US Begins Drawdown of Troops from Afghanistan - AP
ISAF Needs to Maintain Momentum in Afghanistan, General Says - AFPS
Afghan Politicians Rethink Personal Security - WP
To Track Militants, US Has System That Never Forgets a Face - NYT
UN: Afghan Civilian Death Toll Up 15 Percent - AP
Huge Blast in E. Afghanistan Wounds 22 Coalition Troops - S&S
Suicide Attack Kills 5 French Troops in Afghanistan - VOA
Bomber Kills Five French Troops in Kapisa, Afghanistan - BBC
Bombing Kills 5 French Soldiers in Afghanistan - LAT
Karzai Buries Brother, Quickly Appoints Another as Successor - NYT
Afghan President Leads Mourners at Wali Karzai's Funeral - VOA
Karzai Attends Funeral for Half-Brother - WP
Afghan Leader Mourns Brother, Faces Void in South - AP
Karzai Weeps at Brother's Funeral - BBC
Blast Hits Mosque During Service for President's Relative - NYT
Bomber Targets Service for Afghan Leader's Brother - AP
Female Afghan Military Pilots Making History in US - AP
US Building Jails Across Afghanistan Despite Drawdown - DR
ISAF Operations Roundup - AFPS
Pakistan
Pakistan Spy Chief Ahmad Shuja Pasha in US Visit - BBC
US-Pakistanis Meet Amid Tension, Military Aid Cut - AP
CIA Vaccination Ruse Sparks Fear in Pakistan - AP
Fourteen Killed in Karachi Violence After Minister's Comments - Reuters
Pakistan's Middle Class Extremists - FA
India
Mumbai Blasts Kill 21 in Apparent Terrorist Attack - WP
3 Bombs Hit Crowded Sites in Mumbai - NYT
Three Explosions in Mumbai Kill at Least 21 - LAT
Three Blasts Kill at Least 21 in Mumbai - WT
Mumbai: Explosions Shake India's Financial Hub - BBC
3 Mumbai Bombings Minutes Apart Kill 21, Wound 141 - AP
Obama Condemns Mumbai Attacks, Offers Support - Reuters
Indian Officials Blame 'Terrorists' for Deadly Mumbai Blasts - VOA
India Says No Leads in Mumbai Bomb Attacks - AP
Q&A: Who Could Be Behind the Mumbai Blasts? - Reuters
Iraq
In Shadow of Death, Iraq and US Tiptoe Around Deadline - NYT
Feds Eye CIA Officer in Abu Ghraib Prisoner Death - AP
Syria
US President Sharpens Rhetoric Against Syria's Assad - VOA
Arab League Chief Slams 'Foreign Interference' in Syria - VOA
Syria Activists Say 8 Killed in Past 24 Hours - AP
Syrian Forces Arrest 30 in Damascus Protest - Reuters
Syrian Military Kills Four in Renewed Assaults - Reuters
Syria Calls Pipeline Explosion an Accident - NYT
Libya
Libya Rebels Desperately Short of Funds - LAT
Rebels Briefly Lose Control of Western Libyan Town - NYT
Libya Rebels Retake Village South of Tripoli - Reuters
Rights Group Calls on Libyan Rebels to Protect Civilians - VOA
Human Rights Watch: Rebels Abused Civilians - BBC
Rights Group: Libyan Rebels Loot Seized Towns - AP
Turkey Proposes 'Road Map' to End Libyan Crisis - AP
Rebels Deny Talks with Gadhafi - AP
Preparing for a New Libya - WP editorial
Iran
Russia Lays Out 'Step-By-Step' Approach on Iran - Reuters
The Rise and Fall of Iran's Ahmadinejad - WP opinion
Egypt
Egypt Purges Hundreds of Police Officers as Protests Grow - VOA
Egypt Purges Mubarak-Era Police Officers - NYT
Egypt to Sack 700 Police Over Killing of Protesters - BBC
Egypt Fires Nearly 700 Top Police Officers - WP
Egypt Fires Hundreds of Police as Protests Grow - AP
