Must Reads!

• EU, Turkey to unveil new sanctions against Syrian oil
• Obama will not offer former condolences for Pakistan strike
• PM al-Maliki signals Iraq open to US military trainers
• Clinton announces loosening aid restrictions for Burma
• The New North Korean Peoples Army 
• Iran’s isolation could complicate West’s counter-nuke efforts
• Russia targets independent election monitor ahead of vote
• WaPo: Islamist parties shouldn’t be feared if they play by rules
• DOD will give Congress early look at 2013 budget
• Gertz: Admin to begin new round of strategic arms talks w/Russia