Afghanistan
Obama Refocuses the Mission with Drawdown - S&S
Withdrawal Timeline Raises Questions of Election Politics - S&S
Obama: US Will Not Abandon Afghanistan Despite Troop Cuts - VOA
Obama's Troop Move a Calculated Risk - LAT
Civilian Surge Peaks as Pentagon Begins Pullback - CSM
Americans React to President's Plans for Afghanistan - VOA
Clinton Defends Obama's 'Tough Call' on Afghan Troop Levels - VOA
Clinton: U.S. Employs Three-Part Plan in Afghanistan - AFPS
Flournoy: Afghanistan Drawdown Matches Strategy - AFPS
Mullen, Petraeus Back Drawdown Plan, Acknowledge Risks - WP
Afghan Drawdown Poses Risk, US Military Warns - Reuters
Mullen Backs Afghan Pullout Plan but Calls It Riskier - NYT
Mullen Sees Risk in Obama's Afghanistan Withdrawal - AP
Afghanistan Drawdown Risky, US Joint Chiefs Head Says - BBC
Mullen Endorses Afghanistan Drawdown Plan - AFPS
Petraeus: Drawdown 'More Aggressive' than Military Leaders Wanted - VOA
Petraeus Supports Obama's Decison on Afghanistan - VOA
Reaction Mixed in London to US Plans for Afghanistan - VOA
Europeans Hail US Drawdown from Afghanistan - AP
Britain, Germany, France All Plan Afghan Troop Withdrawals - VOA
France Plans Reduction of Its Afghan Troops - NYT
France Follows US in Troop Withdrawal - BBC
Pakistan, India Assess US Withdrawal Plans - LAT
Afghans Have Mixed Feelings About US Troop Withdrawal - WP
Karzai Welcomes Withdrawal, but Many Afghans Are Wary - NYT
Afghans Fear Drawdown will Allow Taliban to Regroup - LAT
Karzai: Afghan Youth Must Lead After US Troops Leave - VOA
Karzai Surrounding Himself With Anti-US Advisers - AP
The Limits of Targeting Taliban Leaders - CSM
Afghan Court Ruling Seeks to Alter Election Results - NYT
ISAF Operations Roundup - AFPS
Obama's Failed State - WT editorial
America Turns Away From the World - OC opinion
Military Leaders Know Obama's Decision is a Disaster - WP opinion
A Pivot Point in Afghanistan - LAT opinion
Pakistan
Seized Phone Offers Clues to Bin Laden's Pakistani Links - NYT
Phone Gives Clues to Bin Laden's Pakistan Links - Reuters
Majors Quizzed Over 'Links With Extremists' - BBC
Clinton Warns Pakistan on US Military Aid - Reuters
In Pakistan, Pro-American Sentiment is Rare - WP
With Afghan Withdrawal, US Focus Turns to Pakistan - AP
Senators Grill Clinton on Pakistan Inconstancy - WT
Senators Wary of Pakistan's Role in Afghan Terror Strategy - WT
Syria
Syria's Ailing Economy Poses a Threat to Assad - NYT
Syrian Military Advance Forces Hundreds More into Turkey - VOA
Syrian Troops Said to Mass on Border with Turkey - LAT
Refugees Flee Border Camps as Troops Deploy - BBC
Syrian Troops Storm Town on Turkish Border - NYT
Syrian Troops Push to Turkey Border, Villagers Run - AP
US Concerned at Syria Border Moves, Fears Escalation - Reuters
Syria: Dying Illusions and a Slow-burning Fuse - AP
In Syria, Assad Must Go - LAT editorial
Libya
NATO Chief Says Alliance Will Finish Job in Libya - Reuters
Libyan Rebels Defend NATO After Errant Strikes - VOA
ICC Sets Date for Gaddafi Arrest Warrant Ruling - BBC
Cries of Support at Pro-Gadhafi Rally in Tripoli - AP
Leading Defector Predicts Gaddafi Will Quit Libya - Reuters
Libya's Money for Libyans - LAT opinion
Yemen
US Says All in Yemen Struggle Worry About al-Qaida - AP
Yemeni President Not Returning Home Soon - Reuters
President Saleh 'was Injured by Palace Bomb' - BBC
Israel / Palestinians
Palestinians Mull Options in Asking UN for Recognition - VOA
Palestinians: Talks With Israel Won't Stop UN Bid - AP
Palestinians Ready to Ease Demands - AP
Gilad Shalit: Red Cross Demands Proof Israeli is Alive - BBC
Hamas Refuses Plea to Prove Israeli Is Alive - NYT
Iraq
3 Bombs in Baghdad Market Kill More than 20 - WP
At Least 40 Iraqis Killed in Blasts in Baghdad - LAT
Blasts Rip Through Western Baghdad, Killing 40 - AP
