Global News Alert - January 22, 2010
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Afghanistan
Washington Post - U.S. Ambassador Puts Brakes on Plan to Utilize Afghan Militias against Taliban, by Greg Jaffe and Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Supports Afghanistan Outreach to Taliban, by Yochi Dreazen
Wall Street Journal - Afghan Insurgent Outlines Peace Plan, by Yaroslav Trofimov
Wall Street Journal - Kabul Promotes Its Side of Taliban Attack, by Yaroslav Trofimov
New York Times - Loyalties of Those Killed in Afghan Raid Remain Unclear, by Dexter Filkins
Associated Press - Afghanistan Bans Chemical Used to Make Bombs
RFE/RL - U.S. to Boost Afghanistan Civilian Presence
Times Online - British Ambassador in Kabul Mark Sedwill Tipped for NATO Civilian Role, by Tom Coghlan
RFE/RL - Romania To Send More Troops to Afghanistan; Germany Mulls Raising Number
Associated Press - Miliband Outlines Goals for Afghanistan Conference, by Desmond Butler
Pakistan
New York Times - Drone Reportedly Killed Filipino in Pakistan, by Pir Zubir Shah
BBC News - Why Pakistan Will not Mount New Attacks on Militants
Christian Science Monitor - No Military Push Against Taliban in 2010, Says Pakistan, by Saeed Shah
LA Times - Robert Gates Brings Praise and Pressure to Pakistan, by Julian Barnes and Mark Magnier
BBC News - Pakistan 'Wants Unarmed Drones'
New York Times - U.S. Offers Pakistan Drones to Urge Cooperation, by Elisabeth Bumiller
Associated Press - Gates Stresses Common Cause with Pakistan, by Anne Gearan
Wall Street Journal - Pakistanis Angered by Cricket Snub, by Arlene Chang and Zahid Hussain
Iraq
Washington Post - Biden Going to Iraq Due to Concerns About Candidates Barred from Elections, by Leila Fadel
Wall Street Journal - Iraq Leader Questions Election Bans, by Ben Lando
VOA News - Iraq's President Orders Probe of Candidate Bans, by Elizabeth Arrott
New York Times - Barred Politicians Mostly Secular, Iraqi Says, by Nada Bakri
Department of Defense - Iraqi Forces Arrest al-Qaida Financier
Department of Defense - U.S. Turns Over Training of Iraqi Federal Police, by Jeff Hansen
World
Iran
BBC News - Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Plan 'To Open in 2010'
New York Times - Diplomatic Hand Extended: Furor May Erupt if Shaken, be Robert Worth
VOA News - Iranian Opposition: 15 Publications Threatened with Closure, by Edward Yeranian
Yemen
Wall Street Journal - Al Qaeda's Deep Tribal Ties Make Yemen a Terror Hub, by Charles Levinson and Margaret Coker
Christian Science Monitor - Yemen: Why It's a Bigger Problem for Saudi Arabia than US, by Caryle Murphy
Turkey
Associated Press: Reports: 120 Al-Qaida Suspects Detained in Turkey
Somalia
Times Online - Pirates Will Kill Us in Days Say Hostages Rachel and Paul Chandler, by David Sanderson
Russia
Associated Press - Russian FM 'Doesn't Understand' Polish Missiles
Haiti
Department of Defense - U.S. Forces in Haiti to Grow to 20,000, by John Kruzel
Washington Post - As Search for Survivors Slows in Haiti, Humanitarian Efforts Intensity, by Mary Beth Sheridan and Manuel Roig-Franzai