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Global News Alert - November 17, 2009
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Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal - Exit Plan Critical to Afghan Buildup, Gerald Seib
Reuters - NATO Chief Confident of Big Troop Increase, by Adrian Croft
Times Online - Gordon Brown: Countdown to Leave Afghanistan Could Start Next Year, by Philip Webster
Reuters - UK Offers to Host Afghanistan Conference in January, by Keith Weir
Department of Defense - International, Afghan Forces Kill, Detain Militants
Associated Press - Afghan Officials Worried Over Bold Attack in East, by Amir Shah
New York Times - Taliban Militants Fire Rockets on Crowded Bazaar Northeast of Kabul, by Alissa Rubin
Times Online - Head of the French Army in Afghanistan Narrowly Escapes Death in Rocket Attack, by Jerome Starkey
Times Online - Buy Off Taleban with Bags of Gold, Says Army, by Michael Evans
LA Times - Afghan Leaders Unveil Anti-Corruption Measures, by Laura King
Wall Street Journal - Karzai, Under Pressure, Adopts Antigraft Measures, by Anand Gopal
Christian Science Monitor - The Man Leading Afghanistan's Anti-Corruption Fight, by Ben Arnoldy
Associated Press - Afghanistan, Iraq Among the World's Most Corrupt, by Kirsten Grieshaber
Pakistan
VOA News - Pakistan Strongly Reacts to Reported Obama Letter, by Sean Maroney
BBC News - Swat Taliban Chief 'Has Escaped,' by Hai Kakar
Christian Science Monitor - Taliban Bomb Peshawar in Response to Pakistan Offensive, by Issam Ahmed
Iraq
New York Times - Attacks Threaten Fragile Security Gains in Cradle of Iraq Insurgency, by Mark Santora
Washington Times - 13 Are Found Slain West of Baghdad, by Ernesto Londono
Department of Defense - Iraqi Forces Arrest 21 Terrorism Suspects
Department of Defense - Iraqi Police Make Strides Toward Independence, by Judith Snyderman
BBC News - Iraq Election is 'Herculean Task,'
VOA News - New Election Law Advances Democratic Goals in Iraq, by Judith Latham
Associated Press - Lingering Effects of Baghdad Blasts on Iraqis, by Barbara Surk
LA Times - Kuwaiti Firm Accused of 'Massive Overcharing' of U.S. on Military Food, by Richard Fausset
Times Online - Arnold Schwarzenegger Visits Iraq - and Aims to Transfer Military Tactics to California, by Oliver August
World
Washington Times - Islamic Militants Boosting Role in Drug Trade, by Claude Salhani
BBC News - Age of Cyber Warfare is 'Dawning'
Iran
LA Times - U.N. Report Questions Iran's Credibility on Nuclear Plant, by Borzou Daraghi
Washington Post - U.N. Questions if Iran Has Other Nuclear SItes, by Joby Warrick and Thomas Erdbrink
New York Times - Inspectors Fear Iran Is Hiding Nuclear Plants, by David Sanger and William Broad
Reuters - Obama Says China Agrees on Iran Nuclear Transparency, by Caren Bohan and Patricia Zengerle
Reuters - New Site Is Message Iran's Atom Work to Stay: Envoy
Yemen
Wall Street Journal - Saudis Tighten Grip, by Mohammed Aly Sergie and Summer Said
Somalia
Associated Press - Somali Pirates Hijack Ship, 28 North Korean Crew
Israel/Palestine
VOA News - Palestinians, Israelis Threaten Each Other Over Unilteral Plans for Statehood, by Luis Ramirez
Japan
Washington Times - Obama, Japanese Premier at Odds Over Air Station Negotiations, by Blaine Harden
Europe
Times Online - Italy's Foreign Minister Says Post-Lisbon EU Needs a European Army, by Richard Owen
United States
LA Times - National Intelligence DIrector to Evaluate CIA Missions, by Greg Miller