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Global News Alert - October 27, 2010
Afghanistan
Washington Post- U.S. military campaign to topple resilient Taliban hasn't succeeded by Greg Miller
Foreign Policy- More airstrikes won't help in Afghanistan by Erica Gaston
Daily Mail- Our wasted years in Afghanistan, says British Major General by Ian Drury
Washington Post- Development aid in key Afghan province lacking in oversight, audit finds by Karen DeYoung
FOX News- Russia, NATO Plan Joint Afghan War Initiative
Pakistan
Reuters- Obama calls Pakistan's Zardari, urges more effort
AFP- Amnesty calls for probe over Baluchistan violence
Wall Street Journal- Suspected US Drone Strike Kills 3 In Pakistan Tribal Belt
AFP- Orakzai: Window on Pakistan's war against militancy by Emmanuel Duparcq
Iraq
New York Times- Anbar Province, Once a Hotbed of Iraqi Insurgency, Demands a Say on Resources by John Leland
BBC- Iraq jewellery shop attacks leave 10 dead in Kirkuk
Guardian- Tony Blair summoned back to Chilcot inquiry into Iraq war by Richard Norton-Taylor
Reuters- Iraq al Qaeda more lethal as homegrown insurgency by Suadad al-Salhy
CNN- 3 killed, several wounded in Iraq explosions by Mohammed Tawfeeq
Iran
VOA News- Clinton: US Has No Problem with Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Reactor by David Gollust
Foreign Policy- What we can learn from Iran's attempt to buy influence in Kabul by Stephen M. WaltÂ
Reuters- Iran arrests members of Sunni rebel group: report by Jon Boyle
TIME- High Anxiety in Iran: Awaiting Economic Reform
World
New York Times- Saudi Border With Yemen Is Still Inviting for Al Qaeda by Robert Worth
New York Times- In Mideast House of Cards, U.S. Views Lebanon as Shaky by Mark Landler