20 June SWJ Roundup
Afghanistan
Gates Discusses Way Forward in Afghanistan – AFPS
Few Taliban Leaders Take Afghan Offer to Switch Sides – NYT
Gates Acknowledges Talks with Taliban – NYT
Gates Confirms Talks with Taliban – WT
Gates Confirms US-Taliban Talks in Afghanistan – BBC
US Confirms Talks with Taliban – ABC
Gates: Headway in Taliban Talks May be Months Off – Reuters
Karzai Blasts US, NATO for ‘Using’ Afghanistan – CSM
US Ambassador Responds to Karzai’s Criticisms – NYT
US Envoy Reproaches Afghan President on Criticism – AP
Afghan Suicide Attack Targets German Soldiers – VOA
NATO: Afghan Soldier Who Shot Mentor Killed – AP
Afghanistan: Will Deal With IMF Crisis After Summer Holiday – Reuters
Afghanistan’s Last Locavores – NYT opinion
Pakistan
Suspicions Rise as Pakistan Bomb Labs Empty Before Raids – NYT
Pakistani Chief Seeks to Repair Dented Army Pride – S&S
Fighting Kills 29 in Northwest Pakistan – VOA
Attack on Pakistan Military Triggers Heavy Clashes – AP
Pakistan Says It Drives Militants Into Afghanistan – Reuters
Rare US Missile Attacks Hit Northwest Pakistan – AP
US Missile Strike Kills Seven Militants in Pakistan – Reuters
Pakistan Ambassador Defends Questioning of Informants – VOA
Syria
Assad Holds Hard Line on Unrest – BBC
Syrian Troops Ransack Northern Border Village – VOA
Syrian Army Cuts Off Lifeline to Thousands – AP
Turkey Sends Aid to Syrian Refugees Across Border – BBC
US Weighs War Crimes Charges for Syria – NYT
UK Foreign Minister to Syrian Leader: Reform or Go – AP
Assad Says National Dialogue to Start Soon – Reuters
Russia’s Medvedev Opposed to UN Vote on Syria – Reuters
Obama Must Tell Assad to Go – WP opinion
Tough on Israel and Timid on Syria – WP opinion
Libya
US Legal Deadline for Libya Expires – VOA
Gates Says Libya Strategy ‘Absolutely Right’ – AFPS
Gates: Obama is Within Law in Libyan Operation – AP
NATO Admits Missile Hit a Civilian Home in Tripoli – NYT
NATO Confirms Libyan Strike Killed Civilians – WP
NATO Admits it Probably Hit Civilians in Libya – LAT
NATO to Investigate Claims of Civilian Deaths in Tripoli Air Strike – VOA
NATO Suggests ‘Weapons Systems Failure’ in Tripoli Raid – BBC
Inexperience Costing Rebels in Advance on Tripoli – Reuters
Claims of Wartime Rapes Unsettle and Divide Libyans – NYT
After Gaddafi – BBC opinion
Yemen
Soldiers and Militants Clash in Yemen, Leaving 21 Dead – NYT
Clashes in South Yemen Kill 12 Militants, 2 Soldiers – VOA
Twelve ‘al-Qaeda Militants’ Killed in Zinjibar – BBC
12 Militants Killed in Yemen by Shelling – AP
Thousands in Yemen Call for President’s Son to Go – AP
Yemen’s Trouble with Drones – CSM
Israel / Palestinians
Israel Asks US to Let Spy Pollard Attend Funeral – AP
Palestinian Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation Talks ‘on Hold’ – BBC
Palestinian Reconciliation Summit Postponed – AP
Iraq
Gates: Iran Supplying Arms to Iraqi Shiite Groups – AP
With ‘Big Gun’, Iraqi Soldiers See Hope – WP
French Embassy Convoy Hit by Bomb in Baghdad – AP
Egypt
Egypt: New Party Struggles to Take Off – WP
Egypt Elections Expose Divisions in Muslim Brotherhood – NYT
Calls Grow in Egypt to Delay Elections – AP
Egypt Appoints New Foreign Minister – Reuters
Middle East / North Africa
Journalists Reject Allegations in Bahrain Court – AP
Lawmakers Want UN Rights Auditor Barred From Iran – Reuters
Tunisia’s Former President Denies Charges Ahead of Monday Trial – VOA
Ex-Tunisia President Condemns Upcoming Trial – AP
Tunisia’s Ex-President Goes on Trial in Absentia – AP
How ‘The Family’ Controlled Tunisia – WSJ
Thousands Protest in Morocco for More Reform – Reuters
Moroccan King’s Backers Attack Democracy Activists – AP
Latest Developments in Arab World’s Unrest – AP
Al Qaeda
Turn to Abductions Shows al-Qaida’s Cash Squeeze – AP
US Department of Defense
Fiscal Crisis Requires Responsible Approach, Lynn Says – AFPS
Senate Panel Agrees on Defense Budget Blueprint – AP
Senate Bill Bans US Soil Guantánamo Jail Forever – MH
War Evolves With Drones, Some Tiny as Bugs – NYT
Military To Keep Robotic Edge in Face of $400 b. Cuts – Bloomberg
Is the Feres Doctrine (Medical Malpractice Suits) Fair? – S&S
United States
Pentagon Bomb Scare: Is the Suspect a Lone-Wolf Terrorist? – ABC
Bomb Threat on US Airways Flight Sparks Probe – Bloomberg
USDA Gay-sensitivity Training Seeks Larger Audience – WT
World
UN Reports Steady Rise of Refugees – NYT
UN: Poor Countries Bear the Brunt of Refugee Storm – AP
Africa
North-South Sudan: Abyei Agreement Hits 11th-Hour Snag – VOA
Monitor Says North Army Masses in Sudan Oil State – Reuters
Sudan: 15 Wounded in Darfur Fighting – AP
Somali Prime Minister Resigns, Reversing Pledge to Stay – VOA
Lauded Somalian Prime Minister Resigns Under Pressure – NYT
Somalia: PM Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo Resigns – BBC
Conflict Arises Over Diamonds From Zimbabwe – LAT
Americas
Colombia Car Bomb Wounds 17,’ Calamity’ Averted – Reuters
Poll: Peru’s Humala Has 70 Percent Approval Rating – Reuters
Poll: Peruvians Want Humala to Govern Like Lula – AP
Climate, Government Controls Hit Bolivia’s Farmers – AP
After Surgery, Chavez Faces Troubles in Venezuela – AP
Venezuela: El Rodeo Inmates Transferred Amid Stand-off – BBC
Asia Pacific
US, Japanese Review Bases – WSJ
Delay Is Likely for a New US Air Base on Okinawa – NYT
Blast Wounds 5 in Philippine Bar Amid Terror Fears – AP
Another Top Terror Suspect on Trial in Indonesia – AP
Thai Army Takes Sides as Divisive Election Nears – Reuters
Burma Fighting Flares After Peace Talks Fail – Reuters
China Offers Riot Informers Cash and Other Awards – AP
Europe
Russia: Medvedev Hints He and Putin Won’t Be 2012 Rivals – Reuters
Scrutiny of German Leader Builds as Debt Crisis Rattles Europe – NYT
Struggling to Stoke Economic Growth in Greece – NYT
Eurozone ‘to Approve’ Greece Loan – BBC
Spaniards Protest High Unemployment – WP
Spain: Madrid ‘Euro-pact’ Protesters Take to Streets – BBC
Italy: Berlusconi’s Allies Back Italian Coalition for Now – Reuters
South Asia
Indian Military Delegation Visits China – VOA
