SOUTH ASIA

U.S. airstrikes rise sharply in Afghanistan -- and so do civilian deaths
Los Angeles Times, 12/4/17
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The Marines returned to Helmand province. Is their mission a blueprint for Trump's Afghanistan strategy?
Los Angeles Times, 11/10/17

Bangladeshi surfer girls go against the cultural tide
Los Angeles Times, 4/4/16

Farmer suicides reflect growing desperation in rural India
Los Angeles Times, 8/10/14

TERRORISM & NATIONAL SECURITY

U.S.-Iran thaw began with months of secret meetings
Los Angeles Times, 11/24/13

U.S. military investing heavily in Africa
Los Angeles Times, 10/20/13

Secret no-fly list blamed for American's Bangkok nightmare
Los Angeles Times, 6/29/13

Snowden an eccentric, but hardly stood out at NSA
Los Angeles Times, 6/22/13

Fourth U.S. drone victim influenced by Sept. 11, war
Los Angeles Times, 5/24/13

Mexico has new attitude on U.S.
Los Angeles Times, 4/28/13

One shady operator provides glimpse of supply line to Iran
Los Angeles Times, 10/21/12

No evidence found of Al Qaeda role in Libya attack
Los Angeles Times, 10/19/12

Other countries probing Bush-era torture — Why aren't we?
McClatchy, 8/18/10

Obama's biggest Guantanamo dilemma may lie in Yemen
McClatchy, 11/13/08

U.S. allies in Africa engaged in secret prisoner renditions
McClatchy 3/13/07

Little-known dimension to war on terrorism playing out in East Africa
Knight Ridder, 1/24/06

AFGHANISTAN

U.S. Embassy worker undaunted by Taliban attack, injuries
Los Angeles Times, 8/19/14

U.S. looks to smartphones and satellites to monitor Afghan projects
Los Angeles Times, 8/4/13

U.S. turns over troubled dam project to Afghanistan
Los Angeles Times, 5/5/13

U.S. reconstruction effort in Afghan provinces is unfinished work
Los Angeles Times, 4/6/13

After loss, Afghan shadow warrior still wishes to fight Taliban
Los Angeles Times, 3/27/13

Afghan dynamics altering U.S. efforts to wind down war
Los Angeles Times, 3/5/13

U.S., Afghan officials at odds over fate of military bases
Los Angeles Times, 3/3/13

Failed Afghan road project shows difficulties of U.S. rebuilding effort
McClatchy, 11/10/11

Crucial plan to reintegrate Afghan insurgents falling flat
McClatchy, 11/3/11

MIDDLE EAST

World wasting no time in securing Syria's chemical weapons
Los Angeles Times, 9/27/13

President Obama's U-turn on Syria is a gamble
Los Angeles Times, 8/31/13

Egypt's Shiite Muslims saw Sunni hatred grow under Morsi
Los Angeles Times, 8/10/13

Egypt teen's grisly death in Alexandria stirs outcry
Los Angeles Times, 7/7/13

In a divided Egypt, fights break out even in hospital hallways
Los Angeles Times, 7/6/13

Libya militia tensions hampered post-attack U.S. rescue effort
Los Angeles Times, 10/24/12

Libya guards speak out on attack that killed U.S. ambassador
Los Angeles Times, 10/10/12

Israel's destruction of U.S.-style school shocks Gazans
McClatchy, 1/28/09

Israelis, sipping Pepsi, watch bombardment of Gaza town
McClatchy, 1/5/09

Is Dubai's soaring economy headed for a rough landing?
McClatchy, 10/21/08

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah reaching 'legendary' status
McClatchy, 8/2/06

ARAB SPRING

Jubilation sweeps Tripoli as rebels hunt desperate Gadhafi
McClatchy, 8/21/11

New Tunisia finds its voices, and they're uncomfortably familiar
McClatchy, 5/29/11

In Libya's remote west, rebels say they're winning a tough fight
McClatchy, 4/24/11

After starting wave of revolution, Tunisia tries to preserve its own
McClatchy, 3/31/11

