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Global News Alert - November 19, 2009
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Afghanistan
Washington Post - White House Aides: No Afghan Decision before Thanksgiving, by Anne E Kornblut
Wall Street Journal - Debate Shifts to Afghan Exit Plan, by Peter Spiegel and Yochi Dreazen
Associated Press - Afghan President Sworn In to Second 5-year Term, by Kathy Gannon
New York Times - Karzai Sworn In for Second Term as Afghan President, by Alissa J Rubin and Alan Cowell
Times Online - Hamid Karzai: Foreign Troops Out of Afghanistan in Five Years, by Richard Beeston
BBC News - Excerpts: Afghan President Karzai's Inauguration Speech
RFE/RL - NATO Chief Says Alliance Must Not Walk Away from Afghanistan
Times Online - Karzai: Private Security Companies WIll Leave Afghanistan Within Two Years, by Richard Beeston
New York Times - U.S. Demands Clear Results From Afghan Reforms, by Peter Baker and Mark Landler
Washington Times - Clinton to Karzai: Act on Afghan Corruption, by Nicholas Kralev
Associated Press - Analysis: US Works With and Around Afghan Leader, by Anne Gearan
Reuters - Afghanistan's Karzai Faces Critical Test
Department of Defense - Forces in Afghanistan Kill Militants, Detain Suspects
The Washington Times - Troops Face IED Blasts While Riding in Humvees, by Richard Tomkins
BBC News - Afghans 'Blame Poverty for War'
Time Online - Spoils of War Go East as Kabul Looks for Highest Bidder, by Jeremy Page
Pakistan
BBC News - Pakistan Drone Raid 'Kills Three'
Associated Press - 19 Killed in Courthouse Bombing in NW Pakistan, by Riaz Khan
Times Online - Sixteen Dead in Peshawar Bomb Attack, by Zahid Hussain
Washington Times - Uneasy Peace Grips Swat Valley, by Ralph Joseph
Iraq
RFE/RL - Al-Qaeda in Iraq 'Becoming Less Foreign'
RFE/RL - Iraqi Politicians Concerned About Election Law Vote
Wall Street Journal - Iraqi Veto Threatens Paliamentary Vote, by Ben Lando
Washington Post - Iraqi Election Measure Vetoed, by Anthony Shadid
World
Iran
Wall Street Journal - Iran Imperils Western Nuclear Deal, by Chip Cummins and Jay Solomon
BBC News - US Considers Response to Iran Nuclear Snub
Associated Press - Obama Says US, Allies Discussing Iran Sanctions, by Charles Hutzler
New York Times - Obama Takes Stern Tone on North Korea and Iran, by Helene Cooper and Marin Fackler
Times Online - New Sanctions on Iran to Target LNG Technology, by James Bone
Reuters - West Lowers Sights for New Sanctions at U.N., by Louis Charbonneau
New York Times - Minister Says Iran Won't Ship Uranium Abroad, by Micheal Slackman
RFE/RL - Iran's Islamic Militia Says It Will Contront 'Riots'
North Korea
Reuters - North Korea Maneuvers to Evade U.N. Sanctions: Experts, by Patrick Worsnip
Washington Post - Obama, S. Korea Agree on New Approach to North, by Blaine Harden
Times Online - Obama and Lee Urge North Korean Talks, by Richard Lloyd Parry
Israel/Palestine
Associated Press - Israeli Aircraft Hit Gaza after Rocket Attacks
VOA News - Palestinians Say Israeli Move Could Kill Peace Process, by Luis Ramirez
Indonesia
Reuters - Indonesia's anti-Terrorism Unit Warns of New Cells, by Olivia Rondonuwu
Somalia
Christian Science Monitor - Somalia's Islamist Militants Spill into Neighboring Countries, by Max Delany and Scott Baldauf
Christian Science Monitor - Five New Weapons the Maersk Alabama Could Use to Foil Pirates, by Ben Quinn
NATO
Department of Defense - U.S., NATO Officials Tackle Interoperability, by Gerry Gilmore