Morning Brief: Military tribunals to return

Asia

• Pakistan's army says it is allowing civilians to flee before they assault the main town in the Swat Valley.
• Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been taken to prison for violating the terms of her house arrest over a mysterious visit from an American.
• U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pushing the IMF to delay a loan to Sri Lanka until a cease-fire is in place. 

Europe

• The Eurozone contracted by 2.5 percent in the first quarter of 2009.
• Britain's junior justice minister has become the highest-profile casualty so far of the country's growing expense report scandal.
• Southern European officials are in Sochi to sign a new pipeline deal with Russia that will allow it to bypass Ukraine as a transit route.

Middle East

• The pope ended his controversial trip to the Holy Land with a forceful denunciation of the Holocaust.
• Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is struggling to overcome a government crackdown.
• Settlements will be on the agenda at the meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama next week.

Africa

• Mogadishu is facing a food shortage as fighting continues between al-Shabaab rebels and Somali government forces.
• Niger's Tuareg rebels have agreed to a temporary ceasefire.
• South Africa has reversed its decision and will allow the Dalai Lama to visit.

Americas

• GM is close to a deal with the United Auto Workers to cut labor costs.
• Migration from Mexico to the United States plummeted 25 percent last year.
• With the popularity of his wife -- the current president -- sagging, former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner is getting back into politics by running for a senate seat.