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• Phantom Battalion adjusts to New Dawn Army News 12 Sep 2010 -- Soldiers deployed to Iraq with the III Corps Special Troops Battalion are unlikely to see a dramatic shift in their day-to-day missions.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Essex ARG Begins Exercise Valiant Shield 2010 Navy NewsStand 12 Sep 2010 -- The Essex Amphibious Ready Group will participate in the integrated joint training exercise, Valiant Shield 2010.
• Essex Embarks 31st MEU Aviation Combat Element Navy NewsStand 12 Sep 2010 -- The USS Essex completed the fly-on of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Aviation Combat Element.
• Essex ARG Embarks 31st MEU Navy NewsStand 12 Sep 2010 -- The Essex Amphibious Ready Group embarked the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit at White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa, Japan.
• The Army response to Hurricane Katrina Army News 12 Sep 2010 -- As Hurricane Katrina approached landfall, there was a palpable, collective sigh of relief across the Gulf Coast.
• 3 IAF personnel killed as Chetak helicopter crashes IRNA 11 Sep 2010 -- Three Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel, including a pilot and a co-pilot, were killed Saturday evening when a Chetak helicopter carrying them crashed in bad weather at a remote place in India’s Jharkhand state.
• Russia's most powerful warship returns home after tour-of-duty RIA Novosti 12 Sep 2010 -- Russia's Pyotr Veliky nuclear-powered missile cruiser will return on Sunday to its home base in northern Russia after a tour-of-duty that lasted for almost six months, a Navy official said.

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• Mideast Peace Talks Face New Obstacles VOA 12 Sep 2010 -- Another round of peace talks takes place in the Middle East this week amid new obstacles.

News Reports

• Shirzadian: Iran has reported all its nuclear sites to IAEA IRNA 12 Sep 2010 -- Iran's Atomic Energy Organization spokesman Ali Shirzadian said on Sunday that the Islamic Republic of Iran has declared all its nuclear sites to IAEA and there is no hidden project.
• Tehran prosecutor: American spies were not on an excursion in Iran IRNA 12 Sep 2010 -- Tehran Prosecutor of the Public and Revolution Court Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi said on Sunday that the documents about three American spies indicated that they were not on an excursion in Iran.
• Amano's report, misleading IRNA 12 Sep 2010 -- IAEA chief Yukiya Amano, by presenting a non-obligatory report on the Zionist regime and then a politically motivated report on Iran’s peaceful nuclear program has made efforts to mislead the world public opinion.
• Iran 'To Release' Female U.S. 'Hiker' On Bail RFE/RL 12 Sep 2010 -- A detained American will be released on bail of $500,000, Iranian media have quoted a Tehran prosecutor as saying.
• Iran Says US Prisoner Could Soon be Released on Bail VOA 12 Sep 2010 -- An Iranian prosecutor says imprisoned American Sarah Shourd could be soon free on bail. But the official says that Shourd, whose release was unexpectedly announced last week then just as abruptly postponed, would still face trial.
• Turkey Approves Constitutional Changes VOA 12 Sep 2010 -- The Turkish government has announced that about 60 percent of voters in Sunday referendum have approved a package of changes to the country's 30-year-old, military-era constitution. The government says the reforms are important for Turkish democracy. But opponents say the changes undermine the independence of the Turkey's judiciary.
• Turks 'Approve' Constitutional Amendments RFE/RL 12 Sep 2010 -- Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said voters have approved a referendum on changing the constitution, which critics say will give the ruling party more power over the judiciary.