General Stanley McChrystal Photo: REUTERS Gen. Stanley McChrystal Summoned To Washington Following Magazine Profile -- Washington Post
KABUL -- The top U.S. general in Afghanistan was headed to Washington early Tuesday for an impromptu White House meeting, after apologizing for an upcoming magazine article that portrays him and his staff as flippant and dismissive of top Obama administration officials involved in Afghanistan policy.
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MIDDLE EAST
New killings in campaign against Iraqi ex-insurgents.
Istanbul bomb kills 4 on bus carrying soldiers.
The American-Israeli disparity over Iran.
Israel's feeling of isolation is becoming more pronounced.
ASIA
Sangin: Afghanistan's poppy town that became deathtrap for British army.
Refugees return to shattered Kyrgyz city.
Japan's shrinking economy.
China says "concerned" about South Korea-U.S. drill.
US-Japan security pact turns 50, faces new strains.
Thailand acts against suspected red shirt backers.
AFRICA
Around 60 killed and hundreds hurt in Congo train crash.
Swedish oil company probed in Sudan atrocities.
World Cup bridging S.Africa's racial divide: Zuma.
'Blood diamond' activist kept in Zimbabwe jail.
EUROPE
UK budget 2010: what we already know.
Poland election: Komorowski and Kaczynski to face each other in run-off.
Russia's Medvedev on Silicon Valley reconnaissance mission.
Belarus 'to suspend Russian gas transit to Europe'.
AMERICAS
Report: Massive rebuilding efforts in Haiti have stalled.
Another strong leader for Colombia.
Brazil floods kill 39, leave 1,000 missing.
Gangs suspected of killing 14 in El Salvador attack.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
'Muslim Soldier' Shahzad warns of more attacks. Times Square car bomber details his chilling plot.
High court backs law barring advice to terrorist groups.
Pakistan conflicted over targeting rising extremists in its heartland.
Counterterrorism help from Pakistan is insufficient, report finds.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Stocks drop after China currency enthusiasm fades. White House monitoring China's currency promises.
G20 not calling for new deficit spending-Germany.
Oil execs in London slam Obama's drilling ban.
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