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• NATO and Libya - Operational Media Update: 08 April 2011
• Submarine Returns Home after Odyssey Dawn NNS 09 Apr 2011 -- Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Providence (SSN 719) returned to Naval Submarine Base New London on, April 8 after conducting operations in support of Joint Task Force (JTF) Odyssey Dawn.
• NATO strikes Gaddafi forces NATO 09 Apr 2011 -- NATO forces have remained actively engaged in Libya over the past 24 hours with airstrikes across the country that have destroyed key logistic facilities and several armoured vehicles of the Libyan Government.
• Operation ELLAMY update - 9 April 2011 UK MOD 09 Apr 2011 -- Royal Air Force aircraft hit seven Main Battle Tanks on Friday 8 April 2011, as part of the UK's continued support for NATO's Operation Unified Protector to protect Libyan civilians and enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1973.
• Helmick updates Fort Bragg on operations Army News 09 Apr 2011 -- USF-I's mission changed when Operation Iraqi Freedom became Operation New Dawn in 2010.
• Shiite cleric warns of new violence if U.S. troops stay in Iraq RIA Novosti 09 Apr 2011 -- An influential Iraqi Shiite cleric said on Saturday that he would call on his followers to resume violence against U.S. soldiers if Washington reneges on its pledge to withdraw troops by the end of the year.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Deal Averts Shutdown, Normal Government Operations to Continue AFPS 09 Apr 2011 -- Government agencies are continuing normal operations after the administration, the Senate and the House of Representatives agreed to a fiscal 2011 budget.
• Joint Warrior 11-1 Begins Off the Coast of Northern Scotland NNS 09 Apr 2011 -- Ships led by Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 24 arrived off the coast of northern Scotland, April 8 to participate in the multinational exercise Joint Warrior 2011-1.
• HSC-85 Receives New Helicopter in Support of New Mission NNS 09 Apr 2011 -- The Sailors of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 85 welcomed the arrival of their first HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter to their squadron at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., April 7 as the command begins its transition to special operations mission support.
• Navy Hospitalship Leaves Norfolk for Goodwill Mission NNS 09 Apr 2011 -- USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed Norfolk, Va., April 8, ready to begin its humanitarian mission of mobile, flexible and rapidly responsive afloat medical capabilities in support of Continuing Promise 2011.

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Other Conflicts

• Former top Germany spy in talks with Qadhafi regime: weekly IRNA 09 Apr 2011 -- The former secret service coordinator of the German government, Bernd Schmidbauer has been meeting with high-level representatives of Libyan dictator Colonel Moammar Qadhafi in Tripoli, the news magazine Focus said in a report on Saturday.
• Humanitarian Aid Finally Reaches Libyan Port of Misrata VOA 09 Apr 2011 -- U.N. officials say a relief cargo ship carrying hundreds of tons of essential aid has arrived at the Libyan port city of Misrata.
• Gbagbo Forces Fight Back In Ivory Coast RFE/RL 09 Apr 2011 -- The UN says forces loyal to Ivory Coast's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo have used an appeal for peace talks as a 'trick' to regain ground in the country's main city Abidjan
• French Forces Attacked in Ivory Coast VOA 09 Apr 2011 -- French forces say they have aborted a mission to evacuate diplomats from Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, after clashes with forces loyal to incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo.
• Israel continues with air strikes on Gaza, 17 Palestinians killed IRNA 09 Apr 2011 -- Israel continued with air strikes on Gaza Saturday raising death toll to 17 after nine Palestinians were killed in air attacks on Friday.
• Violence Flares on the Israel-Gaza Border VOA 09 Apr 2011 -- There has been a flare-up of violence on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. At least 18 Palestinian militants and civilians have been killed since Thursday and several Israelis have been wounded.

News Reports

• Obama calls on Syrian authorities to stop violence RIA Novosti 09 Apr 2011 -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday denounced Syrian authorities' violence against the country's nationals.
• Syrian Forces Fire on Activists Mourning Friday's Victims VOA 09 Apr 2011 -- Witnesses say Syrian security forces opened fire on opposition activists in two towns on Saturday, a day after officials and activists reported 36 people killed during anti-government unrest.
• Centrifuges of 2nd, 3rd generations tested successfully: official IRNA 09 Apr 2011 -- Head of Iran's Nuclear Energy Organization Fereydoun Abbasi said here on Saturday that centrifuges of the second and third generation have been tested successfully.
• President Ahmadinejad inaugurates 5th nuclear achievements festival IRNA 09 Apr 2011 -- Fifth nuclear festival marking the anniversary of national nuclear technology opened here on Saturday in the presence of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
• Bushehr power plant to go critical soon: Salehi IRNA 09 Apr 2011 -- Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi said here on Saturday that Bushehr power plant reactor will go critical between May 5-10.
• Iran produces uranium dioxide, runs production line of stable isotopes compounds ISNA 09 Apr 2011 -- Iran managed to produce uranium dioxide and operate production line stable isotopes compounds at Arak heavy- water complex.
• Iran tests third generation of centrifuges successfully ISNA 09 Apr 2011 -- Iran said on Saturday that it has tested the third generation of centrifuges successfully.
• Fire alarm forces shut down of India's reactor at Kaiga Nuke plant IRNA 09 Apr 2011 -- A nuclear power reactor at the Kaiga Generating Station (KGS) at Kaiga was shut down after a smoke detection alarm went off.
• Hundreds Return to Cairo's Tahrir Square After Bloody Clashes With Egyptian Military Police VOA 09 Apr 2011 -- Crowds of Egyptian protesters reoccupied parts of Cairo's Tahrir Square Saturday, closing it to traffic after bloody skirmishes with Egyptian military police overnight. Conflicting reports say that at least two people died and 71 were injured in the violence.
• Pakistani court orders serving arrest warrant on Musharraf IRNA 09 Apr 2011 -- An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan Saturday asked prosecutors to contact the British Home Department for serving arrest warrant on former President Pervez Musharraf in connection with the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto, lawyers said.