Pentagon's Quiet Shift on Afghanistan War - Christian Science Monitor
Gates Warns NATO Allies About 'Precipitous' Exit - Los Angeles Times
NATO Endorses Afghan Forces Plan - Washington Post
Gates Warns Coalition Not to Abandon Afghanistan - Voice of America
Winning Hearts While Flattening Vineyards Is Tricky - New York Times
Pakistan
Pakistan Says Drone Strikes Have Been Effective - Voice of America
Pakistani Intel: U.S. Missiles Kill 5 Militants - Associated Press
Pakistan Court Ruling Sparks Karachi Violence - BBC News
Middle East / North Africa Unrest
Gaddafi Forces Recapture Strategic Western Town - Washington Post
Rebels Struggle to Regroup Against Confident Regime - Wall Street Journal
Libyan Rebels Defiant but in Disarray - New York Times
Battered Libyan Rebels Try to Keep Spirits Up - Los Angeles Times
Libyan Rebels Put Responsibility on U.S. - Washington Times
Gadhafi Forces Show Growing Confidence - Associated Press
E.U. No Longer Recognizes Gaddafi as Libya's Leader - Washington Post
U.S. and E.U. Call for Gaddafi to Go - BBC News
European Leaders Don't Rule Out Armed Intervention - New York Times
E.U.: Military Action Would Need U.N., Arab Support - Associated Press
Libya: Cameron Warns 'We Cannot Stand By' - Daily Telegraph
Obama Says Noose is Tightening on Gaddafi - Washington Post
U.S. Will Keep Working for Kadafi Ouster - Los Angeles Times
Obama Says Gaddafi Squeezed, Libyan Rebels Want More - Reuters
U.S. to Name a Liaison to Libyan Rebels - New York Times
Obama Offers Tempered Support for Libya Rebels - Washington Post
In Libya Revolt, Youth Will Serve, or at Least Try - New York Times
Protesters Stage Huge Rally in Yemen's Capital - Los Angeles Times
Yemen Protesters Demand President's Ouster - Washington Post
Yemen Police Storm Protest Camp, One Dead - Reuters
Gates Visits Bahrain Amid Huge Protests - New York Times
Gates' Bahrain Stop Signals Importance of Gulf Nation - Stars and Stripes
U.S. Defense Chief Urging Reforms in Ally Bahrain - Associated Press
Gates Visits Bahrain to Urge Reform Dialogue - AFPS
Police, Protesters Clash Near Bahrain Palace - Associated Press
Bahrain Protesters 'Facing Death Threats' - BBC News
Saudi Arabia Calm on Planned 'Day of Rage' - Washington Post
Saudi Arabia 'Day of Rage' Protest Fizzles - Los Angeles Times
As Protests Roil Neighbors, Saudis Quash Rallies - Associated Press
War, What is it Meant For? - Los Angeles Times editorial
No War on Libya - Washington Post opinion
Culture of Tolerance - Washington Post opinion
Backlash Against Democracy - Washington Post opinion
Israel / Palestinians
Palestinian 'Kills Five Israelis' in West Bank Attack - BBC News
5 in West Bank Family Fatally Stabbed - Associated Press
Gaza Engineer Being Held in Israeli Prison - Washington Post
Lebanon
Lebanon: Hariri Indictment Grows - New York Times
Prosecutor Expands Secret Hariri Murder Indictment - Associated Press
Prosecutor Files Expanded Indictment in Hariri Probe - Agence France-Presse
Iraq
Iraqi Prime Minister Softens Tone On Protests - NPR
Iraq Protesters Call for Jobs, Better Services - Agence France-Presse
Iraq Kurds Protest, Man Tries to Set Himself Ablaze - Reuters
Iraq Protesters Accuse Security Troops of Beatings - Associated Press
Iran
Iran's Battered Opposition: A Leadership Neutered - The Economist
Ayatollahs Battle 'Jasmine Revolution' Infection - Vancouver Sun
