Insurgents Set Aside Rivalries on Afghan Border - New York Times
Militia Ties Undercut Security Steps in Afghanistan - Stars and Stripes
U.S.: No Way to Seal Afghan-Pakistan Border - Associated Press
Iran Providing Training, Weapons to Afghan Insurgents - Washington Examiner
Accounts Diverge Sharply in Night Raid Gone Wrong - New York Times
NATO Disputes Afghan Authorities Over Deadly Raid - Reuters
Colonel Cites Measurable, But Fragile, Afghan Progress - AFPS
Afghan, Coalition Forces Capture Haqqani Leader - AFPS
No White House Action on Afghanistan Oversight - Foreign Policy
Army Edits its History of the Deadly Battle of Wanat - Washington Post
700 NATO Soldiers Killed in 2010; New Firefights - Associated Press
French Hostages in Afghanistan Appeal for Freedom - Associated Press
Honing Our Plan for Afghanistan - Washington Post opinion
Pakistan
Major Political Party to Pull Out of Pakistan's Federal Cabinet - Washington Post
Pakistan President Holds 'Crisis Talks' with MQM - BBC News
Turmoil in Pakistan as Party Quits Cabinet - Associated Press
Pakistan's Ruling Party in Crisis Negotiations - Associated Press
NATO Trucks Attacked in Pakistan, Driver Killed - Agence France-Presse
Iraq
Navy Bomb Experts Head for a Final Mission in Iraq - Los Angeles Times
Iraq to Remove Some Checkpoints from Baghdad - Associated Press
Basra Mulls Breaking Away from Baghdad - Associated Press
Iraqi Kurds Demand OK for Oil Deals Made in Self-ruled Area - Associated Press
Iraq Suicide Bombers Kill Police Commander in Mosul - BBC News
Bombers Attack Iraqi Police Station - Associated Press
Suicide Bombers Kill Police Chief In Mosul Attack - Reuters
An Iraqi Government, Finally - New York Times editorial
Iran
India Joins U.S. Effort to Stifle Iran Trade - Wall Street Journal
Israeli Minister: West Has 3 Years to Rein In Iran - Reuters
Iran Executes 2 Men, Saying One Was Spy for Israel - New York Times
Iran Hangs Alleged Spy, Militant - Los Angeles Times
Relatives See Detained German Journalists in Iran - New York Times
Germans Imprisoned in Iran Get First Family Visit - Associated Press
Korean Peninsula
S. Korean President Faces Conflicting Pressures - Washington Post
S. Korea Seeks N. Korea Disarmament Progress Next Year - Associated Press
S. Korea's Lee Says Talks The Answer to Nuclear Crisis - Reuters
WikiLeaks
Assange to Keep WikiLeaks Afloat with Book Deal - Christian Science Monitor
Why WikiLeaks Is Unlike the Pentagon Papers - Wall Street Journal opinion
U.S. Department of Defense
Defense-Related Businesses Try To Survive Cutbacks - NPR
National Guard Highlights Top 10 Missions of 2010 - AFPS
United States
Line-of-duty Deaths Among Law Enforcement Officers Rise - Washington Post
Pilot Who Posted Video Says Officials Ignoring Threat - Washington Post
Ratifying the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - New York Times editorial
The Guantanamo 48 - Los Angeles Times editorial
United Nations
Israel, Canada to Boycott Conference Against Racism Fete - Epoch Times
World
More Than 100 Journalists Killed in 2010 - Voice of America
Africa
Private Firm Trains Somalis to Scuttle Pirates - Washington Times
African Presidents Urge Ivory Coast's Gbagbo to Resign - Voice of America
Ivory Coast's Gbagbo Unmoved by Mission - BBC News
ECOWAS Envoys: More Talks Needed In Ivory Coast Crisis - Reuters
Delegation Leaves Ivory Coast Without Gbagbo - Associated Press
Arab League Chief Sees No Desire for War in Sudan - Associated Press
Southerners in Northern Sudan Going Home - Los Angeles Times
Jos Bombing: Politicians 'Fuel Nigeria Unrest - BBC News
Islamic Sect Claims Nigeria Attacks, Toll At 86 - Reuters
Islamist Sect Kills 3 in Fresh Nigeria Attack - Reuters
Zimbabwe Pins Hopes on Mining Sector to Revive Economy - Voice of America
Rebels Attack Southern Senegal Village - Voice of America
Tunisian President Criticizes Rioters, Urges Calm - Associated Press
Americas
In Mexico, Only One Gun Store but No Dearth of Violence - Washington Post
A Modest Plan to Stem Gun Flow to Mexico - Washington Post editorial
Last Police Officer in Mexican Border Town Missing - Associated Press
41 Mexican Prison Guards Charged in Mass Jailbreak - Associated Press
Drug Gang Suspects Threaten 'War' in Guatemala - Associated Press
Colombia Drug Lord Pedro Guerrero 'May be Dead' - BBC News
Venezuela's Chavez Dares U.S. to Cut Diplomatic Ties - Associated Press
Radio Reporter Killed Outside His Home in Honduras - Associated Press
Cuba Commutes Death Sentence Against U.S. Man - Associated Press
Asia Pacific
Suspicious Death Ignites Fury in China - New York Times
China Calls on Vatican to Repair Rift - Voice of America
12 Chinese With Fake U.S. Visas Arrested in Bangkok - Associated Press
Report: Laos Deports Uighurs Back to China - Associated Press
Top Indonesian Terror Suspect Goes on Trial - Associated Press
Thai Government Seeks to Heal National Divisions Before Elections - VOA
Europe
French Deal to Sell Ships to Russians Is Criticized - New York Times
After Dismissal of Jury, Judges Convict Russian - New York Times
Russia Rejects Criticism of Former Tycoon's Trial - New York Times
Russia Rejects Criticism of Khodorkovsky's Trial - Associated Press
Russia: What Rule of Law? - New York Times editorial
Greece-Italy Anarchist Link Seen in Letter Bombs - New York Times
European Anarchists Grow More Violent, Coordinated - Associated Press
Belarus' Authoritarian Leader Appoints New Premier - Associated Press
Middle East
Some Israelis Question Benefits for Ultra-Religious - New York Times
Israeli Companies to Help Build Palestinian City - Associated Press
Abbas Fatah Faction Bans Former Leader From Meetings - Reuters
Rarity in Region, Lebanese Paper Dares to Provoke - New York Times
Kuwait Sets Vote on Political Fate of PM - Associated Press
South Asia
Activists in Nepal Make Inroads Against Servitude for Girls - Los Angeles Times