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• Air Defense Soldiers Land in U.S. After Nearly Year in Afghanistan, Iraq Army News 05 Dec 2010 -- About 70 Soldiers from the North Dakota Army National Guard are on U.S. soil this afternoon after having spent nearly a year in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Grand Forks-based 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment mobilized in three groups in November 2009.
• UN Appeals For $678 Million In Humanitarian Aid For Afghanistan RFE/RL 05 Dec 2010 -- The United Nations today launched a $678 million humanitarian aid appeal for Afghanistan, where more than 7 million people are living in fear of starvation.
• ANP recruits learn first aid from Stryker medic Army News 05 Dec 2010 -- "I'm not doing this to scare you," Spc. Edwin Torres, a U.S. Army combat medic, tells the class of Afghan National Police (ANP) recruits as he pulls up a picture slideshow of graphic war wounds on his laptop. "But these are some of the injuries that you might see. This is what it really looks like. I'm going to show you the treatments they used, and you're going to be able to do this too."
• UN humanitarian chief urges continued support for conflict-affected Pakistanis UN News Centre 05 Dec 2010 -- The United Nations top humanitarian official today visited people affected by conflict in northwestern Pakistan and appealed for continued humanitarian assistance for them, many of whom expressed their desire to return to their areas of origin.
• IDPs of Pakistan’s Waziristan start repatriation IRNA 05 Dec 2010 -- Repatriation of the thousands of tribesmen displaced as a result of the military operation against the Taliban militants in South Waziristan tribal region started on Saturday under tight security, officials said.
• U.S. responds to Israeli request for help AFNS 05 Dec 2010 -- Two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, delivered 20 tons of fire retardant to Israel Dec. 4.

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• Essex Expeditionary Strike Group Begins Keen Sword 2011 Navy NewsStand 05 Dec 2010 -- The forward-deployed Sailors of the Essex Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) joined Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to begin the biennial exercise Keen Sword Dec. 3 in the East China Sea.
• An Army of Firsts Army News 05 Dec 2010
• Two planes, eight guns, and lots of "Zeros." Army News 05 Dec 2010
• 'We move it all': Heavy equipment operators transport supplies to troops on frontlines USMC News 05 Dec 2010 -- It takes a lot of heavy lifting to transport the tons of food, water, ammunition and other supplies needed to sustain warfighters on the frontlines, which is why heavy equipment operators are so vital to the counterinsurgency mission in Afghanistan.
• Topol hits target at firing range in Kazakhstan RIA Novosti 05 Dec 2010 -- The intercontinental ballistic missile RS 12M Topol, launched on Sunday evening from the landfill Kapustin Yar in the Russia's Astrakhan region, successfully hit the target at the test site in Kazakhstan, Russian Defense Ministry press-secretary said on the Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) Col. Vadim Koval said.

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• Former South African President Mbeki To Mediate In Ivory Coast Crisis RFE/RL 05 Dec 2010 -- Former South African leader Thabo Mbeki has arrived in Ivory Coast to help to settle a political crisis in the country.
• African Union Sends Mbeki to Mediate Ivory Coast Presidential Crisis VOA 05 Dec 2010 -- Ivory Coast is in political crisis with both of its presidential candidates taking rival oaths of office based on competing election results. Former South African leader Thabo Mbeki met on Sunday with both would-be presidents in hopes of resolving the stand-off.

News Reports

• Iran Says It Has Produced Its First Yellowcake Uranium VOA 05 Dec 2010 -- Iran's nuclear energy chief Ali Akbar Salehi says his country has produced its first batch of yellowcake uranium, the material used for enrichment. Salehi said the development "strengthens" Tehran's position in the next round of nuclear talks, set to start Monday in Geneva.
• Salehi: Iran self-sufficient in producing nuclear yellowcake IRNA 05 Dec 2010 -- Head of Iran’s National Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi said Iran is self-sufficient in producing nuclear yellowcake.
• Army commander urges confronting enemies’ plots by precise planning IRNA 05 Dec 2010 -- Commander of Iran’s Army Major General Ata’ollah Salehi Sunday underlined the need for confronting enemies’ conspiracies through precise and unified planning.
• MP: Iran takes upper hand in nuclear talks IRNA 05 Dec 2010 -- Member of Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mohammad Karami-Rad said on Sunday that the Islamic Republic of Iran would take the upper hand in the upcoming nuclear talks with G5+1 in Geneva.
• MP advises G5+1 to adopt rational, logical approach in nuclear talks IRNA 05 Dec 2010 -- Member of Parliament's presiding board Hojatoleslam Hossein Sobhani-nia said on Sunday that the G5+1 should adopt rational and logical approach in nuclear talks and avoid politicizing the issue.
• Consensus on agenda of Iran-G5+1 talks useful for two parties IRNA 05 Dec 2010 -- Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Sunday that the new round of talks between Iran and G5+1 will yield useful outcome if the two sides have understanding on the agenda of talks.
• Geneva talks will focus on Tehran Declaration: MP IRNA 05 Dec 2010 -- Member of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy said that the Geneva talks will focus on Tehran Declaration signed by Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
• Proton-M with three Glonass-M deviates from its course RIA Novosti 05 Dec 2010 -- A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket, launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan with three Glonass-M satellites, deviated from its course to 8 degrees, which resulted later in a loss of three spacecrafts in the Pacific Ocean, a source in the aerospace industry said.
• DM-3 booster with 3 Glonass-M satellites falls into Pacific RIA Novosti 05 Dec 2010 -- The DM-3 booster with three Glonass-M satellites fell into the Pacific Ocean in 1500 kilometers northwest of Honolulu, a source in the aerospace industry said.
• Report: Russian 'Spy' Found In British Parliament RFE/RL 05 Dec 2010 -- A Russian woman working as an aide to a British parliamentarian is facing deportation after security services arrested her on suspicion of espionage.
• British MP denies his aide is another Russian spy RIA Novosti 05 Dec 2010 -- British Member of Parliament Mike Hancock denied his Russian assistant, who is facing deportation, is a spy, British media said.
• EU foreign policy chief welcomes IAEA decision to create nuclear fuel reserve bank RIA Novosti 05 Dec 2010 -- The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton welcomed the International Atomic Energy Organization's (IAEA) resolution establishing a low enriched uranium (LEU) bank under the agency's auspices.
• Polls in Egyptian Runoff Close Under Protest VOA 05 Dec 2010 -- Egypt held a second round of voting for parliamentary elections, but with two major opposition groups pulling out because of what they say has been widespread fraud. President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling National Democratic Party is expected to win in a landslide.