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• Afghanistan's 1st Vice President Fahim dies Iran Press TV 09 Mar 2014 -- Afghanistan's First Vice President Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim has passed away due to lingering ailment.
• US P-3 and USS Pinckney helicopter over Malaysian Airlines search site NNS 09 Mar 2014 -- A Navy P-3C Orion and an MH-60R helicopter launched from USS Pinckney (DDG 91) are searching over the last known communication and radar positions of Malaysia Airlines MH370, March 9, 2014.

Defense Policy / Programs

• USS George H.W. Bush Arrives in Turkey NNS 09 Mar 2014 -- The newest Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) arrived in Antalya, Turkey for a scheduled port visit, Mar. 9.
• Philippine Sea Arrives in Aksaz, Turkey NNS 09 Mar 2014 -- The guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), attached to the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (GHWBCSG), arrived in Aksaz, Turkey March 9, for a scheduled port call.
• Bonhomme Richard replenished by Rappahannock, Washington Chambers NNS 09 Mar 2014 -- For the first time in six months, forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) conducted a replenishment at sea (RAS) in the East China Sea March 7.
• Russia Mulls Banning US Nuclear Arms Inspections – Source RIA Novosti 09 Mar 2014 -- Russia's Defense Ministry is considering a ban on US inspections of Russian nuclear weapons under the New START deal over the standoff in Ukraine, a ministry source told RIA Novosti on Saturday.
• Deputy PM Says Russia Should Re-Arm Amid US, NATO 'Threats' RIA Novosti 09 Mar 2014 -- The Russian deputy prime minister in charge of defense said "overt threats" by the United States and NATO demonstrate the necessity of equipping the Russian army with modern weapons.
• Indian worker dies during accident-prone nuclear sub construction VoR 09 Mar 2014 -- An Indian worker has died in an accident during construction of a nuclear submarine, a defense statement has said. This is the latest in a string of deadly mishaps to hit the Navy. Two other workers were injured in the accident on Saturday at a ship building center in the southeastern coastal city of Vishakhapatnam, the Defense Research and Development Organization statement said.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• Syrian army forces target militants in Idlib Iran Press TV 09 Mar 2014 -- The Syrian army has launched an offensive against foreign-backed militants holed up in the northwestern city of Idlib.
• Syria: clashes hamper UN agency's effort to reach Palestinians in Yarmouk camp UN News Centre 09 Mar 2014 -- Violence has again disrupted efforts to deliver aid to a besieged camp on the outskirts of Damascus, the United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees across the Middle East warned today, as UN and other humanitarian agencies launched a global campaign demanding immediate access to all civilians in war-torn Syria trapped by the violence.
• UN warns of Muslim genocide in C. African Republic Iran Press TV 09 Mar 2014 -- As the UN warns of an anti-Muslim genocide in the Central African Republic, anger is rising against French troops for failing to rein in attacks on Muslims, Press TV reports.
• Darfur: African Union-UN mission urges end to hostilities after outbreak of violence in region's North UN News Centre 09 Mar 2014 -- Deeply concerned by an outbreak of inter-communal violence in North Darfur, the African Union-United Nations Mission in the region called today for an end to the fighting, which has sent thousands fleeing for safety and left a number of people dead over the past few days.
• UN peacekeeping operation accomplished in Sierra Leone: UN chief IRNA 09 Mar 2014 -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a message on UN peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone on March 9, underlined that the peacekeepers helped the African country to consolidate progress, address tensions, strengthen institutions and promote human rights.

