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27 January 2011 Military News

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  • Number of War-Wounded in Mogadishu Escalates VOA 27 Jan 2011 -- The International Committee of the Red Cross reports the number of war wounded in the Somali capital Mogadishu last year was the highest in a decade. It says the staff at two ICRC-supported hospitals treated a record number of people caught in the crossfire of opposing forces.
  • ICC in Nairobi as Kenya Looks to African Union for Trial Deferment VOA 27 Jan 2011 -- As an African Union summit that could sanction Kenya's non-cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC) begins, the international community is bearing down on Kenya as signatories to the Rome Statute arrive to gauge the country's commitment to the court.
  • Security Developments Play Havoc With AU Summit Agenda VOA 27 Jan 2011 -- African foreign ministers meeting in Addis Ababa are being confronted with several late-breaking developments as they survey the continent’s rapidly changing security landscape. Reports of non-agenda items such as Tunisia, Egypt and – more recently Gabon – have inserted themselves into the dialogue.
  • SOMALIA: UN seeks wide consultation for post-TFG rule IRIN 27 Jan 2011 -- Consultations on the post-transitional government process in Somalia have started, and will involve all stakeholders and the international community, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to Somalia said.
  • UN reparations panel for invasion of Kuwait pays out $680 million UN News Centre 27 Jan 2011 -- The United Nations commission that settles damage claims in connection to Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait today made $680 million available to nine successful claimants.
  • UN envoy urges protection from sexual violence amid Côte d'Ivoire crisis UN News Centre 27 Jan 2011 -- The United Nations envoy on sexual violence in conflict has called on authorities in Côte d'Ivoire to swiftly investigate reported rapes that have occurred during the post-election crisis and to ensure better protection for women and girls in the West African nation.

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  • EGYPT: No let up to protests - Briefing IRIN 27 Jan 2011 -- Thousands of Egyptian protesters have taken to the streets for the third day in a row to demonstrate against rising food prices, unemployment and lack of political freedom. IRIN takes a closer look at the campaign, which has defied a ban on rallies announced earlier in the week by the Interior Ministry, and is instead calling for mass action on 28 January.
  • El-Baradei Arrives In Cairo Amid Renewed Protests RFE/RL 27 Jan 2011 -- Egyptian police fought protesters in several cities today as Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed el-Baradei arrived back in the country to join the opposition against President Hosni Mubarak.
  • Britain Foreign Secretary Calls for Reform in Egypt VOA 27 Jan 2011 -- Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague has urged the Egyptian government to move towards political reform in order to calm growing unrest. But some human rights campaigners say western democracies need to do more to pressure Egypt for change.
  • Sporadic Protests Continue in Egypt as Protest Movement Spreads to Yemen VOA 27 Jan 2011 -- Sporadic protests continued across Egypt for a third consecutive day on Thursday, despite a large deployment of security forces by the government. Meanwhile, protests have also erupted in neighboring Yemen.
  • Egyptian Reformer Returns To Country Amid Protests VOA 27 Jan 2011 -- Egyptian reform campaigner Mohamed ElBaradei has returned to the country as protests continue against the government of President Hosni Mubarak.

  • Tunisian FM Resigns From Interim Government VOA 27 Jan 2011 -- Tunisia's state news agency says Foreign Minister Kamel Morjane resigned from the country's interim government Thursday, after days of protests calling for a purging of officials tied to the ousted president's administration.

  • Lebanon's Hariri Asks Hezbollah-Backed PM to Clarify UN Tribunal Stance VOA 27 Jan 2011 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah-backed prime minister-designate has held talks with political leaders to begin forming a new government, as differences over a United Nations tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri threaten that effort.

  • Vatican Urges Action To Keep Iraq's Christians From Leaving RFE/RL 27 Jan 2011 -- The Vatican's ambassador to Iraq, Archbishop Georgio Lingua, has called for action to be taken to help Christians stay in the Middle East, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq reports.
  • Iraqi Central Bank, Election Body Slam Court Ruling RFE/RL 27 Jan 2011 -- Officials of the Iraqi Central Bank and the independent electoral commission have criticized a Supreme Court ruling that links the two bodies to the cabinet, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraqi (RFI) reports.

  • Russia considers total screening on transport network RIA Novosti 27 Jan 2011 -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered ministers to prepare changes to the transport security system that may include total screening of passengers and their baggage, the Kremlin press service said on Thursday.
  • Moscow's airport suicide bomber hesitated for 15 min - investigator RIA Novosti 27 Jan 2011 -- The suicide bomber who detonated an explosive device on Monday at Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport was hanging around the arrival zone for about 15 minutes before blowing himself up, an investigations source said on Thursday.
  • Police 'identify' first suspect in airport bombing - paper RIA Novosti 27 Jan 2011 -- Police have identified the first suspect behind the deadly terrorist attack on Moscow's Domodedovo Airport as a Russian resident of the southern Stavropol region, a police source close to the investigation told the Kommersant daily.

  • Boeing Tests New Ka-band SATCOM Antenna System Boeing 27 Jan 2011 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that it successfully conducted its first over-the-air ground test of a Ka-band satellite communications (SATCOM) phased-array antenna system that will enable wideband SATCOM on aircraft, providing increased bandwidth for networking in flight.
  • Orbital Awarded Systems Integration Contract by Thales Alenia Space for Iridium NEXT Satellites Orbital Sciences Corp. 27 Jan 2011 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that it has signed a systems integration and test contract with Thales Alenia Space, the prime contractor for Iridium NEXT, the next-generation satellite constellation of Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) of McLean, Va.
  • Japanese cargo spacecraft docks with ISS RIA Novosti 27 Jan 2011 -- A Japanese cargo freighter docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, a spokesman for Russian Mission Control said.
  • Russian answer to U.S. reusable robotic spacecraft in the offing RIA Novosti 27 Jan 2011 -- Russian researchers are working on an unmanned spacecraft similar to the U.S. Boeing X-37 Orbital Test Vehicle, Space Troops chief Oleg Ostapenko said on Thursday.
  • Russia's Angara booster rocket to be 'ready for tests' in 2012 RIA Novosti 27 Jan 2011 -- Russia's new generation Angara booster rocket will be ready for a test launch by 2012, the country's space force commander said on Thursday.
  • Russia insists on equal part in European missile defense RIA Novosti 27 Jan 2011 -- Russian experts must be involved in the development of the European missile defense network on a permanent and equal basis, the chief of the Russian General Staff said.
  • Thai Government Again Besieged by Protesters VOA 27 Jan 2011 -- The Thai government is under increasing pressure from thousands of street protesters. Red-dressed anti-government protesters are holding monthly demonstrations to express anger at last year’s bloody crackdown. And now yellow-dressed protesters have surrounded the seat of government, demanding tough action against Cambodia over a border dispute.
  • More funds required for Myanmar cyclone response, UN agencies stress UN News Centre 27 Jan 2011 -- Three months after Cyclone Giri struck Myanmar, key challenges such as inadequate shelter, food insecurity and lack of livelihoods remain, United Nations humanitarian agencies and their partners said today, calling for additional assistance to support early recovery efforts.



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