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Global News Alert - March 11, 2010
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Afghanistan
Associated Press - Complaints Persist as US Frees Afghan Detainees, by Kay Johnson
Washington Post - Overworked U.S. Embassy in Kabul Straining to Meet Administration's Demands, by Karen DeYoung
BBC News - Afghanistan Does Not Want Proxy Wars, Says Karzai
RFE/RL - Karzai Stresses Pakistan's Role in Afghan Reconciliation
Associated Press - Afghanistan Welcomes Pakistani Role in Peace Talks, by Sebastian Abbot and Nahal Toosi
VOA News - Karzai Welcomes Pakistan's Reconciliation Assistance
New York Times - Afghanistan and Pakistan Pledge Cooperation
Washington Post - British Official Urges Afghanistan to Negotiate with Taliban Insurgents, by Karen DeYoung
Associated Press - Gates: Iran Support for Taliban 'Pretty Limited,' by Anne Gearan
LA Times - In Kabul, Hopelessness Weighs on Job Hunters, by Jeffrey Fleishman
Wall Street Journal - Afghan Official Did Prison Time, by David Crawford (Suscriber Only)
Department of Defense - Afghan, International Forces Capture Militants
Associated Press - Bomb Kills 5 Afghan Civilians, Including Kids
New York Times - House Rejects Plan to LEave Afghanistan by Year's End, by Carl Hulse
Pakistan
Wall Street Journal - Arrests Force Taliban Flight, by Matthew Rosenberg (Suscriber Only)
New York Times - Spy Chief in Pakistan to Stay On Another Year, by Jane Perlez
New York Times - Drone Strikes Kill 21 in Pakistan
LA Times - Pakistan Militants Attack U.S. Christian Aid Group, Killing Six, by Alex Rodriguez and Zulfiqar Ali
Iraq
Washington Post - After Playing Down Election Violence in Iraq, U.S. Military Reassesses, by Ernesto Londono
New York Times - Tight Race in Iraq Could Mean Weeks of Horse-Trading, by Marc Santora
LA Times - Iraq Election Means Life or Death for U.S. Ally, by Ned Parker
Reuters - Iraq Still Counting Votes, no Results Yet, by Ahmed Rashid and Rania El Gamal
Department of Defense - U.S. Troops in Iraq Adopt New Role, by John Kruzel
World
Iran
VOA News - Shell Ends Gas Sales to Iran
Sudan
Washington Post - U.S. Envoy Pushes for Darfur Peace Deal before Sudanese Elections, by Sudarsan Raghavan
Lebanon
Christian Science Monitor - Lebanon Resumes Defense Talks on Hezbollah's Military Wing, by Nicholas Blanford
Israel
BBC News - Biden Says Peace Talks Must Resume
Washington Post - Biden's Rebuke on New Housing Comes as Israel Seeks to Reaffirm U.S. Relations, by Janini Zacharia
Times Online - Arab League Puts Peace Talks on the Brink, by Sheera Frenkel
European Union
Times Online - Lady Ashton Answers Critics with Review of Case for EU Military HQ, by David Charter