Global News Alert - March 23, 2010
Afghanistan
RFE/RL - Karzai Visits China With Ministers, Natural Gas Development Plans
Christian Science Monitor - Marjah, Afghanistan: Guns Quiet, the Battle for Power Now Begins
RFLE/RL - Two NATO Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan
Christian Science Monitor - Afghan Warlord Hekmatyar Talks Peace, but Brings Little to Table
Pakistan
BBC - Pakistan Army Chief Begins US Strategic Dialogue
ABC - Pakistan Police: Plot Foiled on Hotels, Diplomats Asif Shahzad,
Christian Science Monitor - Pakistan Leaders to Request More Military, Economic Aid in US Talks
Iraq
New York Times - U.S. Officials Meet Iraqi Leader After Recount Call by Tim Arango
Times Online - Anti-Western militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr holds balance of power by Oliver August
Reuters - Iraq's Divided Vote may Deepen Kirkuk Dispute by Mustafa Mahmoud
The Washington Post - Iraq Election Front-Runners Court Possible Allies by Katrina Kratovac
The Boston Globe - General Denies Being Influenced
Free Press - Soldier Killed in Iraq to be Honored, Buried
Associated Press - New Saddam-Era Mass Gave Found in Iraq's South
World
Israel
CNN - Israeli diplomat expelled over Hamas killing
Jordan
Associated Press - Jordan's Ambassador to Pakistan Targeted by Plot by Jamal Halaby
Egypt
Associated Press - Arab League Chief Pushes for Closer ties with Iran by Slah Nasrawi