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• Ban condemns attack on UN compound in western Afghanistan UN News Centre 23 Oct 2010 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the suicide attack on the United Nations compound in Afghanistan's western city of Herat, where members of staff of the UN mission in the country and other agencies are based.
• No UN Staff Hurt in Afghan Suicide Attack VOA 23 Oct 2010 -- United Nations officials say a suicide attack in western Afghanistan damaged an international compound in Herat city, but no U.N. staff members were harmed.
• No UN Casualties In Attack On Afghan Compound RFE/RL 23 Oct 2010 -- The attack started with a massive blast outside the United Nations building in the western Afghan city of Herat.
• Pakistani forces kill 14 militants IRNA 23 Oct 2010 -- Pakistani security forces Saturday killed 14 militants and destroyed several hideouts in a tribal region a day after a roadside bomb killed six soldiers, official sources said.

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• Press Secretary Calls WikiLeaks Release Shameful AFPS 23 Oct 2010 -- WikiLeaks full public release on its website of 400,000 classified military documents from Iraq war operations is shameful, the Pentagon press secretary said tonight.
• WikiLeaks Defends Release of US Iraqi War Documents VOA 23 Oct 2010 -- The international whistle blowing organization Wikileaks has released some 400,000 secret U.S. documents on the Iraq war out into the public domain. At a London news conference Saturday, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange defended that huge release saying it was in the public's right to know.
• US must investigate WikiLeaks files of Iraq abuse, says Amnesty IRNA 23 Oct 2010 -- Amnesty International Saturday called on the US to investigate how much officials knew about the torture and other ill-treatment of detainees held by Iraqi security forces after new evidence emerged in files released by the Wikileaks.
• US ignored Iraq torture, leaked files show IRNA 23 Oct 2010 -- US authorities failed to investigate hundreds of reports of abuse, torture, rape and even murder by Iraqi police and soldiers, according to almost 400,000 secret US army field reports obtained by WikiLeaks.
• Leaked Iraq War Files Detail Torture, Civilian Deaths RFE/RL 23 Oct 2010 -- Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has released what it claims are nearly 400,000 classified U.S. files on the Iraq war, in the biggest security breach of its kind in U.S. military history.
• Iraqi PM Says Politics Behind Latest WikiLeaks Relase VOA 23 Oct 2010 -- There was a mixed reaction from Iraqi political leaders over the release of classified U.S. documents Friday on the Wikileaks website concerning U.S. behavior in Iraq.
• WSJ: US Seeks Wider CIA Role in Pakistan VOA 23 Oct 2010 -- A prominent U.S. newspaper says Washington wants to expand a secret Central Intelligence Agency operation in Pakistan designed to eliminate Islamic militants' havens near the Afghan border.
• 31st MEU aids isolated Philippine towns after Super Typhoon Juan devastates area USMC News 23 Oct 2010 -- Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Squadron 11 responded to the call of the government of the Philippines to help thousands of citizens affected by Super Typhoon Juan (international name Megi) Oct 21 - 23.
• NATO secretary general seeks 'strategic partnership' with Russia RIA Novosti 23 Oct 2010 -- NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen dismissed the idea that Russia is likely to become a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the near future and called instead for a "strategic partnership" with Moscow, Deutsche Welle reported.
• Russian, Indian troops complete military exercises in Himalayas RIA Novosti 23 Oct 2010 -- Russian and Indian troops completed a drill to kill a fictional terrorist leader in the Indian Himalayas as part of the Indra-2010 joint military exercises, which finished on Saturday.
• Russian defense minister rules out NATO membership IRNA 23 Oct 2010 -- Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has ruled out a membership of his country in NATO, the Hamburg-based weekly news magazine Der Spiegel said in a report to hit the newsstands on Sunday.
• NDC of DPRK Hosts Banquet for Chinese High-Ranking Military Delegation KCNA 23 Oct 2010 -- The National Defence Commission of the DPRK hosted a banquet in honor of the Chinese high-ranking military delegation.
• Ri Yong Ho Meets Chinese High-Ranking Military Delegation KCNA 23 Oct 2010 -- Vice Marshal of the Korean People's Army Ri Yong Ho met and had a talk with the Chinese high-ranking military delegation.
• Guo Boxiong Makes Public Written Arrival Speech KCNA 23 Oct 2010 -- Col. General Guo Boxiong, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China, made public a written speech.
• Chinese High-Ranking Military Delegation Here KCNA 23 Oct 2010 -- A Chinese high-ranking military delegation led by Col. General Guo Boxiong, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China, arrived Saturday.

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• KCNA Blasts US Anti-DPRK Nuclear Policy KCNA 23 Oct 2010 -- It was recently confirmed through declassified documents of the US persistently examined and planned the use of nuclear weapons against the DPRK.
• Hezbollah, Lebanese army put on high alert IRNA 23 Oct 2010 -- Hezbullah forces and Lebanese army have been put on high following a threat by the Zionist regime to stage another war on Lebanon and approach of five Israeli tanks to border areas.

News Reports

• Pakistani PM supports peaceful solution to Iran nuclear programme IRNA 23 Oct 2010 -- Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said Friday that Pakistan supports a peaceful solution to the Iranian nuclear issue.
• Iran asks for annihilation of atomic weapons as of Jan 1st 2011 IRNA 23 Oct 2010 -- Islamic Republic of Iran at Annual UN Disarmament Committee emphasized need for beginning full annihilation of atomic weapons around globe as of January 1st, 2011.
• EU reaffirms readiness to resume Iran nuclear talks IRNA 23 Oct 2010 -- European Union foreign affairs supremo Catherine Ashton reiterated her readiness to resume talks with Iran over its nuclear program, German press reports said here Friday.
• Iraqi Official Blames Allawi's Bloc For Coalition Deadlock RFE/RL 23 Oct 2010 -- An Iraqi government official says some factions within former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's Al-Iraqiyah bloc are to blame for the failure to form a new coalition government the past seven months, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports.
• Sadrists Downplay Worries Over Their Role In New Iraqi Government RFE/RL 23 Oct 2010 -- A top U.S. commander says Washington has an obvious interest in seeing a representative government formed in Iraq soon without external interference, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports.
• Democratic Doubts Surround Bahrain Elections VOA 23 Oct 2010 -- Voting in Bahrain's parliamentary elections began on Saturday amid mounting tension between Sunni leaders and the country's Shi'ite majority. It is the Persian Gulf kingdom's third election since implementing a new constitution eight years ago, but a string of opposition arrests and a clampdown on the media have prompted fears that the monarchy is beginning to abandon its attempt at democracy and return to traditional authoritarianism.
• AP responds to Taiwan government's protest CNA 23 Oct 2010 -- The Associated Press responded Saturday to protests by the government of Taiwan over alleged distortions of President Ma Ying-jeou's comments in an exclusive interview, saying that the controversy involved "mainly matters of emphasis".