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Global News Alert - November 10, 2009
Nov 10, 2009 - Anonymous
Afghanistan
Associated Press - TV Footage Shows Afghan Insurgents With US Ammo, by Amir Shah and Deb Riechmann
Associated Press - Sources: Obama Near Decision on Afghanistan Troops, by Anne Gearan and Steven Hurst
Washington Times - Democrats Torn on Afghanistan, Women's Rights, by Jon Ward
Times Online - Britain to Train 10,000 More Afghan Troops to Speed up Withdrawal, by Michael Evans
Department of Defense - Forces Clear Taliban from Northern Afghan Province
Reuters - U.N. Declares Afghan Election 'Credible, Legitimate,' by Louis Charbonneau
Reuters - Afghan Leader Hosts EU Head After 'Difficult' Time
Associated Press - Japan Plans Additional $5 Billion for Afghanistan, by Jay Alabaster
LA Times - Afghanistan Ill-Prepared for Swine Flu, by Alexandra Zavis
Pakistan
Reuters - Pakistani Taliban Vow Tough Guerrilla War, by Alamgir Bitani
Reuters - Ten Killed, 15 Hurt in Pakistan Bomb: Police
VOA News - Bomb Rocks Northwestern Pakistan
Iraq
BBC News - Iraqi General Election Date Set
LA Times - Prominent Member of Awakening Movement Arrested in Iraq, by Caesar Ahmed and Ned Parker
Department of Defense - Forces Arrest Terrorism Suspects in Iraq
Wall Street Journal - Iraqi Arabs and Kurds Pursue a Common Ground, by Gina Chon
Reuters - Militants Kill, Kurds Intimidate Iraqi Minorities: HRW, by Jack Kimball
New York Times - In Iraq, Tensions Bubble Inside and Outside an Iranian Exile Camp, by Timothy Williams
New York Times - Women Ascend to Iraq's Elite Police Officer Corps, by John Leland
New York Times - Counting Forward (Editorial)
World
North Korea
Associated Press - Navies of 2 Koreas Exchange Fire Near Border, by Hyung-Jin Kim
New York Times - Korean Navies Trade Fire in First Incident in Seven Years, by Choe Sang-Hun
Wall Street Journal - Korean Navies on Sea Border Exchange Fire, by Evan Ramstad
VOA News - North Korea Demands Apology After Naval Clash with South, by Kurt Achin
Iran
Reuters - US Says Can Give Iran Time to Okay Nuclear Deal, by Mark Heinrich
Christian Science Monitor - Iran's Ahmadinejad: Capitalism in Dead, by Scott Peterson
LA Times - 3 Hikers Face Spying Charges in Iran, by Borzou Daraghi and Liz Sly
Japan
Associated Press - Marine Base Debate Clouds US-Japan Relations, by Eric Talmadge
Israel/Hezbollah
Associated Press - Israel Say Major Cities in Hezbollah Rocket Range, by Steve Weizman
Somalia
Associated Press - Somali Pirates Demand $3M for Ship with 18 Crew, by Mohamed Olad Hassan
NATO
Washington Times - Envoy: Europe Relies on U.S. Shield, by Eli Lake
UK Military
Wall Street Journal - Tory Defense Chief Seeks U.K. Security Overhaul, by Alistair MacDonald
US Military