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• Troops Re-doubling Advise, Assist Efforts in Iraq AFPS 07 Dec 2010 -- U.S. troops are re-doubling their efforts to advise, assist and equip Iraqi security forces in advance of the December 2011 deadline for all American troops to leave the country, Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan said here today.
• Texas Torch: 36th Inf. Div. begins to arrive in Basra Army News 07 Dec 2010 -- The 36th Infantry Division's "torch party" recently arrived in Basra, signaling the beginning stages of that unit's deployment and the beginning of the end of the 1st Infantry Division's deployment.
• DOD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Mills and Governor Mangal via Teleconference from Afghanistan DoD 07 Dec 2010 -- Presenter: Commander, Regional Command Southwest Maj. Gen. Richard Mills and Helmand Governor Gulab Mangal
• Remarks by Secretary Gates at Forward Operating Base Joyce, Afghanistan DoD 07 Dec 2010 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates
• Remarks by Secretary Gates at Forward Operating Base Connolly, Afghanistan DoD 07 Dec 2010 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates
• Media Availability with Secretary Gates at Forward Operating Base Connolly, Afghanistan DoD 07 Dec 2010 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates
• Petraeus: Forces in Afghanistan Continue to Push Enemy AFPS 07 Dec 2010 -- Afghan and coalition forces are continuing to make and solidify gains while pushing out the enemy and retaining control of key districts in hotly contested provinces, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan said here today.
• Coalition Turns Corner in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province AFPS 07 Dec 2010 -- The coalition’s struggle against insurgents in Afghanistan’s Helmand province is essentially over in Marjah and it now comes down to Sangin district, the regional commander there said today.
• Helmand Governor, U.S. Commander Honor Fallen, Families AFPS 07 Dec 2010 -- Afghan and U.S. leaders in Afghanistan’s Helmand province ended a detailed assessment of progress in the region on a somber note today.
• British Troops May Begin Leaving Afghanistan Next Year VOA 07 Dec 2010 -- British Prime Minister David Cameron says British troops may begin withdrawing from Afghanistan as early as next year.
• British Leader Says Troops Could Start Leaving Afghanistan in 2011 RFE/RL 07 Dec 2010 -- British Prime Minister David Cameron says his country's troops may begin to leave Afghanistan as early as 2011.
• Gates Visits Afghanistan Bases AFPS 07 Dec 2010 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived in Afghanistan today for troop visits and meetings with key U.S. leaders and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
• US drones kill five more people in NW Pakistan IRNA 07 Dec 2010 -- US drone aircraft Monday fired missiles into Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region and killed at least five people, security officials in region said.
• 50 die in Pakistan’s twin suicide attacks: minister IRNA 07 Dec 2010 -- Two suicide bombers Monday targeted a meeting of pro-government tribal elders in a Pakistani tribal region and killed at least 50 people, a provincial minister said.
• Taliban claim responsibility for twin suicide attacks: minister IRNA 07 Dec 2010 -- Pakistani Taliban Monday claimed responsibility for twin suicide attacks on a meeting of pro-government tribal elders in a tribal region, which killed at least 50 people, local media reported.
• Chief Minister escapes suicide attack in SW Pakistan IRNA 07 Dec 2010 -- The Chief Minister of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province escaped unhurt in a suicide bomb attack on Tuesday, police said.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Mullen Arrives in South Korea to Address Tensions AFPS 07 Dec 2010 -- Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived here Dec. 8 after crossing the international dateline to meet with South Korean defense officials and reinforce U.S. commitment to the U.S.-South Korean alliance amid escalating tensions on the peninsula.
• MTI experience helps chief excel in mentoring Afghans AFNS 07 Dec 2010
• First Reserve unit conducts TASER training AFNS 07 Dec 2010 -- The 482nd Security Forces Squadron here recently became the first unit in the Air Force Reserve Command to complete training with TASER guns, adding a new, nonlethal option to their arsenal.
• Final tanker leaves Grand Forks AFB AFNS 07 Dec 2010 -- The final KC-135 Stratotanker departed from here Dec. 4, signaling the end of the KC-135 air refueling mission here.
