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• Continuation Board Keeps Best Sailors in the Fleet Navy NewsStand 21 Aug 2010 -- The Navy announced the fiscal year 2011 (FY-11) performance-based board for continuation, which will convene Sept. 20 to review senior enlisted (Active/Reserve) personnel with more than 19 years of service.
• MCPON Visits Sailors on Guam Navy NewsStand 21 Aug 2010 -- The Navy's senior enlisted Sailor visited Sailors stationed on Guam Aug. 19-20.
• SIQ LOE held aboard USS Makin Island Navy NewsStand 21 Aug 2010 -- USS Makin Island (LHD 8) hosted a Shipboard Isolation and Quarantine (SIQ) Limited Objective Experiment (LOE) Aug. 17-19 in San Diego.
• Dubuque Transports Personnel, Equipment to Support Pakistan Flood Relief Navy NewsStand 21 Aug 2010 -- USS Dubuque (LPD 8) concluded its roll in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in Pakistan Aug. 17.
• Marine Thunderbolts Embark Aboard Enterprise Navy NewsStand 21 Aug 2010 -- Marines aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65) are training for deployment as the ship and air wing work to complete their Tailored Ship's Training Availability (TSTA) / Final Evaluation Period (FEP) Aug. 20.

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• Israel, Palestinians agree to start direct peace talks in Washington RIA Novosti 21 Aug 2010 -- Israel and Palestinians agreed to start direct peace talks in Washington in early September.
• Ban welcomes decision of Israeli, Palestinian leaders to start direct negotiations UN News Centre 21 Aug 2010 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the decision by the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to begin direct negotiations and described the talks on the Middle East peace process “an opportunity that must not be wasted.”
• Palestinians: Israel Must Stop Building for Talks to Work VOA 21 Aug 2010 -- Palestinian officials say they will pull out of peace talks if Israel continues settlement activity, as the two sides prepare to hold direct negotiations for the first time in two years.

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• IAEA confirms loading fuel into Bushehr Power Plant IRNA 21 Aug 2010 -- International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA) in a statement confirmed loading fuel into Bushehr power plant and said that Iran had begun loading fuel into its first reactor in Bushehr Power Plant.
• Iran to accelerate its nuclear programs: Mehman-Parast IRNA 21 Aug 2010 -- The Foreign Ministry spokesmen said here on Saturday that launching of Bushehr nuclear power plant indicates that Iran will pursue its next peaceful nuclear programs with high speed and comprehensiveness.
• Salehi:Bushehr power plant manifestation of Iran-Russia cooperation IRNA 21 Aug 2010 -- Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Ali-Akbar Salehi said on Saturday that commissioning of Bushehr nuclear power plant is manifestation of close cooperation between Iran and Russia.
• Iranian uranium enrichment program aims to guarantee fuel supply IRNA 21 Aug 2010 -- Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Ali-Akbar Salehi said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic of Iran has confidence in Russia but the uranium enrichment program aims to produce fuel for new power plants.
• Kiriyenko: Iranian experts ready to run Bushehr nuclear power plant IRNA 21 Aug 2010 -- Head of the state nuclear energy corporation of Russia Sergei Kiriyenko said on Saturday that Iranian experts are ready to run Bushehr nuclear power plant single handedly.
• Salehi: Bushehr power plant, unique in the world IRNA 21 Aug 2010 -- Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) Ali-Akbar Salehi said on Saturday that the Bushehr nuclear power plant is a unique power plant throughout the globe.
• Iran, Russia sign nuclear cooperation agreement IRNA 21 Aug 2010 -- Iranian and Russian officials signed an agreement on Saturday for bilateral cooperation in the field of nuclear activities after the beginning of fuel loading process in the first Iranian nuclear power plant in this southern province today.
• Salehi: August 21, a day to remember IRNA 21 Aug 2010 -- Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi said August 21 was a day to remember in the fluctuating history of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant.
• Russia fulfils pledges on Bushehr plant: Kiriyenko IRNA 21 Aug 2010 -- Head of the state nuclear energy corporation of Russia Sergei Kiriyenko said here on Saturday that his country has fulfilled commitments to Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant.
• Bushehr power plant, outcome of Iranians’ resistance IRNA 21 Aug 2010 -- Vice-President and head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Ali-Akbar Salehi said Saturday that going into operation of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in southern Iran was the outcome of Iranians' resistance.
• Fuel injection operations start in Bushehr NPP IRNA 21 Aug 2010 -- The fuel injection operations started in the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran Saturday morning.
