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Global News Alert - September 21, 2010
Sep 21, 2010 - Anonymous
Afghanistan
Washington Post- Nine NATO troops are killed in copter crash in Afghanistan by Ernesto Londono
The New York Times- Afghan Boys Are Prized, So Girls Live the Part by Jenny Nordberg
The New York Times- Opposition Sees Gains After Afghan Voting
Agence-France Presse- Afghanistan says over 3,000 complaints about vote by Waheedullah Massoud
Christian Science Monitor- Afghanistan elections: Why so few official fraud complaints? by Ben Arnoldy
Associated Press- Afghan warlords hedge bets, contest elections by Kathy Ganon
Reuters- Petraeus buys Afghan war time. But how much? by Phil Stewart
The Washington Post- Contractor helps troops gain conversation skills for war zone by Ian Shapira
Pakistan
BBC- Pakistan school bus plunges into river killing children by IIyas Khan
Agence-France Presse- China, Pakistan in talks on new nuclear plant by Sami Zubeiri
CNN- 18 dead in political violence in Pakistan
The Washington Times- Pakistani identified as al Qaeda top brass by Eli Lake
United Press International- Holbrooke warns of long road for Pakistan
Agence-France Presse- 'US drone strike kills four militants in Pakistan'
Iraq
NPR- Support For Iraq's Maliki Puts U.S., Iran In Same Camp by Kelly McEvers
The Washington Post- Children of al-Qaeda in Iraq pay for sins of their fathers by Leila Fadel
Reuters- Rumsfeld to "pull no punches" in autobiography
Iran
Associated Press- US hails Iran sanctions, but experts doubt results by Robert Burns
Associated Press- Iran criticizes its diplomats' defections by Nasser Karimi
Associated Press- Iran's paramilitary force gets new missile
International Business Times- Iran says US sanctions meaningless by Amulya Nagaraj
World
Reuters- Rare North Korea meeting on Sept 28, eye on succession by Jeremy Laurence
The Washington Times- Army's future looks a lot like the present by Shaun Waterman
Reuters- Somali PM Sharmarke resigns as insurgency rages by Ibrahim Mohamed
Reuters- Yemen Qaeda claims kidnap of intelligence official