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• March 6 airpower summary AFNS 07 Mar 2010 -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations March 6 according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
• Karzai Visits Town Captured from Taliban VOA 07 Mar 2010 -- Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai made an unannounced trip Sunday to Marjah, the former Taliban stronghold recently retaken in an offensive by U.S., British and Afghan forces.
• Pakistan minister believes Taliban leaders are killed IRNA 07 Mar 2010 -- Pakistan 's Interior Minister Rehman Malik Saturday said he believes deputy of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Maulvi Faqir Muhammad and two other top commanders have been killed in a military strike.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Improving the U.S. Army Army News 07 Mar 2010 -- The War of 1812 presented many of the same general problems that plagued the military during the Revolution.
• Eighth Army participates in Key Resolve/Foal Eagle Army News 07 Mar 2010 -- Eighth (Field) Army Soldiers are participating from March 8 - 18 in Key Resolve/Foal Eagle 2010, the first of two annual peninsula-wide exercises in South Korea.
• NMCB 7 Completes Turnover With NMCB 3, Begins Operations in 6th Fleet Navy NewsStand 07 Mar 2010 -- Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 are carrying out operations at a rapid pace just two weeks after completing turnover with NMCB 3 and assuming control of Camp Mitchell, the Seabee camp located on Naval Station Rota.
• Iran starts production of Nasr-1 cruise missile IRNA 07 Mar 2010 -- Production of Nasr-1 cruise missile was inaugurated by Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi on Sunday.

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Other Conflicts

• US Envoy Wins Israeli, Palestinian Approval for Peace Talks VOA 07 Mar 2010 -- U.S. President Barack Obama's point man in the Middle East is making rare progress on his latest peace mission.
• Conflict Could Undermine Sudan’s Vote, says International Crisis Group Official VOA 07 Mar 2010 -- A top official of the International Crisis Group says escalating conflict in Sudan could seriously undermine the upcoming general election scheduled to be held from April 11-13.
• At Least 120 Dead in Violence Near Nigerian City of Jos VOA 07 Mar 2010 -- Witnesses say at least 120 people have been killed in fighting near the volatile Nigerian city of Jos. Nigeria's acting president has ordered security forces to hunt down those behind the violence.
• Five Years After Maskhadov's Death, Situation In North Caucasus Remains Complex RFE/RL 07 Mar 2010 -- in contrast to his predecessor Boris Yeltsin, who condoned an armistice and the withdrawal of Russian troops from Chechnya in 1996 -- was obsessed with physically destroying every last fighter in Chechnya. Putin notoriously referred to "rubbing them out in the latrine" and categorically rejected any talks with "terrorists."
• Missing UN-African Union soldiers make safe return thanks to local Darfurians UN News Centre 07 Mar 2010 -- Two peacekeepers who were missing after an attack on an African Union-United Nations patrol in Darfur have made a safe return with the assistance of the local population, the joint mission reported today.

News Reports

• American al-Qaida Fugitive Reported Captured in Pakistan VOA 07 Mar 2010 -- Pakistani intelligence agents say they have arrested Adam Gadahn, the American-born al-Qaida spokesman who has been wanted by the FBI since 2004.
• Al-Qaida Suspect Shoots Guards in Hospital Escape Attempt VOA 07 Mar 2010 -- Yemeni officials say a suspected al-Qaida militant shot two police guards Sunday in an unsuccessful attempt to escape the hospital where he was being treated in the capital, Sanaa.
• Bushehr power plant undergoes final stages of safety test IRNA 07 Mar 2010 -- Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi said here Sunday that Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant has passed main tests and now it is undergoing final stages of safety test.
• No consensus reached at G5+1 over sanctioning Iran IRNA 07 Mar 2010 -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mihman-Parast said Sunday that the group 5+1 would reach no consensus on sanctioning Iran.
• EU Naval Force: Somali Pirates Release Thai Ship VOA 07 Mar 2010 -- A European Union naval force says Somali pirates have released a Thailand-flagged fishing vessel they had held since last October.
• Opposition Rejects Results of Togo Election VOA 07 Mar 2010 -- Togo's main opposition party is rejecting results announced by the electoral commission that indicate the country's president has won re-election.
• Official Says ECOWAS is Pleased With Togo’s Election VOA 07 Mar 2010 -- A top official of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says the regional bloc is “reasonably pleased” with Togo’s just-ended election, in which incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe was declared winner over the weekend.
• Secretary-General calls for calm in post-election Togo UN News Centre 07 Mar 2010 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for calm in Togo, where the provisional results of the 4 March presidential election were announced on Saturday, and for any grievances to be resolved through the proper channels.