• Airmen connect US, Japan during Keen Sword 11 AFNS 07 Dec 2010 -- More than 25 members of the 644th Combat Communication Squadron from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, are working to provide communication capabilities to Airmen here.
• McHugh: DOD Teachers Vital to Military Readiness AFPS 07 Dec 2010 -- Teachers are vitally important to military readiness, the Army’s top official said today during a ceremony recognizing the top teachers in the Defense Department’s worldwide school system.
• Third Army Soldiers Improve Readiness through command exercises Army News 07 Dec 2010 -- "Ready to Fight Tonight" -- In the command's latest push to ensure its Warriors are ready to react to any threat and defeat any enemy in its 20-country area of responsibility, Lt. Gen. William G. Webster, Third Army commanding general, gathered commanders and staff members at Camp Arifjan Dec. 4 and 5 for "Granite Shield Readiness Review."
• Army Forces Commander visits 3d ESC Army News 07 Dec 2010 -- Gen. James D. Thurman, commanding general of U.S. Army Forces Command, visited the 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Wednesday, Nov. 24, at the command\'s headquarters on Fort Knox.
• Third Army conducts force-readiness exercise Army News 07 Dec 2010 -- Third Army Soldiers conducted a mass-casualty exercise to ensure force readiness at Camp Arifjan Dec. 4.
• Historic Covenant signed in Hohenfels Army News 07 Dec 2010 -- In a historic move, U.S. Army Garrison Hohenfels, Neumarkt County and the municipalities of Hohenfels, Lupburg, Parsberg, and Velburg signed the first Sustainable Communities Partnership between the U.S. Army in Europe and a host nation at Parsberg Castle.
• Dec. 7 marks ‘a date that will live in infamy’ Army News 07 Dec 2010 -- The attack by Japanese naval forces on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at its Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, base in the early morning hours of Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, was the event that drew the United States into military participation in World War II. News of the bombing assault swept across the nation via radio news broadcasts and special newspaper editions.
• National Guard to mark 374th birthday Army News 07 Dec 2010 -- The military organization known today as the National Guard came into existence with a Massachusetts Bay Colony declaration Dec. 13, 1636.
• USS Mustin Conducts Ship-Wide Zone Inspections Navy NewsStand 07 Dec 2010 -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) conducted a ship-wide zone inspection while at sea Nov. 27 through Dec. 1.
• USS Essex Conducts Landing Craft Operations with JMSDF Ships Navy NewsStand 07 Dec 2010 -- The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) embarked landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) vehicles with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Dec. 6, as part of exercise Keen Sword 2010.
• Truman Makes Most of Crete Port Visit Navy NewsStand 07 Dec 2010 -- Crew members aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) recently enjoyed the opportunity to relax and experience some Greek culture and food during a port visit to Souda Bay, Crete, Dec. 3-6.
• System Changes Make CMS/ID More User-Friendly Navy NewsStand 07 Dec 2010 -- Sailors will notice several differences in the Career Management System/Interactive Detailing (CMS/ID) system following an update to the system Dec. 3.
• Leyte Gulf Sailors Soar During Low, Slow Flyer Drill Navy NewsStand 07 Dec 2010 -- Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) successfully completed a low, slow flyer drill while participating in a joint task force exercise (JTFEX) with the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group (CSG) Dec. 4.
• Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6 Responds to Middle School Threat Navy NewsStand 07 Dec 2010 -- Explosive Ordnance Technicians from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 responded to a suspicious device at Mayport Middle School, Dec. 2.
• Senior Executive Service Announcements DoD 07 Dec 2010 -- Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced the following Department of Defense Senior Executive Service appointments and reassignments.
• Air Force's X-37B historical landing advances space vehicle technologies AFNS 07 Dec 2010 -- After 244 days in space since its launch April 22 from Cape Canaveral, Fla., the X-37B orbital test vehicle landing marks the Air Force's latest step in experimental test missions to improve the service's space capabilities, officials said here Dec. 6.
• Army Hosts 2010 DoD Space Experiments Review Board Army News 07 Dec 2010 -- For the first time in the history of the Department of Defense's annual gathering of the Space Experiments Review Board (SERB), the U.S. Army served as the host for the event. Under the leadership of the Technology Center of the Space and Missile Defense Command / Army Force Strategic Command (SMDC/ARSTRAT), the Army served as the logistical host for the 2010 SERB, whose membership consists of 16 board members from the Air Force, Army, Navy, NASA, DARPA, National Reconnaissance Office, and DoD staff agencies.
