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Global News Alert - January 25, 2010
Jan 25, 2010 - Anonymous
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Afghanistan
Associated Press - Bombs Kill 2 in Afghanistan; Rocket Hits Base
Associated Press - NATO Forces in Race to Secure Kandahar, by Heidi Vogt
Times Online - Afghanistan Will Take Longer to Tackle than Iraq, General David Petraeus Says, by Deborah Haynes
LA Times - Afghanistan Postpones Parliamentary Elections, by M. Karim Faiez and Laura King
Reuters - Afghanistan Delays Parliament Poll, by Peter Graff and Sayed Salahuddin
Times Online - Blow to Karzai as Donors Refuse to Finance Elections without Reforms, by Jerome Starkey
RFE/RL - Afghan Watchdog Slams Top Job for Ex-Militia Chief
RFE/RL - Miliband Calls Afghan Conference a 'Decisive Moment'
New York Times - U.N. Seeks to Drop Some Taliban from Terror List, be Dexter Filkins
Reuters - U.S. Commander Sees Eventual Taliban Peace Deal, by Simon Cameron-Moore and Zerin Elci
Times Online - Real Success May Come Only with the Taleban at the Table, by Richard Beeston
RFE/RL - Talks with Taliban Loom Over Pakistan-Afghanistan Summit, by Ron Synovitz
Pakistan
Washington Post - Pakistani Government, Military Wary of U.S. Overtures, by Pamela Constable
VOA News - Pakistani Militants Kill 6 for Alleged US Spying
Christian Science Monitor - In Pakistan, High Court Investigates 'Disapperances' in Wake of 9/11, by Issam Ahmed
Iraq
Washington Times - Iraqi Panel Chief Firm on Purged Candidates, by Eli Lake
Wall Street Journal - Blasts Rock Baghdad, by Chip Cummins
Associated Press - 3 Blasts Strike Baghdad Hotel District, by Chelsea Carter
RFE/RL - U.S. Vice President Calls For Fair Iraqi Election
VOA News - Biden in Iraq Says US to Appeal Blackwater Ruling, by Edward Yeranian
BBC News - US State Department Condemned Over Iraq Police Contract
Associated Press - Audit Hits State on Failures to Monitor Iraq Work, by Richard Lardner
Wall Street Journal - Iraq Seals Oil Deal with Exxon, Shell, by Hassan Hafidh
Wall Street Journal - Blair to Face Inquiry Into Iraq War, by Cassell Bryan-Low
LA Times - Baghdad Crackdown Corks Drinkers' Spirits, by Liz Sly
World
Al Qaeda
Reuters - Bin Laden Claims U.S. Plane Attempt, Vows More Attacks, by Tamara Walid
Yemen
VOA News - US General Says Yemen Could Become Iraq-Saudi Proxy War, by Al Pessin
Reuters - Al Qaeda Did Checkpoint Attack, Official Says
Iran
VOA News - Iran Threatens to Produce Own Nuclear Fuel, by Edward Yeranian
Somalia
Christian Science Monitor - Somali Militants Disavow Kenya Threat, by Scott Baldauf
Israel/Palestine
Christian Science Monitor - With Mideast Peace Talks Stalled, Activists Fear a New Intifada, by Josh Mitnick
North Korea
Times Online - North Korea Accuses Seoul of "Open Declaration of War"
Haiti
LA Times - In Haiti, U.S. Troops Embrace a New Role, by Mitchell Landsberg
Washington Post - U.S. Soldiers Play Vital Role in Beleaguered Haitian Shantytown, by Dana Hedgpeth
Christian Science Monitor - Patiently, US Soldiers Struggle To Help Rebuild Haiti, by Gordon Lubold