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Global News Alert - February 23, 2010
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Afghanistan
Times Online - Hamid Karzai Seizes Control of Afghan Electoral Complaints Commission, Jerome Starkey
BBC News - Karzai Poll Body Power Grab Sparks Western Concerns
Washington Times - Taliban Fighters Hinder Offensive, by Bill Gertz
Department of Defense - Helmand Start of Broader Offensive, Officials Say, by Lisa Daniel
Department of Defense - Afghan Campaign Will Be Tough, Petraeus Says, by Carmen Gleason
Washington Post - Afghan Official Who Will Govern Marja Pays First Visit, Makes Plea to Residents, by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Christian Science Monitor - Marjah Offensive: New Afghan Governor Takes Office as Battle Rages, by Julius Cavendish
Associated Press - NATO Commander Takes Apology Directly to Afghans, by Deb Riechmann and Heidi Vogt
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Special Operations Ordered Deadly Afghan Strike, by Matthew Rosenberg
Washington Post - U.S. Airstrike Kills at least 27 Afghan Civilians, by Joshua Partlow and Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Reuters - U.S. Afghan Death Toll Reaches 1,000, by Ismail Sameen
New York Times - Blasts Kill Civilians in 2 Afghan Provinces, by Abdul Waheed Wafa
Times Online - Bicycle Bomb Kills Seven Near Bus Station in Lashkar Gah, by Jerome Starkey
Times Online - Dutch Collapse Over Afghanistan Indicates Profound European Mood Change, by Bronwen Maddox
Christian Science Monitor - Dutch Government Collapse: Will Other European Troops Now Leave Afghanistan? by Robert Marquand
Wall Street Journal - NATO Chief: Support for Afghan Mission Is Still Strong, by Peter Spiegel
Pakistan
New York Times - Pakistani Says It Caught a Member of Taliban Inner Circle, by Pir Zubair Shah and Dexter Filkins
Washington Post - Afghan Taliban Commander Captured in Pakistan, by Karin Brulliard and Joshua Partlow
Associated Press - Reports: Another Taliban Leader Caught in Pakistan
Times Online - The Mujahidin Trainer, by Anthony Loyd
Wall Street Journal - Old Ties Help Spur New India-Pakistan Talks, by Amol Sharma and Zahid Hussain
Iraq
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Will Slow Iraq Pullout If Violence Surges After Vote, by Yochi Dreazen
Washington Post - U.S. Plans for Possible Delay in Iraq Withdrawal, by Craig Whitlock
VOA News - Gates: Only Serious Change in Security Will Delay US Troop Withdrawal from Iraq, by Al Pessin
Department of Defense - Odierno: Iraq Can Help Stabilize the Middle East, by Jim Garamone
New York Times -Spike in Iraq Violence as Vote Nears, by Marc Santora
World
Iran
Washington Times - Mullen Wary of Attacks on Iran Nukes, by Eli Lake
Reuters - Iran Says Any Fuel Swap Must Be on Its Territory, by Ramin Mostafavi and Hashem Kalantari
VOA News - Iran: Arrest Sunni Militant Leader Had Help From US
Associated Press - Iran Captures Sunni Militants Group Leader, by Ali Akbar Dareini
Associated Press - Iran's Reeling Reformers Find Khomeini Family Ally, by Brian Murphy
New York Times - Foe of Iran Government Calls for Referendum, by Nazila Fathi
Turkey
Times Online - Turkish Police Arrest 50 in Move Against Anti-Islamist Coup, by Suna Erdem
Yemen
Reuters - Senior Yemen al Qaeda Leader Threatens U.S. Attacks: Site, by Raissa Kasolowsky
Reuters - Scars of Yemen Wars Still Raw Despite Truce, by Ulf Laessing
Sudan
Reuters - At Least 30 Killed in Southern Sudan
Congo
Associated Press - US Marines to Train Congoloese Army Battalion
Latin America
LA Times - Modest Brazil Warplane Fitting into Nation's Plans, by Chris Kraul
Times Online - Latin America Back Argentina as Britain Begins Falklands Oil Quest, by Hannad Strange
China
VOA News - China Vows Sanctions Against US Companies Will Go Forward, by Peter Simpson
NATO
Associated Press - Gates: Europe's Demilitarization Has Gone Too Far, by Robert Burns
United States
New York Times - Hurdles Hinder Counterterrorism Center, by Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker