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1 June SWJ Roundup

Wed, 06/01/2011 - 7:30am
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Afghanistan

Force Repels Attack on Reconstruction Team in Herat - AFPS

Afghanistan Demands End to Airstrikes on Houses - VOA

Karzai Gives 'Last' Warning to NATO on Airstrikes - NYT

Karzai Orders Change in US Strategy - WP

Afghan President Seeks to Limit NATO Airstrikes - AP

NATO: Arrests Made in Deadly North Afghan Bombing - AP

Afghan Colonel Thinks Rogue Soldier Is Insurgent - AP

Afghanistan Discusses Defense Ties With India - AP

Pakistan

Pakistan Forms Commission to Probe bin Laden Raid - AP

Spy Agencies Suspected of Ties to Reporter's Death - WP

Journalist Who Covered Security and Terrorism Is Found Dead - NYT

Spy Agency Faces More Heat After Reporter's Killing - Reuters

Clinton Condemns Pakistan Killing - BBC

Bin Laden Raid Gets Little Credence in Conspiracy-minded Pakistan - LAT

Militants Attack Pakistan Checkpoint, 5 Killed - AP

Cooperating with Pakistan - WP editorial

Syria

Clinton: Position of Syrian Leader Less Tenable by the Day - VOA

To Much Skepticism, Syria Issues Amnesty - NYT

Syria Offers General Amnesty - WP

Syria Declares 'General Amnesty' - BBC

Syrian Troops Attack Southern Town, 8 Killed - AP

Libya

NATO Resumes Airstrikes After Qaddafi Vows to Fight On - NYT

In Tripoli, Support for Gaddafi is Shallow - WP

Tripoli, Benghazi Embody Battle for Libya's Future - LAT

NATO Hits More Libyan Targets as Diplomatic Efforts Appear to Fizzle - VOA

NATO Extends Operation in Libya Another 90 Days - AP

Italy Pledges Fuel, Cash to Libyan Rebel Forces - VOA

Libyans Reclaim Embattled Misrata Street - AP

Yemen

Yemen Unrest Deepens, Downward Spiral Spreads - VOA

Cease-Fire in Yemen Capital Breaks Down - NYT

Yemen Truce Ends in Blasts - WP

Yemen: 37 Killed in Sanaa Clashes - BBC

Street Battles in Yemeni Capital Leave 41 Dead - AP

Report: Yemen's Saleh Likely Out of Power This Year - Reuters

Egypt

Egypt's Military Censors Critics as It Faces More Scrutiny - NYT

Iraq

Amid Talk of Democracy, Iraqi Activists Decry Detentions - LAT

US Forces Iraq Re-evaluates Priorities - AFPS

Middle East

Iran Parliament: Ahmadinejad Ministry Move Illegal - Reuters

Bahrain Ends State of Emergency - WP

Police Boost Patrols for East Jerusalem March - AP

U.S. Department of Defense

Pentagon Develops Cyber-weapon List - WP

Pentagon to Consider Cyberattacks Acts of War - NYT

Cyberattack on US Could Warrant Deadly Response - S&S

US Army Chief: Impact of OBL Death Still Unclear - AP

Army Ranger to be Awarded Medal of Honor - ANS

Cartwright Seeks Independent Look At JCIDS - ITP

Post-conflict Era to Challenge Military Trainers - AFPS

Pentagon Looks to Double Its Unmanned Air Force - Wired

Women Breaking Barriers in Navy, Not SEALs Yet - AP

United States

Five 9/11 Suspects are Re-charged - WP

New Charges for 9/11 Suspects Held at Guantanamo - BBC

2 Iraqis Charged in Ky. with Terrorism Plotting - AP

US Terror Charges for Iraqi Pair - BBC

Justices Block Suit Over Use of Material Witness Law - NYT

Bureaucracy on the Cutting Edge - WP

The Right Call on John Ashcroft - WP editorial

Qualified Immunity, Unqualified Doubt - NYT editorial

How Dangerous Is Anwar al-Awlaki? - NYT opinion

The Bin Laden Decade - NYT opinion

World

Journalists' Deaths 'Unpunished' - BBC

Africa

North-South Sudan Agree on Demilitarized Zone Along Border - VOA

N. and S. Sudan Tentatively Agree to Demilitarize Disputed Border - NYT

North, South Sudan Reach Border Deal - AP

North Sudan Proposes Rotating Abyei Administration - Reuters

Report Finds Mixed Record for Rwanda's Genocide Courts - VOA

US Says Somalia Needs Governance to Defeat Piracy - AP

Somalia's Child Casualties Surge - BBC

Americas

Police Nabs 15 Zetas Lookouts, 10 Police in Mexico - AP

Mexico: A Vision of an Oasis Beneath the Sprawl - NYT

Iranian Wanted by Argentina Visits Bolivia - AP

Bolivia Apologises for Iran Visit - BBC

Clinton 'Sure' Congress Will Pass US-Colombia Trade Deal - VOA

Colombia Fined Over Rebel Attack - BBC

Chavez Condemns US Sanctions, Jokes About Missiles - AP

Cuba Court Sentences 4 Dissidents to Jail Terms - AP

US Reduces Estimates of Homeless in Haiti Quake - NYT

Asia Pacific

US Role in Asia on Agenda for Gates' Final Trip - AP

Gates to Reaffirm US Commitments to Asia - AFPS

US Seeks to Work with China in SE Asia - AP

US Senator: Decision Soon on Marine Base in Japan - AP

Okinawa Decries Reported Plans to Locate Ospreys at Futenma - S&S

Nuclear Watchdog Says Japan Underestimated Danger - NYT

UN: Japan 'Underestimated Risk' - BBC

Japan's PM Faces No-Confidence Vote Over Crisis - AP

China's Stagnant Workforce - WP

Chinese Rights Activist Jailed for Fraud - AP

N. Korea Rejects S. Korea's Proposal for Summit Talks - AP

N. Korea Says Rejects South's Secret Summits Offer - Reuters

Clan Leader in Philippines Pleads Not Guilty to 2009 Massacre - NYT

Filipino Clan Leader Pleads Not Guilty to Massacre - AP

US Sen. McCain Visits Burma to Assess Reform - AP

Eurasia

'Frozen Conflict' Between Azerbaijan and Armenia Begins to Boil - NYT

Azerbaijan Frees Journalist after Years of World Pressure - WP

Europe

Mladic in The Hague for War Crimes Trial - VOA

Mladic Awaits Trial in The Hague - BBC

Mladic Arrives in The Hague - NYT

Mladic Spending Night in Isolation at UN Prison - AP

War Crimes Court to Arraign Mladic on Friday - AP

UK Delays Release of Anti-terror Cartoon Movie - AP

Italy Feels Alone in African Immigrant Crisis - VOA

Leader Transcends Complex Politics of Turkey - NYT

Russian Victory in Khodorkovsky Case - WP

Suspect Held in '06 Killing of Journalist in Moscow - NYT

South Asia

India and Pakistan Fail to Resolve Glacier Dispute at Talks - NYT

Defense: Mumbai Attacks Witness Lied to FBI, Judge - AP

Sri Lanka: Forensic Experts Say Tamil Killings Video is Authentic - VOA

UN Says Sri Lanka War Crimes Footage is 'Authentic' - BBC