1 June SWJ Roundup
Afghanistan
Force Repels Attack on Reconstruction Team in Herat – AFPS
Afghanistan Demands End to Airstrikes on Houses – VOA
Karzai Gives ‘Last’ Warning to NATO on Airstrikes – NYT
Karzai Orders Change in US Strategy – WP
Afghan President Seeks to Limit NATO Airstrikes – AP
NATO: Arrests Made in Deadly North Afghan Bombing – AP
Afghan Colonel Thinks Rogue Soldier Is Insurgent – AP
Afghanistan Discusses Defense Ties With India – AP
Pakistan
Pakistan Forms Commission to Probe bin Laden Raid – AP
Spy Agencies Suspected of Ties to Reporter’s Death – WP
Journalist Who Covered Security and Terrorism Is Found Dead – NYT
Spy Agency Faces More Heat After Reporter’s Killing – Reuters
Clinton Condemns Pakistan Killing – BBC
Bin Laden Raid Gets Little Credence in Conspiracy-minded Pakistan – LAT
Militants Attack Pakistan Checkpoint, 5 Killed – AP
Cooperating with Pakistan – WP editorial
Syria
Clinton: Position of Syrian Leader Less Tenable by the Day – VOA
To Much Skepticism, Syria Issues Amnesty – NYT
Syria Offers General Amnesty – WP
Syria Declares ‘General Amnesty’ – BBC
Syrian Troops Attack Southern Town, 8 Killed – AP
Libya
NATO Resumes Airstrikes After Qaddafi Vows to Fight On – NYT
In Tripoli, Support for Gaddafi is Shallow – WP
Tripoli, Benghazi Embody Battle for Libya’s Future – LAT
NATO Hits More Libyan Targets as Diplomatic Efforts Appear to Fizzle – VOA
NATO Extends Operation in Libya Another 90 Days – AP
Italy Pledges Fuel, Cash to Libyan Rebel Forces – VOA
Libyans Reclaim Embattled Misrata Street – AP
Yemen
Yemen Unrest Deepens, Downward Spiral Spreads – VOA
Cease-Fire in Yemen Capital Breaks Down – NYT
Yemen Truce Ends in Blasts – WP
Yemen: 37 Killed in Sanaa Clashes – BBC
Street Battles in Yemeni Capital Leave 41 Dead – AP
Report: Yemen’s Saleh Likely Out of Power This Year – Reuters
Egypt
Egypt’s Military Censors Critics as It Faces More Scrutiny – NYT
Iraq
Amid Talk of Democracy, Iraqi Activists Decry Detentions – LAT
US Forces Iraq Re-evaluates Priorities – AFPS
Middle East
Iran Parliament: Ahmadinejad Ministry Move Illegal – Reuters
Bahrain Ends State of Emergency – WP
Police Boost Patrols for East Jerusalem March – AP
U.S. Department of Defense
Pentagon Develops Cyber-weapon List – WP
Pentagon to Consider Cyberattacks Acts of War – NYT
Cyberattack on US Could Warrant Deadly Response – S&S
US Army Chief: Impact of OBL Death Still Unclear – AP
Army Ranger to be Awarded Medal of Honor – ANS
Cartwright Seeks Independent Look At JCIDS – ITP
Post-conflict Era to Challenge Military Trainers – AFPS
Pentagon Looks to Double Its Unmanned Air Force – Wired
Women Breaking Barriers in Navy, Not SEALs Yet – AP
United States
Five 9/11 Suspects are Re-charged – WP
New Charges for 9/11 Suspects Held at Guantanamo – BBC
2 Iraqis Charged in Ky. with Terrorism Plotting – AP
US Terror Charges for Iraqi Pair – BBC
Justices Block Suit Over Use of Material Witness Law – NYT
Bureaucracy on the Cutting Edge – WP
The Right Call on John Ashcroft – WP editorial
Qualified Immunity, Unqualified Doubt – NYT editorial
How Dangerous Is Anwar al-Awlaki? – NYT opinion
The Bin Laden Decade – NYT opinion
World
Journalists’ Deaths ‘Unpunished’ – BBC
Africa
North-South Sudan Agree on Demilitarized Zone Along Border – VOA
N. and S. Sudan Tentatively Agree to Demilitarize Disputed Border – NYT
North, South Sudan Reach Border Deal – AP
North Sudan Proposes Rotating Abyei Administration – Reuters
Report Finds Mixed Record for Rwanda’s Genocide Courts – VOA
US Says Somalia Needs Governance to Defeat Piracy – AP
Somalia’s Child Casualties Surge – BBC
Americas
Police Nabs 15 Zetas Lookouts, 10 Police in Mexico – AP
Mexico: A Vision of an Oasis Beneath the Sprawl – NYT
Iranian Wanted by Argentina Visits Bolivia – AP
Bolivia Apologises for Iran Visit – BBC
Clinton ‘Sure’ Congress Will Pass US-Colombia Trade Deal – VOA
Colombia Fined Over Rebel Attack – BBC
Chavez Condemns US Sanctions, Jokes About Missiles – AP
Cuba Court Sentences 4 Dissidents to Jail Terms – AP
US Reduces Estimates of Homeless in Haiti Quake – NYT
Asia Pacific
US Role in Asia on Agenda for Gates’ Final Trip – AP
Gates to Reaffirm US Commitments to Asia – AFPS
US Seeks to Work with China in SE Asia – AP
US Senator: Decision Soon on Marine Base in Japan – AP
Okinawa Decries Reported Plans to Locate Ospreys at Futenma – S&S
Nuclear Watchdog Says Japan Underestimated Danger – NYT
UN: Japan ‘Underestimated Risk’ – BBC
Japan’s PM Faces No-Confidence Vote Over Crisis – AP
China’s Stagnant Workforce – WP
Chinese Rights Activist Jailed for Fraud – AP
N. Korea Rejects S. Korea’s Proposal for Summit Talks – AP
N. Korea Says Rejects South’s Secret Summits Offer – Reuters
Clan Leader in Philippines Pleads Not Guilty to 2009 Massacre – NYT
Filipino Clan Leader Pleads Not Guilty to Massacre – AP
US Sen. McCain Visits Burma to Assess Reform – AP
Eurasia
‘Frozen Conflict’ Between Azerbaijan and Armenia Begins to Boil – NYT
Azerbaijan Frees Journalist after Years of World Pressure – WP
Europe
Mladic in The Hague for War Crimes Trial – VOA
Mladic Awaits Trial in The Hague – BBC
Mladic Arrives in The Hague – NYT
Mladic Spending Night in Isolation at UN Prison – AP
War Crimes Court to Arraign Mladic on Friday – AP
UK Delays Release of Anti-terror Cartoon Movie – AP
Italy Feels Alone in African Immigrant Crisis – VOA
Leader Transcends Complex Politics of Turkey – NYT
Russian Victory in Khodorkovsky Case – WP
Suspect Held in ’06 Killing of Journalist in Moscow – NYT
South Asia
India and Pakistan Fail to Resolve Glacier Dispute at Talks – NYT
Defense: Mumbai Attacks Witness Lied to FBI, Judge – AP
Sri Lanka: Forensic Experts Say Tamil Killings Video is Authentic – VOA
