Hot Topics
AA: Iranian Crackdown Goes Global 12/03/09
AA: Report: 2600 bodies found in Kashmir graves 12/02/09
AF: Afghan Expert Says Obama Plan For Security Transfer May Work 12/02/09
AF: Body of second missing soldier found in Afghanistan 11/30/09
IQ: Iraq's civilian death toll in November is lowest since war began 12/01/09
IR: Iran's fist still clenched 12/01/09
KG: Kyrgyzstan suggests OSCE to sit Taliban, opponents at negotiating table in Bishkek 12/02/09
LB: Lebanon Is Still an Occupied Country 12/01/09
PK: Baitullah Mehsud assassinated Benazir Bhutto, says Gilani 12/03/09
PK: Pakistan Says 600 Taliban Have Died in Waziristan 11/30/09
SY: Syria is accused of persecuting Kurds 11/30/09
YE: ‘Saudi jets pour toxic materials on Yemeni civilians' 11/30/09
Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime
Instability
LB: Lebanese cabinet endorses Hezbollah's right to weapons 12/02/09
PK: Attack shows growing danger faced by Pakistani journalists 12/02/09
PK: Pakistan's Failing War on Terror 12/01/09
PK: Suicide Bomb Kills Guard at Islamabad Navy Complex 12/02/09
PK: Suicide Bomb Kills Pakistani Lawmaker 12/01/09
TM: Heroin, arms trafficking and the Taliban all threaten Turkmenistan's status quo 12/01/09
Special Operations
AF: Canadian command in Afghanistan grows with addition of US troops 12/02/09
Security Forces
AA: Iran Guards take over naval forces in Gulf: US intelligence 11/30/09
AA: Saudi military consolidates gains, while Yemeni forces battle separatists on … 12/02/09
AF: Poland plans to add 600 more troops in Afghanistan 12/02/09
AF: Most New US Forces for Afghanistan Will Be Sent to Taliban Stronghold in South 12/02/09
LB: Denmark takes over UNIFIL command 12/01/09
LB: UNIFIL's Italian contingent relieves German Navy 11/30/09
PK: Four terrorists killed in Khyber Agency 12/01/09
PK: Ten militants killed in NW Pakistan 12/03/09
PK: Air strike kills 10 militants in NW Pakistan 12/01/09
PK: Pakistan moves to drone independence 12/02/09
YE: Yemeni forces deploy in Aden to curb separatists 11/30/09
Foreign Affairs
IR: Iran's Plan to Phase Out Subsidies Brings Frenzied Debate 12/01/09
KZ: Kazakhstan's rights record critised ahead of taking OSCE chair 12/02/09
LB: Hariri probe team arrives in Beirut 12/02/09
LB: Sleiman advocates equal power sharing among sects 12/01/09
SA: The Solution Lies in Accountability and Curbing Corruption 12/01/09
UZ: Uzbekistan – Statement by the Head of Delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan … 12/02/09
Crime
AA: Somali pirates hijack $20M of oil going to US 11/30/09
AA: Iran whistleblower died from drug-laden salad 12/02/09
AA: Spain might probe Iranian killings in Iraq 12/02/09
IQ: Iraqi women forced into sex slavery 12/02/09
