Global News Alert - September 13, 2010
Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal- Efforts to Recruit Pashtuns in Afghan South Falter by Julian Barnes
Los Angeles Times- Demonstration against Koran-burning plan turns deadly in Afghanistan by Laura King
Telegraph- Nato urged to allow partition of Afghanistan by Damien McElroy
Associated Press- Airstrikes kill 14 insurgents in Afghanistan
Agence France Presse- British troops in Afghanistan face heroin smuggling probe
Wall Street Journal- Afghanistan Blunts Anticorruption Efforts by Matthew Rosenberg
Pakistan
CNN- Separatist unrest, violence sparks curfew in Kashmir by Mukhtar Ahmad
Associated Press- Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan by Rasool Dawar
Christian Science Monitor- Pakistan floodwaters subside as a tide of allegation rises by Issam Ahmed
Financial Times- Zardari dismisses concerns of flood aid misuse by Farhan Bokhar
Voice of America- Musharraf Plans Return to Pakistan Politics
Iraq
Guardian- Torture and abuse rife in Iraq jails, Amnesty report says by Martin Chulov
CNN- Amnesty: Iraq holding up to 30,000 detainees without trial
The New York Times- More Post-Combat U.S. Gunfire in Iraq by Timothy Williams
Los Angeles Times- Al Qaeda in Iraq rises again by Ned Parker
Reuters- Turkey, Iraq to sign pipeline accord after delay
Agence-France Presse- Iraq agrees to compensate US victims of Saddam
Iran
Voice of America- White House Cautious But Optimistic for Release of US Hiker in Iran by William Ide
San Francisco Chronicle- The case for sanctions on Iran by Ruvim Braude
Boston Herald- Scott Brown: Greatest terror threat is Iran
Eurasian Review- For Palestine, Sovereignty; For Israel, Security; For Iran, Concern by Neville Teller