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• US must quickly close prison in Kandahar: Karzai Iran Press TV 19 Apr 2014 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has issued a decree for the quick closure of a US prison located at Kandahar Airfield in the troubled southern province of Kandahar in Afghanistan.
• Analysts See Promising Trends in Afghan Election VOA 19 Apr 2014 -- While uncertainty remains over the outcome of the Afghan election, analysts say the vote is showing some promising trends toward democracy.

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• NATO to change Europe security structure: Russia Iran Press TV 19 Apr 2014 -- Russia says NATO's further enlargement will change European security structure, posing a serious threat to Moscow.
• Putin Welcomes New NATO Chief, Hopes For Better Ties RFE/RL 19 Apr 2014 -- Vladimir Putin has welcomed NATO's selection of former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg as its new head.
• Japan begins military expansion first time for 40 years, risks angering China VoR 19 Apr 2014 -- Japan began its first military expansion at the western end of its island chain in more than 40 years on Saturday, breaking ground on a radar station on a tropical island off Taiwan. The move risks angering China, locked in a dispute with Japan over nearby islands which they both claim.

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• OPCW-UN mission reports further progress in eliminating Syria's chemical weapons UN News Centre 19 Apr 2014 -- Syria has, as of 19 April, removed or destroyed in-country approximately 80 per cent of its chemical weapons material, the head of the Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations announced today.
• Syria: UN agency warns no food left in besieged Palestinian refugee camp UN News Centre 19 Apr 2014 -- The United Nations has renewed its demand for unimpeded humanitarian access to the besieged Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, warning that there is no UN food aid left there as of Saturday given that the recent escalation fighting between the parties to the Syrian conflict has prevented the delivery of desperately needed assistance.
• South Sudan continues fight against rebels in Unity state Iran Press TV 19 Apr 2014 -- South Sudan's army continues to fight rebels in the oil-rich state of Unity where rebels claim to have seized the town of Bentiu since Tuesday.
• War in South Sudan gets worse VoR 19 Apr 2014 -- South Sudan's army said on Saturday they had 'lost communication' with commanders battling rebels in a key oil state where rebels have seized a major town, amid a worsening conflict engulfing the young nation. However, army spokesman Malaak Ayuen said the situation was 'all calm' in the flashpoint town of Bor, where at least 58 people were killed and more than 100 others wounded when gunmen stormed a UN base on Thursday.
• Boko Haram claims deadliest ever bombing in Nigeria's capital VoR 19 Apr 2014 -- Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the deadliest attack ever in Nigeria's capital in a video obtained Saturday, as the search continued for 85 schoolgirls still missing after a mass abduction by the Islamists. The bombing at a bus station packed with morning commuters early on Monday killed at least 75 people on the outskirts of Abuja, hours before gunmen kidnapped 129 girls from a school in northeastern Borno state, Boko Haram's base.
• Dozens of people killed in Iraq bombings, clashes Iran Press TV 19 Apr 2014 -- Dozens of people have been killed in Iraq as the country is hit by a fresh wave of bomb explosions coupled with clashes in the western province of Anbar.

News Reports

• Troops required near Russia-Ukraine border: Moscow Iran Press TV 19 Apr 2014 -- Russia says its extra troops that are stationed near the border with neighboring Ukraine are there due to the ongoing instability in the crisis-hit eastern European country.
• Russians Briefly Detain Crimean Tatar Leaders At Checkpoint RFE/RL 19 Apr 2014 -- The veteran leader of Crimean Tatars, Mustafa Dzhemilev, has been briefly detained by Russian border guards while entering Crimea from mainland Ukraine.
• Ukraine Announces Easter Pause in Operations VOA 19 Apr 2014 -- The Ukrainian government has announced a pause in security operations to oust pro-Russian militants from buildings they have seized. Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia said Saturday the government has suspended its efforts for the Easter holiday.
• Kharkov authorities create checkpoints at borders with neighboring regions VoR 19 Apr 2014 -- Nineteen checkpoints have been created at the border of the Kharkov region of Ukraine with the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, and the authorities see the need for creating nine more, head of the Kharkov regional state administration, Igor Baluta says.
• Iran has not yet started uranium oxidation ISNA 19 Apr 2014 -- Iran announced that it has not yet started oxidation of its 20 percent enriched uranium as well as new reserves of 5 percent enriched uranium.
• Kamalavandi: Nuclear talks difficult but progressing IRNA 19 Apr 2014 -- The process of nuclear talks between Iran and Group 5+1 is difficult but progressing, spokesman for the National Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Behrouz Kamalvandi said on Saturday.
• Iranian General Urges Tehran To Pick New UN Envoy RFE/RL 19 Apr 2014 -- A senior Iranian military official has called on Tehran to name a new envoy to the United Nations after Washington refused to issue a visa to its chosen ambassador, Hamid Abutalebi.
• Iran Says it Has Diluted Highly Enriched Uranium VOA 19 Apr 2014 -- Iran says it has completed diluting its stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium, based on an interim deal struck with world powers last year on its controversial nuclear program.
• North Korea slams UNSC meeting on sanctions Iran Press TV 19 Apr 2014 -- North Korea has slammed an informal meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) aimed at urging the body to impose further sanctions on Pyongyang officials, a report says.
• North Korea rejects informal UNSC conclusions on human rights situation VoR 19 Apr 2014 -- The North Korean Foreign Ministry has rejected conclusions by an informal meeting of the UN Security Council on human rights in North Korea, as well as a resolution on the issue that's been adopted by the European Parliament.
• SpaceX launches Dragon capsule to ISS VoR 19 Apr 2014 -- US private firm SpaceX on Friday launched its unmanned Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, its third trip carrying supplies and equipment to the orbiting lab, NASA said. After three earlier delays, the Falcon 9 rocket and its Dragon capsule finally blasted off as planned at 3:25 pm (19:25 GMT) from Cape Canaveral in Florida.