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ISW Global News Roundup - May 7, 2010
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Afghanistan
Department of Defense- Forces Capture Taliban Commander, Other Suspects
Reuters- Threat rising from homemade Afghan bombs: U.S. Army chief
USA Today- Obama talks about Afghanistan, Pakistan with national security team
Associated Press- Report: Politics not getting due attention in war by Anne Gearan
BBC- Fresh floods hit northern Afghanistan
Pakistan
The New York Times- Pakistani Taliban Are Said to Expand Alliances by Caroltta Gall
Los Angeles Times- Pakistan assures cooperation in Times Square bomb case by Richard Serrano
The Guardian- Terror group that claimed Times Square bomb is one of many by Declan Walsh
Boston Globe- Pakistan's paranoid press
Associated Press- Gunmen kill 4 police at checkpoint in NW Pakistan
Iraq
Associated Press- Iraq vote winner asserts right to form government by Paul Schemm
Times Online- Fear of bloodshed in Iraq as Iran-backed bloc tries to take power by August Oliver
Agence-France Presse- 'Big ideas' key to US surge success in Iraq: Petraeus
The New York Times- Abducted Kurdish Writer Is Found Dead in Iraq by Sam Dagher
Iran
BBC- Iran's foreign minister hosts UN envoy in New York
The New York Times- Head of Atomic Agency Asserts Right to Scrutinize Iran by William Broad
Reuters- Iran holds war games in Gulf amid nuclear tension
Israel
Agence-France Presse- Israel tells US envoy security key in peace efforts by Patrick Moser
Other News
United Kingdom
Reuters- Conservatives win UK vote, try to build majority by Mike White
South Korea
Reuters- Probe comcludes torpedo sank South Korea ship: report