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• Afghan engineer soldiers complete independent construction project Army News 07 Apr 2013 -- Under blue skies and white clouds, like those at home in a Norman Rockwell painting, the Soldiers of the engineer Tolai of 4th Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 203rd Afghan National Army marched in formation toward a symbol of their most recent success.
• ANA artillery live fire Army News 07 Apr 2013 -- The Afghan National Army 205th Corps held an artillery live fire exercise at Forward Operating Base Wolverine on April 6. Two gun crews and one D30 122mm gun from each of the four ANA brigades supported the exercise.
• 15th Artillery Regt. Soldiers advise, mentor Afghan National Army Army News 07 Apr 2013 -- Throughout the Army's history, it has served the interests of the United States to send small groups of Soldiers to advise and assist foreign forces.
• 11 children, 2 women killed in US-led air strike in E. Afghanistan: Officials Iran Press TV 07 Apr 2013 -- Afghan officials say at least 11 children have been killed in an air strike carried out by the US-led forces in the country's eastern province of Kunar, Press TV reports.
• Afghanistan president condemns killing of Afghan kids Iran Press TV 07 Apr 2013 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has strongly condemned a deadly airstrike carried out by the US-led forces in eastern Afghanistan.
• Kerry Denounces 'Despicable Attack' By Taliban RFE/RL 07 Apr 2013 -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has denounced as 'despicable' a pair of Taliban attacks on April 6 which killed six Americans, including a young female diplomat.
• Afghan Officials: NATO Air Strike Kills 11 Civilians, Mostly Children VOA 07 Apr 2013 -- Afghan officials say a coalition air strike has killed 11 civilians, including 10 children, in the eastern part of the country during a joint Afghan-NATO operation against Taliban militants.

Defense Policy / Programs

• US Delays Missile Test 'to Avoid Misperception' - Media RIA Novosti 07 Apr 2013 -- The United States has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test planned for next week, media reported.
• India Company trains with French Legionnaires USMC News 07 Apr 2013 -- NIMES, France -- The French Foreign Legion was established March 10, 1831 and has members hailing from 140 countries, but less than 8,000 people in the world don the beret and claim the title, French Legionnaire. For three days, Marines and sailors from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit had the privilege of training alongside them.
• Stennis Strike Group Operates in the South China Sea NNS 07 Apr 2013 -- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) conducted flight operations April 5 in conjunction with maritime security patrols while steaming across the South China Sea.
• Singaporean Dignitaries Visit USS John C. Stennis At Sea NNS 07 Apr 2013 -- Military and civilian leaders from the Republic of Singapore visited the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) at sea April 7.
• Russian Military Inspectors to Fly Over Romania, Hungary RIA Novosti 07 Apr 2013 -- Russian military inspectors will make surveillance flights over the territories of Romania and Hungary under the international Open Skies Treaty within a period starting Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry has reported.
• India successfully test fires nuclear capable Agni-II missile IRNA 07 Apr 2013 -- The medium-range nuclear capable Agni-II missile, with a strike range of more than 2,000 km, was successfully test fired from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.
• Iran Navy's 25th fleet sets off for Gulf of Aden Iran Press TV 07 Apr 2013 -- The 25th fleet of the Iran Navy has left the country's southern port of Bandar Abbas for the Gulf of Aden to provide security for shipping lines in that region.
• Remarks With Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu US Dept. of State 07 Apr 2013

