Marines Begin to Hand Over Small Bases to Afghan Army - Washington Post
Afghan Police Unit Defects en Masse to Taliban Side - New York Times
Taliban Fighters Briefly Overrun Afghan District - Los Angeles Times
Afghan Civilian Deaths Caused by Allied Forces Rise - Los Angeles Times
'More Missions, More Contact' for Task Force Shadow - Stars and Stripes
Hamid Karzai Bid to Split Taliban Tribe - Associated Press
Afghan And NATO Troops Seize 24 Tonnes Of Bomb Material - Reuters
Bomb Kills 2 NATO Service Members in Afghanistan - Associated Press
Officials in Afghanistan Provide Details of Operations - AFPS
Training Center Launches Fledgling Afghan Pilots - AFPS
U.S. Military Medics Use Old and New Techniques - Washington Post
Pakistan
Drone Strike, Convoy Attack in Pakistan - Voice of America
U.S. Drone Attack Kills Five 'Militants' in Pakistan - BBC News
Yemen / Al Qaeda
Western Nations Halt Air Cargo From Yemen - New York Times
Air Freight from Yemen and Somalia Banned in U.K. - BBC News
Air-cargo Screening Back on Hill's Radar after Yemeni Plot - Washington Times
Governments Tighten Air Security After Yemen Plot - Reuters
Pentagon Denies Report of Plan for U.S. Military Teams in Yemen - VOA
Yemen's al-Qaida Seeking to Recruit Westerners - Associated Press
Bombs More Lethal than in Dec. 25 Attempt - Washington Post
Earlier Flight May Have Been Dry Run for Plotters - New York Times
Former al-Qaida Followers Foiled Mail Bomb Plot - Voice of America
Bombs Tip-off 'Came from Former al-Qaeda Member' - BBC News
Yemen: Al-Qaida Turncoat Alerted Saudis to Plot - Associated Press
Germany: Bombs Could Have Had 'Significant' Effect - Associated Press
Parcel Bomb Plotters 'Used Dry Run', Say U.S. Officials - BBC News
Officials Suspect Sept. Dry Run for Bomb Plot - Associated Press
U.S. Issues Mail Advisory, Tightens Cargo Scrutiny - Associated Press
U.S. Concerned About Former Gitmo Prisoners in Yemen - Los Angeles Times
How Serious a Threat is Yemen Explosive to Air Travel? - Christian Science Monitor
5 Reasons Hard for Yemen to 'Destroy' AQ Franchise - Christian Science Monitor
Stopping al-Qaeda in Yemen - Washington Post editorial
Disaster Averted - New York Times editorial
Staying Nimble to Fight al-Qaeda's Shifting Threat - Washington Post opinion
How to Keep Terrorism Grounded - New York Times opinion
Saudi Friends and Foes - Washington Times opinion
Iraq
Death Toll Higher in Baghdad Church Attack - Voice of America
Church Attack Seen as Strike at Iraq's Core - New York Times
Iraqi Survivors Tell of Hiding in Priests' Dressing Room - Los Angeles Times
Iraq Church Raid Ends With 52 Dead - Reuters
Iraq Government Defends Deadly Church Raid - BBC News
Iraqi Christians Mourn After Church Siege Kills 58 - Associated Press
Premonitions of Danger at Baghdad Church Held Hostage - New York Times
Exercise Hones IA Rural Fighting Skills - U.S. Forces-Iraq
Iran
Iran Envoy: Atom Bomb Would Be Strategic Mistake - Reuters
Freed U.S. Hiker Blames Iranian Guard for Border Miscue - VOA
Guard Led 3 Americans Across Iran Border, Released Hiker Says - New York Times
Iran Postpones Trial of 2 American Hikers - Washington Post
Iran Postpones Trial of U.S. Hikers Accused of Spying - BBC News
Iran Postpones Start of Trial for 3 Americans - Associated Press
Iranian Lawyer Committed to Winning U.S. Hikers' Freedom - Los Angeles Times
U.S. Department of Defense
Additional Costs Expected for Lockheed's F-35 Fighter - New York Times
Military Policy on Gays to Stand, Pending Appeal - New York Times
Appeals Court Indefinitely Extends Life of Gay Military Policy - Associated Press
United States
The War the Election Forgot - Los Angeles Times
Symbolic Term for Ex-Qaeda Soldier Omar Khadr - New York Times
Judge Questions DOJ Suit Against Ariz. Law - Washington Post
Appeals Court Weighs Immigrant Law - New York Times
United Kingdom / France
U.K., France Move Closer on Defense - Wall Street Journal
British Combat Troops to Come Under French Command - Daily Telegraph
U.K., France to Pool Defense Assets, Share Costs - Associated Press
France, U.K. Agree to Unprecedented Military Cooperation - Reuters
