Washington Post: Nearly three weeks after Iraq's elections, the coalition of former prime minister Ayad Allawi emerged with the most seats in the parliament Friday but fell far short of a majority. Ayad Allawi’s bloc wins most seats in Iraqi parliamentary elections
Washington Post: Nearly three weeks after Iraq's elections, the coalition of former prime minister Ayad Allawi emerged with the most seats in the parliament Friday but fell far short of a majority. Iran reaches out to neighbors in new year summit
AP: Iran used an ancient new year celebration to reach out to Afghanistan, Iraq and other neighbors on Saturday, hosting them at a summit meeting that projected Iranian leadership in the strategic region straddling the Middle East and Central Asia. Canada says G-8 may act on Iran, prefers UN sanctions
Bloomberg: Group of Eight foreign ministers meeting next week in Canada will consider whether to unilaterally impose sanctions aimed at Iran’s nuclear development program should the United Nations fail to act. UN tells Iran to end Eutelsat satellite jamming
Reuters: The United Nations' leading communications agency called on Iran on Friday to end jamming of foreign satellite broadcasts, which is banned under its global regulations. Secular challenger claims victory in Iraq election
AP: A jubilant Ayad Allawi claimed victory for his secular, anti-Iranian coalition as final parliamentary returns Friday showed him edging out the bloc of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who angrily vowed to fight the results. NATO urges missile defense pact, cites Iran threat
Reuters: NATO states should agree at a summit this year to make missile defense systems against states including Iran an alliance mission and look at every opportunity to cooperate on this with Russia, the head of NATO says. Iran grasps for regional power
Wall Street Journal: Afghanistan, site of many a surrealistic scene over the years, produced another one earlier this month. Gates expresses “concern” over Iranian drones
AFP: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed concern Thursday over Iran's aerial drone program, saying the weapons could fall into the hands of terrorists. Russia says may support Iran nuclear sanctions
Reuters: Russia could support additional sanctions on Iran but any measures must be focused only on preventing the proliferation of nuclear materials, Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday. Q+A – Six powers launch talks on new Iran sanctions
Reuters: The United States, Britain, France and Germany have begun talks with China and Russia on a U.S.-drafted proposal for a new round of U.N. sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. 