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Global News Alert - October 8, 2010
Oct 8, 2010 - Anonymous
Afghanistan
The New York Times- Inquiry Finds Guards at U.S. Bases Are Tied to Taliban by James Risen
CNN- Suicide attack kills provincial governor in northern Afghanistan by Ivan Watson
Christian Science Monitor- Afghanistan: Pentagon contractors entwined with 'pro-Taliban' warlords by Anna Mulrine
World Politics Review- The Realist Prism: IRA or Hezbollah Precedent for Afghanistan? by Nikolas Gvosdev
The National- Afghanistan's chance for a breakthrough by Chris Sands
Associated Press- Marines in Marjah face full-blown insurgency by Todd Pitman
Foreign Policy- Afghanistan is not Vietnam by Paul Miller
Pakistan
BBC- Pakistan to investigate 'extra-judicial killings' video by IIyas Khan
Los Angeles Times- Blasts kill 8 at Sufi shrine in Pakistan by Alex Rodriguez
Agence-France Presse- Pakistan envoy criticises US travel alert
Guardian- Barack Obama accused of exaggerating terror threat for political gain by Simon Tisdall
Agence-France Press- NATO supply truckers desperate to 'go home alive' by Lehaz Ali
Iraq
Associated Press- Iraq's political gambits move to regional stage by Brian Murphy
Wall Street Journal- Iraq's Allawi, Squeezed, Warms to an Alliance by Sam Dagher
Voice of America- Iraq's Political Deadlock May be Nearing End by Elizabeth Arrott
Foreign Policy- Army: Ignore Obama's statement, of course combat continues in Iraq by Thomas Ricks
Iran
BBC- Russia to repay Iran for cancelled missile order
Guardian- Ahmadinejad looks to Lebanon to escape home truths by Meir Javedanfar
Bloomberg- Iran Seeks to Export Gas to Lebanon, Revamp Refineries by Nayla Razzouk
CNN- Iranian finance minister in Washington for IMF by Elise Labott
World
Associated Press- Israel signs contract to buy US-made fighter jets by Dave Bryan
The New York Times- Nobel Peace Prize Given to Jailed Chinese Dissident by Andrew Jacobs