US Naval Institute Daily - USNI
Real Clear World - RCP
Afghanistan
Karzai Considers Earlier Election - WP
In Khost, Not Naming Names, But Mediating Blood Feuds - S&S
Pakistan
Pakistan Gives US List of Demands, Including End to Drone Strikes - NYT
Pakistan: US Drone Strikes Must End - WP
Pakistani Parliament Approves Proposals on US Ties - AP
Zardari's Stillborn 'Dargah Diplomacy' - AT opinion
Syria
Report: Syrian Cease-Fire Starting to Falter - VOA
Syria Cease-Fire Appears to Hold - WP
Cease-Fire Tested by Reports of Syria Clashes - NYT
Brief Syria Clash as Opposition Urges Mass Marches - AP
France's Sarkozy Says Assad Not Sincere on Ceasefire - Reuters
UN Outlines Syria Observer Plans - BBC
UN Meets on Draft to Authorize Syrian Observer Force - Reuters
Syria's Border Blackmail May Backfire - DS opinion
Iran
High Stakes, Low Hopes for Iran Nuclear Talks - LAT
Diplomats Struggle with Internal Differences Ahead of Iran Talks - WP
Iran Sees Nuke Talks Leaning Their Way - AP
China to Begin Delivering Supertankers to Iran in May - Reuters
3 Decades Later, Ex-Hostages Press On for Damages From Iran - NYT
Iran: We Do Not Want Nuclear Weapons - WP opinion
For a new Iran... - WP opinion
How to Tell if the Iran Talks Are Working - NYT opinion
Why Iran Will Compromise - TD opinion
Egypt
Election Is a New Start for an Aide to Mubarak - NYT
Egypt MPs Bar Regime Candidates - BBC
Egypt Parliament Aims to Stop ex-VP Run for President - LAT
Egypt ex-VP: I Joined Race to Stop Religious State - AP
Moderate Islamist Runs on Middle Ground in Egypt - AP
Middle East / North Africa
Defying ban, Egyptian Christians visit Jerusalem - Fox
Iraq: Gunmen Kill 5 in Attack on Police - AP
US-Israel Deal Threatens Progress - AT opinion
North Korea
N. Korean Rocket Fails But Still Angers US and Pacific Allies - S&S
North Korean Rocket Said to Fail Moments After Liftoff - NYT
North Korean Rocket Fails Soon After Launch - WP
North Korea Satellite Launch Fails - LAT
North Korea Rocket Launch Fails - BBC
N. Korean Rocket Reportedly Flew Just Over a Minute - LAT
Failed Rocket Signals Poor N. Korean Capability, Expert Says - LAT
Embarrassed by Rocket Crash, North Korea May Try Nuclear Test - Reuters
International Community Condemns North Korean Rocket Launch - VOA
White House Calls N. Korea Launch Provocation, Wasteful - LAT
Russia Says Opposes New Sanctions Against N. Korea - Reuters
Wrong Turn Grants Glimpse Behind N. Korean Curtain - AP
North Korea’s ‘Gulag’ - WP editorial
Why North Korea Gets Away With It - FA opinion
US Department of Defense
Judge Sets New Deadline for Nashiri Defense Team - AFPS
Judge Hears Arguments on Cole Defendant’s Motions - AFPS
Unmanned Vessel Could Soon be Working for Navy - AP
EUCOM, Red Cross Discuss Crisis Zone Response - S&S
Africa
Sudan and South Sudan Teeter on the Edge of War - LAT
South Sudan: No Withdrawal of Forces - WP
South Sudan Says Won't Withdraw Troops - AP
UN Demands End to Sudan Fighting - BBC
Islamist Sect Threatens to Bring Down Nigerian Government - VOA
Soldiers Take Over in Suspected Guinea Bissau Coup - VOA
Army 'Attempt Guinea-Bissau Coup' - BBC
Military Seizes Guinea-Bissau Capital, May be Coup - AP
Military Unrest Mars Hopes for Guinea-Bissau Election - LAT
As Mali Prepares for Vote, Interim Leader Is Sworn In - NYT
Mali Leader Threatens 'Total War' - BBC
Interim Mali Leader Promises Vote, Anti-Rebel Fight - Reuters
Danish Navy Frees Hostages Off Somalia Coast - DPA
Americas
7 Tortured, Bound Bodies Found in Mexican Port - AP
Video of Kid 'Violence' Stirs Storm in Mexico - AP
Mexico Struck by Two Earthquakes - BBC
Argentina President Proposes Oil Firm Nationalization - LAT
Argentina Has Oil Firm in Its Sights - NYT
Peru Rules Out Rebel Negotiations - BBC
Peru: Police Officer Killed During Hostage Search - AP
Vaccinations Begin in a Cholera-Ravaged Haiti - NYT
Latin America’s New Strategy in War on Drugs - WP opinion
Are Hard-Line Cuban-Americans Strong as Ever? - NYT opinion
Asia Pacific
China Asserts Control Over Military - WP
Chinese Media Fight Scandal Fallout; Focus on Bo’s Family - NYT
Murder Aside, China Inquiry Puts Couple’s Wealth on Trial - NYT
Philippines, China Recall Protest to Ease Standoff - AP
Britain’s Cameron Begins Historic Burma Visit - VOA
British PM in Historic Burma Visit - BBC
After Decades of Limits, Burma Offers Riches - NYT
Mongolian Ex-President Seized Over Corruption - AP
Europe
Russian Protest Leader Not So Well Known Outside Big Cities - WP
Russia’s Opposition Movement Tested - WP
Once Taboo, Germans’ Anti-Israel Whispers Grow Louder - NYT
Hard Times Lift Greece’s Anti-Immigrant Fringe - NYT
Denmark: Muhammad Cartoon Trial Under Way - BBC
Terror Trial of 4 Swedes Begins in Denmark - AP
Turkish Military Leaders Held for Role in ’97 Coup - NYT
Drawn to Extremes in France - LAT opinion
South Asia
India to Allow Investment From Pakistan, Open Border Post - Reuters