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• At Least 10 Killed in Failed US Rescue of Yemen Hostages VOA 07 Dec 2014 -- At least 10 people were killed Saturday in a U.S.-led attempt to free two foreign hostages in Yemen.
• Remarks by Secretary Hagel to Troops at Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Afghanistan DoD 07 Dec 2014 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
• Media Availability with Secretary Hagel at Forward of Base Gamberi, Afghanistan DoD 07 Dec 2014 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
• Militants launch rocket attack on US airbase in Afghanistan Iran Press TV 07 Dec 2014 -- Suspected Taliban militants have carried out a rocket attack on one of the biggest US-controlled military bases in Bagram, north of the Afghan capital city of Kabul.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Detainee Transfer Announced DoD 07 Dec 2014-- The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Ahmed Adna n Ahjam, Ali Hussain Shaabaan, Omar Mahmoud Faraj, Abdul Bin Mohammed Abis Ourgy, Mohammed Tahanmatan, and Jihad Diyab from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Uruguay.
• U.S. Presence at Spanish Base Continues to Grow AFPS 07 Dec 2014 -- The American strategy calling for increased attention to the Asia-Pacific region does not mean other areas of the world are less important to U.S. interests and the growth of the naval base here is a case in point.
• GPS analysts bridge gap between launch, orbit AFNS 07 Dec 2014 -- The Air Force launched four GPS satellites into orbit this year, the highest number of GPS launches since 1993.
• Dempsey, USO Troupe Visit Troops in Vicenza AFPS 07 Dec 2014 -- Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey and his traveling USO troupe visited the soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and U.S. Army Africa here today.
• Nigeria Impounds Russian Plane Carrying Military Equipment RFE/RL 07 Dec 2014 -- Nigeria has detained a Russian cargo plane and its French-speaking crew after it made an unauthorized landing in the north city of Kano with undeclared military hardware aboard.
• Russian Court Equates Using Personal Gadget by Officer to Babbling Secrets Sputnik 07 Dec 2014 -- The Russian Supreme Court has ruled that the military was justified in firing a naval officer for working on classified material using his own laptop, according to Russia's parliamentary newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta.
• Iran Hikes Military Spending In Draft Budget RFE/RL 07 Dec 2014 -- Iranian President Hassan Rohani has proposed more than a 33 percent increase in military spending in a 2015 draft budget sent to parliament.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• Chinese government denounces the South China Sea arbitration initiated by the Philippines People's Daily 07 Dec 2014 -- The Chinese foreign ministry was authorized to release on Sunday the Position Paper of the Government of the People' s Republic of China on the Matter of Jurisdiction in the South China Sea Arbitration Initiated by the Republic of the Philippines.
• Chinese government's Position Paper on Matter of Jurisdiction in South China Sea Arbitration Initiated by Philippines People's Daily 07 Dec 2014 -- The Chinese foreign ministry was authorized to release on Sunday a position paper of the government on the matter of jurisdiction in the South China Sea arbitration initiated by the Republic of the Philippines. The following is a translated version of the full text of the position paper:
• Beijing censures Manila over South China Sea lawsuit Iran Press TV 07 Dec 2014 -- China has blasted the Philippines for challenging Beijing's maritime claims over the South China Sea through international arbitration.
• Fresh fighting claims 5 lives in east Ukraine Iran Press TV 07 Dec 2014 -- Renewed fighting between government troops and pro-Russia forces in the violence-scarred eastern regions of Ukraine has left a total of five civilians dead.
• DPR Insists December 12 Earliest Time for Contact Group Meeting Sputnik 07 Dec 2014 -- Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) insists on holding new Contact Group meeting on Ukraine no earlier than December 12, Deputy Chairman of DPR Parliament Denis Pushilin said Sunday.
• Kiev Confirmes December 9 as Date for Contact Group Meeting on Ukraine Sputnik 07 Dec 2014 -- The next meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine will be held on December 9 in Minsk, Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko told RIA Novosti Sunday, stressing that there is no discussion on changing the date.
• Syria troops foil ISIL attack on Deir al-Zor airbase Iran Press TV 07 Dec 2014 -- The Syrian army forces have thwarted an offensive by ISIL Takfiri militants on Deir al-Zor military airbase in the east of the Arab country.
• UN Syria envoy to meet with militant leaders in Turkey Iran Press TV 07 Dec 2014 -- The United Nation's special envoy to Syria is set to meet in Turkey with leaders of foreign-backed militants from the Syrian city of Aleppo in an attempt to negotiate a possible freeze in fighting in the war-torn city.
• Israel carries out two airstrikes near Syrian capital Iran Press TV 07 Dec 2014 -- Israeli warplanes have carried out two airstrikes on government-held areas near the capital, Damascus, Syrian media say.
