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• NATO and Libya - Operational Media Update: 07 Oct 2011

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• Carter Assumes Command of Enterprise Carrier Strike Group NNS 08 Oct 2011 -- Rear Adm. Walter E. Carter Jr. relieved Rear Adm. Terry B. Kraft as Commander, USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Carrier Strike Group during a shipboard ceremony, Oct. 6.
• NATO's view on cooperation with Russia in Europe's missile defense degraded - Rogozin RIA Novosti 08 Oct 2011 -- Positions of the Western negotiators on Russia-NATO cooperation about missile defense system in Europe became degraded, Russia's envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said.
• Iran says it thwarts any threat 'vigilantly' ISNA 08 Oct 2011 -- Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Mohammad Ali Jafari said the country would thwart any threat posed by enemies 'with complete vigilance.'
• Iran's radars can detect UAVs - commander RIA Novosti 08 Oct 2011 -- Iran's national defense system has been equipped with advanced radars capable of detecting unmanned aerial vehicles, a senior military commander said on Saturday.

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• Yemen's President Vows to Step Down Soon VOA 08 Oct 2011 -- Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh says he is ready to give up power and will do so 'in the coming days.'
• Syrian Forces Kill 5 During Funeral of Kurdish Leader VOA 08 Oct 2011 -- Syrian Kurdish leaders are accusing government security forces of firing on mourners during the funeral of a prominent Kurdish party leader Saturday in the northern town of Qamishli. At least five mourners were killed and three others wounded after shooting broke out during the funeral procession. This comes a day after opposition activists say 20 people were killed during demonstrations across Syria.
• Russia sets priorities for federal space program RIA Novosti 08 Oct 2011 -- The Russian space agency Roscosmos has prioritized commercial use of its satellites as part of the federal space program until 2015.
• CIA suspected behind dengue fever outbreak in Pakistan IRNA 08 Oct 2011 -- Experts in Pakistan feared that some kind of biological experiment or deliberate release of virus by American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has caused spread of dengue fever in the country.