Many Killed in Triple Blasts in South Baghdad - BBC
Iraq Struggles to Boost Oil Production - WP
Trying to Find Beauty in the Darkness of Iraq - LAT
Iran
Iran Insists Nuclear Bomb Not on Agenda - VOA
Ahmadinejad Ally Resigns Under Pressure from Hard-liners - LAT
Iran Rift Deepens With Arrest of President's Ally - NYT
Member of Ahmadinejad Circle Arrested - WP
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Ally Malekzadeh 'Arrested' - BBC
Iran is Target of New US Sanctions - WP
US Sanctions Iranian Port Operator, Airline - Reuters
US Imposes Economic Sanctions on Iran Air - BBC
Middle East / North Africa
Turkey is Shaping the 'Arab Spring' - WT
UN Chief to Bahrain: Reconsider Harsh Sentences - AP
UN Chief Alarmed by Bahrain Opposition Sentences - Reuters
Egypt's Would-be President Faces Tough Balancing Act - LAT
Amnesty Head Says Egypt Needs More Than Fair Vote - Reuters
US Department of Defense
Gates Thanks Troops, Bids Farewell - AFPS
Gates Faced Tests in Iraq, Afghanistan - AFPS
The Secretary's Unfinished Business - AFPS
Gates Details Efforts to Change Pentagon Culture - AFPS
New Prosecutor Chosen for Gitmo Military Tribunals - AP
United States
The Afghan War and America's Innovation Future - WP
Senate Offers Revised Rules for Suspects of Terrorism - NYT
Petraeus Suggests Interrogation Policy for Emergencies - LAT
Petraeus Says He'll Leave Army Behind as CIA Chief - AP
Marine Reservist Charged in D.C.-area Military Shootings - WP
Pair Accused of Plotting Seattle Attack - LAT
Veteran of Iraq War Now Fights His Own Deportation - NYT
Long Elusive, Mob Legend Ended Up a Recluse - NYT
Boston Mob Boss Hiding in Plain Sight - AP
Who Takes Us to War? - WP opinon
International Energy Agency
IEA: Countries to Release 60M Barrels of Oil - AP
Oil Price Drops on Reserve Sale - BBC
Oil Tumbles on Plan to Release Int'l Reserves - AP
World
'New Drugs' Offset Cocaine and Heroin Gains, Says UN - BBC
G-20 Agree on Steps to Stabilize Food Prices and Supplies - NYT
Africa
First Lady Focuses on Women in South Africa - NYT
Sudan's Abyei: US Proposes UN Peacekeeper Force - BBC
Sudan: 4,200 Ethiopian Troops Proposed for Abyei - AP
General Says Mugabe Rival Is a Threat to Zimbabwe - NYT
Senegal Riots Prompt Wade U-turn - BBC
After Protests, Senegal's President Backs Off Election Change - NYT
Ivory Coast: Gbagbo, Ouattara Forces Engaged in War Crimes - Reuters
Ivory Coast Ouattara Troops Kill 8, Some Executed - Reuters
Americas
Central America Struggles with Drugs - WP
Mexico Arrest May do Little to Change the Cartel Equation - LAT
Mexico President Defends Attack on Organized Crime - AP
Mexican President Apologizes to Drug War Victims - Reuters
US AK-47s Linked to Mexican Attorney's Slaying - LAT
Mexico Urges Inquiry as US Agent Shoots Man on Border - BBC
UN: Colombia Coca Production Declined - LAT
Brazil: Eight 'Drug Dealers' Die in Rio Raid - BBC
Venezuela: Chávez's Cuba Visit Stirs a Debate at Home - NYT
Jailed American Awaits Cuban Court Decision - Reuters
Asia Pacific
Chinese Warships Cross High Seas Off Okinawa - AP
Angry Okinawa Leaders Question PM About Futenma - S&S
China Urges Freed Artist to Abide By Bail Release Terms - VOA
Ai Weiwei 'Cannot Leave Beijing' - BBC
Now Free, a Chinese Dissident Muzzles Himself - NYT
China's Communist Party Members Exceed 80 Million - AP
New China-Vatican Row Brewing Over Bishops - AP
US 'Worried over Thai Succession' - BBC
Key Trial of Khmer Rouge Leaders Starts in Cambodia - VOA
Philippines and Japan Want US Help - WP opinion
Europe
EU Ties Fray over Debt Crisis, Border Control - LAT
EU Eases Greek Access to EU Development Funds - AP
Dutch Anti-Islam Lawmaker Acquitted of Hate Speech - AP
Turkey's Kurds Threaten to Boycott Parliament - Reuters
South Asia
India Starts to Slow Down - WP
Indian and Pakistani Diplomats Hold key Islamabad Talks - BBC