U.S. Boosts Afghan Surge - Wall Street Journal
U.S. to Send 1,400 Extra Troops to Afghanistan - Reuters
Plans for Major Taliban Attacks are Foiled in Afghanistan - Los Angeles Times
U.S., Afghan Forces Displace Taliban in Eastern Afghanistan - AFPS
Corrupt Leaders Trump Taliban - Washington Post
Allies Plan to Spend $11.6 Billion this Year for Afghan Security - Washington Post
NATO: $20 Billion over 2 Years for Afghan Training - Associated Press
U.S. Military Suspends Two U.S. Contractors in Afghanistan - Voice of America
Pakistan
Thousands Attend Funeral of Slain Pakistan Governor - Voice of America
As Politician is Mourned, Suspected Killer is Lauded - Washington Post
Assassination Deepens Divide in Pakistan - New York Times
Pakistan Killer Had Revealed Plans - Wall Street Journal
Catch-22 in Pakistan - Washington Times opinion
Iraq
Radical Cleric Returns to Iraq After Years in Iran - New York Times
Cleric al-Sadr Returns to Iraq after Self-imposed Exile - Washington Post
Shiite Cleric Sadr Returns to Iraq - Wall Street Journal
Anti-U.S. Cleric Muqtada Sadr Returns to Iraq - Los Angeles Times
Moqtada Sadr, anti-US Cleric, Returns to Iraq from Iran - BBC News
Backers Flock to See Returned Iraqi Cleric - Associated Press
U.S. Downplays Concerns Anti-U.S. Cleric's Return to Iraq - Bloomberg
With the PKK in Iraq's Qandil Mountains - New York Times
Iran
Iran Says American Woman Detained on Spy Charges - Associated Press
Islam
Islam's Blasphemy Murders - Washington Times editorial
Christians Under Siege - New York Times editorial
Korean Peninsula
China and U.S. Have 'Useful' Talks on North Korea - New York Times
U.S. Envoy Seeks Chinese Help to Ease Korea Crisis - Associated Press
U.S., South Korea Discuss Response to North - Voice of America
N. Korea Calls for Unconditional Talks with South - Associated Press
Seoul Rejects North Korea's Talks Offer as "Propaganda" - Reuters
U.S. Department of Defense
Gates Expected to Announce Budget Details, Cuts - ExecutiveGov
The Final Gates Defense-Budget Showdown Begins - Wired
Gates Hopes to Preempt Congress on Budget - Politico
Pentagon Is Poised to Cancel Marine Landing Craft - New York Times
Gates Wants to Drop $14 Billion EFV Program - Washington Post
Gates Aims to Shift Pentagon Spending, Avoid Cuts - Associated Press
Gates Moves to Preempt U.S. Defense Budget Cuts - Agence France-Press
Pentagon Cuts to Reflect Gates, White House Tussle - Reuters
How to Cut $1 Trillion from the Pentagon - CNN News opinion
Who Will Fill Bob Gates' Pentagon Office? - Time
Wars, People, Balancing Risk Top Chairman's 2011 Guidance - AFPS
Navy Intel Chief: Information Dominance Must Balance Firepower - AFPS
Army Efforts Don't Stem Fort Hood Suicides - USA Today
Military Needs Response Plan to Genocide - CNN opinion
United States
Obama Administration Building a Network to Hit Militants - Associated Press
Senators Seek Data on Gitmo Detainee Transfers - Washington Times
New U.S. Congress Convenes - Voice of America
Obama Turning to Experienced Hands as He Remakes Staff - New York Times
Big Changes Coming to Obama's Asia Team - Washington Post
Islamic Group is CIA Front, ex-Turkish Intel Chief Says - Washington Post
United Nations
New U.N. Security Council to Reflect 21st Century - Associated Press
A Bloated U.N. Bureaucracy Causes Bewilderment - New York Times
U.N. Group Warns of Possible Food Crisis - Washington Post
U.N. Data Notes Sharp Rise in World Food Prices - New York Times
World
Microlenders, Honored With Nobel, Are Struggling - New York Times
Copts on Global High Alert After Egypt Bombing - Voice of America
Africa
Southern Sudan Chooses: Unity or Secession? - Voice of America
US. .Confident of Successful Referendum Vote in Southern Sudan - VOA
1 Hand or 2? S. Sudan to Vote on Unity, Split - Associated Press
Southern Sudan Makes Peace Deal - Associated Press
Sudan 'Needs New Deal over Oil' - BBC News
Sudan on the Brink - Washington Post editorial
Southern Sudan's Shaky Future - Los Angeles Times opinion
U.S.: Gbagbo Stole Ivory Coast Election, Should Cede Power - VOA
Ivory Coast Leader's Rival Remains Under Blockade - New York Times
Threat of Force Remains in Ivory Coast Negotiations - Voice of America
Ivory Coast: U.N. Plans More Peacekeepers - BBC News
Ouattara Says Rival Gbagbo Ordered Ivory Coast Violence - Reuters
Morocco Says It Foiled Terror Cell in Sahara - New York Times
Mali: French Embassy Attacker Claims Al-Qaida Link - Associated Press
Americas
Venezuela Convenes New Parliament - BBC News
Chavez Backers, Foes Rally For Venezuela Parliament - Reuters
Brazil: For Rio Slum Residents and Police a Mixed Blessing - Associated Press
Relief Agency Slams Haiti Quake Recovery "Quagmire" - Reuters
Asia Pacific
China's Push On Military Is Beginning To Bear Fruit - New York Times
China's Ability to Effectively Use Expanding Arsenal? - Stars and Stripes
China Newspaper Refers to New Stealth Jet - Wall Street Journal
China Stealth Plane Still 'Years Away', Says Pentagon - BBC News
China Backs Policy of No Pre-emptive Nuke Strikes - Associated Press
U.S. Protests Vietnamese Police Attack on Diplomat - Reuters
Europe
A Russian Woman Stands, Alone, for Her Rights - Washington Post
Poland Supports Belarus Opposition - New York Times
Israel Says Turkey Like Iran Before Revolution - Reuters
Hijacker Overpowered on Norway-Turkey Flight - Reuters
Middle East
Idled Peace Talks Threaten to Break Israeli Coalition - Washington Times
Israeli, Egyptian Leaders to Discuss Peacemaking - Associated Press
Netanyahu And Mubarak to Mull How to Renew Peace Talks - Reuters
Israeli Army Investigating Tear-gas Incident in West Bank - Washington Post
2 Palestinians Killed Along Gaza-Israel Border - Associated Press
Tight Security for Egypt's Copts - BBC News
Jordan Clamps Down on Rioting in South - Los Angeles Times
Jordan Police Quell Anti-government Riots in Maan - BBC News
Detained American Says He Was Beaten in Kuwait - New York Times
South Asia
Four Die in India Tribal Clashes - BBC News
Lawmakers: Violence Returns to Northern Sri Lanka - Associated Press