• Transition to A-10C complete at Osan AB AFNS 07 Dec 2010 -- The last A-10A model of the Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned here departed the base Dec. 4, marking the 25th Fighter Squadron's successful transition to the A-10C model.
• 'Hawk Eye' watches over reconnaissance aircraft AFNS 07 Dec 2010 -- A sandy, tan combat boot weighs down on the accelerator in a pearly white Pontiac G8 GT speeding down the runway, bringing the sports sedan to a roaring 120 miles per hour quickly and easily with more than 360 horses under the hood. Workers on the flightline pay little mind to the vehicle as it races along the asphalt, where only aircraft typically set their wheels to land and take off.
• PACAF specialized medical team conducts first peacetime mission AFNS 07 Dec 2010 -- Pacific Air Forces deployed the first peace-time, Critical-Care, Air-Transport Team to transfer a critically ill patient from Naval Hospital in Guam, to Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii, Nov. 17.
• IED Eradication Needs Global Attention, General Says AFPS 07 Dec 2010 -- Stopping the construction and use of improvised explosive devices is more than a military problem and must be addressed broadly by all governments, the director of the agency devoted to that effort said yesterday.
• Gates Thanks Soldiers, Asks Them to Thank Families AFPS 07 Dec 2010 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates visited two forward operating bases in eastern Afghanistan today to personally thank 101st Airborne Division soldiers who have been engaged in tough fighting and to ask them to thank their families for him.
• Marines make stronger allies with Japanese forces USMC News 07 Dec 2010 -- About 200 Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit began the annual bilateral field training exercise Forest Light with Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces in mainland Japan, Dec. 7.
• Marines set to return home after final training USMC News 07 Dec 2010 -- The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force and Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit began operations for Keen Sword 2011, Dec. 6.
• NATO Tries To Reassure Russia Over Plans To Defend Baltics RFE/RL 07 Dec 2010 -- NATO has reiterated that the alliance and Russia pose no threat to each other. U.S. diplomatic messages recently released by WikiLeaks show that NATO decided to expand its plans to defend the Baltic states and Poland following the 2008 brief war between Russia and Georgia.
• US - NATO plan to defend Baltics against Russia - Wikileaks RIA Novosti 07 Dec 2010 -- NATO drew up plans in January to defend the Baltic states against Russia, the latest batch of leaked U.S. cables released by Wikileaks show.
• Russia expects NATO to revise Baltic plans - envoy RIA Novosti 07 Dec 2010 -- Russia's envoy to NATO said on Tuesday the alliance should reconsider its plans on the defense of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
• Russian missile, air defenses to be integrated by next December RIA Novosti 07 Dec 2010 -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered that the country's missile and air defense systems be unified before December 2011, the Kremlin press service said on Tuesday.
• Nuclear warheads ready for Bulava missile as test program picks up steam RIA Novosti 07 Dec 2010 -- Nuclear warheads have been completed for Russia's new Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile, its designer Yury Solomonov said on Tuesday in an interview with Russia's Natsionalnaya Oborona (National Defense) journal to be published later in December.
• Sarkozy in India lobbying for billions of arms, reactor sales IRNA 07 Dec 2010 -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy, seeking a slice of Indian multi-billion dollar military spending, said on Tuesday he signed agreements to sell nuclear reactors worth billions of dollars to India.
• December 7, 2010 - U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 07 Dec 2010

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for December 07, 2010
• Boeing Team Begins Building Indian Navy's 1st P-8I Aircraft Boeing 07 Dec 2010 -- The Boeing [NYSE: BA] P-8I team began fabricating the first part for the Indian navy's first long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft on Dec. 6 in Wichita. The P-8I, based on the Boeing Next-Generation 737 commercial airplane, is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing is developing for the U.S. Navy.
