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Global News Alert - October 13, 2010
Oct 12, 2010 - Anonymous
Afghanistan
Associated Press- NATO: Haqqani commander killed in joint force raid by Robert Kennedy
New York Times- Gains in Afghan Training, but Struggles in War by C. J. Chivers
Agence-France Presse- Eight dead as cargo plane crashes near Kabul: officials by Waheedullah Massoud
Reuters- Afghan firms "pay off Taliban with foreign cash" by Hamid Shalizi
Wall Street Journal- The Afghanistan War's Dividends in Europe by Con Coughlin
USA Today- Civilian casualties in Afghanistan fall sharply by Jim Michaels
BBC- Nato holds Brussels Afghanistan handover meeting
Pakistan
Washington Post- Pakistan's judiciary threatens government stability by Karin Brulliard
Agence-France Presse- Trickle of Western jihadists head to Pakistan
Los Angeles Times- Pakistan flood crisis blamed partly on deforestation by Alex Rodriguez
BBC- US 'should delete its logos' on aid to Pakistan by Alastair Lawson
Iraq
Associated Press- Iraq seeks diplomatic thaw with Syria by Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Associated Press- Al-Qaida threatens to nab Iraq ministers' families by Hamid Ahmed
Washington Post- Shipping to troops? Watch the calendar by Ed O'Keefe
The National- Turkey and Syria unite over Iraq by Phil Sands
Iran
New York Times- Arrests of 2 Germans in Iran Take on Political Overtones by Michael Slackman
CNN- Iran to prosecute 5 alleged spies
Washington Post- Members of Iran Revolutionary Guard killed in ammunition blast by Thomas Erdbrink
Washington Times- Ahmadinejad's Lebanon victory lap by Reza Kahlili
World
Reuters- Jubilation as first of Chile's 33 miners rescued by Cesar Illiano
Washington Post- Al-Qaeda affiliate calls for strikes on U.S. targets such as D.C. restaurants by Greg Miller
Washington Post- Gates: U.S. has 'national interest' in Asian sea disputes by Craig Whitlock