ISW Global News Roundup - March 31, 2010

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Afghanistan

The New York Times- Afghan Bomb Aims at Anti-Opium Aid by Richard A. Oppel

BusinessWeek- UN: Afghanistan is leading hashish producer by Veronika Oleksyn

Los Angeles Times- Canadians firm on leaving Afghanistan next year by Paul Richter

The New York Times- Corruption Deepens Poverty In Afghanistan - U.N. Report

The Wall Street Journal-Indian Efforts in Kabul Suspended After February Bombing by Mathew Rosenberg

The New York Times- Despite Doubt, Karzai Brother Retains Power by Dexter Filkins

The New York Times- This Time We Really Mean It by Thomas Friedman

 

Pakistan

CNN- Pakistan strike kills suspected militants

Indo-Asian News Service- Six soldiers, 25 militants killed in Pakistan clashes

The Wall Street Journal- India and Pakistan Feud Over Indus Waters by Amol Sharma

BBCVerdict set as Mumbai attacks trial concludes

UPI- Trial opens for five Americans in Pakistan 

 

Iraq

Reuters- Maliki is block in Iraq coalition merger talks by Suadad al-Salhy

BBC- Call to bar Iraq election winners 'connected to Saddam'

Los Angeles Times- Who will lead Iraq?

UPI- U.N. stays out of Iraqi election fracas

Reuters- Iraq's Sadrists propose vote on PM choice

 

World

Iran

Foreign Policy- Blind Man's Bluff by Bilal Saab

Israel

RealClearWorld- Gaza Drifts Back Toward War by Jeffrey White

 

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