Rafsanjani May Have Fought His Last Battle - Radio Free Europe
London Olympics: Cameron Says Iran Would Not Be Missed - BBC News
Iran Expels AFP Journalist - Agence France-Presse
Japan Earthquake / Tsunami
Maps: Reach of the Japanese Quake and Tsunami - New York Times
Japan Quake Damage Mounts; Reactor Watched - Wall Street Journal
Japan Reeling After Quake - Washington Post
Japan Struggles to Reach Survivors - New York Times
Quake Leaves Apocalyptic Scene in Japan - Los Angeles Times
5 Nuclear Reactors in Peril - Washington Post
Japan Orders Evacuation Near 2nd Nuclear Plant - New York Times
Huge Quake, Tsunami Kill Hundreds in Japan - Voice of America
Japan Begins Quake Relief Mission - BBC News
Japan Quake, Tsunami Said to Kill Hundreds - Washington Post
U.S. Offers Japan 'Immediate' Earthquake Aid - Voice of America
U.S. Military, Aid Groups Prepare to Assist - Washington Post
Gates Pledges U.S. Help for Japan - AFPS
Military Gears Up to Help Japan - AFPS
Piracy
Federal Judge Won't Acquit Convicted Pirates - Associated Press
WikiLeaks
Government Can Get Records from Twitter for Probe - Washington Post
Demand for Twitter Details in Wikileaks Probe Upheld - BBC News
U.S. Official: Manning'sTreatment 'Stupid' - Washington Post
DoS Spokesman Crowley: Manning's Treatment 'Stupid' - BBC News
Obama Defends Manning's Detention Conditions - New York Times
Obama: Treatment of WikiLeaks Suspect Appropriate - Associated Press
U.S. Department of Defense
DOD, Governors Bridge Gaps in Disaster Response - AFPS
Retired General to Review Religion at AF Academy - Associated Press
United States
U.S. Mayor, Police Chief Charged with Smuggling - Washington Post
Blackwater Contractors Convictedin Va. Trial - Washington Post
U.S. Approved $40 Billion in 2009 Private Arms Sales - Associated Press
U.S. Inquiry on Military Family Foreclosures - New York Times
Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans Struggle to Find Jobs - Associated Press
Muslim Hearing: Much Drama, Little Substance - Washington Post
Africa
Ivory Coast Government Criticizes A.U. For Recognizing Ouattara - VOA
Ouattara Scores A.U. Victory but Faces Death Threats - Associated Press
Ivory Coast Crisis: 'Nearly 450,000 Refugees' - BBC News
Militia Fighters Attack South Sudan Oil Town - Reuters
Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai Wants Mugabe 'Divorce' - BBC News
Charles Taylor's Sierra Leone War Crimes Trial Closes - BBC News
Americas
Honduras: Mexican Cartel May Be Behind Cocaine Lab - Associated Press
Mexico's Drug War Intrudes on Monterrey - Washington Post
Mexican Army Raid Drug Camp, 8 Gunmen Killed - Associated Press
Cuba Frees Well-known Dissident - BBC News
Aristide Returning to Haiti in Days - Associated Press
Asia Pacific
Human Rights Advocates Vanish, China's Crackdown - New York Times
China Cyber-warfare Capability a 'Formidable Concern' - BBC News
How N. Korea Skillfully Exploited Defector Standoff - Christian Science Monitor
Bomb Blast Kills 3, Wounds 9 in South Philippines - Associated Press
Europe
European Leaders Agree on Closer Economic Coordination - Associated Press
French Police Arrest 4 Basque ETA Suspects - Associated Press
Vice President Biden's Moscow Visit - Washington Post editorial
South Asia
Sri Lanka PM Retracts India Rebel Training Camp Claim - BBC News
Jailed Nepal TV Chief Mohammed Ansari 'Shot by Hitman' - BBC News