Ryan Crocker Sworn in as Ambassador to Afghanistan - WP
Envoy Says US Will Start Afghan Pullout, Slowly - NYT
New Ambassador: 'No Rush for Exits' in Afghanistan - AFPS
New US Envoy Tries to Allay Afghan Fear on Pullout - AP
Afghan Leader: Security Forces Must Meet Challenge - AP
Tribes Watch and Wait After Karzai Brother's Killing - NYT
Afghan Female Peacemakers Criticized - WP
Pentagon: US Transport Funds End Up in Taliban Hands - VOA
Afghanistan Violence Kills 35, Mostly Insurgents - AP
Afghan Children Injured by UK Apache Helicopter Attack - BBC
NATO Investigates Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan - AFPS
Lawyer: Army Guardsman Shot Afghan in Self-Defense - AP
Pakistan
Pakistan City of Karachi Hit by Factional 'Bloodbath' - BBC
Officials From India, Pakistan Talk in New Delhi - AP
Iraq
Iranian Shelling Kills 2 in Iraq's Kurdistan - AP
Motorcycle Bomb Kills 3 in Iraq's Diyala Province - AP
Syria
Syria Permits Opposition Parties on Restrictive Terms - WP
Syria to Allow Political Parties, State Agency Says - BBC
Draft Reform Law in Syria Fails to Mollify Protesters - NYT
Libya
Rebel Chief: Gadhafi, Family Can Remain in Libya - VOA
UK Reviews Gaddafi Exit Solution - BBC
UN Envoy, Rebels Say No Libya Peace Plan Yet - Reuters
UN: Gadhafi-Held Part of Libya Facing Shortages - AP
Yemen
Yemeni Military and Tribesmen Push Back Militants in South - NYT
Yemeni Army Kills 10 Al Qaeda Militants - Reuters
Mass Rallies Across Yemen Demand Regime Change - AP
Israel / Palestinians
UN Again Delays Gaza Flotilla Report - VOA
Hamas Executes Two Gazans as Spies for Israel - Reuters
Egypt
Key Egyptian Trial Postponed, Further Raising Tensions - VOA
Ex-Interior Minister to be Tried with Mubarak - BBC
Egypt's Generals, Protesters Moving to Open Clash - AP
Norway
Mass Rallies for Norway Victims - BBC
Suspect in Attacks Denied Public Platform in Court - LAT
Norway Shootings Suspect Warns of Other Cells - WP
Norway Suspect Appears 'Calm' at Hearing - VOA
Norway Rampage Culprit Held in Isolation - AP
Unsettling Wariness in Norway, Where Police Rarely Armed - NYT
Survivor Describes Moments of Terror in Attack in Norway - NYT
Attack Reignites Immigration Debate in Divided Oslo - NYT
US Department of Defense
Odierno: Today's War Lessons Will Aid Future - WP
CENTCOM's Spy Satellite to Beam Images from War Zones - S&S
Mullen Addresses Transnational Crime, Military Relations - AFPS
Defense Department Launches Cyber Strategy Website - AFPS
GAO Faults Pentagon Cyber Operations - WP
POW/MIA Groups Criticize US Efforts - WP
DOD Panel Calls for Radical Retirement Overhaul - S&S
Defense-industry Career Track Looking Less Certain - WP
Military Recruiting, Retention Remain Strong - AFPS
United States
Obama Urges Congress to Reach Deal on Debt - WP
Parties Head to Showdown as Obama Warns of a 'Crisis' - NYT
ATF: Gunrunning Sting Goes Fatally Wrong - WP
Guns at Mexican Crime Scenes Linked to US Sting - NYT
US Imposes Sanctions on 4 International Criminal Groups - AP
US Argues Against Disclosure in Terror Case - AP
United Kingdom
Entire Army Battalions to be Disbanded - TT
Africa
UN Seeks 'Massive' Action to Save Africa Drought Victims - VOA
Somalia Famine: UN WFP to Airlift Food to Mogadishu - BBC
UN Races to Get Food to Hungry Somali Refugees - AP
Somalis Flee Famine Along 'Roads of Death' - WP
Perfect Storm: Why Famine Hit Southern Somalia First - VOA
South Sudan Accuses Khartoum of 'Currency War' - BBC
South Sudan Says North Wages Economic War With Oil Fee - Reuters
Malawi Activists 'in Hiding after Mutharika Threat' - BBC
Americas
Mexico: The Strands of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel Web - LAT
Mass Arrests in Mexico Human Trafficking Raids - BBC
11 Killed in Shootings in Southern Mexico - AP
Bodyguards Kill Colombian Gang Leader - VOA
Guatemala Las Dos Erres Civil War Massacre Trial Begins - BBC
Ex-Soldiers Link Troops to Guatemala Massacre - AP
Asia Pacific
Mullen: Partnerships Vital to Pacific Security Strategy - AFPS
Clinton Invites North Korean Official to US For Talks - AFPS
Seoul Takes Cautious Approach with North Korea - VOA
N. Korea Food Shortage Worst in Years Despite Farms - AP
As China Steps Up Web Monitoring, Wi-Fi Users Stay Away - NYT
Aquino to China: Filipinos will Defend Territory - AP
Burma Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Meets Govt Official - VOA
Europe
Russian Officials on US Blacklist - WP
Kosovo Launches Serbia Border Crossings Take Over - AP
Kosovo Police in Tense Standoff With Local Serbs - Reuters
NATO Trying to Defuse Kosovo Border Crisis - AP
Hadzic Refuses to Plea Before UN War Crimes Court - BBC
Last Fugitive of Yugoslav Wars Declines to Plead - AP
South Asia
Officials From India, Pakistan Talk in New Delhi - AP