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Afghanistan
Report: Afghan Security Forces Not Ready for 2014 - S&S
US Audit Finds Afghanistan Incapable of Sustaining Security - VOA
Report: Afghan Security Forces Face Infrastructure Challenges - AFPS
Third Australian Earns Victoria Cross in Afghanistan - AP
ISAF Operations Summary - AFPS
Syria
Analysis: US Likely to Become Entangled in Syria's War - McClatchy
China Presents Four-Point Proposal For Resolving Civil War in Syria - NYT
US Looks for New Civilian Leadership in Syrian Opposition - VOA
Syrians Wary of US Push to Overhaul Opposition - AP
Fighting Erupts Between Syrian Rebels and Kurds - WP
Syrian Opposition Says Rebels Kill 28 Soldiers - VOA
Rebels Kill Unarmed Syrian Soldiers - WP
Video Is Said to Show Syrian Rebels Executing Prisoners - NYT
Syria Rebels 'Take Checkpoints' - BBC
Syria Rebels Kill 78 Soldiers, Attack Checkpoints - AP
Missing Journalist's Family to Travel to Beirut - AP
How to Establish a Moderate Syria - PI opinion
Libya US Consulate Attack
US Provides Detailed Account of Libya Attack - WP
CIA Played Major Role Fighting Militants in Libya Attack - NYT
US: CIA Rushed to Save Diplomats as Libya Attack Was Under Way - AP
WSJ: State and CIA Had Secret, Botched Deal for Benghazi Security - WP
CIA Officials in Libya Made Key Decisions During Benghazi Attacks - Reuters
Key Task Force Not Convened During Benghazi Consulate Attack - CBS
New Details on Failed, Fateful Push for More Security at Benghazi - WP
'Troubling' Surveillance Before Benghazi Attack - FP
Tunisia: Suspect in US Consulate Attack Held - AP
Benghazi Timeline: CIA Errors, No Evidence of Conspiracy - WP opinion
Middle East / North Africa
Iran: Drug Trafficking Soars as Sanctions Take Bigger Bite - WP
Iran Hostage Taker Returns to the Spotlight, With Insight - NYT
Israel: Netanyahu Rival Blasts 'Obsession' With Iran - