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AA: Agriculture needs billions of dollars by 2050: UN agency, 10/08/2009

AA: EAC militaries, US command set to stage joint war games, 10/10/2009

AA: Mideast oil exporters' foreign reserves to rise: IMF, 10/11/2009

AA: Obama and the Nobel Prize: When War becomes Peace, When the Lie becomes the Truth, 09/11/2009

AA: Scientists join forces to explain HIV spread in central and east Africa, 10/08/2009

DZ: Physicist exchanged e-mails with al-Qaida contact, 10/11/2009

KE: Why Kenya matters to the west, 10/13/2009

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AU: Former Australian Prime Minister on Afghanistan 10/06/09

BD: President calls countrymen to be vigilant against anti- liberation forces 10/08/09

CN: Where China leads, the US follows 10/06/09

ID: President to Ensure End of Armed Forces' Businesses 10/06/09

ID: Indonesia's defense company to export ammunition to US 10/10/09

IN: Relief agencies respond as S. Indian flooding forces millions from homes 10/08/09

JP: Japan: US troop burden on Okinawa needs easing 10/07/09

KP: North Korean Prisons Have Become a System of Extortion, Refugees Say 10/05/09

KS: Chidambaram downplays reports of Taliban pushed into JK 10/07/09

PH: Controversy Clouds US-Philippines Military Pact 10/06/09

TH: SCENARIOS-What lies ahead for divided Thailand? 10/06/09

VN: Nine convictions in Vietnam send signal before congress 10/09/09

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Continue reading “PACOM Week in Review Ending 11 Oct 2009”

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AA: Hamas denies return of Abbas troops to Gaza under Egyptian-brokered deal 10/03/09

AA: Iraq releases Iranian dissidents 10/07/09

AA: Central Asia: Developing Armies Of The Underprivileged? 10/04/09

AA: Engaging the Arab World on the Iran Nuclear Crisis 10/05/09

EG: EGYPT: Cleric calls for ‘Friday of anger' against Al Aqsa violations 10/06/09

EG: Egyptian guard dies on Israeli border 10/04/09

IR: Iran names new militia commander who UN sanctioned 10/05/09

IR: ‘Iran's military gains not a threat to neighbours' 10/06/09

JO: Jordan wants to limit Temple Mount access 10/06/09

PK: Minister vows Pakistan committed to terror war 10/06/09

PK: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Says Taliban in Disarray 10/08/09

TJ: Tajikistan to get Central Asia's largest mosque 10/05/09

YE: High on qat, Yemeni troops battle Shiite rebels 10/06/09

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Continue reading “CENTCOM Week in Review Ending 8 Oct 09”

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AA: Mubarak urges Israel to resume peace talks 10/04/09

AA: Old dispute could yet upset Armenia, Turkey peace 10/06/09

CZ: The Czech Year of Adjustments 10/02/09

GE: An Invasion by Any Other Name 10/06/09

IL: Lieberman wants ‘new Israeli foreign policy' 10/07/09

IL: UN report has Israeli officers concerned they could be arrested abroad 10/05/09

IT: Citizen patrols hit Italy streets 10/06/09

KV: War on crime a world away 10/05/09

RU: Russia to boost energy efficiency 10/05/09

RU: Three Reasons Why Russia's Police Remain Unreformed 10/06/09

TR: Turkey: Protestors burn Israeli flag 10/05/09

UA: Ukraine – Western Ukrainian intelligentsia calls on politicians to support … 10/02/09

UA: Ukraine Communist Party to nominate leader for presidency 10/03/09

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Continue reading “EUCOM Week in Review Ending 7 Oct 09”

Civil Affairs in Irregular Warfare:
One Profession, One Victory

October 30-31, 2009
George Mason University's Arlington, VA Campus

58th Annual Conference of The Civil Affairs Association

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AA: Brazil and Venezuela must consider the construction of nuclear … 10/02/09

AA: Latin American Realpolitik: Colombia Cuts Electricity to Venezuela … 10/01/09

AA: South America: Will defense spending trigger an arms race? 10/02/09

BO: Evo: ALBA to Tackle Key Regional Issue 10/02/09

BO: News of the Weird: Bolivia home to world's only cocaine lounge 10/05/09

BR: Brazil Congress Ignores Court Order to Hand Over Expenses List 10/01/09

BR: Lula's Olympic Victory Sets Up Battle on Rio's Crime 10/03/09

BR: Brazil: Honduran crisis triggers international relations debate 10/03/09

CO: Colombia denies US base reports 10/02/09

CO: Nine Dead, 34 Injured in Colombia Accidents 10/04/09

VE: Venezuela Leads Latin America in Social Justice 10/03/09

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Continue reading “SOUTHCOM Week in Review Ending 6 Oct 09”

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AA: SA slips in governance ratings 10/01/09

GN: Thousands of people have gathered at a mosque in Guinea's capital … 10/02/09

MG: Madagascar says consensus government not viable 10/04/09

NG: Nigeria rebel disarms under amnesty 10/04/09

SO: Somali gunmen release 3 foreign aid workers 10/03/09

SO: Somalia: Harakat Al-Shabab Mujahideen Forces Closes Down Local FM … 10/01/09

UG: Uganda: EU Suspends Funding to AU Peacekeepers 10/02/09

ZA: A bad week for South Africa 10/04/09

ZM: Zambia: China's Success Story – Myth Or Reality? 10/02/09

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Continue reading “AFRICOM Week in Review Ending 05 Oct 09”