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• Hagel Gets Update on Afghan Election From Dunford AFPS 06 Apr 2014 -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, currently on a trip to the Asia-Pacific region, received a telephonic update today on the election in Afghanistan from the top U.S. military commander posted there, according to a senior defense official traveling with the secretary.
• Afghan Vote Deemed Success, Results Uncertain VOA 06 Apr 2014 -- kabul Afghanistan's presidential vote is being hailed as a success, with seven million voters braving Taliban threats to go to the polls. But Afghans say the true success of the election lies with the candidates accepting the results.
• US Hails Afghan Elections VOA 06 Apr 2014 -- President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel are hailing Saturday's elections in Afghanistan, which are expected to produce the country's first-ever democratic transfer of power. Although Afghanistan's next president may not be known for weeks, the Obama administration hopes the new leader will finalize a bilateral security agreement to keep a residual U.S. military presence in the country.
• Afghanistan runs out of ballot papers as Afghans flock in large numbers VoR 06 Apr 2014 -- Afghanistan's landmark presidential election on Saturday was marred by a shortage of ballot papers that left many voters still queuing to cast their votes as polling were due to close, as the organizers appeared unprepared for such a high turnout. The independent election commission ordered voting to be extended by at least an hour, with ballot papers being dispatched to where they were needed for people to vote for a successor to President Hamid Karzai.
• 252nd Engineers deploy to Afghanistan Army News 06 Apr 2014 -- Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to 252nd Engineer Company, 103rd Engineer Battalion, 213th Regional Support Group were honored in a deployment ceremony April 5.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Hagel: U.S. to Send 2 More Aegis Ships to Japan AFPS 06 Apr 2014 -- For reasons a senior defense official said included North Korean provocations, treaty commitments to Japan and U.S. national security interests, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said today that the United States will send Japan two more Aegis-equipped ballistic-missile defense ships by 2017.
• Joint Press Conference with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Japanese Minister of Defense Itsunori Onodera DoD 06 Apr 2014 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel; Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera
• US to deploy 2 more destroyer ships with Aegis anti-missile systems in Japan by 2017 VoR 06 Apr 2014 -- The US is going to deploy two more destroyer ships equipped with Aegis anti-missile systems in Japan's waters by 2017. Thus, the number of such US destroyers in Japan will increase to 7. This was announced by US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel during his visit to Japan.
• USS Gettysburg Visits Longtime Ally, Honors Fallen NNS 06 Apr 2014 -- Sailors assigned to guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) participated in a community engagement project during it's scheduled port visit in Toulon, France, April 4.
• US Navy to create new drone-type helicopter VoR 06 Apr 2014 -- The US Navy intends to spend $100 million over the next five years to create unmanned helicopters capable of resupplying troops and rescuing injured soldiers from the battlefield. The military seeks to create autonomous aircraft that can help soldiers carry out night raids, patrol oceans, and select targets for attack.
• US uses Germany for its deadly drone warfare VoR 06 Apr 2014 -- Germany has found itself amid a drone scandal after a former US Air Force unmanned aerial vehicle operator (UAV) revealed that the United States had repeatedly used its military bases in that country for drone warfare in Africa, Yemen and Pakistan.

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• Ban calls for actions to prevent genocide in the world IRNA 06 Apr 2014 -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the 20th Commemoration of the Rwanda Genocide, April 7, 2014, called for actions to prevent genocide around the world.
• France needs to admit role in 1994 genocide: Rwanda Iran Press TV 06 Apr 2014 -- Rwanda has asked France to own up to its role in the 1994 genocide in the African country that left hundreds of thousands dead.
• Heeding lessons of Rwanda, world must do more to prevent atrocities - Ban UN News Centre 06 Apr 2014 -- As Rwandans commemorate the genocide that took place 20 years ago, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed during a visit to Kigali on Sunday the need for the international community to learn from such atrocities and to ensure that the words 'never again' are translated into action.
• Israeli premier threatens PA over treaty move Iran Press TV 06 Apr 2014 -- The Israeli prime minister has threatened to take unilateral measures against the Palestinian Authority (PA) unless it abandons plans to join 15 UN agencies and international treatises.
• Israel threatens unilateral measures against Palestine VoR 06 Apr 2014 -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that Israel would take unilateral measures against Palestinians if they go ahead with applications to adhere to international treaties. Netanyahu's remarks, made at the beginning of the weekly cabinet meeting, came as Israeli and Palestinian negotiators prepared to meet with US envoy Martin Indyk, in a last-ditch attempt to save teetering peace talks from collapse.
• US defense secretary threatens China over territorial dispute with Japan VoR 06 Apr 2014 -- US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Sunday warned China against unilateral action to resolve a territorial dispute with Japan or other Asian countries, drawing a parallel with the situation in Ukraine. Hagel reiterated that Washington stood by its mutual defense treaty with Japan, saying it applied to the disputed East China Sea islands over which Beijing and Tokyo are locked in a bitter argument. The Pentagon chief called for 'a peaceful resolution' to the disagreement saying: 'America has no stronger ally or better friend in this region than Japan'.
• Premature car bomb blast kills 29 militants in Syria Iran Press TV 06 Apr 2014 -- At least 29 foreign-backed militants have been killed in Syria while preparing a car bomb in the central part of the Arab country.
• N Korea calls South's missile test 'farce' VoR 06 Apr 2014 -- North Korea has slammed the South's recent ballistic missile test, calling it a 'farce' aimed at showing off Seoul's military strength in the face of threats from Pyongyang. Seoul said Friday it had successfully test-fired a new ballistic missile capable of carrying a one-ton payload up to 500 kilometers, suggesting it could hit any part of the North. The launch was carried out on March 23, just three days before the North test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles capable of striking Japan.
• S Korea finds third suspected N Korean drone - Yonhap VoR 06 Apr 2014 -- South Korea found the third suspected North Korean drone on a mountain on the east coast, officials said Sunday, in what could be the latest in a series of border incursions by North Korea's unmanned spy aircraft. A suspected North Korean drone is the third such discovery in South Korea in less than a month.
• Libyan rebels, gov't agree to reopen two occupied oil ports VoR 06 Apr 2014 -- Libya's government reached a deal with rebels on Sunday to reopen two occupied oil ports accounting for 200,000 barrels per day of crude exports in a major breakthrough to end an eight-month blockade.

