Afghanistan
Qaeda Woes Fuel Talk of Speeding Afghan Pullback - NYT
Karzai Announces Peace Talks with Taliban - VOA
Karzai: US in Peace Talks with Taliban - WP
Lashing Out, Karzai Says US Talking to the Taliban - NYT
US Contacted Taliban about Afghan Peace Deal - LAT
Karzai: US in Peace Talks with Taliban - BBC
As Karzai Confirms Taliban Talks, Attack in Kabul Kills 9 - AP
Afghan Leader Says US in Contact With Taliban - Reuters
US Ambassador Responds to Karzai's Criticisms - NYT
Ex-British Envoy Sees War as Wrong Focus in Afghanistan - LAT
Iran Defense Chief in Kabul as Afghans Eye Security - Reuters
Where the Afghan War Is Fought Hardest - AP
Explosion Strikes German Convoy in Afghanistan - AP
Suicide Attack on Kabul Police Station Kills Nine - Reuters
Costly Afghan Weddings Under Government Scrutiny - AP
Pakistan
Pakistanis Tip Off Militants Again - AP
Slain Pakistani's Daughter Takes Up His Cause - AP
Roadside Bomb Targeting Troops Kills 1 Civilian - AP
Tone Down Pakistan Rhetoric - LAT editorial
Syria
Syria Expands Crackdown on Dissent - VOA
Syrian Troops Seize Border Village - WP
Syrian Army Tightens Grip Near Turkish Border - AP
Syria Troops 'Raid Town' Near Turkey Border - BBC
Refugee Crisis Mushrooms as Syrian Army Attacks - AP
Activists Using Video to Bear Witness in Syria - NYT
Britons Asked to Leave Syria as Crisis Deepens - VOA
Libya
Fighting in Northwest Libya, NATO Pounds Tripoli - VOA
NATO Says Libya Uses Mosques as Shields - BBC
Libya Blames Apartment Bombing on NATO - LAT
NATO Probes 'Civilian Deaths' in Attack - BBC
NATO Admits Accidentally Hitting Libyan Rebels - VOA
NATO Says It Mistakenly Hit Libyan Rebels Again - NYT
Two Killed in 'NATO Strike' in Libya - BBC
Ambivalence in 'Pro-Gaddafi' District of Tripoli - Reuters
Barack Obama 'Overruled Top Legal Advice' - BBC
Anger Ramps Up in Congress over Libya - WP
Middle East / North Africa
US-Saudi Rivalry Intensifies - LAT
Senior Palestinian Leader: Armed Resistance Best - AP
Palestinians Record Protests With Cameras Supplied by Israelis - NYT
Lebanon Sends Troops After Residents Clash on Syria - Reuters
Yemeni Clerics Call for Presidential Elections - AP
Yemen Crisis Puts Saudi in Powerbroker's Bind - Reuters
Bahrain to Lift Ban on Opposition Party - Reuters
Iran Sanctions Need Work, Some in Israel Say - LAT
Lawyer Says US Pair Are Iran's Hostages - NYT
Iran Dissidents Call for Protection After Attack - Reuters
Vivid Canvases of Iraq's Pain - NYT
Islamic Group Seeks Place in a Democratic Egypt - AP
Egypt PM Prefers a Delay in Parliamentary Vote - AP
Egypt Court Suspends Order to Remove Mubarak Name - Reuters
Morocco's February 20 Movement to Protest King's Reform Plan - VOA
Morocco: Protesters Say King's Reforms 'Not Enough' - BBC
Morocco Set for Nationwide Protests after King's Speech - BBC
Morocco: Standing Up to the King - NYT opinion
Yemen's Unfinished Revolution - NYT opinion
What to Do With Lemons - NYT opinion
US Department of Defense
Gates Says He's Grown Wary of 'Wars of Choice' - NYT
For Robert Gates, Caring for Troops was Job No. 1 - LAT
Gates' Tenure Defined by 2 Wars that Outlast Him - AP
Army Sets Out to Buy Three New Camouflage Patterns - CNN
United States
Backward at the FBI - NYT editorial
Exposure Of Information v. Exposure To Information - S&S opinion
Legalization Won't Kill the Cartels - NYT opinion
Africa
First Lady's Africa Trip Stirs Criticism - WP
Westerners Held in Somalia for Delivering Pirate Ransom - AP
Somalia: Six Jailed for 'Pirate Ransom' Cash - BBC
Americas
Mexico: High-profile Crackdown on Lower-grade Crime - LAT
9 Bodies Discovered in Southern Mexico - AP
Reinforcements Sent after Venezuelan Prison Stand-off - BBC
Venezuelan Troops Battle Inmates at Prison - AP
Drug War: One Cartel Falls, Another Rises - LAT opinion
Asia Pacific
US, Japan to Discuss Futenma Plans, Opposition Grows - S&S
Japan Nuclear: Radiation Halts Water Clean-up - BBC
Vietnamese Protest China Amid Rising Tensions - AP
Philippines' Aquino Halts Some Foreign-funded Work - AP
South Korean Marines Fire at Chinese Passenger Plane - VOA
Burma Blames Ethnic Kachin Rebels for Deadly Clashes - BBC
Europe
Young Russians Work to Spread Message of Soviet-Era Dissident - NYT
Yelena Bonner, Soviet Critic, Sakharov Widow, Dies - Reuters
Russia Says WTO Entry Talks May Be Delayed by Years - Reuters
UN Refugee Official to Visit Italy's Lampedusa Island - BBC
Terror Suspect Detained in Austria - AP
Europeans Doubt Greece's Ability to Stick to Budget - NYT
South Asia
India Nurtures Ties with Poorer Allies - WP
Pakistan Looms Large as India, China Armies Resume Talks - Reuters