U.S. Now in Afghanistan as Long as Soviets - Los Angeles Times
Troop Drawdown in Afghanistan Expected to Go Slowly - Fayetteville Observer
Arrests Put Pressure on Afghan Voting Officials - New York Times
Afghan Leader Urges Losing Candidates to Avoid Violence - BBC News
More Ups than Downs in Afghan Counterinsurgency Fight - AFPS
NATO, Afghan Forces Say They Killed 15 Insurgents - Associated Press
Villagers Claim Deaths, Complicating Afghan Push - Associated Press
Suicide Attack at Afghan Police HQ Kills 12 - Associated Press
Afghan Police Learn to Shoot, Patrol - Associated Press
McChrystal Approved Peace Talks with Fake Taliban Leader - Guardian
Reports: British Spy Agency Paid Taliban Impostor - Voice of America
Karzai Aide Blames British for Taliban Impostor - BBC News
Karzai's Aide: U.K. 'to Blame' for Taliban Impostor - Associated Press
Britain Keeps Silent on Afghan Impostor Claim - New York Times
The Man Who Would Be Taliban - New York Times opinion
Talks are the Only Route in Afghanistan - Los Angeles Times opinion
Pakistan
NATO Helicopters Didn't Fly into Pakistan - American Forces Press Service
Shiite Deal Gives Militants New Afghan Access - Associated Press
Pakistan Foils Capital Bomb Plot; Missiles Kill 3 - Associated Press
Pakistan Suicide Attack 'Foiled' - BBC News
Korean Peninsula
Fresh Artillery Fire; New Warnings on Korean Peninsula - Voice of America
N. Korea Fires Artillery in New Warning to South, U.S. - Washington Post
North Korea Issues Warning - New York Times
North Korea's Artillery, Rhetoric Keep Tensions High - Los Angeles Times
U.S.-South Korea Military Alliance Under Pressure - BBC News
China Warns U.S. as Korea Tensions Rise - Wall Street Journal
China Appears to Criticize U.S.-South Korean Military Exercise - CNN News
Cut in Humanitarian Aid Latest Fallout from N. Korean Shelling of S. Korea -VOA
North Korea Condemns U.S.-South Korean Naval Exercises - Voice of America
South Korea's New Defence Chief Talks Tough on North Korea - Reuters
South Korean Military Members Protest in Seoul - CNN News
S. Korea Holds Marines' Funerals - BBC News
S. Korea Mourns 2 Marines Killed in N. Korean Attack - Associated Press
South Korea Marines Vow "Thousand - Fold" Revenge - Reuters
China: Trade with N. Korea Can be Lucrative but Problematic - Washington Post
Iraq
Troops Headed to Iraq Get Lessons in Ancient Artifacts - Philadelphia Inquirer
Iraq's Troubles Drive Out Refugees Who Came Back - New York Times
Iran
Iran's Supreme Leader Pardons Opposition Activists - Associated Press
WikiLeaks
SWJ Wikileaks Roundup - Small Wars Journal
U.S. Department of Defense
Pentagon Hunting for Permanent Home for AFRICOM - Washington Post
Analyst Loses Clearance and Job, DIA Won't Say Why - Washington Post
A Tiny, Inexperienced Firm and a $250 million Army Contract - Washington Post
Marine Pushback to Permitting Openly Gay Military - Associated Press
United States
Somali-born Teen Plotted Car-bombing in Ore. - Associated Press
Somali-born Teen Arrested In U.S. Car Bomb Sting - Reuters
Africa
Southern Sudan Extends Referendum Deadline by a Week - BBC News
Sudan Extends Vote Registration After Huge Turnout - Reuters
A Somali Teen's Path to Jihad - Washington Post
Zuma Helps End Standoff in Zimbabwe's Government - Associated Press
South Africa's Zuma Prods Zimbabwe Leaders on Disputes - Reuters
More Than 1 in 3 S. African Men Admit to Rape - Associated Press
Central African Republic Rebels Seize Birao Town - BBC News
Morocco Accused of Abusing Western Sahara Detainees - BBC News
Madagascar Accuses Judge Of Links to Coup Plotters - Reuters
Americas and Caribbean
Mexico City Police Remove Anti-Drug Cartel Banner - Associated Press
Mexico: Tijuana's Top Cop Is Replaced by His Top Deputy - Associated Press
New Drug Tunnel Found At U.S.-Mexico Border - Reuters
Mexico: San Diego Drug Tunnel had Railcar, Tons of Pot - Associated Press
Mexico: Schools in Ciudad Juarez Targeted by Extortionists - Associated Press
Brazil Military Says It Cornered Rio Drug Gangs - New York Times
Brazilian Soldiers Deployed to Rio Favela - BBC News
Brazil: Federal Troops And Police Prepare Rio Slum Offensive - Reuters
Amid Violence in Rio, Brazil Defends Security Strategy - Christian Science Monitor
Neighbors Colombia And Ecuador End Two Year Spat - Reuters
Peru Arrests Coca Growers And Mayors In Drug Sweep - Reuters
An American in Peru, Out of Jail and Living With Regret - New York Times
Death and Dancing Coexist on Haiti's Tense Streets - New York Times
Where Do I Vote? Much Confusion Clouds Haiti Polls - Reuters
Asia Pacific
Okinawa Election Could Set Back U.S.-Japan Relations - Stars and Stripes
Taiwan Elections May Hinge on China - New York Times
Taiwan Local Polls Test Pro-China Party After Shooting - Reuters
An Industrial Project That Could Change Burma - New York Times
Burma Restricts Speech of New Parliament Members - Associated Press
U.N. Official to Meet Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi - Associated Press
Europe
Envoy: Joint NATO-Russia Missile Defense Likely - Associated Press
Russia: No Missile Defense Proposal Made to NATO - Agence France-Presse
Putin Chides E.U. Over Energy Policies - New York Times
At Awards Dinner, Harsh Words for Russian TV - New York Times
Crises Shake German Trust in Euro Zone - New York Times
Irish Protesters to March Against Cutbacks - BBC News
U.N. Official: Bosnia War Rapes Must Be Prosecuted - Associated Press
Middle East
Saudi Interior Ministry Says 149 Terror Suspects Arrested - Voice of America
Saudis Arrest 149 Qaeda Suspects Over 8 Months - New York Times
Saudis Arrest 149 Al Qaeda Suspects - Wall Street Journal
Saudis Trumpet al-Qaeda Arrests - BBC News
Israeli Air Security Experts Insist Methods Better than U.S. - Washington Post
Yemen Suicide Attack Hits Houthi Rebel Procession - BBC News
Opposition Makes Final Push as Egyptian Election Nears - CNN News
Mubarak's Ruling Party Tightens Grip on Opposition - Christian Science Monitor
Egyptians Protest Police Violence Before Election - Associated Press
Amnesty Urges Egypt to Stop Military Facebook Trial - Reuters
Mubarak vs. Obama - Washington Post editorial
Building Museums, and a Fresh Arab Identity - New York Times
Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Draws Ire With Call to Work - Associated Press
South Asia
India Remembers Mumbai Terror Attacks, Urges Pakistan to Prosecute - VOA
India Probes Multimillion-Dollar Bribery Scandal - Voice of America
India to Open New Consulate in Sri Lanka - BBC News
Sri Lanka Police Send 'Mass Grave' Ashes for Testing - BBC News