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• Press Briefing by Gen. Dunford from Kabul, Afghanistan DoD 10 Mar 2013
• Media Availability with Secretary Hagel in Kabul, Afghanistan DoD 10 Mar 2013
• Karzai: U.S., Taliban Holding 'Daily' Talks RFE/RL 10 Mar 2013 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that representatives of the Taliban have been holding talks "on a daily basis" with the U.S. government.
• Afghan president says Taliban, US hold daily talks in Qatar PressTV 10 Mar 2013 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has disclosed that the Taliban militant group and the United States have been holding daily talks in Qatar.
• Afghan pres. bans US-led forces from entering university campuses PressTV 10 Mar 2013 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has banned the US-led foreign forces from entering university premises and detaining students.
• Hagel Offers Observations After Meeting With Karzai AFPS 10 Mar 2013 -- After his first meeting with Afghanistan’s president as head of the U.S. military today, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the encounter featured “clear, direct conversation.”
• Hagel, Karzai Press Conference in Kabul Cancelled VOA 10 Mar 2013 -- U.S. officials say security concerns forced the cancellation of a scheduled news conference Sunday in Kabul with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
• High Security, Tensions Mar Hagel's Afghan Visit VOA 10 Mar 2013 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's first visit to Afghanistan was marred by a contentious speech by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, as well as a series of security threats that forced the cancellation of a scheduled news conference.
• Hagel-Karzai Talks Set In Kabul RFE/RL 10 Mar 2013 -- Visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are due to hold talks in Kabul.
• NATO stalls handover of Bagram prisoners to Afghan government PressTV 10 Mar 2013 -- The commander of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan says a full transfer of prisoners from the US control to Afghan supervision will not occur as long as they pose a threat to foreign forces.
• Deploring recent suicide bombings, UN calls for end to attacks harming Afghan civilians UN News Centre 10 Mar 2013 -- The United Nations political mission in Afghanistan condemned two recent suicide attacks carried out by anti-government forces.
• Prominent Afghan Actor Killed in NATO Air Strike RIA Novosti 10 Mar 2013 -- Prominent Afghan actor Nazar Mohammad Majnonyar Helmandi who starred in more than a dozen films highlighting the struggle against drug trafficking and terrorism was killed in a NATO airstrike in southern Afghanistan.
• Militant Killed in US Drone Strike in Pakistan VOA 10 Mar 2013 -- Intelligence officials in Pakistan say a suspected U.S. drone strike near the Afghan border has killed at least one militant.
• Reported Drone Strike Kills Two In Pakistan RFE/RL 10 Mar 2013 -- A drone attack in northwestern Pakistan has killed two suspected militants.
• US drone attack kills two in North Waziristan PressTV 10 Mar 2013 -- Two people have been killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region of North Waziristan.

