Global News Alert - August 9, 2010
Afghanistan
Washington Post - Devastated Christian aid group pledges to continue work in Afghanistan by Joshua Partlow
Fox News - Family Says Doctor Killed in Afghanistan 'Not On Christian Mission'
AFP - Two US Marines killed by prisoner in Afghanistan
NPR - Taliban Return To Northern Afghanistan by Quil Lawrence
AFP - Taliban execute pregnant woman in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Bloomberg - Pakistan Forecasts Rains as Floods Ravage Crops, Affect 12 Million People by Anwar Shakir and Khurrum Anis
Washington Post - Flooding's devastation in Pakistan is seen as opportunity for Taliban by Griff Witte
CNN - Why Pakistan is crucial in fight against Taliban by Sajjan Gohel
International Business Times - Shoe thrown at Pakistan President Zardari in Birmingham: report by Nagesh Narayana
McClatchy - In flood-ravaged Pakistan, army gains stature over government by Saeed Shah
Iraq
Washington Post - Extremist groups 'very much alive' in Iraq, U.S. Special Forces official says by Ernesto Londono
Wall Street Journal - Will Iraq Fall Victim to the Oil Curse? by Judith Miller
New York Times (blog) - Iraq's Excuser-in-Chief Speaks Up by John Burns
BBC - The death toll from a Basra market blast rises to 43
Politico (blog) - Odierno: Troops staying in Iraq to prevent foreign interference by Kendra Marr
Iran
UPI - Iraq backs Iranian gas pipeline
LA Times - U.S. and EU fail to isolate Iran by Paul Richter
Bloomberg - Iran Sanctions Make China, Russia Winners While Reliance Loses
Associated Press - Iran's navy gets 4 new Iranian-built submarines