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20 June SWJ Roundup

Mon, 06/20/2011 - 7:32am
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Afghanistan

Gates Discusses Way Forward in Afghanistan - AFPS

Few Taliban Leaders Take Afghan Offer to Switch Sides - NYT

Gates Acknowledges Talks with Taliban - NYT

Gates Confirms Talks with Taliban - WT

Gates Confirms US-Taliban Talks in Afghanistan - BBC

US Confirms Talks with Taliban - ABC

Gates: Headway in Taliban Talks May be Months Off - Reuters

Karzai Blasts US, NATO for 'Using' Afghanistan - CSM

US Ambassador Responds to Karzai's Criticisms - NYT

US Envoy Reproaches Afghan President on Criticism - AP

Afghan Suicide Attack Targets German Soldiers - VOA

NATO: Afghan Soldier Who Shot Mentor Killed - AP

Afghanistan: Will Deal With IMF Crisis After Summer Holiday - Reuters

Afghanistan's Last Locavores - NYT opinion

Pakistan

Suspicions Rise as Pakistan Bomb Labs Empty Before Raids - NYT

Pakistani Chief Seeks to Repair Dented Army Pride - S&S

Fighting Kills 29 in Northwest Pakistan - VOA

Attack on Pakistan Military Triggers Heavy Clashes - AP

Pakistan Says It Drives Militants Into Afghanistan - Reuters

Rare US Missile Attacks Hit Northwest Pakistan - AP

US Missile Strike Kills Seven Militants in Pakistan - Reuters

Pakistan Ambassador Defends Questioning of Informants - VOA

Syria

Assad Holds Hard Line on Unrest - BBC

Syrian Troops Ransack Northern Border Village - VOA

Syrian Army Cuts Off Lifeline to Thousands - AP

Turkey Sends Aid to Syrian Refugees Across Border - BBC

US Weighs War Crimes Charges for Syria - NYT

UK Foreign Minister to Syrian Leader: Reform or Go - AP

Assad Says National Dialogue to Start Soon - Reuters

Russia's Medvedev Opposed to UN Vote on Syria - Reuters

Obama Must Tell Assad to Go - WP opinion

Tough on Israel and Timid on Syria - WP opinion

Libya

US Legal Deadline for Libya Expires - VOA

Gates Says Libya Strategy 'Absolutely Right' - AFPS

Gates: Obama is Within Law in Libyan Operation - AP

NATO Admits Missile Hit a Civilian Home in Tripoli - NYT

NATO Confirms Libyan Strike Killed Civilians - WP

NATO Admits it Probably Hit Civilians in Libya - LAT

NATO to Investigate Claims of Civilian Deaths in Tripoli Air Strike - VOA

NATO Suggests 'Weapons Systems Failure' in Tripoli Raid - BBC

Inexperience Costing Rebels in Advance on Tripoli - Reuters

Claims of Wartime Rapes Unsettle and Divide Libyans - NYT

After Gaddafi - BBC opinion

Yemen

Soldiers and Militants Clash in Yemen, Leaving 21 Dead - NYT

Clashes in South Yemen Kill 12 Militants, 2 Soldiers - VOA

Twelve 'al-Qaeda Militants' Killed in Zinjibar - BBC

12 Militants Killed in Yemen by Shelling - AP

Thousands in Yemen Call for President's Son to Go - AP

Yemen's Trouble with Drones - CSM

Israel / Palestinians

Israel Asks US to Let Spy Pollard Attend Funeral - AP

Palestinian Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation Talks 'on Hold' - BBC

Palestinian Reconciliation Summit Postponed - AP

Iraq

Gates: Iran Supplying Arms to Iraqi Shiite Groups - AP

With 'Big Gun', Iraqi Soldiers See Hope - WP

French Embassy Convoy Hit by Bomb in Baghdad - AP

Egypt

Egypt: New Party Struggles to Take Off - WP

Egypt Elections Expose Divisions in Muslim Brotherhood - NYT

Calls Grow in Egypt to Delay Elections - AP

Egypt Appoints New Foreign Minister - Reuters

Middle East / North Africa

Journalists Reject Allegations in Bahrain Court - AP

Lawmakers Want UN Rights Auditor Barred From Iran - Reuters

Tunisia's Former President Denies Charges Ahead of Monday Trial - VOA

Ex-Tunisia President Condemns Upcoming Trial - AP

Tunisia's Ex-President Goes on Trial in Absentia - AP

How 'The Family' Controlled Tunisia - WSJ

Thousands Protest in Morocco for More Reform - Reuters

Moroccan King's Backers Attack Democracy Activists - AP

Latest Developments in Arab World's Unrest - AP

Al Qaeda

Turn to Abductions Shows al-Qaida's Cash Squeeze - AP

US Department of Defense

Fiscal Crisis Requires Responsible Approach, Lynn Says - AFPS

Senate Panel Agrees on Defense Budget Blueprint - AP

Senate Bill Bans US Soil Guantánamo Jail Forever - MH

War Evolves With Drones, Some Tiny as Bugs - NYT

Military To Keep Robotic Edge in Face of $400 b. Cuts - Bloomberg

Is the Feres Doctrine (Medical Malpractice Suits) Fair? - S&S

United States

Pentagon Bomb Scare: Is the Suspect a Lone-Wolf Terrorist? - ABC

Bomb Threat on US Airways Flight Sparks Probe - Bloomberg

USDA Gay-sensitivity Training Seeks Larger Audience - WT

World

UN Reports Steady Rise of Refugees - NYT

UN: Poor Countries Bear the Brunt of Refugee Storm - AP

Africa

North-South Sudan: Abyei Agreement Hits 11th-Hour Snag - VOA

Monitor Says North Army Masses in Sudan Oil State - Reuters

Sudan: 15 Wounded in Darfur Fighting - AP

Somali Prime Minister Resigns, Reversing Pledge to Stay - VOA

Lauded Somalian Prime Minister Resigns Under Pressure - NYT

Somalia: PM Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo Resigns - BBC

Conflict Arises Over Diamonds From Zimbabwe - LAT

Americas

Colombia Car Bomb Wounds 17,' Calamity' Averted - Reuters

Poll: Peru's Humala Has 70 Percent Approval Rating - Reuters

Poll: Peruvians Want Humala to Govern Like Lula - AP

Climate, Government Controls Hit Bolivia's Farmers - AP

After Surgery, Chavez Faces Troubles in Venezuela - AP

Venezuela: El Rodeo Inmates Transferred Amid Stand-off - BBC

Asia Pacific

US, Japanese Review Bases - WSJ

Delay Is Likely for a New US Air Base on Okinawa - NYT

Blast Wounds 5 in Philippine Bar Amid Terror Fears - AP

Another Top Terror Suspect on Trial in Indonesia - AP

Thai Army Takes Sides as Divisive Election Nears - Reuters

Burma Fighting Flares After Peace Talks Fail - Reuters

China Offers Riot Informers Cash and Other Awards - AP

Europe

Russia: Medvedev Hints He and Putin Won't Be 2012 Rivals - Reuters

Scrutiny of German Leader Builds as Debt Crisis Rattles Europe - NYT

Struggling to Stoke Economic Growth in Greece - NYT

Eurozone 'to Approve' Greece Loan - BBC

Spaniards Protest High Unemployment - WP

Spain: Madrid 'Euro-pact' Protesters Take to Streets - BBC

Italy: Berlusconi's Allies Back Italian Coalition for Now - Reuters

South Asia

Indian Military Delegation Visits China - VOA

India-China Military Exchanges Resume - AP

Sri Lanka President Receives US Court Summons - BBC