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• Official Sees Hope in U.S. Willingness to Let New Afghan Leader Sign BSA AFPS 01 Mar 2014 -- President Barack Obama's recent statement of willingness to let Afghanistan's next president sign a critical bilateral security agreement may give hope to Afghans who feared NATO-mission troops would withdraw from the nation by Dec. 31, a senior U.S. military official said this week.

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• Newest Navy Warship Commissioned in Philadelphia NNS 01 Mar 2014 -- USS Somerset (LPD 25), the Navy's newest amphibious transport dock ship, commissioned during a formal ceremony at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, March 1.
• Russia Outlines Structure of Future Aerospace Defenses RIA Novosti 01 Mar 2014 -- Russia's aerospace defense network will consist of four subdivisions after 2015, a spokesman for the Aerospace Defense Forces (VKO) said Friday.
• Latest version of J-20 fighter jet completes maiden test flight CNA 01 Mar 2014 -- China's new version of its J-20 fighter jet completed its first test flight successfully Saturday, escorted by a J-10S fighter, a leading Chinese-language infotainment web portal cited sources as saying Saturday.
• Iran can build any kind of missiles: Defense min. Iran Press TV 01 Mar 2014 -- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan says Iran can build any type of missile.

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• Taiwan 'Flexes Diplomatic Wings' for East China Sea VOA 01 Mar 2014 -- China and Japan have tested each other's patience for 18 months with claims to the same patch of ocean. Now Taiwan, a third but smaller claimant to the same area, is suggesting a code of conduct to avoid missteps or accidents. Taiwan normally gets little attention for diplomacy because of opposition from China but hopes to change that with this proposal.

