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

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