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Global News Alert - January 28, 2010
Jan 28, 2010 - Anonymous
January 27, 2010 Global News Alert January 29, 2010 Global News Alert
Afghanistan
Department of Defense - President Vows to Confront Terrorists, Succeed in Afghanistan, by Donna Miles
New York Times - Afghan Tribe to Fight Taliban in Return for Aid From U.S., by Dexter Filkins
Christian Science Monitor - Good Counterinsurgency, Like Good Politics, Is Local, by Tom Peter
Wall Street Journal - Conference to Focus On Afghan Problems, by Alistair MacDonald and Matthew Rosenberg
Christian Science Monitor - What Will Afghan President Karzai Say in London?, by Roy Gutman
BBC News - Afghanistan Summit: Gordon Brown Says 'Tid Must Turn'
Christian Science Monitor - Before London Afghanistan Conference, Hope for Taliban Deals, by Robert Marquand
Reuters - Karzai Calls for Afghan Reconciliation, by David Brunnstrom
Times Online - Taleban Fighters to be 'Bought Off' with $500m, by Sam Coates
New York Times - Training Afghan Forces Will Take Years, Karzai Says, by John Burns and Alan Cowell
Associated Press - Karzai Says Western Troops Could Stay for 10 Years, by David Stringer and Jill Lawless
Times Online - Karzai Says Afghan Will Need '15 Years of Help,' by Tom Coghlan
Times Online - Afghan Military Strategy Doomed Without Big Changes, UN Chief Warns, by Tom Coghlan
Washington Post - Ban Names New U.N. Envoy to Afghanistan, by Colum Lynch
Christian Science Monitor - Why US Disappointed by Germany Troop Levels, by David Montero
Washington Times - Kabul Residents Say U.S. Soliders Kill Imam Sitting in Car, by Joshua Partlow
Associated Press -NATO Troops Kill Afghan Cleric, Officials Say, by Amir Shah
RFE/RL - Tajikistan Offers Afghanistan A Model in Peacemaking, by Farangis Najibullah
Pakistan
Christian Science Monitor - Rare Afghanistan Convoy Attack in Normally Safe Pakistan City, by Huma Yusuf
New York Times - In Rare Attack, NATO Convoy Is Hit in Karachi, by Salman Masood
Washington Post - Pakistan Seeks Role as Mediator in Possible Taliban-Afghanistan Peace Talks, by Pamela Constable
Iraq
RFE/RL - Obama Says War in Iraq Ending, by Andrew Tully
Washington Post - Islamic State of Iraq Claims Responsibility in Bombings Targeting Baghdad Hotels, by Ernesto Londono
VOA News - Al-Qaida Group Claims Responsibility for Baghdad Hotel Bombings,
Reuters - Iraq Moves to Curb Channels Seen Inciting Violence
World
Iran
Wall Street Journal - U.S. to Outline New Iran Sanctions, by Jay Solomon and Joe Lauria
Reuters - Iran Faces Consequences over Nuclear Program: Obama, by David Alexander
Reuters - Iran's Karoubi Sees Early Exit of President: Report
New York Times - Iran Reportedly Executes 2 Over Election Protests, by Michael Slackman
BBC News - Iranian Forces Clash with Kurish Separatist Group
Yemen
Washington Times - London Conferees Plege Long-Term Help for Yemen, by Nicholas Kralev
Wall Street Journal - Pentagon to Sent More Special Forces Troops to Yemen, by Yochi Dreazen
Wall Street Journal - Nations Tie Aid for Yemen to Overhaul, by Jay Solomon, Margeret Coker, and Yochi Dreazen
Reuters - U.S. Tells Yemen To Do More To Fight Militancy, by Samia Nakhoul and Adrian Croft
New York Times - As Nations Meet, Clinton Urges Yemen to Prove Itself Worthy of Aid, by Mark Landler
Washington Post - Hillary Clinton Among Those Praising Yemen's Efforts Against Al-Qaeda, by Karen DeYoung
Venezuela
Times Online - Second Day of Violent anti-Hugo Chavez Protests Rock Venezuelan Capital, by Hannah Strange
United States
Washington Times - Overhaul of Export Controls on Table, by Bill Gertz