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Global News Alert - February 22, 2010
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Afghanistan
Associated Press - Afghan Police Say Tora Bora Commander Killed
Wall Street Journal - NATO Airstrike Kills Civilians, by Matthew Rosenberg and Habib Zahori
LA Times - NATO Airstrike Kills 27 Afghan Civilians, by Laura King
Reuters - NATO Afghan Airstrike Kills 27 Civilians, by Golnar Motevalli
New York Times - Dutch Pull-Out From War Expected After Government Collapse, by Nicholas Kulish
Times Online - Dutch Confrim Afghan Troop Pullout Sparking Fears of Domino Effect, by David Charter and Tom Coghlan
New York Times - U.S. Commander Describes Marja Battle as First Salvo in Campaign, by Joseph Berger
Times Online - General Stanley McChrystal Puts Focus on Afghan Province of Kandahar, by Deborah Haynes
Guardian - Approaching Fight for Kandahar May by Crucial Stage in Afghanistan War, by Saeed Shah
Times Online - Full Transcript of the Interview with General Stanley McChrystal, by Deborah Haynes
LA Times - Military Sweep of Marja Focuses on Pockets of 'Determined Resistance,' by Tony Perry and Laura King
Wall Street Journal - Progress in Marjah, But Civilian Trust Elusive, by Michael Phillips
Associated Press - Afghanistan Battle Shows War Rarely Fought to Plan, by Christopher Torchia
New York Times - Prize on the Battlefields of Marja May Be Momentum, by Dexter Filkins
Washinton Post - Battle for Marja not only Militarily Significant, by Greg Jaffe and Craig Whitlock
LA Times - Taliban is Just One of Many Challenges Face by Afghan Towns, by Tony Perry
Washington Post -New Marja Mayor Faces Daunting PR Sell to Local Afghans, by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Washington Times - NATO Neglect Lets Taliban Built 35% More Strength, by Rowan Scarborough
Washington Post - Kabul Bank's Sherkhan Farnood Feeds Crony Capitalism in Afghanistan, by Andrew Higgins
Pakistan
Associated Press - Blast Kills 8 In Pakistan's Swat Valley, by Sherin Zada
BBC News - Blast 'Kills Five' in Main City in Pakistan
BBC News - Pakistan Air Stirke 'Kills 30' in South Waziristan
VOA News - India Sets Conditions for Improved Relationships with Pakistan, by Anjana Pasricha
Iraq
Times Online - Saleh Mutlaq Pulls out of Iraqi Elections, Threatening US Plans, by Oliver August
Associated Press - Police Say Family of 8 Killed in Iraq, by Rebecca Santana
RFE/RL - Sixteen Killed in Spate of Attack Across Iraq
BBC News - US Rebrands Military Campaign in Iraq
New York Times - A Model of Harmony Is Found in a Flashpoint City for Iraqi Sectarian Fighting, by Timothy Williams
New York Times - Report Seeks Sole Agency to Rebuild War Zones, by Timothy Williams
BBC News - Iraq-Turkey Railway Link Re-Opens, by Jonathan Head
World
Iran
Associated Press - Iran: Work on 2 New Enrichment Sites to Begin Soon, by Ali Akbar Dareini
Reuters - Iran Picks Sites for 10 Uranium Enrichment Plants
Reuters - Israel Urges Iran Oil Embargo Even Without UN Okay, by Dan Williams
Times Online - BBC an Arm of MI6, Says Police Chief of Iran, by Catherine Philp
Turkey
New York Times - Former Top Generals Detained in Turkish Coup Inquiry, by Sebnem Arsu
Niger
New York Times - Niger Junta Gives Assurances on Democracy Plans, by Adam Nossiter
Philippines
Christian Science Monitor - Philippines Kills Abu Sayyaf Most-Wanted Albader Parad, by Simon Montlake
Falkland Islands
Times Online - Argentina to Launch Diplomatic Offensive to Reclaim Falkland Islands, by Frank Pope and Hannad Strange
North Korea
Wall Street Journal - Pyongyang Reports and Aging, Less Healthy Population, by Evan Ramstad