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Global News Alert - February 12, 2010
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Afghanistan
Associated Press - Afghan Elders Plea for Quick Attack on Marjah, by Noor Khan
New York Times - Afghans Try to Reassure Tribal Elders on Offensive, by Dexter Filkins
Wall Street Journal - Outreach Precedes U.S. Offensive, by Matthew Rosenberg and Habib Zahori
Times Online - British Soldier from the Coldstream Guards Killed as Envoys Talk to Taleban, by Deborah Haynes and Jerome Starkey
Reuters - Looming NATO Offensive Raises Few Afghan Spirits, by Abdul Malek
Christian Science Monitor - Marines Roll Out Assault Breacher Vehicles for Marjah Afghanistan Offensive, by Dan Murphy
Department of Defense - Forces Remove Two Taliban Commanders from Fight
Associated Press - Taliban Claim Responsibility in US Base Attack, by Amir Shah
VOA News - NATO Pursues New Strategy for Countering Afghan Insurgency, by Judith Latham
Christian Science Monitor - Peace Talks with the Taliban's Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, by Saeed Shah
RFE/RL - U.S. Official: 'Good Governence Is Best Defense Against Afghan Insurgency,'
Times Online - Man with the Money Charlie Wilson Unleashed a Monster, by Jerome Starkey
Pakistan
Associated Press - Obama Strategy Widens Assault on Terrorists, by Matt Apuzzo
New York Times - Suicide Bombers Attack Police Compound in Pakistan, by Pir Zubair Shah
VOA News - US Vice President Biden: Pakistan Biggest Security Concern
Wall Street Journal - Pakistan Talks with India Near, by Zahid Hussain
Iraq
Associated Press - Election Campaign Kick Off in Iraq, by Bushra Juhi
Washington Post - Two Sunni Politicians Barred from Iraqi Election, by Ernesto Londono
Reuters - Bad State Services Dampen Iraqi Appetite to Vote, by Aseel Kami
Reuters - Iraqi, U.S. Forces Battle Militia Group, Five Killed
Christian Science Monitor - Kidnapping of American in Iraq Sparked by Faltering Reconciliation Talks, by Jane Arraf
World
Iran
Associated Press - Iran Supreme Leader Lauds State Rally, Warns West, by Nasser Karimi
Times Online - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Declares Iran a 'Nuclear State,' by Catherine Philp
Washington Post - Ahmadinejad Makes Nuclear Claims, Stifles Protests on Revolution's Anniversary, by Thomas Erdbrink and Glenn Kessler
Washington Times - U.S. Distrusts Iran Nuclear Breakthrough Bragging, by Eli Lake
LA Times - Pro-Government Demonstrators Overshadow Opposition in Iran, by Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim
Christian Science Monitor - Iran Opposition Protests Fizzle in Face of Overwhelming Security, by Scott Peterson
Times Online - Iranian Regime Ships in Support for Anniversary Celebrations, by Martin Fletcher
New York Times - Atomic Agency Views Iran's Stepped-Up Enrichment of Uranium as a Violation, by William Broad
RFE/RL - Lieberman Discusses New Iran Santions Bill, Says Regime 'Has Sealed Its Fate,'
Yemen
Reuters - Shi'ite Rebels Break Ceasefire in Yemen
Times Online - Yemen Agrees Ceasefire Terms with Shia Muslim Border Rebels, by High Tomlinson
Russia
Reuters - Russia Says 20 Killed in Battle Near Chechnya
Venezueala
New York Times - Sealing Shift, Chavez Gives Contracts to Western Oil Companies, by Simon Romero