Global News Alert - July 28, 2010
Afghanistan
New York Times - House Approves Money for War, but Rift Deepens by Elisabeth Bumiller and Carl Huse
LA Times -Blast kills 25 on bus in southern Afghanistan by Laura King
Bloomberg - Attorney General Holder Says U.S. Probing Leaks of Afghanistan Documents by Mahoud Kassem
AFP - General pledges no 'hot potato' troop handoff in Afghanistan by Jim Mannion
NPR - One Sailor's Body Found, One Missing in Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal - Kuncinich, Paul Force Afghanistan Debate by Naftali Bendavid
Pakistan
Christian Science Monitor - Pakistan plane carrying 152 crashes near Islamabad, no survivors reported by Issam Ahmed
The New Republic - What the WikiLeaks Tell Us About Pakistani Loyalities by Reuel Marc Gerecht
Associated Press - House rejects troop pull-out from Pakistan
McClatchy Newspapers - Pakistan's support for militants may be backfiring by Saeed Shah
Washington Post - Little choice but to depend on Pakistan's help in Afghanistan by David Ignatius
Christian Science Monitor - India's strategy of suppression in Kashmir could backfire by Ben Arnoldy
Iraq
Associated Press - 11 killed in Iraq helicopter crash, bombing by Sinan Salaheddin
CNN - Scores in Iraq head to religious festival despite bombing by CNN wire staff
Xinhua - Iraq's Maliki, U.S. military chief discuss U.S. withdrawal from Iraq
Voice of America - US Officials Call on Iraq to Form Government by Al Pessin
Reuters - Iraq parliament delayed, no end to stalemate in sight
Iran
TIME - Iran's Latest Enemy: Paul the Octopus by Megan Friedman
CNN -Iran ready to resolve dispute over nuclear program, with conditions by CNN wire staff
Christian Science Monitor - Europe tightens the world's pincers on Iran with new sanctions
MEMRI Blog - Turkey Throws Lifeline to Iran
ABC News - Gay Illegal Immigrant Seeks Asylum with Deportation to Iran Pending by Devin Dwyer