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23 May SWJ Roundup

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Afghanistan

Taliban Fighters Raid Govt. Building in Afghan East, Killing 7 People - VOA

Uniform-Wearing Militants Kill 6 at Afghan Police Station - NYT

Insurgents Attack Afghan Police Outpost, Killing 6 - LAT

Forces Retake Afghan Building - WP

Afghan Troops End Police HQ Siege - BBC

Afghan TV Reports Taliban Leader Omar Killed in Pakistan - WT

Taliban Denies Reports of Mullah Omar's Death - LAT

Taliban: Mullah Omar Alive and in Afghanistan - AP

Afghan Taliban Reject Reports Leader Mullah Omar Killed - Reuters

Pakistan

Militants Strike Naval Air Base in Pakistan - WP

Militants Attack Pakistani Naval Base in Karachi - NYT

Taliban Fighters Storm Pakistani Naval Base - WSJ

Militants Storm Naval Base in Pakistan - LAT

Troops 'End Pakistan Base Attack' - BBC

Militants Attack Pakistani Base - AP

Militants Storm Pakistan Naval Air Base, Two Dead - AFP

Leaked Cable says Pakistanis Sabotaged Own Air Missions - WT

US Trial Risks Raising Tensions With Pakistan - Reuters

Israel / Palestinians

Obama Addresses Questions About Mideast Peace Approach - VOA

Obama Shifts Tone on Israel Borders - WSJ

Obama Presses Israel to Make 'Hard Choices' - NYT

Obama Clarifies Israel Stance - WT

Netanyahu Aides Play Down Spat - WP

Israel's Netanyahu Downplays Rift With Obama - VOA

Obama's 'Jewish State' Reference Jars Palestinians - AP

Syria

Seeking to Disrupt Protesters, Syria Cracks Down on Social Media - NYT

EU Imposes Sanctions on Syrian President Assad - Reuters

Libya

EU Opens Diplomatic Office in Libyan Rebels' Stronghold - VOA

EU Opens Libya Office in Benghazi - BBC

Sealift Extends Lifeline to a Rebel City in Libya - NYT

France to Deploy Helicopters in Libya - Reuters

Libya Oil Minister No Longer Working for Gaddafi - Reuters

Yemen

Yemeni President Refuses to Sign Gulf Plan in Private - VOA

Saleh Refuses Deal to Bow Out - WP

Gulf States Withdraw Yemen Deal - BBC

Yemen Leader Again Balks at Leaving; Tension Grows - AP

Ambassadors Escape Surrounded Diplomatic Mission in Yemen - VOA

Egypt

In Egypt, a Revolution with an Asterisk - WP opinion

Iraq

Baghdad Rocked by Blasts That Kill 20, Including 2 US Soldiers - NYT

US Military: 2 Troops Killed in Iraq - AP

Bomb Blasts Around Baghdad Kill 15 - VOA

Wave of Bombings Strikes Baghdad - WP

Deadly Attacks Rock Baghdad Area - BBC

Iraqi Security Targeted as Bombs Kill 16 People - AP

Car Bomb Kills 2 Bystanders in Northern Iraq - AP

British Military Ends 8-year Mission in Iraq - AP

The Hot-Money Cowboys of Baghdad - NYT

Iran

EU Significantly Extends Sanctions Against Iran - Reuters

Ahmadinejad Remains Caretaker Oil Minister - Reuters

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Says Europe 'Stealing Iran's Rain' - DT

Middle East / North Africa

In Arab States, Battles in Cyberspace - WP

Many Wounded as Moroccan Police Beat Protestors - Reuters

Al Qaeda

Bin Laden Seemed to Stick to Schemes He Knew Best - AP

U.S. Department of Defense

Gates Warns Against Big Cuts in Military Spending - NYT

Pentagon to Redefine Priorities: What Can't We Afford to Cut? - CSM

Strong Military is Key to Long-term US Success, Gates Says - AFPS

United States

US Probes Rely on Companies' Own Findings - WP

Obama Says He'd Repeat bin Laden Raid - AP

US 'Would Repeat bin Laden Raid' - BBC

Man Held in Car Bomb Probe Deported to Pakistan - AP

Chilling Echoes From Sept. 11 - NYT editorial

Obama Double Downs at AIPAC - WP opinion

Africa

Sudan's Disputed Abyei Region Under Northern Control - VOA

Warnings of All-Out War in Fight Over Sudan Town - NYT

Sudan: Abyei Seizure by North 'Act of War', Says South - BBC

Seizure of Oil Field Brings Newly Divided Sudan to Brink of Civil War - TI

South Sudan: Seizure of Disputed Abyei 'Illegal' - VOA

South Sudan Asks for Help Over Abyei Seizure - AP

UN Urges North Sudan Out of Abyei - BBC

Rwanda Denies Assassination Plot Against 2 Dissidents - VOA

Somali and African Union Forces Advance in Mogadishu - NYT

Americas

Mexico Mass Graves of 219 Signal Major Cartel Rift - AP

Mexican Army General Shot Dead - BBC

Ex-Leader of Honduras Signs Accord Clearing Path for Return - NYT

Ousted Honduras Leader Can Return - BBC

Asia Pacific

East Asian Leaders Agree On Trade, Nuclear Cooperation - VOA

Japan Nuclear: Kan, Lee and Wen Agree Early Warning - BBC

China's Food Choices Reshaping Markets - WP

UN Asia Pac Chief: Corruption Feeding Poverty, Halting Development - VOA

North Korea's Kim Said to Be in Eastern China City - AP

China, Philippines Warn vs. Aggression in Spratlys - AP

S. Korean Court Begins Trial for 5 Somali Pirates - AP

Europe

Obama Heading to Europe on Six-Day, Four-Nation Trip - VOA

Barack Obama Begins European Tour - BBC News

Mideast Questions Likely to Surface in Obama's Trip to Europe - NYT

Obama Begins Tough Trip with Family Time in Ireland - LAT

Europeans Focus on Retaining Leadership of IMF - NYT

Russia: Putin Decides to Retake Presidency - TOL

Spain Socialists Beaten at Polls - BBC

Spain's Governing Party Suffers Heavy Losses - NYT

Deep in Crisis, Portugal Transforms - WP

Protesters Call for the Resignation of Georgia's President - NYT

Volcano Closes International Airport in Iceland - WP

Iceland Volcano Closes Airports - NYT

South Asia

India PM Eyes Trade, Catch-Up With China in Africa Visit - Reuters