Defense Policy / Programs

• New Russian bomber taking shape Voice of Russia 10 Mar 2013 -- The development of the Russian Perspective Aviation Complex of Long-Range Aviation is being discussed in the press again.
• Russian Military Inspectors to Fly Over Spain RIA Novosti 10 Mar 2013 -- Russian military inspectors will make a surveillance flight over the territory of Spain under the international Open Skies Treaty.
• Iran Navy chief urges establishment of regional security IRNA 10 Mar 2013 -- Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari in Muscat underlined the need for establishment of security in the region without presence of foreign forces.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• Activists Say Syria Rebels Raid Homs, Create Council in East VOA 10 Mar 2013 -- Syrian opposition activists say rebels have put more pressure on President Bashar al-Assad.
• Dozens of bodies recovered from river in Aleppo PressTV 10 Mar 2013 -- The bodies of dozens of Syrian civilians have been recovered from a river in the northern city of Aleppo, the second time that large numbers of bodies had been pulled from the same river.
• UN Warns Number Of Syrian Refugees Could Triple RFE/RL 10 Mar 2013 -- UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has said that the number of refugees from Syria could double or even triple by the end of the year if the exodus continues at the present rate.
• Number of displaced Syrians may double or triple by end of 2013: UN PressTV 10 Mar 2013 -- The UN High Commissioner for refugees has warned that the number of displaced Syrian may double or even triple by end of this year if the unrest does not end.
• UN Secretary General Welcomes Release of Peacekeepers RIA Novosti 10 Mar 2013 -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the release of peacekeepers who were seized last week in the disputed Golan Heights.
• North Korea Apparently Severs Hotline with South VOA 10 Mar 2013 -- South Korean officials say Pyongyang seems to have made good on a threat to sever the hotline at the Panmunjom truce village as South Korea and the United States commence a joint military exercise.
• China says won’t abandon North Korea despite backing sanctions PressTV 10 Mar 2013 -- China says it will not abandon North Korea and sanctions are not the ‘fundamental way’ to resolve the issues pertaining to North Korea.
• Russian Helicopter Crashes in Congo, Crew’s Fate Unknown RIA Novosti 10 Mar 2013 -- A Russian Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the fate of the crew is unknown.
• Iraqi Spokesman For Sunni Protests Shot Dead RFE/RL 10 Mar 2013 -- Officials in Iraq say the organizer of antigovernment protests in Kirkuk has been shot dead in a drive-by shooting.
• Terrorists fire long-range missile in Egypt’s Sinai: officials PressTV 10 Mar 2013 -- A terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda has fired a long-range missile in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, security sources say.
• Khmer Rouge Genocide: Justice Delayed may be Justice Denied VOA 10 Mar 2013 -- Under Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge, Meas Mut and Sou Met, now two-star generals in their 80s, are said to have hauled prisoners to S-21.
• Malvinas Islands hold controversial referendum PressTV 10 Mar 2013 -- People living in the Malvinas Islands (Falklands) are voting in a referendum on whether or not they want to remain under Britain’s control.
• Falkland Islands Hold Referendum on Sovereignty VOA 10 Mar 2013 -- Residents of the Falkland Islands off the southern coast of Argentina are holding a referendum on whether to remain a British territory.

News Reports

• Obama to visit cabinet-less Tel Aviv despite earlier hints to cancel trip PressTV 10 Mar 2013 -- US President Barack Obama’s Israel trip will take place as planned this month despite earlier indications that the visit may be canceled if the Tel Aviv regime fails to put together a new government.
• Iranian President Under Fire For Hugging Chavez's Mother RFE/RL 10 Mar 2013 -- Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad is in trouble for embracing the mother of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died last week following a battle with cancer.
• Venezuelan Presidential Election Set for April 14 VOA 10 Mar 2013 -- Venezuelan political parties are preparing for intense campaigning ahead of a presidential election set for April 14 to replace Hugo Chavez, the socialist leader who died last week after a long battle with cancer.
• Bolivian President Says “Almost Certain” Chavez was Poisoned RIA Novosti 10 Mar 2013 -- Bolivian President Evo Morales said he was “almost certain” that “the empire” (the United States) had poisoned his political ally, late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.
• Hundreds of Tunisians hold anti-government demo in Tunis PressTV 10 Mar 2013 -- Hundreds of Tunisians hold an anti-government demonstration in the capital Tunis, criticizing the country’s new cabinet line-up amid political crisis in the North African nation.
• China Unveils Plan To Cut Bureaucracy RFE/RL 10 Mar 2013 -- China’s leadership has announced plans to reduce the number of cabinet-level ministries and restructure other bureaucracies of the communist-led government.
• Protests Mark 54th Anniversary of Tibetan Uprising VOA 10 Mar 2013 -- Tibetan exiles demonstrated across Asia to mark the 54th anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule.
• Police Arrest Dozens in Pakistan Christian Attack VOA 10 Mar 2013 -- Police in central Pakistan have arrested dozens of men a day after a mob burned a Christian area in Punjab province over alleged blasphemy.
• Pakistani Police Arrest 150 Over Muslim Mob Attack On Christians RFE/RL 10 Mar 2013 -- Pakistani police said they have arrested some 150 people in connection with an attack by a Muslim mob on a Christian neighborhood in the eastern city of Lahore.
• Kenya Electoral Body to Meet Monday VOA 10 Mar 2013 -- Senior officials of Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission plan to meet Monday to take stock of last week’s general election.
• Aung San Suu Kyi Elected Head of Her Party VOA 10 Mar 2013 -- Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been elected head of the new executive board of the National League for Democracy at a landmark maiden party congress.