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• Remarks by the President on the Situation in Egypt The White House 15 Aug 2013
• Bright Star Stoppage Signals U.S. Objection to Violence in Egypt AFPS 15 Aug 2013 -- Canceling U.S. participation in the Bright Star military exercise with Egypt sends a strong objection to the Egyptian government about the recent violence in the country, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said here today.
• Obama Cancels Joint Military Exercises With Egypt VOA 15 Aug 2013 -- President Barack Obama, reacting to the Egyptian military's deadly crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood protesters, has canceled U.S. joint military exercises with Egypt. The president spoke Thursday while vacationing at a resort in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
• Obama Condemns Violence in Egypt, Cancels Bright Star Exercise AFPS 15 Aug 2013 -- President Barack Obama today condemned the recent violence in Egypt that has taken the lives of more than 500 people and wounded thousands more and announced the U.S. is cancelling participation in next month's Bright Star Exercise with the Egyptian military in response.
• Obama Cancels Military Exercise with Egypt RIA Novosti 15 Aug 2013 -- US President Barack Obama on Thursday scrapped a military exercise the United States was due to hold next month with Egypt and "strongly condemned" the violent crackdown by security forces on protesters in the Middle Eastern country, in which hundreds were killed and thousands injured.
• Department of Defense Briefing by Acting Undersecretary Wright, Lt. Gen. Scaparrotti and Press Secretary Little on Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Initiatives DoD 15 Aug 2013 -- Presenter: Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Jessica Wright; Director, Joint Staff, Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti; Press Secretary George Little
• Dempsey Visits U.S. Troops Serving in Jordan AFPS 15 Aug 2013 -- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey today capped a four-day Middle East trip with a visit to deployed U.S. troops partnering with Jordanian forces here.
• Statement by the Press Secretary on New DOD Initiatives to Eliminate Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces The White House 15 Aug 201
• Hagel Announces New Anti-Sexual Assault Initiatives AFPS 15 Aug 2013 -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel today announced seven new initiatives to strengthen and standardize the department's sexual assault prevention and response effort.
• Secretary Hagel's Statement on New Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Measures DoD 15 Aug 2013 -- Eliminating sexual assault from the armed forces remains one of the Department of Defense's top priorities. This effort requires our absolute and sustained commitment to providing a safe environment in which every service member and DoD civilian is free from the threat of sexual harassment and assault.
• PNSY Returns USS Pittsburgh to the Fleet NNS 15 Aug 2013 -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) delivered Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720) on-time and under budget, NAVSEA announced Aug. 15.
• SUPSALV Assists Port of San Francisco with Dry Dock Removal NNS 15 Aug 2013 -- The supervisor of salvage and diving (SUPSALV) coordinated with the Port of San Francisco to remove a World War II-era dry dock, Naval Sea Systems Command announced Aug. 15.
• August 15, 2013 - U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 15 Aug 2013

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• Syria says ready to cooperate with the UN team of inspectors Iran Press TV 15 Aug 2013 -- The Syrian government says it is ready to cooperate with a UN team of chemical weapons inspectors in its mission to investigate allegations of use of chemical weapons.
• Syria Accepts Terms for UN Chemical Weapons Team Visit RIA Novosti 15 Aug 2013 -- Syria's authorities have formally accepted the modalities required for cooperation to ensure the proper, safe and efficient mission by the United Nations team investigating the alleged chemical weapons use in the Syrian conflict, the global body has announced.
• Over 30 die in Iraq bomb attacks Iran Press TV 15 Aug 2013 -- Over 30 people have been killed and 50 others wounded in separate bomb attacks in Iraq.
• Car Bombs Rip Through Baghdad VOA 15 Aug 2013 -- Iraq is blaming al-Qaida for a series of car bombs that ripped across the Iraqi capital, killing at least 33 people and wounding dozens more.

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• New Protests Underway in Cairo VOA 15 Aug 2013 -- Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi launched new demonstrations Thursday, a day after 525 people were killed during the interim government's crackdown on protest camps.
• Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Statement on U.S. - Egypt Defense Relationship DoD 15 Aug 2013
• Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls for mass protests after deadly crackdown Iran Press TV 15 Aug 2013 -- Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has called for a mass protest march in Cairo as the death toll from the military's recent deadly clampdown on supporters of the ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, surpasses 500.
• Obama Condemns Egypt Violence, As Official Death Toll Rises To 525 RFE/RL 15 Aug 2013 -- U.S. President Barack Obama says Washington is canceling planned joint military exercises with Cairo following violence in Egypt in which more than 500 people have died.
• Egypt Riots: Hundreds Slain, Churches Torched RIA Novosti 15 Aug 2013 -- The Russian government urged its citizens Thursday to avoid traveling to Egypt, a popular tourist destination engulfed by riots over the sacking of an Islamist president that have already resulted in more than 500 deaths and the torching of churches.
• US 'Strongly Condemns' Egypt Violence RIA Novosti 15 Aug 2013 -- The United States on Wednesday strongly condemned the violent crackdown by Egypt's military-backed government on supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president and said it opposed the reinstitution of martial law in the country.
• UN rights chief urges talks to save Egypt from further disastrous violence UN News Centre 15 Aug 2013 -- The United Nations human rights chief today appealed to all parties in Egypt to act with restraint and initiate talks, following a day of bloody violence that left hundreds dead and many more injured.
• Bahrain's Latest Uprising Meets Security Clampdown VOA 15 Aug 2013 -- Activists in Bahrain are stepping up their two-and-a-half-year-old campaign to push the Sunni ruling family into making democratic reforms in the Shi'ite-majority state.
• Ruling party's win may choke Togo reforms IRIN 15 Aug 2013 -- Togo's July legislative polls extended the dominance of President Faure Gnassingbé's party, which has been in power since 1967, despite opposition claims of malpractice. These results could narrow the chances for reforms and presage the results of the 2015 presidential election, analysts say.
• 15 proposed ministers gain confidence votes, 3 do not IRNA 15 Aug 2013 -- When voting for 18 proposed cabinet ministers for President Hassan Rohani ended minutes ago, Thursday night at Iran's Islamic Parliament ended it was cleared that 15 of them gained confidence votes while 3 did not.
• Opening Up New Phase of Reconciliation, Unity Called for KCNA 15 Aug 2013 -- The 7th talks between the authorities of the north and the south for the normalization of the operation in the Kaesong Industrial Zone took place in the zone on Wednesday amid the big concern and expectation of all the Koreans.
• DPR Korea: UN calls for $98 million to respond to urgent humanitarian needs UN News Centre 15 Aug 2013 -- The United Nations today said $98 million is urgently needed to address critical humanitarian needs in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), where some 2.4 million people need regular food assistance.