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Global News Alert - February 8, 2010
Feb 8, 2010 - Anonymous
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Afghanistan
Times Online - NATO Starts Operation to Seize Violent Regions in Afghanistan
BBC News - Afghan Villages Abandoned Before NATO-Led Operation
LA Times - Afghan Forces Face Crucial Test in Marja, by Laura King and Tony Perry
VOA News - Taliban Prepares for Major NATO Offensive in Afghanistan
Times Online - Special Forces Assassins Infiltrate Taliban Stronghold in Afghanistan, by Marvin Colvin
Associated Press - Karzai: Afghanistan May Institute Conscription, by David Rising
RFE/RL - U.S. Sees NATO Filling Gap for Afghan Trainers
LA Times - NATO Arrests Afghan Police Official Accused of Aiding Insurgents, by Laura King
Reuters - U.S. Civilians at Front in Battle for Afghan Trust, by Golnar Motevalli
New York Times - On Afghan Road, Scences of Beauty and Death, by Dexter Filkins
Associated Press - Wild West Motif Lightens US Mood at Afghan Base, by Christopher Torchia
Associated Press - Battle to Electrify Kandahar Shows Afghan Dilemma, by Heidi Vogt
Christian Science Monitor - Munich Security Conference: Fresh Focus on Afghanistan, Nuclear Weapons, by Robert Marquand
Pakistan
Associated Press - Pakistani Military Seizes Taliban Stronghold in NW, by Anwarullah Khan
Washington Post - Al-Qaeda is a Wounded by Dangerous Enemy, by Joby Warrick and Peter Finn
Iraq
New York Times - Iraqi Court Given Time to Review Candidates, by Steven Lee Myers
Associated Press - Iraqi PM: Appeals Panel Can Review Election Law
RFE/RL - Iraqi Parliament to Debate Ban on Election Candidates
Christian Science Monitor - In Iraq, Karbala Bombings Spark Fear of Renewed Sectarian Violence, by Jane Arraf
Washington Post - Officials Confirm Kidnapping of U.S. Contractor in Iraq, by Ernesto Londono and Leila Fadel
World
Iran
LA Times - Iran to Build 10 Nuclear Plants, Beef up Mlitary, by Borzou Daragahi
New York Times - Iran Tells U.N. Agency of Nuclear Enrichment Plans, by Alan Cowell and Michael Slackman
Associated Press - Iran to IAEA: We Will Increase Uranian Enrichment
Christian Science Monitor - Iran's Plans for 10 New Nuclear Fuel Plants 'Laughably Ambitious,' by Tom A Peter
Somalia
Associated Press - Delays Plague Somali Offensives Against Islamists, by Mohamed Hassan and Katharine Hourled
India
Associated Press - 15 Soldiers Dead, 53 Rescued in Kashmir Avalanche
China
Christian Science Monitor - Transatlantic, Meet Pacific: China's Bold Stance at Munich Security Conference, by Robert Marquand
North Korea
Associated Press - North Korea Threatens South Amid Push to Restart Talks, y Hyung-Ji Kim
Ukraine
VOA News - Yanukovych Claims Win in Ukraine, Tymoshenko Won't Concede
Haiti
Reuters - Haiti Protesters Denounce Aid Corruption, Hoarding, by Jorge Vega