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30 July 2009 Military News

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  • Tony Blair to Testify at British Iraq War Inquiry VOA 30 Jul 2009 -- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is among those expected to testify at a new inquiry into the government's involvement in the Iraq war. The workings of that inquiry were formally outlined in London.

  • Budget shortfall threatens UN’s ability to feed millions worldwide UN News Centre 30 Jul 2009 -- Millions of hungry people around the world will not receive food aid from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) due to a “dangerous and unprecedented” $3 billion budget shortfall this year, the head of the agency has warned.

  • Mourners Arrested, Beaten At Tehran Cemetery RFE/RL 30 Jul 2009 -- Thousands of people, including opposition leaders Mir Hossein Musavi and Mehdi Karrubi, gathered at Tehran's Behesht Zahra Cemetery to mark the 40th day since the death of Neda Agha Soltan and a number of other Iranians who were killed during protests in Tehran on June 20
  • Iranian Opposition Holds Silent Memorial for Protest Victims VOA 30 Jul 2009 -- Iran's opposition movement is holding what is being described as a "silent memorial" to remember the victims of the unrest that erupted following last month's contested presidential election. The Iranian government banned the gathering, leading to fears of more violence.
  • Clinton Deplores Reported Iranian Prisoner Abuse VOA 29 Jul 2009 -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she deplores the reported abuse in custody of Iranians rounded up in protests of the country's disputed June 12 presidential election.

  • South Korea urges North to release fishing boat, crew RIA Novosti 30 Jul 2009 -- South Korea has urged North Korea to release a fishing boat carrying four crewmembers that was seized earlier on Thursday
  • S. Korea Demands Return of Crew from Fishing Boat Seized by North VOA 30 Jul 2009 -- South Korea is demanding that North Korea return a fishing boat and its crew that crossed into the North's waters in a possible case of mistaken navigation. The demand has not yet received a response.

  • A Swine Flu Primer RFE/RL 30 Jul 2009 -- Officially, swine flu has caused the deaths of more than 800 people around the world, with Saudi Arabia and Israel among the latest countries to have reported deaths from the disease
  • First Confirmed Swine Flu Cases Cause Panic in Kazakh Cities RFE/RL 30 Jul 2009 -- At least 14 cases of the swine flu virus (H1N1) have been confirmed in Kazakhstan since the first such case was reported in Astana last week
  • MIDDLE EAST: Swine flu deaths registered IRIN 30 Jul 2009 -- Three H1N1 2009 deaths were registered in the Middle East over the past 10 days as the world awaits a vaccine, expected to be available in September, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest briefing note.

  • How To: Do a food airdrop IRIN 30 Jul 2009 -- The humanitarian cavalry is the food airdrop: when you need to shift serious tonnage in a hurry to somewhere inaccessible, nothing quite does it like a large cargo plane and skilled pilot and crew.
  • Kyrgyz Opposition Cancels Election-Related Protest RFE/RL 30 Jul 2009 -- Leaders of Kyrgyzstan's political opposition have cited concerns for the safety of their supporters in canceling a planned protest march nearly a week after a disputed presidential election, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports
  • Bomb in Iraqi Political Party Office Kills 8 VOA 30 Jul 2009 -- Iraqi police say eight people were killed and 10 others wounded Thursday in a bomb attack on a Sunni political party's office in Baquba, north of Baghdad
  • Lupu Vows No 'Bilateral' Deal With Moldova Communists RFE/RL 30 Jul 2009 -- A key figure on Moldova's political landscape has vowed that his newly formed party will not form any bipartite alliance with the ruling Communists, according to RFE/RL's Moldovan Service
  • Kenya Police: 4 Men Arrested Monday Have Terror Ties VOA 30 Jul 2009 -- New details are emerging about the arrest in Kenya of three Dutch nationals and a Moroccan with Dutch residence status Monday near the Somali border. The men are accused of trying to aid Somalia's al-Qaida-linked extremist group, al-Shabab.
  • After Months of Delay, Zimbabwe Security Oversight Panel Is Convened VOA 30 Jul 2009 -- Zimbabwe's National Security Council convened for the first time Thursday to take up issues related to the armed forces and security services, nearly six months after the formation of a national unity government by ZANU-PF and the Movement for Democratic Change.
  • Three-Day Zimbabwe Healing & Reconciliation Exercise Sidestepped Key Issues VOA 30 Jul 2009 -- A three-day period of national reflection on healing and reconciliation called by Zimbabwe's national unity government last Friday through Sunday left unaddressed the question of how the country should deal with perpetrators or compensate the victims of violence.
  • Moldova's Ruling Communists Face Defeat VOA 30 Jul 2009 -- According to preliminary election results from Moldova, a group of pro-Western parties has narrowly defeated Europe's last ruling Communist Party in parliamentary elections.
  • Burma Braces for Verdict of Aung San Suu Kyi VOA 30 Jul 2009 -- Burma's state-run newspaper, The New Light of Myanmar is warning citizens not to incite protests on Friday, when the verdict for opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be handed down.
  • Jakarta Governor Says City Returning to Normal After Bombings VOA 30 Jul 2009 -- It has been nearly two weeks since suicide bombers attacked two luxury hotels in Indonesia.
  • 2 Spanish Officers Killed in Mallorca Blast VOA 30 Jul 2009 -- Spanish authorities say an explosion near a police station on the country's Mediterranean island of Mallorca has killed at least two civil guard officers and left several other people injured.
  • Obama, Arroyo Talks to Include Counterterrorism VOA 30 Jul 2009 -- U.S. President Barack Obama is hosting Philippine President Gloria Arroyo at the White House Thursday for talks to include combating regional terrorism.



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