US Naval Institute Daily - USNI
Real Clear World - RCP
Afghanistan
Karzai’s Ultimatum Complicates US Exit Strategy - NYT
Germany's Afghan Mission Shifts to Engaging Enemy - S&S
Afghan Soldier Kills NATO Colleague - VOA
Gunman in Afghan Uniform Kills US Soldier on Base - AP
Afghanistan's Poor Face Difficult Decisions Amid Winter Cold - LAT
Talking to the Taliban - LAT opinion
Pakistan
Former Pakistan President Announces Plans to Return Home - VOA
Militants Kill 10 Soldiers in Pakistan - AP
Grim Exchange of Bodies After Pakistan Army, Taliban Clash - Reuters
Iran
Iran to Start Enrichment at Underground Site This Month - VOA
Panetta, Dempsey Discuss Iran Situation - AFPS
Panetta Warns Iran to Keep Strait of Hormuz Open - LAT
Iran Trumpets Nuclear Ability at a Second Location - NYT
Panetta: Iran Has Not Yet Decided to Build Nuclear Bomb - AP
Iran Sentences US Citizen to Death for Spying - WP
Iran Sentences American Man to Death in CIA Case - AP
Iran Death Sentence for 'CIA Spy' Amir Mirzai Hekmati - BBC
Ahmadinejad Begins Visit to Latin America - VOA
Iran Looks for Friends in Latin America - WP
Iran's Leader Arrives in Venezuela to Meet Chavez - AP
Venezuela's Chavez Welcomes Ally Ahmadinejad - Reuters
Iran Divided on US Navy's Rescue of Iranian Fishermen - LAT
Syria
Arab League Officials Vow to Continue Syria Mission - VOA
Arab League Extends Syria Mission - WP
Arab League Refuses to Withdraw Observer Mission - TT
Arab League to Increase Number of Monitors in Syria - LAT
Arabs Urge End to Syria Bloodshed - BBC
Arab League Tells Syria Again: Halt Violence - AP
Arab League Raps Syria Again; No Call for UN for Now - Reuters
Assad Foes Lose Unity Over Foreign Intervention - WT
Middle East / North Africa
Mideast Governments Fail to See Scale of Change - Reuters
Israel to Boost Defense Budget - VOA
Israel Charges 5 Settlers in West Bank Army Base Clash - NYT
5 Indicted in Israeli Military Base Riot - AP
Iraq: Explosion Kills 2 Shiite Pilgrims South of Baghdad - AP
Yemeni Government Approves Immunity for President - VOA
Yemen Drafts Saleh Immunity Law - BBC
Yemen Proposes Immunity Law to Speed Saleh's Exit - Reuters
In Yemen's Political Crisis, Children Suffer Most - WP
Bahrain Under Pressure to Investigate Shia Activist Beating - TT
Bahrain Eyes Reforms to Boost Parliament's Powers - Reuters
Islamists Back Timing of Egypt’s Military Handover - NYT
The US: MIA in the Mideast - LAT opinion
US Department of Defense
Obama Administration Says No US Military Retreat Despite Defense Cuts - VOA
Panetta: ‘Sequestration’ Would Upend Military Strategy - AFPS
DOD Leaders: US Will Remain World’s Strongest Military - AFPS
Military Probes Missing `Sensitive' Equipment - S&S
United States
Obama’s War Plan Pins Hopes on Peace - WT
Jobless Rates for Young and Female Vets Climbed in Late 2011 - USAT
TSA Finds More Guns at Airports - USAT
Obama’s Foreign Initiatives Have Been Failures - WP opinion
Africa
Nigeria President Fears Some Officials Back Boko Haram - BBC
Faced With Attacks, Strikes, President Pleads Nigerians For Support - VOA
Nigeria Strikes Over Fuel Costs - BBC
Nationwide Strike Begins in Nigeria Over Gas Costs - AP
A Revered, and Divided, Liberator of South Africa - NYT
Americas
In Infiltration Effort, US Aided Mexican Drug Trafficker - NYT
Mexican City Worker Who Wrote for Weekly Killed - AP
Gang Threatens Colombian Police - BBC
US Orders Venezuelan Envoy in Miami to Leave - NYT
US Expels Venezuelan Diplomat after Cyberattack Allegations - AP
US Expels Senior Venezuela Diplomat - BBC
Venezuela Will Not Recognize World Bank Ruling in Exxon Case - Reuters
Haiti’s Slow Recovery - NYT editorial
Haiti Can Be Rich Again - NYT opinion
Asia Pacific
China Slams US Defense Strategy With Asian Slant - AP
North Korea Tries to Build New Leader’s Image - NYT
N. Korean TV Shows Young Kim Threatening War in 2009 - AP
N. Korea Kim Jong-un Stars in Documentary - TT
South Korea's Lee in China Visit - BBC
South Korean President Arrives in China for Talks - TT
China, South Korea Nuclear Envoys to Meet During Lee Visit - Reuters
Taiwan’s Opposition Makes Gains Ahead of Presidential Elections - VOA
Philippines Set for Possible Terrorist Attack - VOA
Philippine Catholics Gather Despite Terror Warning - AP
Malaysia Opposition Leader Acquitted - BBC
Malaysian Opposition Leader Acquitted in Sodomy Trial - TT
Is a Chinese Economic Slump on the Horizon? - WP opinion
Europe
Merkel, Sarkozy to Seek Growth, Jobs for Euro Zone - Reuters