U.N. Calls for Political Transition in Syria
 New York Times - By NEIL MacFARQUHAR and ANNE BARNARD - UNITED NATIONS - As the bloodletting continued unabated in Syria, the 193-member General Assembly passed a nonbinding resolution on Wednesday calling for a political transition to end the civil war there, putting the onus on the government of President Bashar al-Assad to stop the killing.
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2 million Egyptians sign petition to oust Mursi
 Arabnews - CAIRO: A campaign calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Muhammad Mursi and for early presidential elections has gathered over two million signatures, organizers told AFP.
The “Tamarod” (rebellion in Arabic) campaign seeks to withdraw confidence from the Muslim Brotherhood leader because he has failed the revolution that brought him to power, they said.
The US government might be the biggest hacker in the world
 RT - The United States government is investing tens of millions of dollars each year on offensive hacking operations in order to exploit vulnerabilities in the computers of its adversaries, Reuters reports.
According to an in-depth article published Friday by journalist Joseph Menn, the US and its Department of Defense contractors are increasingly pursuing efforts to hack the computers of foreign competitors, in turn exposing a rarely discussed aspect of the nation’s clandestine cyber operations.
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Hagel: ‘Political, not military’ solutions needed in Middle East
 Al Arabiya -AFP, Washington - The problems that plague the Middle East, including Iran’s nuclear ambitions and Syria’s civil war, require “political, not military” solutions, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in a speech on Thursday.
Saying that the region’s “old order” was vanishing, Hagel stressed that the U.S. would work to promote democratic reform while bearing in mind the “limitations” of American power.
US wants 9 permanent bases in Afghanistan after 2014 ISAF withdrawal
 RT - Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed Thursday to wring concessions out of the United States in negotiations for a security pact for the country, as Washington wants to maintain nine military bases in Afghanistan after ISAF troops withdraw in 2014.
As US and other NATO troops begin to withdraw from the country by 2014, Washington is in talks with Karzai’s government to allow the US Military to retain a residual presence. The size of the force has not yet been determined, but could number between 2,500 and 12,000, according to US officials.
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