• Iran's First Nuclear Power Plant Is Born After Years Of Delays RFE/RL 21 Aug 2010 -- Iran's quest for fully-fledged nuclear status passed an important landmark on August 21 when Russia began loading fuel into a power plant delayed for more than three decades.
• Russia, Iran set up joint venture to operate Bushehr power station RIA Novosti 21 Aug 2010 -- Russia signed on Saturday an agreement with Iran to set up a joint venture to operate the Bushehr nuclear power plant.
• Iran launches Bushehr nuclear station RIA Novosti 21 Aug 2010 -- The Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran was loaded with the first fuel on Saturday but the reactor will be started up later this year, the head of the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom) said.
• Russia to load nuclear fuel into Iran's Bushehr NPP RIA Novosti 21 Aug 2010 -- Russia is completing final preparations to load low-enriched uranium fuel into Iran's first civilian reactor at the Bushehr NPP later on Saturday.
• Russia Helps Iran Fuel Up First Nuclear Power Plant VOA 21 Aug 2010 -- Russian and Iranian engineers have begun loading fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant. The plant is located in the southern city of Bushehr and both Russian and Iranian leaders insist Iran's nuclear program is for peaceful purposes though many in the international community are suspicious.
• Sweden Withdraws Arrest Warrant for Embattled WikiLeaks Founder VOA 21 Aug 2010 -- Swedish authorities on Saturday issued and then hastily withdrew an arrest warrant for Julian Assange, the founder of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, on suspicion of rape.
• Russia Says Suspected Mastermind Of Moscow Metro Attacks Dead RFE/RL 21 Aug 2010 -- Russia says security forces have killed in Daghestan a top militant suspected of organizing the suicide bombings on the Moscow Metro in March in which dozens of people were killed.
• US Wants Convicted Lockerbie Bomber Back in Prison VOA 21 Aug 2010 -- The Obama administration is calling for the reimprisonment of Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan who was convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, but released from jail last year.
• Over 60,000 army men involved in Pakistan’s relief operation IRNA 21 Aug 2010 -- Over 60,000 army personnel and officers have been deployed in floods-hit areas across Pakistan for rescue and relief operations, army spokesman said Friday.
• UN Steps Up Aid Efforts in Flood-Stricken Pakistan VOA 21 Aug 2010 -- United Nations aid agencies are stepping up efforts to provide assistance to millions of flood victims in Pakistan as the crisis continues to unfold. The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning preventive measures must be taken to head off the outbreak of water-borne and communicable diseases.
• Blackwater Security Agrees to Pay $42 Million in Fines VOA 21 Aug 2010 -- A report says the private security company formerly called Blackwater Worldwide has agreed with the U.S. State Department to pay $42 million in fines for hundreds of violations of U.S. export control regulations.
• Mass Evacuations From Floods Along China-North Korea Border VOA 21 Aug 2010 -- More than 127,000 people have been evacuated in northeastern China following severe flooding that has already claimed at least 1,400 lives this month.
• Haiti: UN stresses need for respect and calm as final candidate list is unveiled UN News Centre 21 Aug 2010 -- The United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti today called on the country's people to respect the electoral laws after the announcement of the final list of eligible candidates for November's presidential polls.
• Thai gov. to take final decision on extradition of Russian arms dealer Bout to U.S. RIA Novosti 21 Aug 2010 -- The Thai government will take the final decision on the extradition to the United States of suspected Russian arms trader Viktor Bout, Thai state news agency THA said on Saturday.
• U.S. media surprised by suspected Russian arms dealer's extradition ruling RIA Novosti 21 Aug 2010 -- A Thai court ruling to extradite suspected Russian arms dealer to the U.S., which perplexed and disappointed Russian officials, was also met with surprise in the U.S.
• U.S. "pleased" with Thai ruling to extradite alleged Russian arms dealer RIA Novosti 21 Aug 2010 -- The White House welcomes the decision of a Thai appeal court to extradite Russian national Viktor Bout, wanted in the United States on weapons smuggling and other charges.
• Vulnerable Benefit From Cash-For-Work Program in Iraq VOA 21 Aug 2010 -- The World Food Program is employing more than 11,000 of the most vulnerable people in Iraq in a cash-for-work program aimed at helping them get enough food to eat. This is an expansion of a pilot scheme WFP started in the Diyala and Baghdad governorates earlier this year.