Global News Alert - November 2, 2010

Afghanistan

NY Times- Afghan Police Unit Defects en Masse to Taliban Side by Dexter Filkins

CNN- Surge of Iraq, Afghanistan vets on ballot by Paul Rieckhoff

LA Times- Afghan civilian deaths caused by allied forces rise by David Cloud

Washington Post- U.S. bases shifting to Afghan control by Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Reuters- Germany wants bigger China role in Afghanistan

Pakistan

RTT News- Taliban Bombs Girls School In Pakistan

TIME- At Odds with the U.S., Pakistan Deepens Ties with China by Ishaan Tharoor

Examiner- The Irreconcilables: Pakistan and U.S. fight over which Taliban to turn by Michael Hughes

Reuters- IMF concerned about Pakistan economic reforms by Sahar Ahmed

Iraq

Washington Post- Survivors describe deadly attack on Baghdad church by Ernesto Londono

Reuters-U.S. condemns al Qaeda-linked church attack in Iraq

Daily Star- Shiite Iraq government is anathema to Arabs by Hamid Alkifaey

RTT News- Iraq's Shiite Bloc Rejects Saudi Offer To Hold Crisis Talks

Iran

Reuters- Iran envoy dismisses tougher terms for atom fuel swap by Fredrik Dahl

BBC- Iran postpones trial of US hikers accused of spying

Bloomberg- Iran's Ahmadinejad slammed over subsidy plan

AFP- Iran's Ahmadinejad hails Rousseff's victory

World

NY Times- Earlier Flight May Have Been Dry Run for Plotters by Scott Shane

CS Monitor- Five reasons it will be hard for Yemen to 'destroy' Al Qaeda franchise by Christa Case Bryant

NY Times- Child Soldier for Al Qaeda Is Sentenced for War Crimes by Charlie Savage

Reuters- Governments tighten air security after Yemen plot by Tim Castle

NY Times- C.I.A. Role Is Faulted in Air Crash Over Peru by Mark Mazzetti

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