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Global News Alert - February 19, 2010
Feb 19, 2010 - Anonymous
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Afghanistan
Associated Press - US Marines Airdropped Into Taliban-Held Territory, by Alfred de Montesquiou
Times Online - US and Afghan Officials Say Taleban Fighters Far from Defeated, by Jerome Starkey
Wall Street Journal - Troops Face Pockets of Resistance in Marjah, by Alan Cullison and Habib Zahori
LA Times - Marines in Marja Focus on Sniper Threat, by Laura King
Reuters - Concern Over Afghan Civilians Slows NATO Advance, by Golnar Motevalli
LA Times - In Afghanistan, Marines Handling Detainess by the Book, by Tony Perry
Wall Street Journal Journal - U.S. Bets Best Ally in Surge Is Old One, by Matthew Rosenberg and Peter Spiegel
Wall Street Journal - Dutch Parliament Debates Afghanistan, by John Miller and Maarten van Tartwijk
Pakistan
New York Times - In Pakistan Raid, Taliban Chief Was an Extra Prize, by Scott Shane and Eric Schmitt
Associated Press - US Strike Kills Taliban Leader's Brother, by Munir Ahmad
Washington Post - Official: Son of al-Qaeda-Linked Terror Leader Killed in U.S. Strike, by Haq Nawaz Khan and Karin Brulliardw
Times Online - Capture of Taleban Leaders Suggests $12 Billion US Gamble is Paying Off, by Jeremy Page and Zahid Hussain
Washington Post - U.S.-Pakistan Cooperation Has Led to Capture of Afghan Taliban Insurgents, by Karin Brulliard and Karen DeYoung
Iraq
New York Times - With Streel and Asphalt, Bridge Helps Seal Baghdad's Division, by Anthony Shadid
Christian Science Monitor - Iraq Bomb Before Elections has Some Fearing New Civil War, by Jane Arraf
World
Iran
New York Times - Inspectors Say Iran Worked on Warhead, by David Sanger and William Broad
Times Online - UN Nuclear Watchdog Accuses Iran over Nuclear Weapons, by Nico Hines
Reuters - Russia Urges Iran to Cooperate on Nuclear Issue, by Conor Sweeney
RFE/RL - Why Iran's Green Movement Objects to President's Economic Style, by Charles Recknagel
Niger
Associated Press - Niger Junta Names Platoon Commander Its Leader, by Dalatou Mamane
Russia
Reuters - Bombs Kill Two, Injure 33 in Russia's Ingushetia
Times Online - Georgia Denounces French Sale of Tanks and Warships to Russia, by Michael Binyon
United States
Washington Times - Biden Seeks Test Ban and End to all U.S. Nukes, by Bill Gertz