Global News Alert - October 29, 2010

Afghanistan

Reuters- Kandahar campaign's fate not clear until June: NATO by Phil Stewart

AFP- Man accused of metro bomb plot trained for Afghanistan

CS Monitor- Osama bin Laden threatens French troops, France announces pullout from Afghanistan by Tom Peter

AFP- NATO strikes kill 'more than 20 rebels' in Afghanistan

Washington Post- The wars we've left behind by Michael Gerson

BBC- Russia and US collaborate in Afghanistan drug raid

Pakistan

AFP- Stark warning three months into Pakistan flood crisis by Nasir Jaffry

VOA- Third Strategic Pakistan Dialogue

BBC- Pakistan flood food running out, warns UN

Boston Globe- A different story emerges from Pakistan by H.D.S. Greenway

Iraq

Guardian- Iraq war logs: media reaction around the world by Martin Chulov

World Tribune- Iraq being offered surplus U.S. military equipment

CS Monitor- A new effort to preserve Iraq's rich biodiversity, from mountains to marshes by Jane Arraf

Washington Post- Iraqi TV personality takes on a perilous job: Giving a microphone to the masses by Leila Fadel

Iran

VOA News- US: Hezbollah, Syria, Iran Threaten Lebanon's Stability by Margaret Besheer

New York Times- Iran Proposes to Resume Nuclear Talks With Europe by Stephen Castle

VOA News- Iran's Troubled Economy by Joan DeLuca

TIME- Is the U.S. Bullying Europe Into Cutting Ties with Iran? by Vivienne Walt

Newsweek- Iranian Ex-Officials: U.S. Knew Hikers Were Seized in Iraq by Maziar Bahari

World

AP- Israel: Nigeria weapons heading for Gaza Strip

New York Times- Inquiry Finds U.S. Official Set a Spy Network in Asia by Mark Mazzetti

New York Times- North and South Korea Exchange Border Fire by Mark McDonald

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