Global News Alert - August 27, 2010

Afghanistan

BBC- Afghanistan's Karzai criticises US troop pullout

Los Angeles Times- Afghan troops learn rules of the road by Tony Perry

Reuters- CIA pays many in Karzai administration: report

Agence-France Presse- NATO kills Afghan children, loses three soldiers by Sardar Ahmad

Associated Press- 5 killed in northern Afghanistan market bombing by Christpher Bodeen

BBC- Concern over David Cameron's Afghanistan visit security

Agence-France Presse- US has helped with Taliban talks in Afghanistan: general

The New York Times- Afghan Candidate’s Campaign Workers Abducted by Alissa Rubin

Pakistan

Voice of America- UN: Pakistan Floods Displace 1 Million More People

Reuters- Pakistan general's son-in-law kidnapped in Lahore

Christian Science Monitor- Pakistan floods: Pakistani Taliban threats don't deter foreign aid workers by Issam Ahmed

Iraq

Associated Press- Looking at lessons that can be learned from Iraq by Lara Jakes

USA Today- Iraq seven years later: Was the war worth it? by Jim Michaels

Wall Street Journal- Iraqis Face Uncertain Future as U.S. Ends Combat Mission by Sam Dagher

Bloomberg- Iraq Ambush Kills Eight Members of U.S.-Created Security Force Near Baquba by Caroline Alexander

The Washington Post- Why Najaf matters in post-war Iraq by Michael Rubin

Iran

The New York Times- Iran Clamps Down on Reporting on Protest Leaders by Robert Worth

Agence-France Presse- France urges EU to threaten Iran sanctions over stoning

World

Reuters- Netanyahu proposes bi-weekly meetings with Abbas by Ari Rabinovitch

Los Angeles Times- Carter wins American's release from North Korea by John Glionna

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