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Global News Alert - October 26, 2010
Oct 25, 2010 - Anonymous
Afghanistan
International Business Times-Somalia, Afghanistan, Myanmar most corrupt: Transparency International by Nagesh Narayana
Reuters- Roadside bomb kills four police in west Afghanistan by Sharafuddin Sharafyar
Washington Post- U.S. operations in Kandahar push out Taliban by Joshua Partlow and Karin Brulliard
AFP- Dutch aid worker abducted in Afghanistan: officials by Gul Rahim
NY Daily News- Time's running out for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, countdown to Obama's July 2011 withdrawal begins by James Gordon Meek
The Independent- UK and US hope to repeat success of strategy that turned tide of war in Iraq by Kim Sengupta
Pakistan
Boston Globe- Remote N. Waziristan viewed as the ‘epicenter of terrorism’ by Kathy Gannon
Reuters- Pakistan feudalism boosts Taliban cause by Kamran Haider
AFP- Pakistan urges more intel sharing with Britain
Foreign Policy- In Pakistan, corruption and floods are keeping al Qaeda fat and happy by Thomas E. Ricks
Wall Street Journal- The Pakistan Paradox by Bret Stephens
Iraq
CNN- Two ministry officials killed in latest Iraq violence by Mohammed Tawfeeq
New York Times- Iraq Court Sentences Tariq Aziz to Death by Jack Healy
Washington Post- WikiLeaks docs raise questions of Obama policies by Raphael G. Satter
AFP- Life behind and beyond the barricades in Iraq by Anwar Faruqi
VOA News- US Denies Downplaying Iraq Civilian Deaths, Condoning Prisoner Abuse by Al Pessin
Iran
Guardian- Iran is buying political influence in Afghanistan by Massoumeh Torfeh
SF Examiner- Iran training Taliban fighters to use surface-to-air missiles by Sara A. Carter
FOX News- Iran to Load Fuel Into First Nuke Plant
World Tribune- Gulf states consensus: U.S. pullout leaves Iraq in shambles, emboldens Iran
World
Telegraph- US to build £8bn super base on Pacific island of Guam by Praveen Swami