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• EOD Team Supports 5th Fleet Mission, Returns Home Navy NewsStand 26 Sep 2010 -- Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams are routinely deployed throughout the US 5th Fleet AOR.
• Two NATO soldiers killed in bomb blast in Afghanistan RIA Novosti 26 Sep 2010 -- Two NATO servicemen were killed in a bomb blast in south Afghanistan, the military alliance said on Sunday.
• Afghanistan orders vote recounts in 10 provinces RIA Novosti 26 Sep 2010 -- The Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) will recount votes in ten areas for September 18 parliamentary elections as further concerns of fraud have raised, the commission's chairman said.
• British Woman, 3 Afghans Kidnapped in Afghanistan VOA 26 Sep 2010 -- Afghan police and media say a British woman and her three Afghan colleagues have been kidnapped by armed men in eastern Afghanistan.
• Devil dogs help sniff out IED's USMC News 27 Sep 2010 -- Twister is a four year-old black labrador used to find IEDs for Marines with the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.
• US Missile Strikes in Pakistan Kill 7 Militants VOA 26 Sep 2010 -- Pakistani intelligence officials say U.S. drone aircraft have carried out two missile strikes in a northwestern tribal region, killing seven suspected militants.
• U.S. drone strike kills 4 in Pakistan IRNA 26 Sep 2010 -- U.S spy aircraft continued strikes in Pakistani tribal regions and killed four persons in North Waziristan on Saturday, official sources said.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group Completes First Half of Deployment Navy NewsStand 26 Sep 2010 -- Sailors and Marines deployed with the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group reached the mid-way point of their deployment.
• Peleliu ARG, 15th MEU Reach Halfway Mark During Deployment Navy NewsStand 26 Sep 2010 -- Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group and 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit reached the halfway point of their deployment.
• Vahidi: Iranian experts to produce long-range missile system S300s IRNA 26 Sep 2010 -- Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said on Sunday that the Iranian experts are determined to produce missile system S300s.

Defense Industry

• 1st Boeing SBSS Satellite Sends Initial Signals from Space Boeing 26 Sep 2010 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has acquired initial on-orbit signals from the first Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite following its launch at 9:41 p.m. Pacific time on Sept. 25 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The signals indicate that the satellite is functioning normally and is ready to begin orbital maneuvers and operational testing.
• Orbital Successfully Launches Minotaur IV Rocket for U.S. Air Force Carrying Space Based Space Surveillance Satellite Orbital Sciences Corp. 26 Sep 2010 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that it successfully launched the U.S. Air Force’s Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) Satellite, also known as SBSS Block 10, aboard a Minotaur IV rocket.

Other Conflicts

• Japan Rejects Chinese Demands For Apology Over Boat Incident RFE/RL 26 Sep 2010 -- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan says his country has "no intention" of apologizing for the detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain, whose arrest has marked a new low in relations between the two countries.
• CPRK Secretariat and US-S. Korean Maneuvers KCNA 26 Sep 2010 -- The U.S. and South Koreans are going to stage joint anti-submarine exercises in the West Sea of Korea from Sept. 27 to Oct. 1.
• KCNA and Joint Naval Military Exercises KCNA 26 Sep 2010 -- The U.S. and the South Koreans are contemplating staging joint naval military exercises in the West Sea of Korea from Sept. 27 to Oct. 1.
• Settlement Deadline Imperils Middle East Peace Process RFE/RL 26 Sep 2010 -- Israeli, Palestinian, and U.S. mediators are scrambling to reach a compromise that would prevent fragile Middle East peace talks from collapsing after a freeze on Israeli settlement building expires later today.
• Settlements' Deadline Clouds Future of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Efforts VOA 26 Sep 2010 -- Israeli and Palestinian leaders are "getting down to business" on the major issues dividing them in peace talks, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday, but gave no sign they are any closer to resolving a looming crisis over Israeli West Bank settlements.
• Jordanian Queen: Despair Must Not Prevail in Middle East Peace Process VOA 26 Sep 2010 -- Jordan's Queen Rania has made a plea for hope over cynicism in the Middle East peace process. The queen appeared on U.S. television in an interview taped during her visit to New York last week for the United Nations General Assembly.
• Abbas to determine Arab-Israeli talks' fate after consultations with Arab League RIA Novosti 26 Sep 2010 -- PNA leader Mahmoud Abbas will decide the fate of the Arab-Israeli direct peace talks after consultations with the League of Arab States and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in case Israel resumes its settlement activities.
• Israel must choose between peace and settlements - Abbas RIA Novosti 26 Sep 2010 -- PNA leader Mahmoud Abbas said Israel must choose between peace and construction plans hours before the Israeli moratorium on settlement construction in the occupied territories expires on Sunday.
• Nepal parliament fails to elect prime minister for 8th time in a row IRNA 26 Sep 2010 -- Nepal's parliament Sunday failed to elect a new prime minister for the eighth time in a row as R C Poudyal of Nepali Congress was unable to garner majority support even after withdrawal of Maoist chairman Prachanda from the race.
• Serbia ready to search for "mutually acceptable" Kosovo solution - pres. RIA Novosti 26 Sep 2010 -- Serbia is ready for dialog on the status of Kosovo, which unilaterally proclaimed independence in 2008, with the leading role of the UN Security Council, President Boris Tadic said.
• Kashmiri Separatist Leader Rejects Indian Plan to End Unrest VOA 26 Sep 2010 -- A top Kashmiri separatist leader has rejected an Indian government plan to end months of deadly civil unrest in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
• Helicopter Attacks al-Shabab-Held Town VOA 26 Sep 2010 -- Witnesses say unidentified helicopter gunships have attacked a Somali town controlled by al-Shabab militants.

News Reports

• Official: Iran’s nuclear sites safe from Stuxnet cyber warfare IRNA 26 Sep 2010 -- Deputy Chairman of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization for Safety, Protection and Security M. Zarean said on Sunday that Stuxnet cyber worm has not hit Iran’s nuclear site or softwares.
• Iran: Computer Malware Attacked, Failed to Harm Nuclear Plant VOA 26 Sep 2010 -- The head of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant has confirmed a computer worm infected some of the facility's software, but says the plant's main systems are all safe.
• East Timor Leader Accuses Ahmadinejad Of Speaking 'Obscenities' RFE/RL 26 Sep 2010 -- Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta, the president of the tiny Asian state of East Timor, has accused Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad of speaking "obscenities" with his suggestion that the U.S. government may have played a role in carrying out the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that brought down the World Trade Center towers in New York.
• India, Japan, Brazil, Germany push for early UNSC reform IRNA 26 Sep 2010 -- India, Japan, Brazil and Germany- the aspirants for permanent representation in the UN Security Council pledged support to each others' candidature while agreeing to push ahead for an early expansion of the powerful body.
• Japan's Bid to Sit on UNSC KCNA 26 Sep 2010 -- Okada, former FM of Japan, had separate talks with foreign ministers of different countries making up the Caribbean Community and Common Market on Sept. 1.
• Thai PM says will have decisive word in jailed Russian arms dealer's case RIA Novosti 26 Sep 2010 -- Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Wechachiwa said on Sunday that the case of alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout whom the United States wants extradited and Moscow wants repatriated was in the courts but he would have to make the final decision.
• Analysis: Yemen’s “youth bulge” and unemployment - an explosive mix IRIN 26 Sep 2010 -- Southern Yemen erupted again this past week - another flash in an ongoing, low-level rebellion against the government. International news reports have focused on the government’s siege of an alleged al-Qaeda stronghold, occurring against a backdrop of steady anti-government violence throughout the south.