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Matthew Cordell - April 24, 2008 - 1:52 pm

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>><!--top1-->North Korea<!--top1End--> - <!--top1Content-->Seven months after a suspected nuclear reactor in Syria was destroyed by Israel, the U.S. government has said that it will make public video evidence of North Koreans working on the reactor. Analysts say that the reactor was molded on the one that North Korea used to obtain fuel for its nuclear weapons. Some question the timing of the release; A senior administration official said, to the New York Times, "Making public the pictures is likely to inflame the North Koreans. And that's just what opponents of this whole arrangement want, because they think the North Koreans will stalk off."<!--top1ContentEnd-->

>><!--top2-->United States<!--top2End--> - <!--top2Content-->General David Petraeus and Lt. General Raymond Odierno, two commanders most closely associated with President Bush's strategy in Iraq, have been promoted. Petraeus will become commander of CentCom, covering East Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East; Odierno, formerly Petraeus's deputy, will take his spot as the senior commander in Iraq. Petraeus' promotion could jumpstart a renewed focus on Afghanistan, which he has said could stand some more American troops. <!--top2ContentEnd-->

>><!--top3-->Pakistan<!--top3End--> - <!--top3Content-->Bailtullah Mehsud, a Taliban commander said to have ordered the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, has ordered his followers to cease attacks. Mehsud operates mainly in the Southern Waziristan area of Pakistan. On Monday night, Pakistan's government set free Maulana Sufi Mohammad, the founder of an outlawed Islamist group that has fought in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Mehsud's spokesman said in an interview that his release was part of a new peace deal.<!--top3ContentEnd-->

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