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• General Discusses Afghan Army’s Development AFPS 05 Jul 2010 -- Afghanistan’s army, with help from the NATO training mission there, is working to increase its growth, develop leaders and increase retention to make a stronger force.
• Two British soldiers wounded each day in Afghanistan IRNA 05 Jul 2010 -- More than 250 British soldiers have been wounded in action in Afghanistan, including nearly 70 seriously or very seriously injured, in less than six months this year, according to new figures.
• Marines provide Afghan police with lifesaving techniques USMC News 05 Jul 2010 -- Marines and sailors from the police mentor team, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, convoyed to each Afghan National Police checkpoint surrounding Hazer Joft, July 5, to provide the police with tourniquets, bandages and the combat lifesaving skills.
• AFGHANISTAN: NGOs await ruling on "proselytizing" case IRIN 05 Jul 2010 -- More than a month has passed since the Afghan government suspended the work of two international NGOs on charges of Christian “proselytizing”, but formal investigations have been shrouded in secrecy and seem to have become mired in bureaucracy.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Marines, Bulgarian soldiers join forces to help Bulgarian orphanage USMC News 05 Jul 2010 -- U.S. Marines currently deployed to Bulgaria with Black Sea Rotational Force 2010 and Bulgarian soldiers from the 38th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Light Infantry Brigade, delivered toys and furniture to an orphanage in the village of Medven, Bulgaria, July 5.
• U.S. 5th Fleet Holds Change of Command Ceremony Navy NewsStand 05 Jul 2010 -- Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT)/ 5th Fleet (C5F)/Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) held a change of command ceremony at Naval Support Activity Bahrain July 5.
• VFA 32 Swordsmen Conduct Change of Command Navy NewsStand 05 Jul 2010 -- The "Swordsmen" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 32upheld the time-honored naval aviation tradition of an airborne change of command ceremony with a three jet fly-by over USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) July 3.
• Russia set to buy Mistral with transfer of French technologies RIA Novosti 05 Jul 2010 -- Russia will buy French Mistral class helicopter carriers with the complete set of navigational equipment and technical documentation, but equip the ships with its own weaponry and helicopters, a defense industry source said Monday.
• Vostok-2010 games: A test of Russia's new army RIA Novosti 05 Jul 2010 -- The Vostok-2010 strategic war games were the largest exercise Russia held in the last few years. Held at dozens of ranges from the Altai in southwest Siberia to Vladivostok on the Pacific Coast, the games aim to strengthen the new elements of Russia's army.
• Russian parliament starts hearings on arms reduction treaty RIA Novosti 05 Jul 2010 -- The lower house of the Russian parliament will start on Tuesday public hearings on the ratification of a new strategic arms reduction pact with the United States, a senior lawmaker said on Monday.
• Russian Air Force to get dozens of helicopters if Mistral deal agreed RIA Novosti 05 Jul 2010 -- The Russian Air Force will receive dozens of Ka-class helicopters if Russia buys a Mistral-class helicopter carrier from France, a deputy head of a Russian aviation production firm said on Monday.
• Six servicemen die in south Siberian firing range blast RIA Novosti 05 Jul 2010 -- Six servicemen died in an explosion at a south Siberian military firing range, a police source told RIA Novosti on Monday.

Defense Industry

• Russian combat aircraft makers fear competition with China RIA Novosti 05 Jul 2010 -- Russian aircraft makers MiG and Sukhoi have spoken against the sale of RD-93 jet engines to China citing the threat of strong competition from cheaper Chinese models of fighter aircraft.
• ThalesRaytheonSystems awarded NATO contract to make enhanced Ballistic Missile Defense capabilities operational this year Thales 05 Jul 2010 -- ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) has been awarded a contract by NATO’s Active Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (ALTBMD) Program Office to provide the alliance commanders with real-time interim ballistic missile defense capabilities for deployed forces by the end of 2010.