• Boeing Delivers 3 More F-15K Slam Eagles to Republic of Korea Boeing 07 Dec 2010 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] on Nov. 8 delivered three F-15K Slam Eagles to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) at Daegu Air Base. The company delivered the first three of 21 F-15Ks it is producing under the Next Fighter II contract to the ROKAF in September. The remaining 15 aircraft will be delivered through March 2012.
• Boeing Completes Acquisition of CDM Technologies Boeing 07 Dec 2010 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has completed its acquisition of CDM Technologies, a software engineering company that specializes in real-time transportation and logistics planning systems for the U.S. military. The transaction, announced Nov. 16, was effected through Boeing's Tapestry Solutions subsidiary.
• CACI Awarded $34 Million Prime Contract to Maintain Budget Systems for Department of Defense CACI 07 Dec 2010 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CACI) announced today that it has been awarded a $34 million prime contract to support the mission, processes, and systems requirements of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) (OUSD(C)) at the Department of Defense (DoD). The task order is for four and one-half years (one base period and four option years) and was awarded under the Encore II contract vehicle.
• U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics $9 Million for Ohio-Replacement Submarine Work General Dynamics 07 Dec 2010 -- The U.S Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat an $8.8 million order under an existing contract to support engineering and design services for the Ohio Replacement Program, the nation’s next-generation strategic deterrent submarine. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
• Lockheed Martin Licenses New Breakthrough Infrared Technology Lockheed Martin 07 Dec 2010 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced an exclusive licensing agreement with Dr. Shimon Maimon, chief executive officer of IR Solutions, Ltd., for use of his company’s inventions to produce lighter, higher resolution and more reliable infrared sensors for military applications.
• Northrop Grumman Awarded A-10 Thunderbolt II Total Life-Cycle Program Support Task Orders Northrop Grumman 07 Dec 2010 -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) three task orders under the A-10 Thunderbolt Life-cycle Program Support (TLPS) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract.
• Javelin Joint Venture Fires Javelin From Stryker Remote Weapon Station Raytheon 07 Dec 2010 -- The Raytheon (NYSE: RTN)-Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Javelin Joint Venture reached a major milestone with the first Javelin missile firings from a Common Remote Operations Weapon Station II. The station was mounted on a Stryker Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) in a near-tactical configuration.
• Raytheon Awarded AESA Radar Upgrade Contract for F-15C Aircraft Raytheon 07 Dec 2010 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has received a contract from Boeing for the production of advanced APG-63(V)3 Active Electronically Scanned Array radars.
• Serial start for new PUMA infantry fighting vehicle Rheinmetall Defence 07 Dec 2010 -- Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) handed over on December 6th in time the first two PUMA infantry fighting vehicles to the Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement (BWB) in Kassel for verification tests.
• STSS Demonstration Satellites Detect ICBM Test Launch, Track Minuteman III Missile Through Post-Boost Phase Northrop Grumman 07 Dec 2010 -- The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demonstration program satellites, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN), detected the test launch of a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Sept. 17 and tracked it through the boost and post-boost phases for the first time.

Other Conflicts

• 7 December 2010 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 07 Dec 2010
• Press Conference on Key Issues before Ninth Assembly of States Parties to International Criminal Court’s Rome Statute United Nations 07 Dec 2010
• Press Conference on ‘2010 Gender Report Card’ on International Criminal Court United Nations 07 Dec 2010
• Press Conference on Ninth Assembly of States Parties to International Criminal Court’s Rome Statute United Nations 07 Dec 2010
• ICC Prosecutor looking into possibility of war crimes in Republic of Korea UN News Centre 07 Dec 2010 -- The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said today that his Office is looking into whether recent incidents committed in the Republic of Korea constitute war crimes after receiving communications from Korean citizens alleging that to be the case.
• China Calls on US, Allies to Meet on Korea Tensions VOA 07 Dec 2010 -- China is again calling for the United States and its allies to shoulder their responsibilities by joining in a regional meeting with North Korea to settle tensions in the region.
• US Urges Ivory Coast's Gbagbo to Accept Election Defeat VOA 07 Dec 2010 -- The United States is calling for incumbent Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo to respect the outcome of last month's election, which the State Department says was clearly won by challenger Alassane Ouattara. U.S. officials are concerned about the prospect of violence if the west African country's political standoff continues.
