union parliamentary elections Sunday, with conservative and far-right parties expected to score over the left. Officials estimate that slightly more than 43 percent of eligible voters cast ballots.