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Global News Alert - November 1, 2010
Nov 1, 2010 - Anonymous
Afghanistan
Reuters- Militants seize district in volatile Afghan province by Mustafa Andalib
LA Times- Karzai denounces drug raid in Afghanistan by Laura King
CNN- Petraeus: Picking up the pace on attacking Taliban by Barbara Starr
SIFY News- Karzai holds 'secret talks' with Taliban to contain Haqqani network
Reuters- Afghanistan jails 11 officials over drugs charges by Sayed Salahuddin
Pakistan
VOA News- Three Questions: Pakistan and Afghan Talks with Taliban by Ira Mellman
AFP- Pakistan vows 'stern action' on corruption
BBC- US drone attack kills five 'militants' in Pakistan
Reuters- Pakistani Taliban publicly flog men for "drug dealing" by Hasan Mahmood
AFP- Militants fire at NATO supply truck in Pakistan
Iraq
NY Times- Death Toll Rises in Iraq Church Bloodbath by John Leland
Telegraph- First French passenger plane in 20 years lands in Baghdad by Adrian Blomfield
NY Times- Guard Led 3 Americans Across Iran Border, Released Hiker Says by Neil MacFarquhar
Washington Post- Iraqi MPs get handsome pay for little work by Barbara Surk
Iran
FP- Bombing Iran for votes, the strange path of a dumb idea by Marc Lynch
LA Times- Iran, Saudi Arabia expected to join new U.N. agency on women by Meris Lutz
CS Monitor- Khamenei's visit to Qom shows the power of propaganda by Scott Peterson
AP- Nigeria: Shipper confirms weapons came from Iran
World
NY Times- Bomb Plot Shows Key Role Played by Intelligence by Mark Mazzetti and Robet Worth
NY Times- Bomber Wounds 32 in Attack in Istanbul by Sebnem Arsu
Washington Post- Somali militants grow more brazen in attack by Sudarsan Raghavan