Global News Alert - November 9, 2009

November 6, 2009 News Alert                          November 10, 2009 News Alert

Afghanistan

Reuters - NATO, Afghans Claim to Kill 130 Taliban in Kunduz

Wall Street Journal - U.S, Afghans Target Taliban Region, by Alan Cullison and Anand Gopal

LA Times - Afghanistan: Marines Bring Some Calm in Helmand, by Tony Perry

Times Online - Allied Forces 'May Abandon Most of Northern Helmand'

Reuters - Afghanistan Hits Back at U.N. and Foreign Criticism

LA Times - Afghanistan Government Says Foreign Officials are Interfering, by Alexandra Zavis

Reuters - Karzai Says He's Addressing Corruption, by JoAnne Allen

Christian Science Monitor - After Afghan Election, Governors Seek Distance from 'Illegal' Karzai, by Ben Arnoldy

VOA News - US Army Chief of Staff: More Troops Needed in Afghanistan

 

Pakistan

Associated Press - Police say suicide bomber kills 3 in Pakistan, by Riaz Khan

Christian Science Monitor - Peshawar Pakistan Car Bomb Kills 12 amid Signs of Taliban Dissension, by Ben Hancock

 

Iraq

Associated Press - Iraq Election Commission Proposes Vote on Jan. 21, by Qassim Abdul-Zahra

New York Times - Iraq Passes Crucial Election Law, by Timothy Williams and Sa'ad Izzi

Wall Street Journal - Iraqi Lawmakers Question Oil-Development Deals, by Gina Chon

BBC News - US Helicopter Pilots Die in Iraq

 

World

Iran

Reuters - U.S. Can Give Iran Space to Accept Atom Deal: Official, by Mark Heinrich

LA Times - Iran May Call For a Nuclear Fuel Swap, Iranian TV Reports, by Borzou Daragahi

New York Times - Iran Is Said to Ignore Effort to Salvage a Nuclear Deal, by David E. Sanger

Reuters - Iran's Karoubi Attacks Ahmadinejad on U.S. Policy

RFE/RL - Iran Frees 40 Detained During Anti-U.S. Rally

Venezuela

Reuters - Columbia Turns to UN, OAS After Venezuela War Talk, by Hugh Bronstein

Yemen

New York Times - Saudi Arabia Says it Routed Yemen Rebels, Capturing 250, by Robert F. Worth

BBC News- Yemen Rebels 'Down Fighter Jet'

North Korea

Wall Street Journal - U.S. Weighs Pyongyand Envoy, by Evan Ramstad

Japan

Wall Street Journal - Japan's Mixed Signals Add to Uncertainty Over U.S. Installations, By Yuka Hayashi and Yochi Dreazen

United States

New York Times - Fort Hood Gunman Gave Signals Before His Rampage, by James McKinley Jr. and James Dao

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