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Global News Alert - January 19, 2010
Jan 19, 2010 - Anonymous
January 15, 2010 Global News Alert January 20, 2010 Global News Alert
Afghanistan
LA Times - Daring Taliban Attack in Kabul Dispels Any Complacency, by Alex Rodriguez
New York Times - Kabul Attack Shows Resilience of Afghan Militants, by Dexter Filkins
Associated Press - Afghans Tighten Security in Kabul After Attack, by Rahim Faiez
Washington Post - Kabul Paralyzed by Bombings, Shootouts with Taliban Fighters, by Keith Richburg
Christian Science Monitor - What's Behind Latest Taliban Attack on Kabul? by Ben Arnoldy
Washington Post - Congested Border Crossing May Affect U.S. Buildup in Afghanistan, by Joshua Partlow
Department of Defense - Gates: Initial Progress Shows Afghanistan Strategy On Track, by Donna Miles
Wall Street Journal - Gates: Afghan Reconciliation Efforts Critical, by Yochi Dreazen
Associated Press - Gates Says Taliban Chief Unlikely to Reconcile, by Anne Gearan
LA Times - Afghan President Unlikely to Form Cabinet before Key International Aid Conference, by Alex Rodriguez
Times Online - Britain and US Consider Asking India to Train Afghan National Police, by Jeremy Page
Associated Press - UN: Afghans Forced to Pay Billions in Bribes, by Sylvia Hui
Pakistan
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Drone Hits Paksitan Target, by Zahid Hussain
Washington Post - Missile Strike in Pakistani Tribal Area Kills 15, by Pamela Constable
RFE/RL - Karachi Seen As Key to Pakistan's Future, by Abubakar Siddique
Reuters - Pakistan Blocks Agenda at U.N. Disarmament Conference, by Jonathan Lynn
Iraq
LA Times - Iraqi Prime Minister Backs Ban on 500 Election Candidates, by Liz Sly
Washington Post - Sunni Iraqis Fear Disenfranchisement After Hundreds of Candidates Banned, by Leila Fadel and Ernesto Londono
VOA News - Some Iraqis Angry Over Possible Banning of Candidates from Election, by Edward Yeranian
RFE/RL - Iraq Parliamentary Campaign Raises Fears of Sectarian Strife
New York Times - The Rise and Fall of a Sunni in Baghdad, by Nada Bakri
Times Online - Five Killed as Death Squads Return to Baghdad, by Oliver August
New York Times - Gunmen Attack a Charity in a Sunni Neighborhood of Baghdad, by John Leland
Associated Press - Marines Exit Iraq in First Wave of US Forces Out, by Lara Jakes
Reuters - Iraq Instructs Lawyers to Take on Blackwater Cases, by Muhanad Mohammed
World
Haiti
Washington Post - Security Fears Mount in Lawless Post-Earthquake Haiti, by Manuel Roig-Franzia, Mary Beth Sheridan, and Michael Ruane
Associated Press - Haiti Chaos Hampers Aid Delivery; Death Toll Rises, by Alfred de Montesquiou and Mike Melia
Department of Defense - Security Incidents in Haiti Impede Relief Efforts, General Says, by John Kruzel
Wall Street Journal - Aid to Haiti Speeds Up, but Delays Plague Effort, by Charles Forelle, Jose de Cordoba, and Joe Lauria
VOA News - UN Chief Asks Security Council to Authorize More Troops, Police for Haiti, by Margaret Besheer
Times Online - Sarkozy Backs Off from Haiti as US Military Aridrops Aid, by Philippe Naughton
Iran
Washington Times - Review: Iran Never Halted Nuke Work in '03, by Eli Lake
BBC News - Four Arrested After Iran Prosecutor Assassianted
Associated Press - Iran: Kurdish Rebels May Have Killed Prosecutor
New York Times - Germany Supports Tougher Iran Sanctions, by Judy Dempsey
Yemen
Wall Street Journal - Al Qaeda in Yemen Warns It Is Intact and Will Strike, by Margaret Coker and Chip Cummins
Reuters - Yemen Shi'ite Rebel Leader Alive but Wounded, by Mohammed Ghobari
Somalia
Christian Science Monitor - Somali Pirates Fight Over Record Ransom, by Scott Baldaud
Nigeria
Associated Press - Religious Violence Erupts Again in Central Nigeria, by Ahmed Saka
Christian Science Monitor - Pirates Take New Territory: West African Gulf of Guinea, by Scott Baldauf