March 12, 2010 Global News Alert

Afghanistan

Earth Times - Three Afghans Die in blast; Rocket Hits US base, Killing 1

RFE-RL - Afghan Forces Foil Commando-Style Raid

New York Times -Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants, by Dexter Filkins and Mark Mazzetti

RFE-RL- Afghan Blast Kills Pakistani National

VOA News - Kandahar Governor Appeals for More Troops

Pakistan

RFE/RL - Pakistan Bombs Taliban Positions

Iraq

New York Times - 4 Killed in Car Bombing in Iraq, by Anthony Shadid

BBC News- Deadly car bomb strikes Iraq city of Falluja

REUTERS - A Week on, Maliki Pulls Ahead in Iraq Race by Missy Ryan and Jim Loney

World

Department of Defense - Comfort Returns to U.S. After Haiti Mission

Israel

BBC NewsTies Between Israel and US 'Worst in 35 Years'

Mexico

Christian Science Monitor -Gunmen kill 3 with ties to US consulate,by Sara Miller Llana

Iran

Associated Press - Bin Laden's Son Calls on Iran to Free his Siblings

Chile

Department of Defense - Airmen Expand Hospital in Chile, by Air Force Staff Sgt. Vanessa Young