Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
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Afghanistan
Obama, Karzai to Meet on Afghanistan's Uncertain Future - VOA
Pentagon Officials Welcome Afghan President for Talks - AFPS
Priorities Are Far Apart for Karzai and Obama - NYT
Specter of Benghazi Drives US-Afghan Talks - AP
Afghan Troop Levels Top Agenda for Obama-Karzai Talks - Reuters
Pentagon: US, Afghanistan Reach 'Last Chapter' in War - VOA
Afghan Mission in 'Last Chapter' - BBC
Drone Strikes Up Sharply Before US Dawdown - WP
Special IG for Afghan Reconstruction Cites Rampant Fraud, Waste - S&S
ISAF Operations Summary - AFPS
Numbers Games in Afghanistan - WP opinion
Syria
Al-Qaida-linked Rebels About to Overrun Syrian Air Base - McClatchy
Turf War Feared After Syrian Rebel Leader Killed - Reuters
US Troops Could Help Secure Syrian Weapons - AP
Syria 'Fires Ballistic Missile' - BBC
Syria Denounces UN Envoy as ‘Biased’ - NYT
Syria Denounces Peace Envoy Who Hinted Assad Must Go - Reuters
Women’s Contributions to Uprising Evolve as War Rages On - WP
Iran
New Talks Loom Over Iran's Nuclear Program - VOA
IAEA Chief Says Not Optimistic on Iran Nuclear Talks - Reuters
Iran Finding Ways to Evade Sanctions, Treasury Dept Warns - NYT
Iran's Foreign Minister Works to Woo Egypt in Cairo Visit - McClatchy
Film to Present Iran’s View of ‘Argo’ Events - NYT
The Year We Reckon with Iran - Time opinion
To Stop Iran, Get a New Saudi King - Atlantic opinion
Middle East / North Africa
Deadly Storms Sweep Middle East - BBC
Panetta, Israeli Defense Minister Discuss Military Ties - AFPS
Austerity Budget Looms After Israel Vote - VOA
After Israel Vote, Austerity Budget Looms - Reuters
Lebanon, Cyprus Look to Natural Gas Reserves - VOA
Egypt Signals Qatar Loan Already Spent - VOA
Financial Crisis in the West Bank - NYT editorial
Terrorism / Counterterrorism
US Appeals Court Considers Release of bin Laden Raid Photos - VOA
Court Likely to Defer to US in Barring Release of bin Laden Photos - WP
Bin Laden Death Photos Might Not See the Light of Day - McClatchy
UK Holds Four in Syria Terror Probe - BBC
Don’t Close Guantánamo - NYT opinion
‘Death of a Prisoner’ - NYT opinion
Prolonging War: Why Drones Are Fool's Gold - Guardian opinion
US Department of Defense
Panetta to Services: 'Prepare for the Worst' on Budget Cuts - S&S
Pentagon Acts to Limit Spending in Case Cutbacks Begin in March - NYT
Pentagon Plans Hiring Freeze, to Slash Base Operating Costs - WP
Recruiting Remains Strong Through November - AFPS
DOD Takes on ‘No Breakfast’ Internet Myth - AFPS
The Meaning of Hagel - WP opinion
United States
Gun Violence Task Force to Send Recommendations to Obama by Tuesday - VOA
Tough Path Seen by Obama on Ban of Assault Arms - NYT
Obama Nominates New Treasury Secretary - VOA
The New Cabinet’s Worrisome Similarity - WP editorial
Make the Cabinet More Effective - NYT opinion
An America in Retreat? - WP opinion
United Kingdom
Signs of a Rift in British Coalition Over European Union - NYT
New Glock Pistols for British Forces - BBC
UK Military Switching to Glock Pistols - AP
Officer at Scotland Yard Is Guilty in Hacking Trial - NYT
Africa
Mali Government Left Reeling After Islamists Take Village - NYT
Islamists Clash With Military, Take Key Mali Town - AP
Mali President Seeks French Help Against Militant Advance - VOA
Mali Seeks French Help Against Extremists - AP
UN Calls for Fast Mali Deployment - BBC
CAR Rebels Agree to Cease-fire - VOA
CAR Rebels 'Agree to One-Week Truce' - BBC
Refugees Fear Insecurity in Kenya, Return to Somalia - VOA
Somali Pirate 'Big Mouth' Quits - BBC
Malawi Official Rejects Opposition Demands - VOA
Togolese Opposition Demands Reform, Halt to March Election - VOA
Americas
Venezuela: Chavez Rally Marks Inauguration - BBC
Venezuela: For Chavez, a Symbolic Inauguration - WP
Venezuela: A Celebration That Accentuated an Absence - NYT
Cubans Eager to Try New Law Easing Travel Rules - AP
Asia / Pacific
US Urges Allies Japan, S. Korea to Mend Ties - AP
Philippines, Japan Pledge Tighter Cooperation - VOA
Japan and Philippines Will Bolster Maritime Cooperation - NYT
New Japan PM: China's Island Dispute Moves 'Wrong' - AP
Japan Sets Defense Budget Rise Amid Islands Dispute With China - Reuters
Visit by Google Chairman May Benefit North Korea - NYT
Google Earth Helps Put N. Korea Gulag System on Map - VOA
S. Korean Plan to Shorten Military Service Causes Security Concerns - KH
China's New Leader-Harbinger of Reform or Another Conservative? - Reuters
Chinese Media Find Ways to Protest Censorship Without Staging Strike - WP
Chinese Newspaper Protests End, Battle Over Censorship Unresolved - NYT
Censorship Row Shows China's Tight Grip on Media - AP
Rights Groups Push for ASEAN Action on Missing Lao Activist - VOA
Europe
Turkey: Killing of Kurdish Activists Comes as Peace Talks Ramp Up - VOA
3 Kurds Killed in France, in Locked-Door Mystery - NYT
Evidence Suggests France Murders an Internal Kurdish PKK Feud - Reuters
French Police Hunt Kurds' Killers - BBC
New Russian Nuclear Sub 'Safer than Kursk' - BBC
Kremlin: Russia-US Adoption Agreement Valid Until 2014 - VOA
Russia to Let a Few US Adoptions Go On - NYT
South Asia
Pakistan Bomb Blasts Kill More Than 110 - VOA
Blasts in Pakistan Kill Scores and Stir Fears on Elections - NYT
Death Toll from Pakistan Bombings Rises to 120 - AP
Pakistan Blast Victims Mourned - BBC
Pakistani Shi'ites Call for Army Intervention After Quetta Bombs - Reuters
Rights Group Warns Pakistan Faces Worsening Sectarian Violence - Reuters
Bomb, Drone Attack Kill 11 People in Pakistan - AP
Cleric Return Jolts Pakistan Politics Before Vote - AP
India-Pakistan: Fresh Clash Reported in Kashmir - BBC
Lawyers Appointed for Five Accused in India Gang Rape - WP
Kashmir: The Source of the West's Problems - Telegraph opinion