Global News Alert - November 22, 2010
Afghanistan
Guardian- One in 10 victorious Afghan candidates banned for fraud by Jon Boone
Washington Post- Afghanistan's disheartened by Joshua Partlow
AP- 2 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan
NY Times- Caught on Tape, a Snippet of Afghan Voting Fraud by Rod Nordland
AFP- Kabul 'safer for children' than UK cities: NATO envoy by Phil Hazlewood
LA Times- Taliban scorns plan giving NATO option to linger in Afghanistan by Laura King
CNN- Mullen: No major strategy shift expected from Afghanistan review
Pakistan
Washington Post- Wariness in northwest Pakistan by Karin Brulliard and Haq Nawaz Khan
AP- Foreign militants, Taliban figure die in US strike
Sify News- Pakistan backs NATO's 2014 Afghanistan handover deadline
Washington Post- Pakistan floods wake-up call to growing disasters by Sebastian Abbot
Asia Times- Pakistan opens its door to US ops by Syed Saleem Shahzad
Iraq
Washington Post- Police: 2 Christian brothers shot, killed in Iraq by Hamid Ahmed
AFP- WikiLeaks says next leak 7 times larger than Iraq logs
BusinessWeek- Welfare funding runs out in Iraq by Lara Jakes
CNN- U.S. soldier killed in Iraq
NY Times- Iraqi Leaders Delay New Government by Jack Healy
Iran
PBS- Case of Sakineh Ashtiani Reflects Iran's Internal Divisions
AFP- Iran sets trial date for American hikers by Farhad Pouladi
The Independent- The best age to marry – according to Ahmadinejad by Parisa Hafezi
TIME- U.S. and Israel: No Consensus on Pressuring Iran by Tony Karon
World
NY Times- North Korea Nuclear Revelation Surprises South by Mark McDonald
Washington Post- Evidence links Hezbollah to Hariri death by Colum Lynch
NY Times- Between Firefights, Jokes, Sweat, Tales and Tedium by James Dao