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Global News Alert - March 25, 2010
Mar 25, 2010 - Anca Domnitanu
Afghanistan
RFE/RL - U.S. Plays Down Hopes For Afghan Reconciliation
Department of Defense - Afghanistan Troop Level to Eclipse Iraq by Midyear by John J. Kruzel
Department of Defense - Forces Capture Insurgents, Seize Weapons by American Forces Press Service
RFE/RL - Afghan Rebels Say Obama Timeline Prompts Peace Offer
Al Jazeera - Bin Laden Threatens Americans
Reuters - U.N. Envoy Meets Afghan Insurgents in Kabul by Golnar Motevalli
RFE/RL - NATO Rejects Russian Call For Afghan Poppy Spraying
Al Jazeera - Afghan Group on 'Kabul Mission'
Pakistan
Voice of America - US, Pakistan Set for Second Day of Talks
Reuters - Pakistan Faces Tough Task Rejuvenating Battered Swat by Michael Georgy
RFE/RL - Visiting Pakistani Foreign Minister Hails U.S. 'Partnership' by Andrew F. Tully
Iraq
USA Today - Slim Margin Separates Iraq's Top Blocs; Results Due Friday
Department of Defense - Iraqi Forces Arrest 5 Suspected Terrorists by American Forces Press Service
BBC - Iraq Parliamentary Election Recount 'Unnecessary'
Christian Science Monitor - Iraq Election Increases Women in Parliament – Regardless of Vote Count by Hannah Allam
New York Times - General Works to Salvage Iraq Legacy by Steven Lee Myers and Thom Shanker
RFE/RL - Five Soldiers Killed In Latest Attacks In Iraq
World
Egypt
New York Times - Bin Laden Warns U.S. Over Fate of Qaeda Figure
Israel
New York Times - U.S. Fails to Persuade Israel on Housing Dispute by Helene Cooper and Isabel Kershner
Saudi Arabia
Al Jazeera - Saudi 'al-Qaeda Suspects' Arrested
ABC News - Arrests Won't Deter Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula by Timothy McDonald
Turkey
Washington Post - Turkish Ambassador Won't Return to U.S. Just Yet by Janine Zacharia
Somalia
BBC - EU Force Frees Somali 'Pirates'
Reuters - Somalia Funds Dry up After Aid Diversion Report: U.N. by Stephanie Nebehay
New York Times - Bomb Kills at Least 6 in Port City in Colombia