US Naval Institute Daily - USNI
Real Clear World - RCP
Afghanistan
Weary of Bloodshed, Taliban Leader in Weighs Reintegration - S&S
Coalition to Pull $30B in Gear from Afghanistan - AP
Taliban Reaches ‘Preliminary Deal’ to Open Office in Qatar - VOA
Taliban to Open Qatar Office in Step to Formal Talks - NYT
Taliban to Open Qatar Office for Talks - WP
Afghan Taliban Back Western Proposal for Qatar Office - BBC
Taliban to Open Qatar Office for Peace Talks - AP
Landmark on Twisting Path Toward Talks - NYT
Afghanistan Steps Up Efforts to Recover Bank’s Losses - NYT
Three Separate Blasts Kill 12 in Afghanistan - VOA
Three Explosions Kill 11 in Southern Afghanistan - Reuters
ISAF Operations Summary - AFPS
Pakistan
Militant Groups in Pakistan Unite - WP
Pakistan Taliban Chiefs 'at Each Other's Throats' - Reuters
US Military Dialogue Continues With Pakistan - AFPS
Iran
Iran threatens US Ships, Alarms Oil Markets - WP
Iran Warns the United States Over Aircraft Carrier - NYT
Iran Threatens Action if US Aircraft Carrier Returns to Gulf - AP
Despite Iran Warning, US to Keep Ship in Persian Gulf - VOA
DOD Seeks Safe Hormuz Passage for All, Official Says - AFPS
Iran Threatens US Navy as Sanctions Hit Economy - Reuters
US: Iran's Threats Are Bid to Distract From Problems - Reuters
Iran Sanctions 'Starting to Bite' - BBC
France Urges Stricter European Sanctions on Iran - AP
Iran Says Big Slide in Currency Value Unrelated to New Sanctions - LAT
Iran Defiant Amid Appeals for European Sanctions - AP
Iran Factions Face Off in Elections - WP
Iran Seeks Release of Border Guards in Pakistan - AP
Strait Talk with Iran - LAT opinion
Iran Can't Back Up Its Many Threats - TN opinion
Time to Attack Iran - NR opinion
Syria
Arab League to Hold Review Session on Syria Observers' Work - VOA
Arab League, Dissidents Disagree on Progress in Syria - LAT
Syria Killings Continue; Group to Add Observers - NYT
Syrian Army Deserters 'Kill 18' - BBC
Sarkozy: Assad Must Quit after ‘Massacres’ - AP
Syrian Rebel Leader Threatens to Escalate Attacks - Reuters
Egypt
Egypt Begins Final Round of Lower House Vote - VOA
Egyptians Vote in Final Round of Parliamentary Elections - NYT
Onetime Mubarak Foes Closer to Power as Egyptians Vote Again - LAT
Egypt Votes in Third Round Poll - BBC
Egypt Holds Last Election Round - WP
Egypt's Top Islamist Group Says Will Work With Rivals - Reuters
Overtures to Egypt’s Islamists Reverse Longtime US Policy - NYT
Prosecutors Open Case Against Egypt's Mubarak - Reuters
Why Islamists Dominated Egypt Elections - CNN opinion
US Should Cut Off Egypt Aid - TA opinion
Iraq
Sunni Lawmakers Keep up Iraqi Parliament Boycott - AP
Iraqis Begin New Lives in Idaho - IS
Israel / Palestinians
Israeli, Palestinian Negotiators Meet - WP
'No Progress' in Mid-East Talks - BBC
No Breakthrough on Mideast Peace, Talks to Go On - Reuters
Jordan: Israelis, Palestinians to Resume Dialogue - AP
Israelis and Palestinians Talk, Rise of Political Islam Alters Equation - NYT
Libya
Libya Names Head of Armed Forces as Militias Clash - Reuters
Militias Clash in Libyan Capital - BBC
Libya Plans Vote on Assembly to Draft Constitution - AP
Morocco King Keeps Checks on New Islamist Govt - AP
Yemen
9 al-Qaida-linked Militants, 2 Yemen Soldiers Die - AP
Yemen Soldiers Die in Zinjibar Clashes with Islamists - BBC
Five Islamists, 2 Soldiers Die in South Yemen Fighting - Reuters
US Department of Defense
Panetta to Offer Strategy for Cutting Military Budget - NYT
As Budget Cuts Loom, Questions Arise about US Forces in Europe - S&S
AKO Users Warned Following Stratfor Website Hack - S&S
US Military Indefinitely Extends Curfew in South Korea - S&S
At Ft. Bragg's Special Warfare Center, Troops Learn to be Gumshoes - AP
Was Petraeus the Model for Book’s Drunk General? - WP
United States
Arsonists Target New York, Los Angeles - VOA
Hackers Reveal Personal Data of 860,000 Stratfor Subscribers - LAT
The Forgotten Wages of War - NYT opinion
Africa
UN: South Sudan Violence May Have Left 100s Dead - AP
150 Children Lose Parents in South Sudan Violence - AP
South Sudan Attackers 'Repelled' - BBC
Protests Follow End of Nigeria Fuel Subsidy - VOA
Nigerians Protest at Fuel Hikes - BBC
Nigeria Gas Price Protest Turns Violent in Lagos - AP
Americas
12,000 People Killed in Drug Violence in Mexico Last Year - WP
Colombia Urabenos 'Drug Gang Leader' Shot by Police - BBC
Chavez's Spending Could Boost Venezuela Inflation - AP
Venezuela to Pay Exxon only $255m - BBC
Asia Pacific
China’s President Lashes Out at Western Culture - NYT
Hu: Hostile Forces Seek to Westernize, Split China - AP
Violent Clashes Reported in China Over Mosque Demolition - NYT
Chinese Mosque Demolition Heightens Ethnic Tensions - LAT
Philippine Rebels Resume Attacks after Cease-fire - AP
Philippines: 5 Foreign Terror Suspects in South - AP
Burma Begins Clemency; Activists Say Not Enough - VOA
Europe
Shooting Raises Tensions at a Disputed Region Claimed by Moldova - NYT
France Stiffens Citizenship Requirements - LAT
Turkish Ex-Military Chief Suspect in Anti-Government Case - VOA
Turkey: Former President Indicted for 1980 Coup - AP
South Asia