Egypt's opposition fights itself as army tightens control
McClatchy, 2/14/11

Three young Egyptians who helped make a revolution
McClatchy, 2/12/11

Mubarak's resignation a triumph for 'people power'
McClatchy, 2/11/11

Can an army known for abuse really install democracy?
McClatchy, 2/11/11

In the 'Republic of Tahrir,' Egypt gets its Woodstock moment
McClatchy, 02/08/11

Could 'Tunisia effect' topple more Mideast regimes?
McClatchy, 1/15/11

Egypt church bombing may be warning of rising instability
McClatchy, 1/2/11

AFRICA

Africa's population boom traps children in poverty
McClatchy, 12/13/09

Fear and secrecy cloak Eritrea, Africa's hermit nation
McClatchy, 11/9/09

Jihadists find global Somali communities ripe for recruiting
McClatchy, 8/4/09

At former British prison, Somali pirates tell their side
McClatchy, 4/29/09

In South Africa, a family and a nation slowly confront HIV
McClatchy, 4/19/09

'No cowards': How ship's crew fought off Somali pirates
McClatchy, 4/14/09

Human toll yet to be counted in Zimbabwe
McClatchy 6/30/08

Darfur conflict stokes Chad-Sudan tensions
McClatchy, 6/10/08

How Kenya's election was rigged
McClatchy, 1/31/08

Africans brave perilous sea in search of jobs
McClatchy, 10/01/07

Ethiopia killing civilians in separatist crackdown
McClatchy, 9/14/07

Somalia's Islamist militias may be plotting a comeback
McClatchy, 3/5/07

Accused of witchcraft, thousands of children kicked to streets in Congo
McClatchy, 11/3/06

In Africa, free primary education with a catch
McClatchy, 10/1/06

Ex-child soldier tries to make a new life in Uganda
Knight Ridder, 3/7/06

Khat dominates male life in the tiny Muslim nation of Djibouti
Knight Ridder, 1/30/06

A movement by women in Congo fights stigma associated with rape
Knight Ridder, 1/9/06

The Breathalyzer roils the holiday spirit in Nairobi
Knight Ridder, 12/23/05

LONGFORM

How We Lost the Good War
Playboy, July-August 2012

Scenes From a Revolution
Playboy, May 2011

Baghdad: The Road Ahead
Monocle, Issue 042

The Pirates of Somalia
Playboy, October 2009

IRAQ

One reason for hope in Iraq: Oil, and lots of it
McClatchy, 1/26/11

For Christians in Iraq, a Christmas of mourning and fear
McClatchy, 12/24/10

With U.S. presence fading in Iraq, ex-militia faces uncertain future
McClatchy, 12/6/10

Charity work shows another side to Sadr's movement in Iraq
McClatchy, 5/8/08

Tens of thousands of Iraqis have disappeared without a trace
McClatchy, 6/13/07

U.S. outposts face stiff challenges in Baghdad neighborhoods
McClatchy, 4/5/07

NATIONAL

Newtown, Conn.: In gun country
Los Angeles Times, 12/20/12

In Brooklyn housing project, waiting for help in the cold and dark
Los Angeles Times, 11/5/12

Hurricane Sandy leaves a sea of heartache in Staten Island
Los Angeles Times, 11/1/12

Mississippi Delta: The land of 'permanent recession'
McClatchy, 4/11/10

No one complains about bank bonuses in Greenwich, Conn.
McClatchy, 2/7/10

LONDON OLYMPICS

Poverty-stricken East London wonders whether it will gain from Olympics
McClatchy, 8/10/12

India's best Olympics news may be that Games are almost over
Mcclatchy, 8/8/12

For South Sudan’s first Olympian, just getting to London was a marathon
McClatchy, 8/6/12

Saudi woman’s historic Olympic bout lasts just 82 seconds
McClatchy, 8/3/12

Ann Romney’s Olympic horse draws attention to dressage
McClatchy, 8/2/12

London mayor is the party man at Olympics
McClatchy, 7/31/12

Olympics return to a London that’s worlds different from 1948
McClatchy, 7/17/12

ESSAYS

How to Watch Sports in a War Zone
Grantland, 11/22/11

Goodbye, Africa: Reflections on a continent
McClatchy, 1/22/10

Are you tired of Africa? (Don't be)
Somewhere in Africa, 11/26/09

Decision to help Ugandan boy raises professional, personal questions
McClatchy, 10/18/06