Global News Alert - January 20, 2010

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Afghanistan

Wall Street Journal - New Wave of Warlords Bedevils U.S., by Matthew Rosenberg

Associated Press - Panel Sets Goal of 400,000 Afghan Forces in 5 Years, by Kathy Gannon

Department of Defense - Forces Detain Taliban Commander, Cell Leader

RFE/RL - Afghanistan To Review Security Plan for Kabul

New York Times - After Attack, Afghans Question Motives or See Conspiracies, by Alissa Rubin

Washington Post - Assault in Central Kabul Leaves Residents Angry and Fearful, by Pamela Constable and Keith Richburg

LA Times - Afghan Interpreter Pays a Personal Price, by Mark Magnier

Christian Science Monitor - Afghanistan War: Gap Grows Between US Efforts, Afghan Expectations, by Tom Peter

RFE/RL - Lavrov: Russia Has Allowed Just One U.S. Military Overflight to Afghanistan

Washington Post -U.S. Aid Workers Find Few Trained Afghan Partners, by Keith Richburg

 

Pakistan

New York Times - Gates, in India, Warns of Interlocking Terror Networks, by Elisabeth Bumiller

Associated Press - Gates Says Terrorist Groups Help Each Other, by Anne Gearan

VOA News - US Defense Chief Warns Al-Qaida Intends to Provoke India-Pakistan War, by Steve Herman

BBC News - US Terror Suspects 'Denied Legal Aid,' by Syed Shoaid Hasan 

 

Iraq

Department of Defense - Iraqi Force Target, Arrest Terrorists

 

World

Haiti

Associated Press - New 6.1 Quake Hits Haiti, People Flee into Streets, by Paul Haven and Michelle Faul

Wall Street Journal - U.S. Troops Pout Into Haiti on Aid Mission, by Kevin Noblet and Peter Spiegel

New York Times - U.S. Troops Patrol Haiti, Filling a Void, by Marc Lacey

Washington Post - U.S. Troops Move into Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to Help Keep Order and Distribute Aid, by William Booth and Scott Wilson

Iran

Reuters - U.S. Spy Agencies See Iran Pushing Atom Bomb Research, by Adam Entous

Reuters - Iran Spurns Nuclear Feul Deal in Writing, by Mark Heinrich and Adam Entous

VOA News - Supreme Leader Claims Iran Remains United Against 'Outside' Threat, by Edward Yeranian

Yemen

Reuters - Yemens Says Strikes House of al Qaeda Militant

Washington Post - U.S. Increases Efforts to Boost Security in Yemen Amid Increasing Terror Threat, by Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe

LA Times - American Ex-Convicts Suspected of Link to Yemen Militants, by Greg Miller

Korea

New York Times - South Korea Warns North on a First Nuclear Strike, by Choe Sang-Hun

Philippines

Christian Science Monitor - US Faces Slog Against Philippine Militants, Even with Winning Strategy, by Simon Montlake

Nigeria

Assocaited Press - More than 200 Dead in Nigeria Violence, by Jon Gambrell

China

Washington Times - China Removed as Top Priority for Spies, by BIll Gertz

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