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Global News Alert - August 5, 2010
Aug 5, 2010 - Anonymous
Afghanistan
Associated Press - Suicide bomber kills 7 Afghan police in north by Amir Shah
Al Jazeera - Deadly attack on Afghan-Nato convoy
LA Times - Petraeus establishes new rules of conduct for Western forces in Afghanistan by Laura King
New York Times - Portrait of Pain Ignites Debate Over Afghan War by Rod Nordland
The Atlantic -Biden, on the Afghanistan Debate, in His Own Words by Marc Ambinder
Pakistan
Associated Press - Flood-hit Pakistan to evacuate 500,000 in south by Ashraf Khan
Reuters - UK, Pakistan leaders try to repair strained relations by Adrian Croft
Reuters - 52 feared killed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir bus accident
CS Monitor - Pakistan violence: Arrests of Islamists in Karachi may not actually signal crackdown by Issam Ahmed
The Guardian - Pakistan floods: Islamic fundamentalists fill state aid void by Saeed Shah
Iraq
Associated Press - UN urges Iraq to quickly form new government by Edith M. Lederer
Associated Press - Gunmen storm Baghdad money exchange, kill 3 by Sameer N. Yacob
NY Daily News - Depressed dog Gina gets treated for post-traumatic stress disorder after coming home from Iraq by Aliyah Shahid
MEMRI (blog) - U.S. Offers Alawi, Al-Maliki Alliance Or Interim Government
New York Times - As Iraq Drawdown Nears, a Soldier Shares Hopes and Fears by Henry Bewster
Iran
ABC News - Obama Praises Progress on Nuclear Sanctions Against Iran by Christiane Amanpour
Voice of America - China Rejects US Concerns about Deals with Iran by Daniel Schearf
Wall Street Journal - Iran's 7th-Century Justice by Shirin Ebadi
RFE/RL - Karzai Travels To Iran For 'Persian Summit'
The Telegraph - Iran claims to have smuggled anti aircraft missile systems into country by Damien McElroy