Britain and France to Seal Defence Pact - The Guardian
Britain, France Embark on New Defence Partnership - Sydney Morning Herald
U.K., France to Share Nuclear-Test Facilities, Carriers - Bloomberg
Cameron and Sarkozy to Sign Nuclear Deal - The Times / Australian
PM and Sarkozy to Unveil New Defence Era - Financial Times
Anglo-French Deal Rewrites Military History - The Independent
Fox: Anglo-French Military Force Makes 'Perfect Sense' - Daily Telegraph
U.K. and France Agree to Joint Nuclear Testing Treaty - BBC News
Will Franco-British Cooperation on Defence Lead to an E.U. Army? - BBC News
What U.K.-France Defence Link Means - BBC News
Closer Alliance with France Good for Britain - Daily Telegraph opinion
Africa
Vote Counting Underway in Ivory Coast Presidential Election - Voice of America
Ivory Coast Presidential Election: Result Awaited - BBC News
U.N. Calls on Ivory Coast to Accept Poll Results - Associated Press
Tension Mounts In Tanzania Over Delayed Vote Results - Reuters
Suspect in Rwandan Church Massacre Found Guilty - Associated Press
Rwanda Genocide: Kanyarukiga Guilty of Church Massacre - BBC News
Americas and Caribbean
4 U.S. Citizens Killed in Separate Attacks in Mexico - Associated Press
Three Americans Killed in Mexico's Murder Capital - Agence France-Presse
CIA Role Is Faulted in Air Crash Over Peru - New York Times
5 Men Rob Plane From Military at Honduras Airport - Associated Press
Costa Rica Denounces Alleged Nicaraguan Incursion - Associated Press
Cuba Sets Up Framework for Jobs Market, Small-Business - Washington Post
Cuba to Send 3 More Prisoners to Exile in Spain - Associated Press
Cuba to Release Longest-Held Political Prisoner - Reuters
Venezuelan Steel Maker to Challenge State Takeover - Associated Press
Brazil's Rousseff Starts Market-Friendly Transition - Reuters
Uruguay's High Court Annuls Dictatorship's Amnesty - Associated Press
Beleaguered Haiti Braces for Possible Hurricane - Associated Press
Asia Pacific
U.N. Leader Ban Meets With Chinese President Hu - Associated Press
U.N. Chief Attacked Over 'Silence' on China Rights - BBC News
China Census Aims to Chart Shifting Population - New York Times
U.N. Chief Criticized for Failing to Press China - Associated Press
Russia Angers Japan With Visit to Disputed Islands - New York Times
Medvedev Visit Stokes Japan Row - BBC News
Japan Recalls Moscow Envoy Amid Kuril Islands Row - BBC News
Japan Says PM to Meet Russian President Despite Row - Reuters
Vietnam's Cam Ranh Base to Welcome Foreign Navies - Associated Press
Clinton Urges Cambodia to Strike a Balance with China - Washington Post
Hillary Clinton Endorses U.N. Human Rights Office in Cambodia - VOA
Cambodia: Clinton Urges Khmer Rouge Trials - New York Times
Press Freedoms Narrow in Thailand, 'Easy Target' Fights Back - New York Times
Clinton Pushes Tolerance in Malaysia - Associated Press
New Eruption Drives More Indonesians to Shelter - New York Times
East Timor President's Clemency Extends to His Attackers - New York Times
President Obama, Asia is Calling - Washington Post opinion
Central Asia
Final Kyrgyz Election Results Out - BBC News
Europe
Parcel Bombs Found in Greece, Addressed to Sarkozy, W. Embassies - VOA
Nicolas Sarkozy 'Among Targets of Greece Parcels Bombs' - BBC News
Greece: Suspects Carried Letter Bomb for Sarkozy - Associated Press
Greece Intercepts Parcel Bomb Addressed to Sarkozy - Reuters
Kurdish PKK Denies Istanbul Bomb, Extends 'Truce' - BBC News
PKK Denies Responsibility For Sunday's Istanbul Bomb - Reuters
Albania to Extradite Murder, Kidnap Suspect to U.S. - Associated Press
Berlusconi Scandal Could Threaten Italy's Government - New York Times
Middle East
Syria Must Wield Influence in Lebanon to Help U.S. Relations - Washington Post
Stability in West Bank Transforms a City of Chaos - New York Times
Israeli Security Head: Terrorists Using Technology - Associated Press
Rights Groups: Israel Abused Palestinian Detainees - Associated Press
Israeli Soldier Sentenced for Shaming Palestinian - Associated Press
South Asia
Indian Politicians Get Homes Meant for War Widows - Associated Press