News Reports

• US Warns Russia Over Crimea Referendum VOA 09 Mar 2014 -- The White House on Sunday warned Russia that it will come under increased international pressure if it presses ahead with a referendum to annex Crimea.
• Ukraine Crisis Sharpens Debate on Obama Foreign Policy VOA 09 Mar 2014 -- Events in Ukraine have reignited debate in Washington about President Barack Obama's foreign policy and whether his administration suffers from a fundamental naïveté about the goals and motives of America's adversaries.
• West's sanctions would cut both ways - Pushkov VoR 09 Mar 2014 -- The West's sanctions against Russia over Ukraine would backfire, said chairman of the State Duma's International Affairs Committee Alexei Pushkov.
• Crimea hopes to remain parliamentary republic if it joins Russia - speaker Konstantinov VoR 09 Mar 2014 -- Crimea hopes to receive broader authority if it joins Russia, Speaker of the Supreme Council of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov said on Sunday.
• Putin discusses upcoming Crimean referendum with Merkel and Cameron VoR 09 Mar 2014 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has held telephone conversations with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron on the situation in Ukraine and the upcoming referendum in Crimea, the Kremlin's press service reports.
• Ukraine blocks accounts of Crimean section of state treasury - Crimean Deputy PM VoR 09 Mar 2014 -- Rustam Temirgaliyev, deputy prime minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, said the Kiev administration blocked the electronic systems of the Crimean section of the State Treasury and blocked Crimea's accounts.
• West must block Ukrainian nationalist Yarosh way to government posts - Russian Foreign Ministry VoR 09 Mar 2014 -- The Ukrainian authorities and Western politicians must do their utmost to block the leader of the ultra-radical movement 'The Right Sector' Dmitry Yarosh and his supporters the way to government posts, the Russian Foreign Ministry's Human Rights Commissioner Konstantin Dolgov says.
• Ukraine should become bridge between West and East to find way out of crisis - Henry Kissinger VoR 09 Mar 2014 -- Henry Kissinger, the Nobel Prize winner, the former US secretary of state and the former national security adviser to the US President (1969-1975), believes that Ukraine should stop making choices between the West and the East and turn into a 'bridge' between them. 'Internationally, they should pursue a posture comparable to that of Finland,' Kissinger stressed in an article published by 'The Washington Post'.
• 7,000 people march for autonomy of Ukraine's eastern Kharkov region VoR 09 Mar 2014 -- About 7,000 people took part in Saturday's meeting and march in Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkov.The people carried Russian and Ukrainian flags demanding resignation of the authorities in Kiev and a referendum on a number of issues.
• Pro-Russia protesters take over Ukraine's Lugansk city Iran Press TV 09 Mar 2014 -- Pro-Russia protesters have reportedly taken over Ukraine's eastern city of Lugansk as the standoff continues between Moscow and the West over the crisis-hit Eastern European country.
• Pro-Russian force seize airport in Crimea: Ukraine Iran Press TV 09 Mar 2014 -- Ukrainian Defense Ministry says that a pro-Russian force has seized a military airport in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
• Russia defends Crimea's decision to hold referendum Iran Press TV 09 Mar 2014 -- Russia has defended a decision by Ukraine's Crimean authorities to hold a referendum as the standoff between Moscow and the West over the crisis-hit Eastern European country continues.
• Ukraine Clashes As Rival Rallies Boost Tensions RFE/RL 09 Mar 2014 -- Pro-Russian activists attacked pro-Ukrainian activists with clubs and whips in the Crimean city of Sevastopol as thousands took to the streets across Ukraine in rival demonstrations on March 9.
• Ukraine PM To Travel To U.S. To Discuss Crimea Crisis RFE/RL 09 Mar 2014 -- Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has said he will go to Washington this week to discuss the crisis with Russia over Ukraine's region of Crimea.
• Turkey Torn Over 'Brothers' In Crimea, Good Ties With Russia RFE/RL 09 Mar 2014 -- Serkan Sava's ancestors left Crimea in a mass exodus some 150 years ago, after the Ottoman Empire staved off Russian pressure in the Crimean War but could not reverse the slow tumble that would lead to its dissolution after World War I.
• Crimea Says No Talks With Incumbent Kiev Government RIA Novosti 09 Mar 2014 -- The authorities in Ukraine's breakaway region of Crimea on Sunday ruled out negotiations with the central government, which they say is illegitimate.
• Kiev Plans No Troop Deployment in Crimea - Minister RIA Novosti 09 Mar 2014 -- The movement of troops in western Ukraine, reported by the country's media, was held as part of military exercises and is not related to events in the breakaway region of Crimea, the acting defense minister said on Sunday.
• Putin Tells Merkel, Cameron That Crimea Referendum Legal RIA Novosti 09 Mar 2014 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said in phone conversations with the German and British leaders on Sunday that Crimea's decision to secede from Ukraine and join Russia was within the framework of the international law.
• Ashton: Talks on a conclusive solution, tough, challenging IRNA 09 Mar 2014 -- Visiting foreign policy chief of the European Union (EU) Catherine Ashton said here on Sunday that the way towards working out a conclusive nuclear deal between Iran and the 5+1 is tough and challenging.
• Rouhani: Iran resolute to interact constructively with EU ISNA 09 Mar 2014 -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterated that the Iranian government seeks constructive interaction with Europe based on 'shared interests'.
• Zarif says Iran firm to reach agreement with G5+1 ISNA 09 Mar 2014 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reiterated that the country is resolved to reach an agreement on the nuclear issue.
• Iran resolved to achieve final nuclear deal: Zarif Iran Press TV 09 Mar 2014 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reaffirmed Tehran's determination to reach a final agreement with the six world powers over its nuclear energy program provided that the Iranian nation's rights are recognized.
• Ashton Plays Down Hopes Of Iran Nuclear Deal RFE/RL 09 Mar 2014 -- with the support of the people of Iran for the work that is going on by the minister [Zarif] and his team and with the support of the international community for my work -- that we should aim to try and succeed.'
• Snowden says he tried to discuss NSA surveillance internally Iran Press TV 09 Mar 2014 -- Former US security contractor Edward Snowden says he was brushed off when he tried to discuss his concerns about surveillance with officials.
• Kim Jong Un Visits Kim Il Sung University of Politics and Takes Part in Election of Deputy to SPA KCNA 09 Mar 2014 -- Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, visited the Kim Il Sung University of Politics and took part in the election of a deputy to the Supreme People's Assembly at sub-constituency No. 43 of Constituency No. 105 together with service personnel of the KPA on Sunday.
• All Voters Go to Polls KCNA 09 Mar 2014 -- The election of the deputies to the 13th Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK is going on, according to the Rules on the Elections of Deputies to the People's Assemblies at All Levels.
• Senior Party, State Officials Go to Polls KCNA 09 Mar 2014 -- Senior party and state officials of the DPRK went to sub-constituencies across the country on Sunday to join the voters there in the election of the deputies to the 13th Supreme People's Assembly.
• Election of Deputies to SPA Goes On KCNA 09 Mar 2014 -- The election of the deputies to the 13th Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK is going on at the sub-constituencies across the country.
• Election of Deputies to SPA Under Way in DPRK KCNA 09 Mar 2014 -- The election of the deputies to the 13th Supreme People's Assembly is taking place in the DPRK on Sunday.