Pentagon is asked to outline impact of budget cuts: What We're Reading Now
Nov 08, 2011

IRAN
Israeli strike on Iran nuclear program? Global leaders try to quiet speculation, threats.
Ariel Zirulnick, Christian Science Monitor -- November 8, 2011
Ahead of an IAEA report on Iran's nuclear program, China, Russia, Germany, and France have all urged calm.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatens to retaliate if US assassinates commanders
The Washington Post -- November 8, 2011
An Iranian semi-official news agency says that a top commander in the country’s Revolutionary Guard force has threatened to kill “dozens” of American military commanders, should the U.S. kill any one of theirs.

NORTH KOREA
Seoul Awaits Pyongyang’s Response on Nuclear Talks
Voice of America -- November 8, 2011
A South Korean official says two rounds of talks with North Korea have left Pyongyang with a better understanding of what it must do to effect a resumption of six-party nuclear negotiations.

South Korea approves shipment of medicine to North Korea, in signs of easing tensions
The Washington Post -- November 8, 2011
South Korea has lifted its block on donating medicine to North Korea via the World Health Organization, amid signs of easing tensions between the countries.