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Global News Alert - February 24, 2010
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Afghanistan
Christian Science Monitor - Afghanistan War: As Civilian Deaths Rise, NATO Says, 'Sorry,' by Julius Cavendish
Associated Press - Rights Body Counts 28 Civilian Deaths in Marjah, by Heidi Vogt and Noor Khan
Department of Defense - Officials Note Operation Moshtarak Progress
Times Online - Battles Starts to Win Over Helmand Locals and Wean Them Off Poppy Growing, by Roland Watson
Wall Street Journal - Government Administrator Arrive in Marjah, by Michael Phillips
VOA News - Afghan Provincial Official Killed in Drive-By Shooting
Reuters - Karzai Criticized over Afghan Poll Watchdog Move, by Sayed Salahuddin
Washington Post - Afghan President Takes Over Election Watchdog Appointments, by Heidi Vogt
RFE/RL - Rights Groups Renew Condemnation of Afghan Amnesty Bill
New York Times - More Satellites Will Act as Eyes for Troops, by Thom Shanker and Eric Schmitt
Wall Street Journal - Denmark Rallies Public Behind Afghan War, by Alistair MacDonald
Pakistan
Wall Street Journal - Taliban Capture Raises Hopes of Pakistani Shift, by Zahid Hussain and Siobhan Gorman
Associated Press - Intel Officials: US Missiles Kill 4 in NW Pakistan, by Rasool Dawar and Hussain Afzal
Reuters - U.S. Missile Strike Kills 8 Militants in Pakistan, by Haji Mujtaba
Washington Post - Hopes for India-Pakistan Peace Talks are Modest, by Emily Wax
Wall Street Journal - Pakistan's Finance Minister Resigns, by Haris Zamir and Neelabh Chaturvedi
Iraq
Reuters - Iraq's March 7 Poll Could Bring Peace or Chaos, by Aseel Kami and Michael Christie
World
Iran
Washington Times - U.S. Will Use Banks to Thwart Iran Nukes, by Eli Lake
New York Times - Iran Letter Repeats Nuclear Swap Terms Rejected by West, by Alan Cowell
VOA News - US Calls Iranian Nuclear Offer Unacceptable, by David Gollust
Reuters - Russia Says Won't Back 'Crippling" Iran Sanctions
BBC News - Iran to Ban Airlines Not Using the Term "Perisan Gulf," by Jon Leyne
Yemen
VOA News - Arrests, Detentions, Deaths in Yemen's Southern Conflict, by Heather Murdock
Sudan
Wall Street Journal - Sudan President Signs Preliminary Peace Pact, by Margaret Coker and Sarah Childress
Malaysia
VOA News - In Malaysia, Increasing Religious Tension May be Linked to Economic Concerns, by Brian Padden
Israel
LA Times - Israel's 'Miracle' Anti-Rocket Defense Plan Raises Anxieties, by Edmund Sanders
Mexico
Washington Post - U.S. to Embed Agents in Mexican Law Enforcement Units Battling Cartels in Juarez, by William Booth
Falklands
Times Online - Escalating Falklands Oil Dispute Goes to UN, by Francis Elliott and Hannad Strange
NATO
RFE/RL - Gates: NATO in 'Crisis,' Allies Must Invest in Defense, by Heather Maher
New York Times - Gates Calls European Mood a Danger to Peace, by Brian Knowlton