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• Karzai, Petraeus Visit South Afghanistan VOA 09 Oct 2010 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai and top U.S. General David Petraeus are visiting the southern province of Kandahar, where coalition forces are engaged in a major operation against the Taliban.
• British fatalities continue to mount in Afghanistan IRNA 09 Oct 2010 -- The Ministry of Defence in London has announced the death of another British soldier in Afghanistan, bringing the total number killed since the overthrow of the Taliban regime in 2001 to 340.
• Pakistan to Reopen Supply Route for NATO Forces VOA 09 Oct 2010 -- Pakistan's Foreign Ministry says authorities will immediately reopen a vital supply route for NATO forces in Afghanistan, 10 days after it was shut following a cross-border air strike by coalition forces.
• Pakistani Gunmen Torch Tankers Bound For NATO Troops In Afghanistan RFE/RL 09 Oct 2010 -- Militants in Pakistan have set fire to at least 29 fuel tankers in the latest in a series of assaults on supplies en route to NATO forces in Afghanistan.
• Pakistan decides to lift blockade on NATO supplies: spokesman IRNA 09 Oct 2010 -- Pakistan has decided to reopen supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan after 10-day blockade on the supplies trucks due to NATO helicopters airstrike in the country’s tribal region, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• USS Tucson Returns to Pearl Harbor Navy NewsStand 09 Oct 2010 -- USS Tucson (SSN 770) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Oct. 8 after completing a scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific region.
• Theodore Roosevelt Deck Removal Team Reaches New RCOH Milestone Navy NewsStand 09 Oct 2010 -- Deck Removal Team members aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) reached a major milestone Sept. 30 when they removed the 200,000th sq. ft. of deck from the ship during an extensive Refueling Complex Overhaul (RCOH) maintenance period at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding.
• USS Wasp Holds Change of Command Ceremony Navy NewsStand 09 Oct 2010 -- USS Wasp (LHD 1) held a change of command ceremony aboard the ship in Norfolk, Va. Oct. 8.
• Roosevelt Engineering Department Begins Electrical Load Center Testing Navy NewsStand 09 Oct 2010 -- USS Theodore Roosevelt's (CVN 71) Engineering Department personnel began testing electrical load centers Oct. 4.
href="/wmd/library/news/usa/2010/usa-101009-irna01.htm">NATO rejects German demands for removal of US nukes IRNA 09 Oct 2010 -- NATO has rejected German demands for the removal of American nuclear weapons on its soil, the weekly news magazine Der Spiegel said in a report on Saturday.
• Afghan Kandahar Air Wing celebrates milestones of first year Army News 09 Oct 2010 -- The Afghan Kandahar Air Wing celebrated the achievements of their inaugural year with a flight line ceremony at Kandahar Airfield Oct. 5.
• Afghan Air Force learn English in Kandahar Army News 09 Oct 2010 -- Afghanistan Air Force airmen at the Kandahar Air Wing are taking part in a program to improve their English as part of their training to better communicate with coalition forces.
• Army commander: Enemies afraid of Iran’s military might IRNA 09 Oct 2010 -- Commander of the Army Ground Forces Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said on Saturday that vigilant Iranian nation and armed forces under wise leadership of Supreme Leader have deterred enemies from taking any illogical action against the country.
• Russian destroyer escorts new commercial convoy off African coast RIA Novosti 09 Oct 2010 -- The Russian destroyer RFS Admiral Levchenko started on Friday escorting a convoy of nine civilian ships through the pirate-infested waters off the Somali coast, a Russian Defense Ministry's spokesman said.
• Pakistan army chief order abuse video inquiry IRNA 09 Oct 2010 -- Pakistan army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has ordered inquiry into a video showing a firing squad of uniformed Pakistani soldiers shooting dead young men who were blindfolded, the army said on Friday.
• India to launch series of military satellites IRNA 09 Oct 2010 -- India plans to launch a series of indigenously built military satellites with surveillance, imaging and navigation capabilities to keep a watch on its neighbourhood and help guide cruise missiles, a top defence scientist said Saturday.

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• Door to Israeli-Palestinian peace must stay open, Ban tells Arab leaders UN News Centre 09 Oct 2010 -- Recently revived efforts to resolve the long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict must not falter, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today, calling for statesmanship and wisdom by all to keep the peace process moving forward.
• Israel Satisfied with Arab League Decision on Peace Talks VOA 09 Oct 2010 -- Arab leaders have described Israel's settlement policies as "very, very negative." But Israel is relieved that they stopped short of abandoning peace talks.
• Sudan 'Fully Committed' to On-Time Referendum VOA 09 Oct 2010 -- Sudan's foreign minister told the U.N. Security Council Saturday his government is "fully committed" to holding a referendum that could result in the south of the country seceding from the north. The foreign minister warned against interference in the January 9 vote.

News Reports

• Mystery Continues to Surround UAE Blackberry Deal VOA 09 Oct 2010 -- The United Arab Emirates has announced it will not implement a ban on certain functions of the BlackBerry smartphone following "positive collaboration" with the device's developer Research in Motion (RIM). Details of the agreement, however, remain unclear.
• Iran Says October, November Good Time for Nuclear Talks VOA 09 Oct 2010 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says late October or early November would be a good time to hold talks with world powers about Tehran's controversial nuclear program.
• China Continues Attack On Nobel Peace Prize Decision RFE/RL 09 Oct 2010 -- China's government has continued its campaign against the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to imprisoned dissident Liu Xiaobo.
• U.S. Looks To Kyrgyz Elections To Produce 'A Powerful Model' For Central Asia RFE/RL 09 Oct 2010 -- U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake, Jr. spoke to RFE/RL correspondent Heather Maher about how the United States has helped Kyrgyzstan prepare for the October 10 elections and Washington's hopes for the country’s future.
• Parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan 'beginning of new government' - Otunbayeva RIA Novosti 09 Oct 2010 -- Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva said during an address to the people of the Central Asian country that Sunday's parliamentary elections will create a new system of government.
• Burma's Military-backed Party Pledges to Practice Democracy VOA 09 Oct 2010 -- Burma's military-backed political party is pledging to practice multi-party democracy and market-oriented economics.
• In U.S. Cybercrime Case, Track Record Indicates Russia Willing To Cooperate RFE/RL 09 Oct 2010 -- The arrests of dozens of nationals from Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, and Belarus last week by U.S. law enforcement authorities investigating a multinational, multimillion-dollar fraud ring has set the stage for trials and prosecutions.