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The article looks at the chaos and security issues stemming from the retreat of independent militias in Libyan cities, pursued by civilian protesters and armed groups. Information is provided on the challenges facing Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan as assassinations and bombings attributed to underground extremists increase while government facilities and private properties previously controlled by militias go without management. Attacks on the Libyan Army are also detailed.

The article reports on the rumored entry of the rebel group Seleka in Central African Republic in an effort to overthrow the presidency of François Bozizé, to whom the rebels thought should be responsible for grievances such as the failure of the president at arriving a peace deal.

FORWARD OPERATING BASE ANDAR, Afghanistan -- Midway through December, Afghan police officers arrested a man who had hidden a fake bomb near a government office in Miri, a village in eastern Afghanistan. The man, who gave the name Muhammad Mir, confessed, saying he wanted to gauge the security force's reactions to a Taliban attack, according to American intelligence officials. A paper found in his pocket, though, proved more significant than evidence of the Taliban's reconnaissance. It was handwritten in Pashto, and when translated here, it revealed a tax-collection ledger of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan -- the resurgent Taliban. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Police detained three retired generals and dozens of others on Wednesday as they broadened their investigation into what they describe as a plot by secularists to overthrow Turkey's Islamic-rooted government. Eighty-six people already are on trial and have pleaded not guilty; they accuse Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government of trying to silence secular critics. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports on the actions of gangsters from Albania in the town of Prizren, Kosovo. Comments from Masar Shala, mayor appointed by the Kosovo Liberation Army; Reasons for the hampered activity of the peacekeeping troops; Plans of the United Nations.