Global News Alert - October 14, 2010
Afghanistan
Washington Post- NATO forces facilitating Afghan-Taliban talks by Karen DeYoung
BBC- Three Nato troops die in an explosion in Afghanistan
New York Times- U.S. Aids Taliban to Attend Talks on Making Peace by Thom Shanker
MSNBC- Elements of Taliban are 'ready' to talk peace, key Afghan negotiator says
New York Times- French General Mixes Formula for a Bit of Afghan Calm by Alissa Rubin
New York Times- Security Council Votes to Continue Military Effort in Afghanistan
BBC- Cameron and Petraeus to discuss aid worker's death
Pakistan
CNN- Police: Plot to kill Pakistan PM uncovered by Frederik Pleitgen
CNN- Clinton: Pakistan should pass reforms to ensure flood victim support
Associated Press- Suspected US missiles strikes kill 11 in Pakistan by Ishtiaq Mahsud
Bloomberg- Pakistan Army Planning Assault on Al-Qaeda Terror `Epicenter,' Mullen Says by Viola Gienger
Guardian- Can Musharraf win back Pakistan? by Syed Hamad Ali
Iraq
Washington Post- Dutch grant release to man who plotted to kill Americans in Iraq by Ellen Nakashima
The Atlantic- Iran Has Less Power in Iraq Than We Think by Michael Wahid Hanna
Associated Press- US military says 77,000 Iraqis killed over 5 years by Lara Jakes
Bloomberg- Iraq's Allawi Steps Up Challenge to Al-Maliki as He Tries to Lure Deputies by Caroline Alexander
Iran
World Politics Review- World Citizen: Arabs States Building Arsenal for War With Iran by Frida Ghitis
Agence-France Presse- Iran 'arrests son of prominent conservative cleric'
Wall Street Journal- Iran's Economy Feels Sting of Sanctions by Farnaz Fassihi
Los Angeles Times- Arab media slam Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over visit
World
Reuters- U.N. nuclear agency faces dilemma over Syria by Fredrik Dahl
New York Times- Israeli Minister Exposes Rift With Netanyahu by Ethan Bronner