News Reports

• Pro-Russia East Ukrainians storm gov't buildings Iran Press TV 06 Apr 2014 -- Pro-Russia protesters in Ukraine's eastern cities of Donetsk and Lugansk have stormed government buildings.
• Ukraine nabs 15 over alleged unrest plot Iran Press TV 06 Apr 2014 -- Ukraine's top security agency says it has detained 15 people allegedly suspected of planning unrest in the country's eastern region of Lugansk.
• Pro-Russia Protesters Storm Government Buildings In Eastern Ukrainian Cities RFE/RL 06 Apr 2014 -- Ukraine's acting president, Oleksandr Turchynov, has cancelled a trip to Lithuania scheduled for April 7 to deal with pro-Russia protests in eastern Ukraine.
• Pro-Russia Protesters Storm Government Buildings in Eastern Ukraine VOA 06 Apr 2014 -- Crowds of pro-Russia demonstrators have stormed government buildings in the eastern Ukrainian cities of Donetsk and Luhansk, waving Russian flags and calling for regional referendums on independence.
• Most UN states recognize Crimea's integration into Russia - Churkin VoR 06 Apr 2014 -- Russia's ambassador to the United Nations Vitaliy Churkin said that Crimea's integration into Russia is a geopolitical fact, and that the majority of countries had recognized it de jure or de facto.'It is a geopolitical fact. Crimea has integrated into Russia, and as it seems to me, there is no need for a special campaign because the majority of countries have recognized de jure or de facto Crimea's accession to Russia,' Churkin said answering the question about the further possible steps, due to be taken by the Russian diplomatic mission.
• Residents of Ukraine's Donetsk and Kharkov rally to join Russia VoR 06 Apr 2014 -- About 500 people from pro-Russian political parties and organizations are holding a rally at Lenin Square in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk this Saturday. Many of the rally's participants are demanding that Donbass (a region in Ukraine, known for its coal production, where Donetsk is one of the largest cities) should become a part of Russia. Simultaneously, two rallies are being held in Kharkov's Liberty Square in support of a referendum on Ukraine's federalization.
• India Begins World's Largest Election VOA 06 Apr 2014 -- India's general election has begun with voters casting ballots in two remote northeastern states. Billed as the world's largest democratic exercise, the staggered election involving some 815 million voters will conclude in five weeks. Opinion polls say the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to emerge the winner on its promise of economic revival.
• 'US assurances on spying insufficient' Iran Press TV 06 Apr 2014 -- Germany has slammed the US for failing to provide sufficient assurances on its spying tactics against Berlin.
• Snowden, Greenwald hold videoconference for human rights activists in Chicago, warn of wider US spying VoR 06 Apr 2014 -- Former analyst of US security services Edward Snowden and reporter Glenn Greenwald, who brought to light the whistleblower's leaks about mass US government surveillance last year, appeared together via video link from opposite ends of the earth at the Amnesty International US annual human rights meeting on Saturday for what was believed to be the first time since Snowden sought asylum in Russia. The annual meeting was held at a hotel in the US city of Chicago, Illinois, devoted to the problem of US intelligence interference in private life.
• US doesn't know where to stop in electronic spying - Germany interior minister VoR 06 Apr 2014 -- The United States did not know where to stop in electronic spying and information provided by Washington in reply to Berlin's requests over activity of the US National Security Agency was unsatisfactory, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said in an interview with German weekly Spiegel made public on Sunday.