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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