Egypt Shakes Up Police After Protests - Reuters
Mubarak Denies Ordering Egyptian Protesters Killed - AP
Middle East / North Africa
Israel PM Defends Law Against Settlement Boycott - Reuters
Yemeni Security Forces, Opposition Clash in Taiz - Reuters
Bahrain Puts Protest Poet Under House Arrest - Reuters
Latest Developments in Arab World's Unrest - AP
Obama's Arab Sting - WT editorial
Al Qaeda
CIA Defends Running Vaccine Program to Find bin Laden - WP
Report of Fake CIA Vaccine Could Hurt Real Programs - AP
WikiLeaks
UK: Court Defers Assange Extradition Decision - Reuters
US Department of Defense
Panetta Unafraid of Candor in New Pentagon Role - Reuters
Medal of Honor Recipient Joins Fellow Heroes in 'Hall' - AFPS
Pentagon to Unveil Cybersecurity Strategy - WP
Navy Fleet Needs Funding, Rep. Forbes Says - WT
Lockheed Overruns on Early F-35s Put at $771 M - Reuters
Army Suspends Use of New Square-shaped Parachute - AP
Cleveland Nominated to Head USA Special Operations Command - FO
Services Deliver 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Input - AFPS
United States
Tensions Escalate as Stakes Grow in Fiscal Clash - NYT
23 Senators Press Pentagon Chief on Terror Suspect - AP
Visas Reviewed to Find Those Who Overstayed - WT
Gun Mayhem Along the Border - NYT editorial
US Guns in Mexico: Too Fast, Too Furious - WT editorial
Africa
Sudan: Bashir Invokes Lofty Language to Hint at Fresh Start - NYT
Sudan's South Kordofan Hit by 'New Wave of Bombings' - BBC
China Calls on World to Normalise Ties With Sudan - Reuters
Nigeria Policemen in Court Trial for Boko Haram Killing - BBC
Horn of Africa Drought: Kenya Row Over Somali Refugees - BBC
Americas
More 12 Killed in Northern Mexico Violence - VOA
Mexico Captures Chief Hitman of Knights Templar Drug Gang - AP
Venezuela: Chavez Says 'Fidel is Like a Saint' - WP
Venezuela's Chavez Expects Chemo or Radiation - AP
Critic of Venezuela's Chavez Sentenced for Remarks - AP
Venezuela: Prison Uprising Ends After 27 Days - AP
In Cuba, Reforms Bring Cheers but Also Jeers - Reuters
Asia Pacific
Mullen: North Korea Must Be Stopped From More Attacks - Reuters
Top US Military Officer Warns of N. Korean Threat - AP
Japanese Lawmakers Urge Against US Aid for N. Korea - AP
Japan PM Kan Urges Nuclear-free Future - BBC
China Says It Is Drawing Up Human Rights Plan - AP
Thai Election Commission Postpones Certifying New Prime Minister - VOA
New Thai Government Is Delayed by Legal Challenges - NYT
Philippines: No Word from 2 Americans' Abductors - AP
Burmese Diplomat Defects, Cites Fears for Safety - VOA
Second Burmese Diplomat Defects - WP
Rights Group: Burma Uses 'Convict Slave Labor' - AP
Europe
British PM Cameron Under Fire in News Corp. Scandal - WP
N. Ireland: Second Night of Riots Rock Belfast - VOA
Turkey Detains al-Qaida Suspects - VOA
Turkish Police Say 15 Suspects Plotted Attacks - NYT
Turkey Detains Suspected al-Qaida Militants - AP
Turkey Says EU Ties Will Freeze if No Cyprus Solution - Reuters
Police in Belarus Beat, Detain Activists at Rally - AP
Pact on Adoptions Ends A US-Russian Dispute - NYT
France - US: Vive la Similarité - NYT opinion
South Asia