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18 May SWJ Roundup

Wed, 05/18/2011 - 7:54am
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Afghanistan

Afghanistan Female Journalist has Notebook, will Report - Los Angeles Times

'Ten Dead' in Afghan NATO Protest - BBC News

Sixth Soldier Charged in Afghan Killings - New York Times

6th Wash. Soldier Charged in Afghan Murder Plot - Associated Press

Pakistan

Lawmakers Angry with Pakistan Warn of Cuts in Aid - Associated Press

Pakistani PM Hails China as His Country's 'Best Friend' - BBC News

Pakistan's Gilani Visits Ally Beijing Amid U.S. Rift - Associated Press

Security Forces Battle Militants in Northwest Pakistan - New York Times

Pakistani Troops, NATO Copters in Firefight - Washington Post

Pakistan and NATO Trade Fire Near Afghan Border - New York Times

NATO Helicopters Crossed into Pakistan's Airspace - Los Angeles Times

Pakistan Protests After Clash With NATO Helicopters - Voice of America

Pakistan Protest at NATO Attack - BBC News

Pakistan Protests after Clash with NATO Helicopter - Associated Press

Pakistan Arrests 'Senior al-Qaeda Operative' - BBC News

Militants Hit Pakistan Checkpoint - Associated Press

Israel / Palestinians

Netanyahu Gives No Hint of Concessions to Palestinians - Voice of America

Netanyahu is Pressed for a Plan - Washington Post

Obama: Mideast Peace 'More Vital than Ever' - Associated Press

Obama Calls Israeli and Palestinian Peace Talks 'Vital' - BBC News

Bibi and Barack - New York Times opinion

Obama's Arab-Israeli Options - New York Times opinion

Syria

U.S., E.U. Warn of New Steps Soon Against Syria - Voice of America

Obama Ponders Pressure on Assad - Washington Times

Assad Family Grip on Syria Hampers Reform - Voice of America

Syrian Soldiers 'Held in Lebanon After Fleeing Clashes' - BBC News

Missing Al Jazeera Reporter Dorothy Parvaz Freed - New York Times

Libya

Top Libyan Official May Have Defected - Washington Post

Libya Official, in Tunisia, May Have Defected - Los Angeles Times

Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem 'Defects' - BBC News

Libyan City Buries Its Attackers Respectfully - New York Times

Yemen

Yemeni Officials: Apparent al-Qaida Attack Kills 3 - Associated Press

Egypt

Agreement Will Allow a Mubarak to Be Freed - New York Times

Mubarak to Seek Forgiveness - Washington Post

Iraq

U.S. Troops Face Increasing Dangers in S. Iraq - Associated Press

Iran

U.S., E.U. Demand Iran Return to Nuclear Talks - Associated Press

Al Qaeda

Report: Al Qaeda Names Intermin Leader - Washington Times

CIA's Stealth Drones Watched bin Laden House - Washington Post

Raiders Knew OBL Mission a One-shot Deal - Associated Press

Middle East / North Africa

Obama, Jordan's King Discuss Mideast Developments - Voice of America

Obama to Pledge New Mideast Aid - Wall Street Journal

Obama: U.S. is Not an Instigator in Middle East - Los Angeles Times

President Obama and the Arab Spring - New York Times editorial

Terrorism

Officials: Terror Groups are Joining Crime Rings - Associated Press

United States

Amtrak Chief: Trains More Vulnerable to Attack than Planes - Associated Press

Japan Reactor Failings Offer Danger Signs for the U.S. - New York Times

Reauthorize the War on Terrorism - Washington Post editorial

Death of the War Powers Act? - Washington Post opinion

International Monetary Fund

Atop IMF, Contradiction and Energy - New York Times

Pressure Is Building on IMF Chief - Wall Street Journal

Pressure Grows on IMF Chief to Resign - BBC News

Strauss-Kahn Under Suicide Watch in New York Prison - Voice of America

IMF Chief May Claim Consensual Sex as a Defense - New York Times

IMF Chief's Accuser 'Traumatised' - BBC News

Africa

South Africans Vote in Crucial Local Elections - BBC News

S. African Vote May Reflect Lessening of ANC's Luster - New York Times

Tough Road Ahead For Zimbabwe's New Constitution - Voice of America

Rwanda General Guilty of Genocide - BBC News

Senegal Opposition Searching for Consensus Candidate - Voice of America

Americas

513 U.S.-Bound Migrants Found on 2 Trucks in Mexico - Associated Press

Mexico Discovers Truck Migrants - BBC News

Venezuela: Chavez Finds Influence Waning - Washington Post

Ecuador Probes 'FARC-Correa Link' - BBC News

Martelly Brings Hope to Haiti - Washington Post editorial

Asia Pacific

Chinese Military to View Sensitive U.S. Sites - Washington Times

Burma Begins Releasing Prisoners Under New Amnesty - BBC News

Europe

British Queen Arrives in Ireland - Washington Post

Ireland Welcomes Queen Elizabeth II - Los Angeles Times

Despite Threats, Queen Visits Ireland - Associated Press

Queen to Visit Emotive Croke Park Stadium - BBC News

Queen Elizabeth to Visit Irish Massacre Site - New York Times

IMF Chief Arrest Stirs up anti-Americanism in France - Los Angeles Times

Italy: Berlusconi Fails to Sway Electorate in Milan - New York Times

South Asia

Seven Indian Policemen Killed in Mine Attack - BBC News

India Row After Rahul Gandhi Says Police Killed Farmers - BBC News