20 November SWJ Roundup
Afghanistan
NATO Wants Afghan Security Handover By The End Of 2014 – Reuters
Karzai to Meet NATO Over Pullout – BBC News
Biden: Afghans May Control Some Provinces as Early as January – AFPS
Embedded Marines Teaching Afghans to Fend for Themselves – Stars and Stripes
NATO Revises Goal for Police Mentoring Teams – Stars and Stripes
U.S. Tanks En Route to Southwestern Afghanistan – AFPS
Sen. Casey Targets Key Killer of U.S. Troops in Afghanistan – Philadelphia Inquirer
Afghan, Coalition Forces Find Several Weapons Caches – AFPS
Bicycle Bombs Kill at Least 3 in East Afghanistan – Associated Press
Bicycle Bomb Kills 3, Wounds 25 In East Afghanistan – Reuters
Afghanistan ‘Surge’ Troops Appreciate Support from Home – AFPS
Pakistan
U.S. Wants to Widen Area Where it Can Operate Drones – Washington Post
After Major Offensive, Pakistan Still Faces Serious Obstacles – Washington Post
10 NATO Tankers Torched in Pakistan – Press TV
Iraq
Can a Flawed Political Agreement be Implemented? – Los Angeles Times
Bomb Explodes Near Convoy of Iraqi Lawmakers – New York Times
Final Push Needed for Iraq Success, DOD Official Says – AFPS
Iran
Computer Worm Can Deal Double Blow to Nuclear Program – New York Times
TV Channel, Part Owned by Murdoch, Gets Threats in Iran – New York Times
Nigerian Officials Find Heroin in Shipment from Iran – BBC News
NATO Summit
NATO to Focus on Antimissile Defenses and Fighting Terrorism – Washington Post
NATO Stresses Global Role Despite Afghan Trauma – Reuters
Obama: NATO Leaders Agree on Missile Defense – VOA
NATO Leaders Agree to Build Missile Defense System – New York Times
NATO Leaders Agree to Europe Missile Defense Plan – Associated Press
NATO Seeks Missile Defense Agreement With Russia – Reuters
Obama Says NATO Leaders Back Him on START Treaty – Associated Press
Anti-NATO Summit Demonstrations Plan For Saturday – VOA
U.S. Department of Defense
USMC Whistleblower: Clearance Removal is Retaliation – Washington Post
Does America Need to Cut Defense Spending? – Washington Post
United States
Cost and Goals at Center of Arms Treaty Debate – New York Times
Split Over U.S.-Russia Nuke Treaty – Washington Post
A Dummy-Bomb Maker in an Unaccustomed Spotlight – New York Times
Airports Consider Congressman’s Call to Ditch TSA – Associated Press
START Pact Should be Passed, Not Politicized – Washington Post editorial
Canada
Canadian Military Burns Ex-Colonel’s Uniform – Associated Press
Africa
Detonator at Namibian Airport Was a Test Device – New York Times
Suspect Baggage in Namibia Was U.S. Test Mockup – Bloomberg
Namibia Suspicious Package Was a Security Test – Associated Press
Ivory Coast to Put Troops In Rebel Zones For Poll – Reuters
Nigeria Police: 2 Killed in Sect Attack on Mosque – Associated Press
Nigerian Officials Find Heroin in Shipment from Iran – BBC News
More Talks Between Government, Rebel Soldiers in Madagascar – VOA
Madagascar Army Rejects Use Of Force Against Rebels – Reuters
Even With Prevention, AIDS To Spread in South Africa – New York Times
Americas and Caribbean
Critics Say Mexican Revolution’s Goals Are Elusive – Associated Press
Lawmakers Block Mexico’s Crucial Drug War Reforms – Reuters
Mexico: 2 Bodies Hung From Bridge, Man Beheaded in Tijuana – Associated Press
Israeli Wanted by Colombia Released in Russia – Associated Press
Colombia Ex-spy Chief Hurtado Granted Panama Asylum – BBC News
U.N. Facilities, Peacekeepers in Haiti Test Negative for Cholera – VOA
U.N. Worries Its Troops Caused Cholera in Haiti – Associated Press
Cholera Protests Ebb in Haiti but Anger Remains – Associated Press
Haitians Plunge Into Rivers of Muck to Stem Cholera – New York Times
Haiti Cholera Outbreak Response ‘Inadequate’, Says MSF – BBC News
Haiti Cholera Response, Funding Called “Inadequate” – Reuters
Asia Pacific
China Resumes Rare Earth Shipments to Japan – New York Times
China’s Nobel Fury Unmatched Since Soviet Days – Associated Press
North Korea Building New Nuclear Reactor, U.S. Says – Washington Post
N. Korea Seen Working on New Reactor – New York Times
Thai Protests Mark Six Months After Crackdown – New York Times
Thai Demonstrators Mark Crackdown Anniversary – Associated Press
Europe
France Rejects ‘Bin Laden Talks’ to Free Hostages – BBC News
France Lashes Out at al-Qaida Message on Hostages – Associated Press
Officials See Irish Rescue at 50 Billion Euros – New York Times
France: No Proof to Link Sarkozy to Karachi Bomb Probe – Reuters
Middle East
U.S. Prepared to Put Security Offer to Israel in Writing – VOA
Israel to Get Security Guarantees in Return for Freeze New York Times
U.S. Bars Palestinian Statehood Moves In U.N. Agencies – Reuters
Israel Strikes Gaza After Rocket Fire – Voice of America
Israel Planes Hit Gaza Targets After Rocket Fire – Reuters
A False Target in Yemen – New York Times opinion
South Asia
India Stocks Sink on Telecommunications Scandal – New York Times
