Taliban's kids;Burkas on bikinis;Kremlin's race;Cyprus' vote;US-NATO-Turkey&EULEX;"Value of Afflictions"

I. SMH - Children coerced by Taliban to attack

II. TID - Burka covers bikini advert as firms urged to be more sensitive

III. BBC - Russia's Kremlin race: Dmitry Medvedev vs Vladimir Putin

IV. EUV - Swing to the right could hit compromise talks in Cyprus

V. WSJ - U.S. Falls Out of Favor With NATO Ally [Turkey]

VI. USSTATE - U.S.-EU sign Framework Agreement on U.S. Participation in EU Crisis Management Operations [EULEX - Kosovo; EUSEC - Congo]

VII. OWOL - Value of Afflictions