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Global News Alert - January 4, 2010
Jan 4, 2010 - Anonymous
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Afghanistan
Associated Press - Afghan Attacks Kill 4 US Troops, British Soldier, by Jim Heintz
LA Times - 4 U.S. Troops Die in Afghan Blast, by Laura King
BBC News - Afghanistan and Pakistan Face Decisive Year, by Ahmed Rashid
Wall Street Journal - Taliban Member Claims Retaliation, by Anand Gobal, Siobhan Gorman, and Yochi Dreazen
Washington Post - Marines Coaxing Residents Back to Helmand Ghost Town, by Ann Scott Tyson
LA Times - Afghanistan Lawmakers Reject Karzai's Cabinet Picks, by Laura King
Times Online - Karzai Cabinet Fails for Get Backing of MPs in 'Victory for Democracy,' by Jerome Starkey
Washington Post - Afghanistan Parliament's Rejection of Karzai Cabinet Picks Signals Power Shift, by Joshua Partlow
RFE/RL - Karzai to Submit New Cabinet Choices
Wall Street Journal - UN Slaps Afghan Vote on Cabinet, by Anand Gopal
Reuters - Cabinet Rejections a Setback for Afghanistan: UN, by Emma Graham-Harrison
New York Times - Hazaras Hustle to Head of Class in Afghanistan, by Richard Oppel and Abdul Waheed Wafa
LA TImes - Afghans Love to Get Their Goat in National Sport of Buzkashi, by Tony Perry
RFE/RL - On the Afghan-Tajik Border, Villagers Are the Drug Lords' Pawns, by Zarif Nazar
Times Online - Eighth Man Killed in CIA Attack in Afghanistan a Jordanian Spy
Pakistan
Washington Post - Bombing and Fire Disrupt a Fragile Peace in Karachi, Pakistan, by Pamela Constable
LA Times - Pakistan Suicide Bombing Toll Nears 100, by Mark Magnier and Zulfiqar Ali
Christian Science Monitor - Pakistan Volleyball Game Attack: Will Local Opposition to Taliban Hold Firm? by Issam Ahmed
VOA News - Suspected US Drone Stike Kills 2 in NW Pakistan
Assocaited Press - Americans Detained in Pakistan Deny Terror Plans, by Asif Shahzad
Iraq
Department of Defense - U.S. Forces Iraq Stands Up in Baghdad
Associated Press - Iraqi PM Vows Justice in Blackwater Shooting Case, by Rebecca Santana
Washington Post - Crackdown on Alcohol seen as Part of Conservative Moment in Iraq, by Ernesto Londono
BBC News - Iraq Civilian Deaths 'Down in 2009'
World
Wall Street Journal - Mobility Helps al-Qaeda Extend Reach, by Matthew Rosenberg and Margaret Coker
Iran
Wall Street Journal - Tehran Plans a Major Military Exercise, by Chip Cummins
Reuters - Iran Says Several Foreigners Arrested During Unrest
Wall Street Journal - Chinese Evade U.S. Sanctions on Iran, by Peter Fritsch
Yemen
New York Times - US and British Embassies in Yemen Remain Closed, by David Sanger and Eric Schmitt
Washington Times - Yemeni Leadership Feared in al-Qaeda's Sights, by Eli Lake
Associated Press - Yemen: 2 al-Qaida Militants Killed in Clash, by Lee Keath and Ahmed Al-Haj
LA Times - Yemen Dismisses Al Qaeda Threat as 'Exaggerated,' by Borzou Daragahi
Jordan
Washington Post - Jordan Emerges as Key CIA Counterterrorism Ally, by Joby Warrick
Somalia
VOA News - At Least 30 Killed in Central Somalia Fighting
Times Online - Somali Pirates Hijak Second British-Flagged Ship, by Tristan McConnell
North Korea
Christian Science Monitor - What's Behind North Korea's New 'Peave Offensive,' by Donald Kirk