• Syrian Army Holds Airport After Islamic State Attack: Reports Sputnik 07 Dec 2014 -- Syrian army forces have defended a key military air base from an attack by the Islamic State in the east of the country, the Syrian observatory for human rights has reported.
• UN Reveals Regular Contacts Between Israeli Army and Syrian Rebels: Reports Sputnik 07 Dec 2014 -- United Nations (UN) observers in the Golan Heights border territory between Israel and Syria have submitted a series of reports to the UN Security Council detailing regular contacts between members of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and radical Islamist Syrian opposition forces, UN Tribune says.
• Syria, IS Militants Battle Over Eastern Air Base VOA 07 Dec 2014 -- Syrian government warplanes, in repelling an attack on a key military air base in eastern Syria by Islamic State fighters, carried out at least eight airstrikes on Sunday against the militants, activists said.
• Iran will stand by Iraq until end of anti-ISIL fight: Zarif Iran Press TV 07 Dec 2014 -- Iran will stand by the Iraqi nation until the end of its campaign against the ISIL Takfiri militants, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says.
• ISIL Takfiri terrorists execute 12 Shia fighters in Iraq Iran Press TV 07 Dec 2014 -- ISIL Takfiri terrorists have reportedly executed 12 Shia fighters north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad following heavy fighting for control of a village.
• 34 villagers killed by suspected rebels in DR Congo Iran Press TV 07 Dec 2014 -- At least 34 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in an attack by suspected rebels in the country's northeastern region, officials say.
• Israel Announces Criminal Investigations Into Gaza War Strikes Sputnik 07 Dec 2014 -- the Israeli military has opened eight new investigations into its conduct during the 50-day summer war in Gaza, bringing the total number of probes into its wartime operations to 13.
• Somalia: UN Envoy 'appalled' by deadly terrorist attacks in Baidoa, calls for political unity UN News Centre 07 Dec 2014 -- The top United Nations official in Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has condemned Friday's terrorist attacks in Baidoa that is feared to have killed at least fifteen people with many more wounded, and called for political unity following that country's parliamentary vote of no confidence in its Prime Minister.

News Reports

• Preserving nuclear capacities, achievements main objective in talks IRNA 07 Dec 2014 -- A member of Iranian nuclear negotiation team said here Saturday that among the topmost important objectives of Iran is preserving the country's nuclear capacities and achievements.
• Iran Starts Showing Flexibility on Important Issues: Biden Sputnik 07 Dec 2014 -- The US Vice President Joe Biden said the result of the US pressure on Iran was that Iran started showing signs of flexibility in terms of its nuclear program.
• Iran Nuclear Deal Can Be Reached Without Additional Sanctions: Biden Sputnik 07 Dec 2014 -- Iran nuclear talks should come to a positive conclusion, and it is not the right time to introduce new sanctions against Tehran as there is still a chance for a breakthrough in consultations, US Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday.
• Saudi Arabia detains 135 suspected 'terrorists' Iran Press TV 07 Dec 2014 -- Saudi Arabia has detained 135 people whom it has accused of planning to carry out terrorist activities and destabilizing the country's security, the Saudi Interior Ministry says.
• Saudi Arabia Arrests 135 Suspected Terrorists: Interior Ministry Sputnik 07 Dec 2014 -- Saudi Arabia arrested 135 people suspected of terrorist attacks and plotting to sabotage security in the Kingdom, the country's Interior Ministry spokesperson said Sunday.
• 10th Sierra Leone Doctor Dies of Ebola VOA 07 Dec 2014 -- A 10th doctor from Sierra Leone died from Ebola, a day after two other Sierra Leone doctors had succumbed to the disease, a health official said Sunday.
• Spokesman of Policy Department of NDC Blasts S. Korean Authorities' False Rumor about DPRK KCNA 07 Dec 2014 -- The spokesman for the Policy Department of the National Defence Commission (NDC) of the DPRK Sunday gave the following answer to the question put by KCNA as regards the fact that the south Korean puppet authorities spread a wild rumor while forcibly linking the recent extra-large hacking in the U.S. with the DPRK:
• Merkel Says Russia Punishing Countries With EU Aspirations RFE/RL 07 Dec 2014 -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has accused Russia of interfering in the domestic affairs of Eastern European states seeking closer ties with the European Union.
• China launches CBERS-4 satellite on Long March rockets' 200th mission People's Daily 07 Dec 2014 -- China launched the CBERS-4 satellite, jointly developed with Brazil, on Sunday from the Taiyuan base by Long March-4B rocket, the 200th flight for the Long March rocket family.
• New Horizons Spacecraft Ends Hibernation, Ready for Pluto Exploration: NASA Sputnik 07 Dec 2014 -- US New Horizons spacecraft has come out of hibernation and is ready to begin the exploration of Pluto, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has said.