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Global News Alert - March 5, 2010
Mar 5, 2010 - Anonymous
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Afghanistan
Reuters - McChrystal Bans Night Raids without Afghan Troops
Associated Press - NATO Details its Afghan Night Raids Policy
BBC News - US Afghan General is Given Expanded Powers
Christian Science Monitor - NATO Unfolds Blueprint to Rebuild Marjah, by Julius Cavendish
Pakistan
BBC News - Pakistan 'Arrests Key Taliban Leader'
Washington Post - Senior Taliban Commander Said to Be Arrested in Pakistan
BBC News - Deadly Blast Hits Convoy in Northwest Pakistan
Iraq
Wall Street Journal - Shaky Start for Iraq Vote, by Charles Levinson
LA Times - Change Party Roils Kurdish Elections, by Ned Parker and Caesar Ahmed
Washington Post - Clashes in Iraq's North Underscore Fierce Political Rivaly among Kurds, by Leila Fadel
New York Times - Iraqi Shiites Turn Prayers Meetings into Election Rally, by Steven Lee Myers and Marc Santora
New York Times - Suspicious and Angry, a Shiite Clerics Followers Await the Iraqi Vote, by Anthony Shadid
Times Online - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Showers Iraq Electorate with Gifts, by Oliver August
Wall Street Journal - Spoils of Victory Await Winners of Iraqi Vote, by Margaret Coker
Christian Science Monitor - As Iraq Election Begins, Sunnis Decry Signs of Possible Fraud, by Hannah Allam
Christian Science Monitior - Iraq Election: Young War Generation Yearns for Old Stability, by Jane Arraf
RFE/RL - Thousands of Election Observers to Monitor Iraq Vote
Reuters - Attacks Kill 12 as Iraqi Troops and Police Vote, by Khalid al-Ansary
Associated Press - Iraqis Abroad Begin Voting in Homeland Election, by Albert Aji
BBC News - Expatriates Vote in Iraq Elections
New York Times - In Testimony, Brown Says Iraq War Was "Right Decision,' by Alan Cowell
Times Online - Gordon Brown Admits Iraq Regrets at Inquiry, by Philippe Naughton
World
Iran
Washington Post - U.S. Criticized on Iran Sanctions, by John Pomfret and Colum Lynch
Washington Post - Key U.N. Security Council Nations Hedging on Calls to Sanction Iran, by Colum Lynch
Turkey
Times Online - Turkey Recalls Ambassador After US Vote on Armenia 'Genocide,' by Giles Whittell
Somalia
Associated Press - Somali Pirates, Security Personnel in 3 Shootouts
Reuters - Somali Islamists Rebels Ban English, Science Lessons, by Sahra Abdi
Chile
Washington Post - Post-Quake Looting Challenges Chile's Perceptions of Social Progress, by Juan Forero
Wall Street Journal - Quake Returns Focus of Chile Military, by Paulo Prada and Matt Moffett