Global News Alert - August 5, 2010

Afghanistan

Associated Press - Suicide bomber kills 7 Afghan police in north by Amir Shah

Al Jazeera - Deadly attack on Afghan-Nato convoy

LA Times - Petraeus establishes new rules of conduct for Western forces in Afghanistan by Laura King

New York Times - Portrait of Pain Ignites Debate Over Afghan War by Rod Nordland

The Atlantic -Biden, on the Afghanistan Debate, in His Own Words by Marc Ambinder

Pakistan

Associated Press - Flood-hit Pakistan to evacuate 500,000 in south by Ashraf Khan

Reuters - UK, Pakistan leaders try to repair strained relations by Adrian Croft

Reuters - 52 feared killed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir bus accident

CS Monitor - Pakistan violence: Arrests of Islamists in Karachi may not actually signal crackdown by Issam Ahmed

The Guardian - Pakistan floods: Islamic fundamentalists fill state aid void by Saeed Shah

Iraq

Associated Press - UN urges Iraq to quickly form new government by Edith M. Lederer

Associated Press - Gunmen storm Baghdad money exchange, kill 3 by Sameer N. Yacob

NY Daily News - Depressed dog Gina gets treated for post-traumatic stress disorder after coming home from Iraq by Aliyah Shahid

MEMRI (blog) - U.S. Offers Alawi, Al-Maliki Alliance Or Interim Government

New York Times - As Iraq Drawdown Nears, a Soldier Shares Hopes and Fears by Henry Bewster

Iran

ABC News - Obama Praises Progress on Nuclear Sanctions Against Iran by Christiane Amanpour

Voice of America - China Rejects US Concerns about Deals with Iran by Daniel Schearf

Wall Street Journal - Iran's 7th-Century Justice by Shirin Ebadi

RFE/RL - Karzai Travels To Iran For 'Persian Summit'

The Telegraph - Iran claims to have smuggled anti aircraft missile systems into country by Damien McElroy

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