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Other Conflicts

• Beijing asks North Korea to guarantee safety of its embassy CNA 07 Apr 2013 -- China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday urged North Korea to follow international conventions and guarantee the safety of its embassy and diplomats in Pyongyang.
• China Asks North Korea to Ensure Safety for Chinese Diplomats RIA Novosti 07 Apr 2013 -- China has asked North Korea to ensure safety for its diplomats amid rising tension on the Korean peninsula, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
• North Korea taking Seoul hostage: Chinese official CNA 07 Apr 2013 -- North Korea sees South Korea's capital as its Achilles' heel and has taken Seoul hostage by aiming considerable firepower at the city, a Chinese military official said on Sunday.
• US: North Korea Must De-Escalate Tensions VOA 07 Apr 2013 -- The Obama administration says it is up to North Korea to de-escalate the latest flare-up of tensions on the Korean peninsula. U.S. lawmakers are speaking of actual armed conflict with North Korea as something other than a remote hypothetical possibility.
• S Korea: North May Be Preparing Missile Launch VOA 07 Apr 2013 -- A top South Korean national security official said Sunday that North Korea may be preparing a missile test or another provocative act this week by warning it soon will be unable to guarantee diplomats' safety in Pyongyang.
• Hamas arrests spying suspects in Gaza Iran Press TV 07 Apr 2013 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says its security forces have arrested a number of people on suspicion of espionage for certain Western and Arab spy agencies in the Gaza Strip.
• Preventing genocide, a shared responsibility-UN chief IRNA 07 Apr 2013 -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the Commemoration of the Genocide in Rwanda, April 7, 2013 said preventing genocide is a shared responsibility among states and people all over the world.
• On anniversary, Ban honours victims and survivors of Rwanda genocide UN News Centre 07 Apr 2013 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon honoured the memory of the more than 800,000 people who lost their lives during the Rwandan genocide in 1994, and stressed countries have a 'shared responsibility' to prevent mass atrocities from happening again.
• Kerry Meets Abbas in New Bid to Revive Peace Talks VOA 07 Apr 2013 -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank as Washington makes a new effort to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks early in President Barack Obama's second term.
• Nigerian Presidential Commission to Discuss Boko Haram Amnesty VOA 07 Apr 2013 -- Possible measures that would grant amnesty to members of the militant group Boko Haram are to be reviewed this week by a commission established by Nigeria's president, Goodluck Jonathan.
• Syria urges militants to lay down arms Iran Press TV 07 Apr 2013 -- The Syrian government has called on the armed foreign-sponsored militants to lay down their weapons or face the consequences.

News Reports

• Iran underlines its legitimate right to enrich uranium IRNA 07 Apr 2013 -- Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili, by underlining Iranˈs legitimate right to enrich uranium, said that Tehran welcomes every kind of dialogue for cooperation.
• Jalili: 5+1 has to win Iran's confidence IRNA 07 Apr 2013 -- Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili said that 5+1 has to win Tehran's trust since seeking hostile approach is a non-constructive manner.
• Russia: Iran, 5+1 negotiation constructive IRNA 07 Apr 2013 -- Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister and senior negotiator in nuclear issue Sergei Ryabkov said that Iran and Group 5+1 in Almaty II meeting concentrated their attention on main issues and the negotiations were constructive.
• Iran, P5+1 should proceed with talks: MP Iran Press TV 07 Apr 2013 -- A senior Iranian lawmaker has assessed as "useful and effective" the latest round of comprehensive talks between Iran and the six world powers.
• Kerry Tells Iran Time Is Running Out For Nuclear Negotiations RFE/RL 07 Apr 2013 -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has warned Iran that time is running out for negotiations on its suspected nuclear weapons program.
• Israeli Official: Time to Set Ultimatum for Iran VOA 07 Apr 2013 -- A senior Israeli official has called on world powers to threaten Iran with military action if it refuses to curb sensitive nuclear work within a 'few weeks, [or] a month.'
• Sunni Rivalries Threaten Iraq's Local Elections RFE/RL 07 Apr 2013 -- Violence is rising again in parts of Iraq that are dominated by the country's Sunni minority.
• Pakistan ex-president Pervez Musharraf cleared to run for election Iran Press TV 07 Apr 2013 -- Pakistani officials say former president Pervez Musharraf is allowed to run for the upcoming general elections after the country's election commission disqualified him for contesting polls in Kasur constituency.
• Ukraine's president pardons jailed Tymoshenko close ally Iran Press TV 07 Apr 2013 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has pardoned an ex-interior minister and close ally of his main political opponent, imprisoned former premier Yulia Tymoshenko.
• Yanukovych Pardons Tymoshenko Ally Lutsenko, Five Others RFE/RL 07 Apr 2013 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has pardoned jailed former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, a close ally of imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
• Ukrainian President Pardons Jailed Ex-Interior Minister RIA Novosti 07 Apr 2013 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has pardoned jailed ex-Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, according to the decree posted on the president's website on Sunday.
• Fresh Radioactive Water Leak Reported at Japan's Fukushima Nuke Plant RIA Novosti 07 Apr 2013 -- Radioactive water may have leaked again into the ground from a storage tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in north-east Japan, the plant's operator reported on Sunday.
• Arms Dealer Viktor Bout to Get New Defense Team RIA Novosti 07 Apr 2013 -- Russian businessman Viktor Bout, convicted for arms trafficking in the United States, will get a new team of lawyers, his wife Alla said Sunday.