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• UK soldier dies from Afghanistan gunshot injuries IRNA 11 Sep 2010 -- A British soldier has died in hospital in the UK after being aeromedically evacuated with gunshot wounds sustained in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence announced on Saturday.
• U.S., U.K. Aviation Partnership Thriving in Afghanistan USMC News 11 Sep 2010 -- On the morning of June 1, the United States Marine Corps’ 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) and United Kingdom’s Joint Aviation Group integrated under one command. Brig. Gen. Andrew W. O’Donnell Jr., the 3rd MAW (Fwd) commanding general, led a historical flag raising ceremony with his British counterpart, Group Capt. Nick Laird, the JAG commander.
• Taliban Says US Should Pull Out of Afghanistan VOA 11 Sep 2010 -- The Taliban is using the anniversary of the September 11 attacks to say the United States should withdraw from Afghanistan, adding that the U.S. has lost any chance to establish peace.
• Afghans Continue Protests Against Threat to Burn Quran VOA 11 Sep 2010 -- Afghans continued protests Saturday against a U.S. pastor's threat to burn copies of the Quran.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Gates, Mullen Reflect on Troop Sacrifices Since 9/11 AFPS 11 Sep 2010 -- As the nation today honors the nearly 3,000 innocent Americans killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Americans also should remember the sacrifice of military members and their families, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today.
• Marines And Sailors Integrate Aboard USS Carter Hall USMC News 11 Sep 2010 -- Marines are integrating with sailors aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall during the ship’s current deployment.
• USS Greeneville Departs for Western Pacific Deployment Navy NewsStand 11 Sep 2010 -- The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Greeneville (SSN 772) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific region Sept. 10.
• Continuing Promise Team Extends Care to Hundreds in Small Seaside Town Navy NewsStand 11 Sep 2010 -- The Caribbean port city of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, welcomed the Continuing Promise 2010 (CP10) team Sept. 2.
• Guatemalan's Welcome CP10, Iwo Jima's Mobile Medical Team Navy NewsStand 11 Sep 2010 -- A medical team comprised of joint forces and various non-governmental organizations (NGOs), currently embarked aboard the multipurpose amphibious ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), is managing a medical site at Puerto Barrios Elementary School in Guatemala Sept. 3-10.
• Continuing Promise 2010, NGOs Bring Assistance to Guatemala Navy NewsStand 11 Sep 2010 -- U.S. military personnel and civilian volunteers have joined together in Continuing Promise 2010 (CP10) to provide humanitarian assistance in Guatemala from Sept. 2-12.
• Navy Searches for John Paul Jones' Ship Navy NewsStand 11 Sep 2010 -- The U.S. Navy, in conjunction with the Ocean Technology Foundation (OTF), the British Royal navy and the French navy, is leading participation in a search for the remains of the revolutionary warship Bonhomme Richard off the coast of Flamborough Head, England, the week of Sept. 10.
• Russian, Indian air forces may hold joint exercises soon RIA Novosti 11 Sep 2010 -- Air forces of Russia and India may hold joint exercises in the next few years, Russian Air Force chief, Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin, said after his visit to India.

Defense Industry

• Ukraine may deliver engines for Russian UAVs RIA Novosti 11 Sep 2010 -- Russia's Vega and Ukraine's Motor Sich are discussing the possible delivery of Ukrainian-made engines for Russia's unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Vega CEO Vladimir Verba said on Saturday.

