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• US to Deploy New Intelligence Drone to Afghanistan VOA 02 Jan 2011 -- A leading U.S. newspaper says the U.S. military is set to deploy a new intelligence drone to Afghanistan with the capacity to transmit live video images of movement across an entire town.
• Napolitano Visits Afghanistan, Focuses on Border Security AFPS 02 Jan 2011 -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano paid a New Year’s visit to Afghanistan, where she focused heavily on efforts to shore up security along the Afghan-Pakistan border to disrupt the flow of terrorists and the materials to support their operations.
  

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russian Air Force to receive Ka-52 helicopters RIA Novosti 02 Jan 2011 -- The Russia's Defense Ministry plans to start procuring Ka-52 Alligator helicopters for the national Air Force in 2011, ministry's official spokesman Col. Vladimir Drik said on Sunday.
• Russian Air Force to receive up to 100 Sukhoi fighter jets by 2015 RIA Novosti 02 Jan 2011 -- The Russian Air Force will receive up to 100 Sukhoi fighter jets by 2015, the Defense Ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
• Iran Says 2 Spy Planes Shot Down VOA 02 Jan 2011 -- Iran reports that its forces have shot down what it says were two spy planes flying over the Persian Gulf.

Defense Industry

• Israel Aerospace Industries and the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology will Cooperate in research on Autonomous Systems Israel Aerospace Industries 02 Jan 2011 -- Itzhak Nissan, CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Professor Peretz Lavie, President of the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology have signed a multiyear cooperation agreement for conducting research in the field of autonomous systems. IAI will invest one million dollars over the next five years in research within the Technion's Autonomous Systems Program (TASP).

Other Conflicts

• Ban reaffirms UN's unwavering support for presidential poll result in Côte d'Ivoire UN News Centre 02 Jan 2011 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has reaffirmed the United Nations' “principled and unwavering” stand that the outcome of the recent presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire reflected the will of the people and the result must therefore be upheld.
• African Union Joining West African Effort to Resolve Ivory Coast Crisis VOA 02 Jan 2011 -- African leaders are continuing efforts to resolve Ivory Coast's political crisis as U.N. peacekeepers try to investigate suspected human rights violations that may have followed the disputed election. The crisis is sending more Ivorian refugees across the border into Liberia.
• Palestinian Shot, Killed at Israeli Checkpoint VOA 02 Jan 2011 -- Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man early Sunday after he allegedly tried to attack the troops with a bottle at a West Bank checkpoint. Israeli officials says the man ignored orders to stop as he approached the soldiers at the checkpoint near the city of Nablus.

News Reports

• Angry Copts Attack Vehicle Carrying Egypt's Top Muslim Clerics VOA 02 Jan 2011 -- Angry Coptic Christians pelted a vehicle carrying Egypt's top Muslim religious leaders shortly after they met with Coptic leader Pope Shenouda III. Mourners also gathered for mass inside the Saints Coptic Church in Alexandria to grieve for the victims of an explosion outside the church early Saturday.
• Extradited Russian 'arms dealer' Bout says U.S. court trial to be 'biased' RIA Novosti 02 Jan 2011 -- Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, recently extradited to the United States from Thailand, said on Sunday he did not believe in an unbiased court trial in the U.S.
• Accused Russian Arms Trafficker Says He Rejected US Plea Bargain VOA 02 Jan 2011 -- An accused Russian arms dealer, held in the United States as one of the world's most prolific arms traffickers, says he has rejected a U.S. plea bargain deal that would have compelled him to reveal his connections in Russia and other countries.
• Brazil Officially Has its First Woman President VOA 02 Jan 2011 -- A freedom fighter who was tortured by her country's dictatorship has become the first female president of Brazil.