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Global News Alert - December 17, 2009
Dec 17, 2009 - Anonymous
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Afghanistan
New York Times - U.N. Officials Say American Aide Plotted to Replace Karzai, by James Glanz and Richard Oppel
RFE/RL - U.S. Ambassador Says Intelligence Shows Iran Still Helping Taliban Militants
RFE/RL - Pentagon Says U.S. Troop Surge Into Afghanistan Under Way
Department of Defense - Logistsics 'Bridge' Supports Afghan Conflct, by Gerry Gilmore
Department of Defense - Forces in Afghanistan Detain Taliban Commanders
Reuters - U.S. Faults Afghan Corruption Body's Independence, by Sue Pleming
VOA News - Afghanistan Seeks to Control Its Own Destiny in 2010, by Sean Maroney
Washington Post - Congress Investigating Charges of 'Protection Racket' by Afghan Contractors, by Walter Pincus
Washington Post - Afghans Fleeing Taliban are Flooding Tajikistan, by Isabel Gorst
Times Online - British Soldiers Died Halting Suicide Bombers, by Joanna Sugden
BBC News - NATO Chief Seeks Russian Helicopters for Afghanistan
Reuters - Kidnapped Guardian Journalist Freed in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Associated Press - Pakistan's President Under Pressure to Step Down, by Chris Brummitt
Wall Street Journal - Pakistani President Loses Amnesty Shield, by Zahid Hussain
New York Times - Pakistan Strikes Down Amnesty for Politicians, by Jane Perlez
VOA News - Opponents Call on Pakistan President Zardari to Quit
New York Times - Pakistan Reported to be Harassing U.S. Diplomats, by Jane Perlez and Eric Schmitt
Christian Science Monitor - Will Pakistan Military Go After Taliban in North Waziristan?, by Saeed Shah
Iraq
Wall Street Journal - Insurgents Hack U.S. Drone, by Siobhan Gorman, Yochi Dreazen, and August Cole
RFE/RL - Iraqi Security Forces To Get U.S. Support After Withdrawal
RFE/RL - Maliki Says Security Forces Involved in Baghdad Blasts
Department of Defense - Iraqis Target Terrorists in Baghdad
World
Iran
New York Times -Iran Says It Tested Upgraded Missile, by Micheal Slackman
Times Online - Iran Condemned by Western Leaders Over Test of Long-Range Missile, by Catherine Philip
North Korea
Washington Times - North Korea - China Accord Feared in Illegal Arms, by Nicholas Kralev
VOA News - US Envoy: North Korea Inclinded to Rejoin Nuclear Talks, by David Gollust
Yemem
BBC News - Yemen 'Foils al-Qaeda Plot' Killing 34
BBC News - Somali Refugees 'Forced to Join Yemen Rebel War'
Russia
Reuters - NATO Chief Opposes Russia's Security Pact Proposal, by Conor Sweeney
New York Times - At Kremlin, NATO's Chief Seeks Military Help in Afghanistan, by Clifford Levy
Associated Press - Russian FM: US-Russian Arms Deal Not Ready, by Vladimir Isachenkov
Mexico
Wall Street Journal - Top Mexican Drug Boss Killed in Navy Shootout, by John Lyons
Reuters - Mexican Forces Kill Drug Lord Beltran Leyva, by Erick Duran