Other Conflicts

• Kosovo Serb Leaders Fault Serbia On UN Resolution RFE/RL 11 Sep 2010 -- Ethnic Serb leaders in riven northern Kosovo are expressing feelings of betrayal by Belgrade after Serbia supported a new UN resolution on Kosovo, RFE/RL's Balkan Service reports.
• Ban welcomes readiness of European Union to facilitate dialogue on Kosovo UN News Centre 11 Sep 2010 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday joined United Nations Member States in welcoming the readiness of the European Union to facilitate a process of dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo over the latter's unilateral declaration of independence in 2008.
• Tiraspol drags heels on talks on Transdnestrian conflict settlement RIA Novosti 11 Sep 2010 -- The participation of Transdnestr in the ordinary consultations on the Moldovan-Transdnestrian conflict settlement in the 5+2 format is still undecided, Transdnestrian leader Igor Smirnov said.
• Discussion of property issue continues at UN-backed Cyprus talks UN News Centre 11 Sep 2010 -- Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders pressed ahead on Friday with their efforts to try to resolve the property issue as United Nations-backed talks aimed at reunifying the Mediterranean island of Cyprus continued in Nicosia.
• Timorese force takes over policing duties from UN in eighth district UN News Centre 11 Sep 2010 -- The Timorese national police force on Friday resumed primary policing responsibilities in Ermera, the eighth district to be handed over from the United Nations since the gradual transfer of security functions began in May 2009.

News Reports

• US Marks 9-11 Anniversary VOA 11 Sep 2010 -- The United States is marking nine years since the 9-11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. The anniversary comes amid controversy over plans for an Islamic center near Ground Zero and a threat to burn the Quran.
• Obama Commemorates 9/11 in Weekly Address AFPS 11 Sep 2010 -- On the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States, President Barack Obama today used his weekly address to the nation to commemorate the tragedy.
• U.S. Commemorates 9/11 Victims RFE/RL 11 Sep 2010 -- Ceremonies in the United States have been held to remember the nearly 3,000 people killed in the 9/11 attacks, as religious tensions marred the run-up to the tragedy's ninth anniversary.
• President Obama Lays Wreath at Pentagon in 9-11 Observance VOA 11 Sep 2010 -- U.S. President Barack Obama has laid a wreath at the Pentagon, outside Washington, DC, in remembrance of those killed there in a terrorist attack by a hijacked plane on September 11, 2001.
• N.Korea presses for family reunions RIA Novosti 11 Sep 2010 -- North Korea has proposed Red Cross talks with the South on the reunion of families separated since the Korean War in the 1950s, the North's KCNA news agency said on Saturday.
• S. Korea Considering Pyongyang's Proposal on Renewing Separated Family Visits VOA 11 Sep 2010 -- After months of rising tensions on the Korean peninsula, there is another small sign of a thawing. North Korea proposes re-starting the reunion program for separated families.
• MP: IAEA Chief’s recent Iran report fully politically motiavted IRNA 11 Sep 2010 -- An Iranian lawmaker says recent report of the IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano on Iran nuclear program is fully politically motivated and non-technical.
• Iran postpones release of US spy IRNA 11 Sep 2010 -- Head of the Communications and Information Affairs Department at Iran’s Presidential Office Mohammad-Hassan Salehi says Iran has postponed freedom of one of the three US spies who were detained southwest of the country last year.
• Iran Cancels Release of US Hiker VOA 11 Sep 2010 -- Iran has abruptly canceled plans to release one of the American hikers detained for more than a year in Tehran after judicial officials cited unresolved legal issues.
• Musharraf Plans Return to Pakistan, Presidency VOA 11 Sep 2010 -- Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf says he is planning to return home and return to politics.
• EU Ministers Weigh Strategic Partnerships RFE/RL 11 Sep 2010 -- EU foreign ministers have adjourned after spending much of a two-day, informal meeting in Brussels debating the principles underlying the bloc's choice of strategic partners.
• Facing Constitutional Change, Turkish Voters To Offer 'Yes' Or 'No' To Erdogan RFE/RL 11 Sep 2010 -- It is meant to be about embracing a new era of democratic-civilian rule and breaking with Turkey's bitter legacy of coups and military-dominated government.
• Medvedev approves setting up comprehensive list of police powers RIA Novosti 11 Sep 2010 -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has approved an initiative by the United Russia party to set up a comprehensive list of police powers, party leader Boris Gryzlov said on Saturday.