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Monday's global agenda: New beginning in Afghanistan
Your morning global affairs speed-read
The United States officially transferred its military prison at Bagram to control of Afghanistan's government on Monday. [The Washington Post]
The vice president of Iraq has been sentenced to death in absentia on terrorism charges. [The New York Times]
In other news:
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Asian countries to work to reduce tensions in the Pacific area. [Associated Press]
The New Yorker's David Makovsky draws the parallels between Israel's bombing of the Al Kibar reactor in Syria and the situation in Iran.
What you might have missed on Global Affairs:
Syria's opposition took plea for US military action to conventions
Osama bin Laden gets heavy emphasis on convention's final night
Kerry: 'Ask Osama bin Laden if he's better off than he was four years ago'
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