2 January SWJ Roundup
Afghanistan
Homeland Security to Increase Activity, Agents in Afghanistan – Washington Post
U.S. Stepping Up Fight on Afghan Smuggling – New York Times
With Air Force’s New Drone, ‘We Can See Everything’ – Washington Post
A New Aerial Surveillance System – Washington Post graphic
NATO Service Member Killed in South Afghanistan – Associated Press
Several Warnings, Then a Soldier’s Lonely Death – New York Times
Pakistan
Pakistan Drone Raid Kills at Least 15 in N. Waziristan – BBC News
Iraq
Composition of New Government Setback for Women – McClatchy Newspapers
Iraqi Civilian Deaths Down In 2010 – Reuters
Iraq: December the Least Deadly Month of the Year – Associated Press
Saying Adios in Iraq – Boston Herald editorial
Iran
Top Iran Prosecutor Vows to Charge Opposition Leaders – New York Times
Iran’s Education Reform Takes Anti-Western Tack – Washington Post
Iran Stoning Case: Tehran ‘Must Free German Reporters’ – BBC News
Son of Iran Woman to Be Stoned Wants New Sentence – Associated Press
Iran Hangs 12 Drug Traffickers And Kidnappers – Reuters
Ahmadinejad’s Car Gets $1 Million Bid – Associated Press
Korean Peninsula
S. Korean Activists Rally Against N. Korea Near Border – Associated Press
Book Review
Edmund Morris’s “Colonel Roosevelt” – Washington Post book review
U.S. Department of Defense
War Hero’s Tour: A Humble Soldier Adjusts to Fame – Associated Press
Air Force Brass Sanctions ‘Unprecedented’ – Air Force Times
Raunchy Videos Starring Enterprise Skipper Come to Light – Virginian-Pilot
Transforming Military Might into 21st-century Weapons – Washington Post opinion
United States
Elected Veterans See Opportunities in New Legislative Session – Stars and Stripes
Vatican
Benedict Announces Meeting of Faiths – New York Times
Pope to Hold Peace Summit With Religious Heads – Reuters
Pope Denounces Abuses of Christians – Associated Press
Africa
Ivory Coast President Has Limited Time to Step Down – Washington Post
U.N. Focuses on Human Rights Abuses in Ivory Coast – Associated Press
U.N. Peacekeepers Focus on Reported Ivory Coast Abuses – Reuters
Ivory Coast: Ouattara Ally Calls for Force – Associated Press
Ivory Coast: Don’t Count on Foreign Troops, Gbagbo Tells Rival – Reuters
Prosecutor Confirms Accusation Against Sudan Leader – New York Times
Rights Unclear for Sudanese if Divided by Border – Associated Press
Mali Tackles Al Qaeda and Drug Traffic – New York Times
Nigeria: Questions Surround Latest Bomb Attack – Associated Press
Nigeria’s MEND Rebel Group Denies Responsibility for Bomb Blast – Bloomberg
Nigerian Militant Group Says Not Behind Abuja Bomb – Reuters
Visitors Snap Up 100 Trillion Zimbabwe Bank Notes – Associated Press
Americas
Drug Violence in Mexico Hit New Level of Brutality in 2010 – Dallas Morning News
Mexico Border City Has Record Drug Killings in ’10 – Associated Press
Ciudad Juarez Residents Flee Mexico’s ‘Dying City’ – Associated Press
Without Ambassadors, U.S.-Venezuela Tensions Grow – Associated Press
Chavez and ClintonSshake Hands Amid Diplomatic Tension – BBC News
Former Marxist Guerrilla Sworn in as President of Brazil – Los Angeles Times
Dilma Rousseff Sworn in as Brazil’s New President – BBC News
Rousseff Sworn In as Brazil’s New President – Associated Press
Ecuador: Migrants Who Denounce Corruption Can Stay – Associated Press
Cardinal Says Cuba Will Free Prisoners as Promised – Reuters
Haiti’s Independence Day Marked by Protests – Associated Press
Asia Pacific
When Innovation, Too, Is Made in China – New York Times
Russia-China Oil Pipeline Opens – BBC News
China’s Naval Ambitions – New York Times editorial
Why China’s Missiles Should Be Our Focus – Washington Post opinion
Europe
Europe’s Young Grow Agitated Over Future Prospects – New York Times
Belarus Ejects European Watchdog Agency – New York Times
Authoritarian Belarus Throws Out Vote Monitors – Washington Post
Middle East
Church Bombing is Latest Assault on Mideast Christians – Los Angeles Times
Fatal Bomb Hits a Church in Egypt – New York Times
Christians Clash with Police in Egypt – Washington Post
Fears of Religious Clashes Grow after Egypt Bombing – Agence France-Presse
Egypt’s President Calls for Unity After Church Bombing – BBC News
Worshippers Back in Egyptian Church Hit in Attack – Associated Press
Tear Gas Kills a Palestinian Protester – New York Times
Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian At West Bank Checkpoint – Reuters
