Global News Alert - November 9, 2009
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Afghanistan
Reuters - NATO, Afghans Claim to Kill 130 Taliban in Kunduz
Wall Street Journal - U.S, Afghans Target Taliban Region, by Alan Cullison and Anand Gopal
LA Times - Afghanistan: Marines Bring Some Calm in Helmand, by Tony Perry
Times Online - Allied Forces 'May Abandon Most of Northern Helmand'
Reuters - Afghanistan Hits Back at U.N. and Foreign Criticism
LA Times - Afghanistan Government Says Foreign Officials are Interfering, by Alexandra Zavis
Reuters - Karzai Says He's Addressing Corruption, by JoAnne Allen
Christian Science Monitor - After Afghan Election, Governors Seek Distance from 'Illegal' Karzai, by Ben Arnoldy
VOA News - US Army Chief of Staff: More Troops Needed in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Associated Press - Police say suicide bomber kills 3 in Pakistan, by Riaz Khan
Christian Science Monitor - Peshawar Pakistan Car Bomb Kills 12 amid Signs of Taliban Dissension, by Ben Hancock
Iraq
Associated Press - Iraq Election Commission Proposes Vote on Jan. 21, by Qassim Abdul-Zahra
New York Times - Iraq Passes Crucial Election Law, by Timothy Williams and Sa'ad Izzi
Wall Street Journal - Iraqi Lawmakers Question Oil-Development Deals, by Gina Chon
BBC News - US Helicopter Pilots Die in Iraq
World
Iran
Reuters - U.S. Can Give Iran Space to Accept Atom Deal: Official, by Mark Heinrich
LA Times - Iran May Call For a Nuclear Fuel Swap, Iranian TV Reports, by Borzou Daragahi
New York Times - Iran Is Said to Ignore Effort to Salvage a Nuclear Deal, by David E. Sanger
Reuters - Iran's Karoubi Attacks Ahmadinejad on U.S. Policy
RFE/RL - Iran Frees 40 Detained During Anti-U.S. Rally
Venezuela
Reuters - Columbia Turns to UN, OAS After Venezuela War Talk, by Hugh Bronstein
Yemen
New York Times - Saudi Arabia Says it Routed Yemen Rebels, Capturing 250, by Robert F. Worth
BBC News- Yemen Rebels 'Down Fighter Jet'
North Korea
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Weighs Pyongyand Envoy, by Evan Ramstad
Japan
Wall Street Journal - Japan's Mixed Signals Add to Uncertainty Over U.S. Installations, By Yuka Hayashi and Yochi Dreazen
United States
New York Times - Fort Hood Gunman Gave Signals Before His Rampage, by James McKinley Jr. and James Dao