22 January SWJ Roundup
US Naval Institute Daily – USNI
Real Clear World – RCP
Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Karzai Pushes Ahead With Peace Talks – VOA
Karzai Honors Slain Officials in Speech – NYT
Karzai Says He's Met With Afghan Insurgent Faction – AP
French Defense Minister Visits Afghanistan – VOA
France Considering Early Exit From Afghanistan – AP
Afghan Asylum Bids Hit 10-year High – AP
Pakistan
In Bin Laden Town, Father Mourns Another Militant – AP
Iran
Iranians Worry About Possibility of War Amid Tensions with West – LAT
Iran Steps Back From Warning on US Ships – Reuters
Iran's Gulf Smugglers Feel Blowback From Tensions – AP
Iran Between US and a Hard Place – TD opinion
What If Iran's Telling the Truth? – FP opinion
Syria
30 Killed in Syria, As Opposition Seeks UN Intervention – VOA
Syrian Town is ‘Liberated,’ But For How Long? – WP
In Syrian City, a Calm That Few Expect to Last – NYT
Syria Rebels Retreat After Seizing Area Near Capital – Reuters
Roadside Blast Kills 14 in Syria – VOA
Syria Bomb Kills 14; Bodies Reported Found in Hospital – LAT
Ambush of Police Truck in Syria Kills 14 – AP
Arabs to Decide on Syria Mission – BBC
Arab States Set to Keep Monitors in Syria – Reuters
Iraq
US Rights Group Says Iraq Becoming 'Police State' – AP
Gunmen Kill 4 Members of Iraqi Security Forces – AP
Marine's Iraq Killings Trial Resumes in California – AP
Egypt
Muslim Brotherhood Party Wins Sweeping Victory in Parliamentary Election – VOA
Islamists Win 70% of Seats in the Egyptian Parliament – NYT
Egypt's Islamists Win Elections – BBC
Islamists’ Victory Confirmed in Egypt – WP
Islamists Win Nearly Three-quarters of Seats in Egypt Elections – LAT
Salafists Gain in Egypt’s Lower House – WP
Egypt Army Pardons 1,959 Detainees, Prominent Activist – Reuters
Middle East / North Africa
Hamas: Political Leader Does Not Plan to Seek Reelection – NYT
Hamas Head Meshaal to 'Step Down' – BBC
Yemen Lawmakers Approve Immunity for President Saleh – VOA
Yemen Legislators Approve Immunity for the President – NYT
Yemen MPs Approve Saleh Immunity – BBC
Libyans Storm Transitional Govt. HQ in Benghazi – VOA
Libyans Storm Transitional Government Headquarters – AP
Protesters Storm Libyan Government HQ in Benghazi – Reuters
No Easy Path to Modernity for Arab World – G&M opinion
Terrorism
Bird Flu Researchers Postpone Work Amid Bioterrorism Concern – VOA
US Department of Defense
US to Keep 11 Aircraft Carriers to Show Sea Power – AP
Africa
At Least 131 Dead in Nigeria Bombings – VOA
Scores Dead after Nigerian Blasts – BBC
More Than 100 Killed by a Radical Group in Nigeria – NYT
Nigeria Stunned by Kano Attacks that Killed More than 150 – LAT
Bombings Kill at Least 143 in Nigeria – AP
Gunmen Kill Peacekeeper in Sudan's Darfur Region – AP
Darfur Peacekeeper Killed, Three Wounded – Reuters
Officials: US Drone Strike Killed Somali Insurgent – AP
Somalia's Shabaab Says Air Strike Kills Foreign Fighter – Reuters
Gunmen Kidnap American in North Somalia – AP
Ivory Coast: Pro-Gbagbo Rally Attacked, Many Injured – AP
NGOs Critical of Africa Nations Cup Host Equatorial Guinea – VOA
Ousted Leader Is Thwarted in a Return to Madagascar – NYT
Americas
Venezuela: Chávez Gets Bluster Back and Reclaims the Spotlight – NYT
Colombia Rebels Hit Radar Station – BBC
FARC Attack on Colombia Radar Delays Flights, Drug Fight – Reuters
Colombia President: Rebel Leader Rich in Land – AP
Guatemalans Protest Atop Volcano – BBC
Guatemala Ex-Dictator Must Appear in Genocide Case – AP
Dead Man No Dissident, Says Cuba – BBC
Asia Pacific
Tycoon Prods Taiwan Closer to China – WP
Japanese Struggle to Protect Their Food Supply – NYT
US Senators Signal Conditional Support for Lifting Burma Sanctions – VOA
Europe
Germany Has Economic Strengths America Once Boasted – LAT
US Welcomes Upcoming UN-backed Cyprus Talks – VOA
Blame Spreads in Italy's Costa Concordia Shipwreck – LAT
Italy: Divers Resume Search of Capsized Cruise Ship – NYT
Croats Vote in EU Membership Referendum – AP
Hungary’s Lurch Backward – NYT editorial
