Global News Alert - January 14, 2010

January 13, 2010 Global News Alert                  January 15, 2010 Global News Alert

Afghanistan

Associated Press - Suicide Bomber Kills 16 People in Afghanistan, by Amir Shah

New York TImes - U.S. Approves Training to Expand Afghan Army, by Rod Nordland

Department of Defense - Troops Seize Explosives Cache in Helmand Province

Department of Defense - Marines Build Observation Posts Along Infamous Road, by Walter Marino

Times Online - Hopes for Gordon Brown's Afghanistan Conference Fail to Meet Expectations, by Francis Elliott and Tom Coghlan

Washington Post - United Nations: In Deadlies Year for Afghan Civilians, Taliban Did Most Damage, by Keith Richburg and Joshua Partlow

LA Times - Afghan Civilian Deaths in 2009 Were Most Since Invasion, U.N. Says, by Laura King

RFE/RL - Taliban Condemn U.S. Bagram Prison Handover

Times Online - Bit-Part Role for Britain as US Plans to Control Key Afghan Routes, by Tom Coghlan

Times Online - Hurt Pride no Reason to Decry Sensible Move in Helmand, by Anthony Loyd

 

Pakistan

Associated Press - US Steps up Missile Attacks in Pakistan, by Chris Brummitt

Wall Street Journal - U.S. Strike Targets Paksitan Taliban Chief, by Zahid Hussein and Matthew Rosesnberg

BBC News - Pakistan Taliban Deny US Drone Strike Killed Top Leader

Associated Press - Officials: US Missiles Kill 12 in Pakistan, by Munir Ahmad and Ishtiaq Mahsud

Reuters - Pakistan Taliban Chief Said Targeted by U.S. Drone, by Alamgir Bitani

Times Online - CIA Drone Strike Hits Hakimullah Mehsud Compound, by Zahid Hussain

New York Times - Deaths at Hands of Militants Rise in Pakistan, by Sabrina Tavernise

 

Iraq

LA Times - Iraq Security Measures Set Off Rumors of Coup, by Liz Sly and Ned Parker

RFE/RL - Iraq Minister Sees No Improvement in Mosul Security Situation

Department of Defense - Northern Iraq Remains Complex, General Says, by Jim Garamone

Associated Press - Iraq Sentance 11 to Death for Government Bombings, by Sameer Yacoub

BBC News - Death Sentances for Iraq Bombers Behind Huge Attack

New York Times - U.S. Companies join Race on Iraqi Oil Bonanza, by Timothy Williams

 

World

Iran

Associated Press - Dueling Protests Erupt at Iran Professor's Funeral, by Nasser Karimi

Reuters - Iran's Ahmadinejad Sees "Zionist Style" in Bombing

VOA News - U.S. Defense Spy Chief: Iran Undecided on Nuclear Bomb, by Gary Thomas

Yemen

Christian Science Monitor - Yemen Intensified Fight Against Al Qaeda, by Scott Peterson

LA Times - Yemen Forces Kill Suspected Al Qaeda Leader, by Jeffrey Fleishman

Reuters - Yemen Says Tribesmen Kill 10 Shi'ite Rebels

Somalia

Reuters - Pirate Attacks up Sharply in 2009, by Royce Cheah

Department of Defense - Africa, Partners Work for Maritime Security, by Michael Carden

China

Washington Times - China's "Aggressive" Buildup Called Worry, by Bill Gertz

New York Times - China Nearly Doubles Security Budget to Xinjiang, by Edward Wong

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