Global News Alert - September 27, 2010
Afghanistan
The Washington Post- Military thwarted president seeking choice in Afghanistan by Bob Woodward
FOX News- Pentagon Destroys Copies of Controversial Memoir Written by Army Officer
Associated Press- Afghan election commission orders recounts by Heidi Vogt
Agence-France Presse- US seeks Bangladesh troops for Afghanistan: Dhaka
Telegraph- 100 policemen a month die in Afghanistan by Ben Farmer
CNN- NATO choppers cross into Pakistan chasing insurgents
BBC- Australian soldiers charged over Afghan civilian deaths
Pakistan
The Washington Post- Suspected US missile strike kills 4 in NW Pakistan by Rasool Dawar
Bloomberg- Pakistan Takes Helm of UN Atomic Watchdog for First Time Since Bomb Tests by Jonathan Tirone
CBS News- Fighters On Afghan Border: A Relentless Enemy by Lara Logan
Telegraph- Pervez Musharraf to return from exile in Britain as 'saviour' of Pakistan
Iraq
BBC- Iran 'kills 30 Kurdish militants across Iraq border'
Associated Press- Kurdish rebels deny Iranian forces entered Iraq by Yahya Barzanji
The New York Times- Iraq Waits for a Government on a Long Vacation by Timothy Williams
The Washington Post- Sunni Awakening officers are kicked off police force in Iraq by Leila Fadel
Associated Press- Baghdad bomb injures Iraqi state TV news anchor by Bushra Juhi
Iran
New York Post- Computer worm hits Iran nuke
Salon- "Let the Swords Encircle Me": Freedom and fanaticism in Iran
The National Interest- Does Iran Feel Squeezed? by Dov Zakheim
Reuters- Iran reports 6.1 earthquake west of Shiraz
World
The New York Times- Mideast Talks Teeter as the Settlement Freeze Expires by Ethan Bronner
The New York Times- Helicopter Attacks Militant Meeting in Somalia by Ibrahim Mohamed
The Washington Post- Venezuela awaits results of congressional vote by Ian James
Washington Times- ETA willing to declare permanent cease-fire
Reuters- North Korea military appears to back Kim succession by Jeremy Laurence