News Reports

• Readout of President Obama's Call with President Putin The White House 01 Mar 2014
• Remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at a UN Security Council Meeting on Ukraine U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations 01 Mar 2014
• Readout of President Obama's calls with President Hollande and Prime Minister Harper The White House 01 Mar 2014
• Remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at a Security Council Stakeout on Ukraine U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations 01 Mar 2014
• Russia expects West reaction to Ukranian nationalists' call for help from terrorists VoR 01 Mar 2014 -- Moscow expects the West's reaction to the call of the head of the ultranationalist Ukrainian organization ' The Right sector' and one of the Maidan leaders Dmitry Yarosh, to the leader of Chechen terrorists Doku Umarov, reported the Russian Foreign Ministry commissioner on human rights Konstantin Dolgov .
• Russia Moves to Send Troops into Crimea VOA 01 Mar 2014 -- With the new government in Kyiv weak and in disarray, Russia has made an aggressive move into Crimea. In a unanimous vote, Russia's upper house of parliament Saturday gave President Vladimir Putin the green light to send troops to Ukraine, without specifying where. In a separate measure, the Russian legislators asked the president to withdraw Russia's ambassador to Washington.
• Russian senators approve use of military forces on Ukrainian territory VoR 01 Mar 2014 -- Russia's Federation Council has unanimously approved President Vladimir Putin's request to use Russian military forces in Ukraine. The move is aimed to settle the turmoil in the split country.
• Amid Escalation Fears, Russia Says Kiev Sent Fighters to Crimea RIA Novosti 01 Mar 2014 -- Armed men dispatched from Kiev to the southern Ukrainian region of Crimea attempted an overnight storm of the local Interior Ministry, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
• Consent to use Russian military force in Crimea doesn't mean immediate action - official VoR 01 Mar 2014 -- The Federation Council's decision to grant the Russian president the right to use Russian troops in the Crimea does not mean that it will be done in the nearest future, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
• Russian parliament authorizes Putin to send troops to Crimea Iran Press TV 01 Mar 2014 -- The Russian parliament has sanctioned President Vladimir Putin to deploy troops to ensure security in Ukraine's semi-autonomous region of Crimea.
• Parliament OKs Putin Request To Use Russian Forces In Ukraine RFE/RL 01 Mar 2014 -- Russia's upper house of parliament has voted unanimously to approve President Vladimir Putin's request for authorization to use Russian armed forces in Ukraine.
• Russian Parliament Approves Military Action in Ukraine RIA Novosti 01 Mar 2014 -- Russia's upper house of parliament unanimously approved a request from President Vladimir Putin on Saturday to deploy military forces in Ukraine in a move that could escalate a confrontation in the Crimean peninsula.
• Russian Parliamentarians Call on Putin to Act in Crimea RIA Novosti 01 Mar 2014 -- The leaders of Russia's upper and lower houses of parliament called Saturday on President Vladimir Putin to stabilize the situation in Crimea and protect Russian citizens.
• Putin Asks Parliament to Approve Military Action in Ukraine RIA Novosti 01 Mar 2014 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has requested approval from the country's upper house of parliament to move armed forces into Ukraine, according to the Kremlin's press service.
• 1 March 2014 - Transcript of Press Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General United Nations 01 Mar 2014
• As Security Council holds urgent talks, Ban urges dialogue to resolve Ukraine crisis UN News Centre 01 Mar 2014 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday called for direct dialogue between all concerned amid the growing tensions in the Crimea region of Ukraine, as the United Nations Security Council holds urgent talks for the second day in a row on the crisis.
• McCain to Obama: Take steps against Putin over Ukraine crisis Iran Press TV 01 Mar 2014 -- US Republican Senator John McCain has called on the Obama administration to take action against Russian President Vladimir Putin over the crisis in Ukraine.
• Ban Ki-moon 'gravely concerned' over Ukraine Iran Press TV 01 Mar 2014 -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he is 'gravely concerned about the deterioration of the situation' in Ukraine.
• Russian flag raised outside Donetsk regional administration VoR 01 Mar 2014 -- People protesting against the new Ukrainian authorities have brought down Ukraine's national flag and replaced it with the Russian tricolor.
• Russian flag raised at regional administration building in Kharkov VoR 01 Mar 2014 -- Protesters in central Kharkov, the site of a rally in defence of the city, have driven radicals out of the building of regional administration in Svoboda (or Freedom) Square.
• Russian passports could be given not only to Berkut - Russian Consulate in Ukraine VoR 01 Mar 2014 -- The Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Simferopol did not exclude that Russian passports can be issued not only to officers of the special police division Berkut, but also to other citizens of Ukraine, Consul General, Vyacheslav Svetlichny said.
• Unidentified armed people try to seize Crimean Interior Ministry - Russian Foreign Ministry VoR 01 Mar 2014 -- Overnight into March 1, a group of unidentified armed people, sent from Kiev, attempted to seize the building of the Crimean Interior Ministry, a few people were injured, the Russian Foreign Ministry says in a statement.
• NATO, EU Warn Russia Against Force As Ukraine On Alert RFE/RL 01 Mar 2014 -- Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov says he has ordered Ukraine's armed forces to be put on combat alert, as the European Union and NATO called on Russia not to deploy armed forces in Ukraine.
• Crimean Leader Appeals to Putin, Confirms Russian Troop Presence RIA Novosti 01 Mar 2014 -- The Crimean Prime Minister said Saturday that Russian troops are operating on the Ukrainian peninsula and made a personal appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin for more assistance.
• Thai Protest Leader Calls for End to Street Rallies VOA 01 Mar 2014 -- In a marked shift in Thailand's ongoing political conflict, the leaders overseeing protests have called for an end to street rallies in central Bangkok. The move could open the way for talks to end the crisis. The decision follows increasing attacks on rally sites and a call from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for full investigation into recent violence .
• Burmese Government Appears to Backpedal on Aid Organization Ban VOA 01 Mar 2014 -- Doctors Without Borders, the largest single provider of anti-retroviral HIV/AIDS treatment in Burma - also known as Myanmar - has closed its clinics around the country for the first time since it began working there after receiving an order from the government to cease all operations.
• NSA chief approves limiting of eavesdropping VoR 01 Mar 2014 -- At a meeting of a congressional committee on Thursday, NSA chief, General Keith Alexander, admitted that this intelligence agency should discuss a possibility of extracting less, or more targeted metadata from communication companies.