• ECOWAS Recognizes Alassane Ouattara as New Ivorian President VOA 07 Dec 2010 -- A top official of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) told VOA heads of state and government have unanimously called on President Laurent Gbagbo to step down and hand over power to the new president, Alassane Ouattara.
• West African Leaders Meeting on Ivory Coast Political Crisis VOA 07 Dec 2010 -- West African leaders met in Nigeria Tuesday to discuss a deepening political crisis in Ivory Coast. Rival presidents have competing governments following a controversial election that was meant to reunite the country.
• Côte d'Ivoire: UN steps up diplomacy in support of opposition presidential victory UN News Centre 07 Dec 2010 -- The United Nations today intensified its diplomatic moves over Côte d’Ivoire, where outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo insists he won last month’s elections despite UN certification of his rival Alassane Ouattara as the clear victor.
• Ban: challenges remain as UN mission departs Chad, Central African Republic UN News Centre 07 Dec 2010 -- With the United Nations mission in Chad and Central African Republic (CAR) wrapping up by the end of the year, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns that the humanitarian challenges are immense and some security issues give rise to concern.
• CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Clash-displaced need urgent help, says UN IRIN 07 Dec 2010 -- Thousands of people who fled a 24 November rebel attack in the northeastern Central African Republic (CAR) town of Birao, Vakaga Province, urgently need humanitarian assistance, says a UN official.
• UN envoy calls again for dialogue to resolve tensions in Lebanon UN News Centre 07 Dec 2010 -- The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon today reiterated his concern over the crisis that has put on hold the work of key national institutions, and called once again for dialogue to resolve existing tensions.
• US Suspends Effort to Get Israeli Settlement Freeze VOA 07 Dec 2010 -- The Obama administration said Tuesday it has ended its effort to persuade Israel to renew its moratorium on most West Bank settlement activity in order to restart peace talks with the Palestinians. U.S. officials say the broader effort to achieve a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict will continue.
• Ruling Party Denies Involvement in Latest Reported South Sudan Bombing VOA 07 Dec 2010 -- A prominent member of Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has described as ridiculous accusations his party was behind the latest bombing attack of semi-autonomous south Sudan that reportedly occurred Monday and Tuesday.

News Reports

• China Rejects US Criticism of Enabling N. Korea to Build Its Arsenal VOA 07 Dec 2010 -- China rejects U.S. criticism that it is enabling North Korea to build its arsenal and behave aggressively by helping Pyongyang develop nuclear weapons and by protecting it internationally.
• Official terms Geneva talks as positive, progressing IRNA 07 Dec 2010 -- An Iranian Supreme National Security Council official said the talks in Geneva between Iran and 5 plus 1 was positive and progressing.
• Official: Accepting Iran’s nuclear rights prelude to more cooperation IRNA 07 Dec 2010 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said acknowledging rights of the Iranian nation to a nuclear fuel circle will be a prelude to more cooperation in the area of peaceful nuclear activities.
• Jalili, Ashton review Iran-G5+1 talks IRNA 07 Dec 2010 -- Iran’s Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton here on Monday evening reviewed the continued talks between Iran and the Group 5+1.
• Iran-G5 plus 1 talks resume in Geneva IRNA 07 Dec 2010 -- Talks between Iran and G5+1 (China, Russia, US, France, Britain and Germany) resumed in Geneva on Tuesday.
• Iran-G5 plus 1 talks must be based on cooperation: Jalili IRNA 07 Dec 2010 -- Talks between Iran and the G5 + 1 (China, Russia, US, France, Britain and Germany) must be conducted based on cooperation not pressure, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili told IRNA here Tuesday.
• Jalili: Iran will not negotiate under pressure, sanctions IRNA 07 Dec 2010 -- Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili's said on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran will not continue nuclear talks under any pressure or sanction.
• Mehmanparast: G5+1 should create a constructive atmosphere IRNA 07 Dec 2010 -- Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Tuesday that the G5+1 should change course of action and adopt a positive stand to help create a constructive atmosphere for continued talks on common concerns of the two parties.
• Enrichment suspension not on agenda of Istanbul talks:Jalili IRNA 07 Dec 2010 -- The issue of uranium enrichment suspension will not be on the agenda when Iran meets the G5 plus 1 in Istanbul next month, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili told the press here Tuesday.
