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Global News Alert - February 5, 2010
Feb 5, 2010 - Anonymous
February 4, 2010 Global News Alert
Afghanistan
Associated Press - Afghanistan: Blast at Dog Fight Kills 4, Wounds 26
Times Online - Joint Afghan and NATO Force Seeks to Clear Helmand Rebels, by Tom Coghlan
Reuters - UK Troops Pave Way for Major NATO Afghan Assault, by Baris Atayman
Reuters - Taliban Reject "Deal" with Afghanistan, West, by Jonathon Burch
VOA News - US, Afghanistan at Odds Over Reconciliation and Reintegration, by Gary Thomas
Christian Science Monitor - Afghanistan War: US Tries to Undercut Taliban at Tribal Level, by Thomas Day
Wall Street Journal - McChystal Sees Signs fo Progress in Push to Stabilize Afghanistan, by Peter Speigel
LA Times - Gen. McChrystal Sees Progress in Afghanistan, by Julian Barnes
New York Times - Top U.S. Commander Sees Progress in Afghanistan, by Thom Shanker
VOA News - Gates in Istanbul for Afghan Talks, by Al Pessin
LA Times - Command Errors Preceded Taliban Attack on Afghan Outpost, by Laura King
Washington Post - U.S. Commanders in Afghanistan Face Tougher Discipline for Battlefield Failures, by Greg Jaffe
Pakistan
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Puzzlies Over Top Militants's Fate, by Matthew Rosenberg
New York Times - Even Where Pakistani Law Exists, Taliban Find a Porous Border, by Souad Mekhennet and Richard Oppel
BBC News - Pakistan Double Bombing Kills Shia Muslims
Reuters - At Least 12 Die as Twin Blasts Hit Pakistan's Karachi, by Faisal Aziz
Associated Press - 5 Killed in Bomb Attack on Hospital in Pakistan, by Ashraf Khan
BBC News - Anger in Pakistan over Doctor COnviction, by Mark Dummett
Christian Science Monitor - US Troop Presence in Pakistan Meets Suprisingly Muted Response, by Issam Ahmed
Iraq
Washinginton Post - Top Iraqi Court to Weigh Ruling on Barred National Candidates, by Leila Fadel and Aziz Alwan
Washington Post - Iraq Electoral Panel Questions Appeals Ruling on Barred Candidates, by Leila Fadel and Aziz Alwan
Wall Street Journal - Iraq Delays Start of Parliamentary Election Campaigns, by Margaret Coker
New York Times - Election Panel Puts Off Start of Iraq Paliament Race, by Nada Bakri
RFE/RL - Ba'ath Dispute Delays Iraq Election Campaign
Times Online - Iraq's Elections Could be a Turning Point - Backwards, by James Hider
VOA News - Blast Kills 27 in Iraqi Shi'ite City of Karbala
Associated Press -Bomb Kills 27 at Height of Iraqi Shiite Pilgrimage, by Chelsea Carter
World
Iran
Washington Post - China Could Block Sanctions Against Iran, by Glenn Kessler
Reuters - Iran Using Trick on Nuclear Program: German Foreign Minister
Associated Press - Iran Last Minute Addition to Munich Security Event, by Desmond Butler and David Rising
VOA News - Iran Says US Defense Missiles Easily Defeated
North Korea
Christian Science Monitor - In North Korea, Angry Crowds and Rising Prices Spur Power Plays, by Donald Kirk
Haiti
Washington Post - In Haiti, U.S. Has Chance to Improve Image in Latin America, by Juan Forero
Romania
New York Times - Romanians Accept Plan for Basing of Missiles, by Nicholas Kulish and Ellen Barry
Christian Science Monitor - Romania Agrees to Host US Missile Interceptors, by Kristen Chick
Georgia
New York Times - South Ossetians Warn Against Rearming Georgia, by Ellen Barry
Russia
RFE/RL - Could NATO Membership for Russia Break Impasse in European Security Debate?, by Robert Coalson
United States
Wall Street Journal - Google Working with NSA to Investigate Cyber Attack, by Siobhan Gorman and Jessica Vascellaro
Christian Science Monitor - Google Cyber Attacks a 'Wake-up" Call for U.S., Intel Chief Says, by Mark Clayton
Christian Science Monitor - Homegrown Terrorism a Growing Concern for US Intelligence, by Gordon Lubold