Afghanistan
Obama to Announce Afghan Withdraw Plans Wednesday - VOA
Obama to Announce Plans for Afghan Surge Pullout - NYT
Obama to Announce Withdrawal Plans Wednesday - WP
Obama Expected to Announce Major Afghan Drawdown - LAT
Barack Obama 'Nears Afghanistan Troop Decision' - BBC
Obama to Move US Closer to Leaving Afghanistan - AP
Marines Team Up with Afghan 'Neighborhood Watch with Guns' - NPR
Future Marine Flight Students Commanding Grunts - MCT
Mass Killers First to be Hanged by Karzai Government - WP
Failed Suicide Attack on Afghan Governor Kills 1 - AP
Afghanistan Complains to Pakistan over Cross-border Shelling - Reuters
ISAF Operations Roundup - AFPS
Afghan Row with IMF over Failed Bank Threatens Salaries - BBC
Goodbye, Afghanistan - WP opinion
Smart Power Setback - NYT opinion
Pakistan
Police: Pakistani Girl Forced to Wear Suicide Vest - AP
Militants Attack anti-Taliban Elders - BBC
Syria
Embattled Syrian President Blames 'Saboteurs' for Uprisings - VOA
Assad Blames Protests on 'Saboteurs' - WP
Assad Offers Path to Change in Syria, but Few Specifics - NYT
President Bashar al-Assad Keeps to Hard Line - BBC
Syrian Protesters Fill Streets after President's Speech - LAT
Syria Forces Sweep Aleppo as Assad Promises Reform - Reuters
Syria President Vows Reform, Critics Shout 'Liar!' - AP
Thousands of Syrian in Pro-Assad Rallies - AP
Surge of Syrian Refugees Tests Ties with Turkey - WT
'Disappointed' EU Prepares to Expand Syria Sanctions - Reuters
Libya
RAF Chief Sir Simon Bryant in Warning over Libya - BBC
House will Try to Cut Off Funding for Libya Mission - Politico
NATO Confirms Libyan Claim of New Airstrike - VOA
Libyan Officials Accuse NATO of Killing 15 Noncombatants - WP
Libyan Media Minders Nervous After Guard Death - NYT
China Welcomes Opposition Figure Mahmud Jibril - BBC
Obama's Novel Definition of 'Hostilities' - WP opinion
Say What You Will, It's a War in Libya - LAT opinion
Legal Acrobatics, Illegal War - NYT opinion
Libya and America's Commitment Problem - LAT opinion
Iraq
Iraqis Hold First Talks on Keeping US Troops - AP
22 Killed in Suicide Car Bombings South of Baghdad - AP
Bombs Kill 21 at Local Iraqi Governor's House - Reuters
Deadly Bombings hit Diwaniya, Central Iraq - BBC
KBR Worker Says She was Drugged and Raped in Iraq - AP
Iran
Iran: Ahmadinejad's Inner Circle Under Pressure - WP
Iran Deputy Foreign Minister Resigns Amid Pressure - AP
Iran's Nuke Chief Critiques IAEA - AP
Iran Sets Hearing Date for American Hikers - VOA
Iran Sets New Date for Hearing of American Hikers - AP
Middle East / North Africa
Protests Aside, Yemen's Leader Has His Followers - NYT
Ex-Tunisian President Found Guilty, in Absentia - NYT
Tunisia's Ben Ali Sentenced to Jail in Absentia - BBC
Tunisia's Ousted President Says He Was Tricked Into Leaving - VOA
Moroccan Trade Union Urges Reform Vote Boycott - Reuters
Latest Developments in Arab World's Unrest - AP
Morocco's Reform Model - WP editorial
Disoriented in Dubai - WP opinion
US Department of Defense
Dempsey Says Shorten Army Combat Tours to 9 Months - NYT
GAO Report Says Pentagon Must Bolster Cyber Workforce - AP
Pentagon Sharing Intelligence on Cyberthreats - WT
Center Works to Optimize Warfighters' Performance - AFPS
Obama to Visit Troops at NY's Fort Drum Thursday - AP
Sailors Cruise Through the Ranks Faster than Airmen - AFT
Gates: The Defense Rests - Newsweek
United States
House Defense Earmarks Morph into 'Programmatic Requests' - WP
Lynn: Spending Slowdown Must Preserve Industrial Base - AFPS
ATF Director to Resign, Agency Sources Say - LAT
Murder Rate and Fear Rise in Puerto Rico - NYT
Connecticut Man Accused of Phony Veteran Scam - AP
United Nations
Nuclear Watchdog Wants New Safety Checks after Fukushima - BBC
Africa
West Africa Drugs Trafficking 'Increasingly Sophisticated' - BBC
As Secession Nears, Sudan Steps Up Drive to Stop Rebels - NYT
Sudanese Parties Sign Abyei Border Deal - VOA
Sudan's Abyei: 'All Forces to Withdraw' - BBC
US Urges Swift Implementation of Sudan Abyei Deal - Reuters
Nigeria's Boko Haram Threatens Broader Attacks - VOA
Nigerian Boko Haram Islamists 'Kill Nurse' - BBC
US First Lady Brings Message of Youth Power to Africa - VOA
Americas
Gunmen in Mexico Kill Crime Journalist Velasco, Wife, Son - BBC
Mexico: Freed Former Tijuana Mayor Says No Hard Feelings - AP
Inmates Stave Off Troops at Venezuelan Prison - AP
France 'Preparing' Manuel Noriega Extradition to Panama - BBC
Task Force Delivers 'Human Message' To Haiti - AFPS
Asia Pacific
US, Japan May Announce Readjustment in Relocation Timeline - AFPS
US, Japan will Delay Futenma Relocation Plan - S&S
Singapore Urges Beijing to Spell Out China Sea Claims - VOA
Vietnam, China Hold Joint Naval Patrol Amid Spat - AP
Taiwan Holds Computer Simulation of Chinese Attack - AP
North Korea 'Buys Anti-riot Gear from China' - BBC
Conflict in Cambodia Court as Pol Pot Henchmen Face Trial - Reuters
Europe
IMF Slams European Leaders on Crisis - WP
New Hurdle Is Placed for Loan to Greece - NYT
Europe Delays $17-billion Payment to Greece - LAT
Greek Government to Face Key Vote - BBC
Terror Suspect Extradited to Germany - AP
Germany Debates New Life for a Behemoth of the Nazi Era - NYT
Italy's Berlusconi Faces Test in Parliament - Reuters
Sectarian Clashes Flare in Belfast - AP
South Asia