Other Conflicts

• Turkey Threatens to Cut Ties With Israel VOA 05 Jul 2010 -- Turkey's foreign minister says his country will cut diplomatic ties with Israel if it does not apologize for the commando raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that killed eight Turks and a Turkish-American.
• Israel refuses to apologize over Freedom Flotilla attack - Foreign Minister RIA Novosti 05 Jul 2010 -- Israel will not apologize to Turkey over the Gaza-bound aid flotilla's attack, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Monday.
• Turkey opts for severing military ties with Israel - Erdogan IRNA 05 Jul 2010 -- Turkey said Monday that it opted for severing its military ties with Israel, closing its airspace to Israeli military flights in protest at Israeli commando raid on a Turkish aid ship ferrying in international waters toward Gaza.
• Turkey may cut diplomatic ties with Israel - Turkish FM RIA Novosti 05 Jul 2010 -- Turkey has said it may break diplomatic relations with Israel because of Tel Aviv's refusal to apologize for its deadly attack on a Gaza-bound humanitarian convoy, Turkey's Hurriyet daily said.
• OPT: Thousands missing out on education in Gaza IRIN 05 Jul 2010 -- Thousands of Palestinian refugee children in the Gaza Strip are unable to receive adequate education, according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).
• Clinton Pledges 'Steadfast' US Support for Georgia VOA 05 Jul 2010 -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States remains "steadfast" in its commitment to Georgia in disputes with Russia over two breakaway regions.
• Clinton Pledges U.S. Support For Georgia RFE/RL 05 Jul 2010 -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a robust show of support for Georgia today by vowing to uphold its "territorial integrity" and voicing opposition to its inclusion in a Russian "sphere of influence."
• U.S. Secretary of State Clinton to discuss bilateral ties in Georgia RIA Novosti 05 Jul 2010 -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Georgia on Monday as part of her trip to Eastern Europe and the Caucasus region to discuss bilateral relations.
• Somali President Pleads for Regional Help VOA 05 Jul 2010 -- Somalia's president has made an urgent appeal for help, saying his government may not be able to hold off Islamist groups seeking control of the country.
• Urgent East African Summit Discuses Somalia's Security VOA 05 Jul 2010 -- Somalia's president has painted a grim picture of his country's security conditions as he made an urgent appeal to regional leaders for greater support for his fragile government. Kenya appears to be bidding for a greater role in regional policy-making on Somalia.
• SRI LANKA: Open for tourism business IRIN 05 Jul 2010 -- Decades of fighting between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Sri Lankan government battered the tourism industry, but a year after the war ended, tourists are returning in record numbers and efforts are being made to lure visitors to the worst-hit north to rebuild the economy.
• IRAQ: Turkish, Iranian shelling displaces villagers in north IRIN 05 Jul 2010 -- Turkish and Iranian shelling of rebel positions in northern Iraq has forced hundreds of Iraqi Kurdish families out of their border villages into tent camps, local officials said on 4 July.

News Reports

• Soltaniyeh: Iran calls for principled cooperation with IAEA IRNA 05 Jul 2010 -- Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali-Asghar Soltaniyeh said on Monday that Iran’s principled policy is based on expansion of mutual cooperation with IAEA and vindicating its legitimate nuclear rights.
• Official: Iranian Planes Denied Fuel in UK, Germany, UAE VOA 05 Jul 2010 -- An Iranian airline official says that since the United States implemented new sanctions against Tehran last week, Iranian planes have been refused fuel at airports in other countries.
• HRW Calls for British Government to Scrap Terrorism Search Powers VOA 05 Jul 2010 -- An international rights watchdog group says British police must stop using what it says are ineffective stop-and-search methods to fight terrorism. Human Rights Watch says ethnic minorities are disproportionately targeted and that undermines the fight against terrorism.
• Komorowski Wins Polish Presidency, Kaczynski Concedes VOA 05 Jul 2010 -- Results from Poland's presidential election Sunday indicate center-right candidate Bronislaw Komorowski has defeated conservative Jaroslaw Kaczynski.
• Komorowski Wins Presidential Election, Ending Poland's Uncertainty RFE/RL 05 Jul 2010 -- Poland's caretaker president, Bronislaw Komorowski, has pledged to unite the country's fractured political landscape after apparently winning a presidential runoff triggered by the death of his predecessor.
• Medvedev backs new Kyrgyz president RIA Novosti 05 Jul 2010 -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday pledged support for Kyrgyzstan's new president, Roza Otunbayeva, and said he hoped she would be able to overcome all of the country's difficulties.
• Western China Security Tightened on Riot Anniversary VOA 05 Jul 2010 -- Teams of heavily armed Chinese riot police are patrolling the streets in the capital of the country's remote western Xinjiang region on the the one-year anniversary of the country's worst ethnic violence in decades.
• Analysis: Finding space for crowd-sourcing in humanitarian response IRIN 05 Jul 2010 -- “Crowd-sourcing” is a new buzzword in the world of humanitarian information. The combined power of mobile phones, mapping technology and social networking can enable citizens in crisis to seek help, facilitate aid deliveries, bear witness to abuses and hold governments and aid agencies more accountable, advocates say.