• Iran to continue talks with group of Six in Istanbul end of January RIA Novosti 07 Dec 2010 -- The talks between Iran and the six international mediators on its controversial nuclear program will continue in the end of January 2011 in Istanbul, Fars News Agency said.
• Iran Will Not Bargain Over Nuclear Rights in Future Talks VOA 07 Dec 2010 -- Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili says his country is not willing to bargain over its nuclear rights in the next round of talks in Turkey.
• Gulf Arab Leaders Urge Iran on Nuclear Talks VOA 07 Dec 2010 -- Leaders from six Gulf Arab nations urged Iran to "respond positively" to talks with world powers about its disputed nuclear program.
• Legal net closes on WikiLeaks as founder arrested in London IRNA 07 Dec 2010 -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by London’s Metropolitan Police Tuesday, tightening the legal noose around the whistleblowing website after releasing extracts from over 250,000 secret US embassy cables.
• WikiLeaks Founder Arrested In Britain, Denied Bail RFE/RL 07 Dec 2010 -- The founder of WikiLeaks, the website that has made public hundreds of previously confidential U.S. diplomatic messages, has been denied bail after his arrest by British police.
• WikiLeaks 'Remove Illusions' In U.S. Relations, Polish PM Says RFE/RL 07 Dec 2010 -- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says U.S. diplomatic cables revealed by the WikiLeaks website have changed the way Warsaw perceives its relationship with Washington.
• WikiLeaks founder refused bail RIA Novosti 07 Dec 2010 -- Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks website, was denied bail and remanded in custody until December 14 by a London court on Tuesday, CNN reported.
• London Court Denies WikiLeaks Founder Bail VOA 07 Dec 2010 -- A London court has ordered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be held in custody while he fights extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over alleged sex offenses.
• British MP's aide spy case is media circus - Russian Foreign Ministry RIA Novosti 07 Dec 2010 -- The British media is turning the case of a suspected Russian spy facing deportation from the U.K. into a "vaudeville," the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
• Roscosmos turned on 2 reserve Glonass-M satellites RIA Novosti 07 Dec 2010 -- Russia has switched on two reserve Glonass-M satellites to replace the ones that were lost when a rocket deviated off course on Sunday, the head of Russia's state run space corporation Anatoly Perminov said on Tuesday.
• Urgent funds needed as winter, polio compound Pakistan flood emergency – UN UN News Centre 07 Dec 2010 -- The humanitarian situation in Pakistan remains precarious four months after the devastating floods and could worsen this winter with more children at risk of acute respiratory infections and malnutrition, even as polio cases increase, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today.
• Russia, U.S. to increase nuclear cooperation - Rosatom chief RIA Novosti 07 Dec 2010 -- Russia may boost nuclear cooperation with the United States, the head of the Rosatom state-controlled nuclear corporation, Sergei Kiriyenko, said on Tuesday after talks with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman.
• SWAZILAND: A poorer government means more poor people IRIN 07 Dec 2010 -- Swaziland's declining revenue and a refusal to shelve prestige projects in the face of growing unemployment is exerting pressure on public health services and food production.
• Commentary: Kyrgyzstan Faces A Dilemma RFE/RL 07 Dec 2010 -- "The situation in Kyrgyzstan is moving slowly but steadily in the direction of instability," says former Security Council Secretary Miroslav Niyazov. The events of recent days confirm his statement.
• Commercial Space Industry to Demonstrate If It Has 'The Right Stuff' VOA 07 Dec 2010 -- As NASA prepares to retire its shuttle fleet, the space agency is looking to the commercial space industry to develop spacecraft that will carry cargo, and, in the future, people, to the International Space Station. An upcoming test launch of the commercially developed Dragon space capsule is part of that effort.
• Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Successfully Completes Assembly of Oxidizer Turbopump on NASA's J-2X Rocket Engine Pratt & Whitney 07 Dec 2010 -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne successfully completed assembly of the oxidizer turbopump on NASA’s J-2X rocket engine, moving the next-generation, human-rated rocket engine one step closer to testing at Stennis Space Center, Miss., in 2011. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company.