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11 August 2010 Military News

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  • Mottaki: Fuel swap formula still on table IRNA 11 Aug 2010 -- Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki said Tuesday evening that the formula on fuel swap with the western suppliers is still on the table.
  • The Language Of Ahmadinejad: 'The Bogeyman Snatched The Boob' RFE/RL 11 Aug 2010 -- In a harangue delivered to Iranian expatriates visiting Tehran last week, Mahmud Ahmadinejad resorted to an odd turn of phrase to describe the futility of Washington's use of threats and allegations against Iran.
  • Iran says US must begin change in its foreign policy IRNA 11 Aug 2010 -- President's chief of staff Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie said Wednesday that Washington must begin the change in its foreign policy, a reference to President Barack Obama's election campaign platform.
  • Israel unlikely to attack Iran before U.S.- Castro RIA Novosti 11 Aug 2010 -- Israel will not be the first state to attack Iran, because such an act would make it an enemy of all nuclear powers, Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro said in his Reflections column on the Cuba Debate website.

  • PAKISTAN: Back to square one for many IRIN 11 Aug 2010 -- Many of the victims of the current floods, which the Pakistan government says have now affected 13.8 million people, were still recovering from past disasters or conflict when they were hit by this latest calamity.
  • UN To Launch Pakistan Fund Drive To Help Flood Victims RFE/RL 11 Aug 2010 -- The United Nations has launched an appeal for hundreds of millions of dollars in international relief for flood-hit Pakistan.
  • UN agencies call for $460 million to assist Pakistani flood victims UN News Centre 11 Aug 2010 -- United Nations aid agencies and their partners today requested almost $460 million to help Pakistan assist millions of people affected by floods that have cut a swathe through the country, killing hundreds of people and destroying homes, farmland and major infrastructure.
  • UN Seeks $460 Million for Pakistan Flood Victims VOA 11 Aug 2010 -- The United Nations appealed Wednesday for nearly $460 million in emergency aid for victims of the devastating floods in Pakistan. U.N. Humanitarian Chief John Holmes said the money is needed to help the more than 14 million people affected by the flooding during the next 90 days.

  • Astronauts Successfully Remove Failed Pump on International Space Station VOA 11 Aug 2010 -- NASA astronauts successfully completed the second of at least three planned spacewalks in an effort to replace a faulty ammonia pump module on the International Space Station's truss. Wednesday's spacewalk clocked in at nearly 7.5 hours, about 40 minutes shorter than the mission's troublesome first spacewalk Saturday.

  • Colombia, Venezuela Restore Diplomatic Ties VOA 11 Aug 2010 -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez, have restored diplomatic relations that were severed last month by Caracas in a dispute over Venezuela's alleged support of leftist rebels in Colombia.
  • Clinton Hopeful About Colombia-Venezuela Accord VOA 11 Aug 2010 -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she hopes the agreement by the leaders of Colombia and Venezuela announced Tuesday will settle all issues between the South American rivals. Clinton discussed the accord Wednesday with Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman.

  • UN Court Seeks Evidence in Hariri Assassination VOA 11 Aug 2010 -- A U.N. tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has asked Hezbollah militants to submit any evidence that could help solve the case.
  • UN-backed probe into Hariri killings seeks information held by Hizbollah leader UN News Centre 11 Aug 2010 -- The prosecutor of the United Nations-backed court set up to try suspects in the murders of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others has asked the country’s authorities to hand over all information allegedly held by Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah pertaining to the 2005 attack.

  • Grenade Attack Mars President Kagame’s Election Victory VOA 11 Aug 2010 -- Rwanda’s Justice Minister has sharply condemned as barbaric Wednesday’s grenade attack in the capital, Kigali shortly after incumbent President Paul Kagame was officially declared winner of Monday’s vote. At least seven people were wounded.
  • Interview: WikiLeaks, The Future Of Journalism, And 'The Internet As A New Government' RFE/RL 11 Aug 2010 -- Jeff Jarvis was the creator and founding editor of the pop-culture magazine "Entertainment Weekly" and is now a professor at the City University of New York's Graduate School of Journalism, where he directs its New Media program. In an interview with RFE/RL's Christopher Schwartz, Jarvis talks about the controversy over WikiLeaks, a website that recently published a trove of some 90,000 sensitive U.S. documents about the war in Afghanistan.
  • Georgia's Lonely Unilateralisms RFE/RL 11 Aug 2010 -- Writing on the second anniversary of the August 2008 Russian-Georgian war, Ambassador Hansjorg Haber, head of the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia, praised Tbilisi for what he dubs its policy of "constructive unilateralism."
  • Russia Confirms Wildfires In Polluted, Radioactive Region RFE/RL 11 Aug 2010 -- Russian officials have confirmed for the first time the presence of wildfires in contaminated, radioactive areas, a day after Greenpeace accused the authorities of downplaying the blazes' radioactive danger.



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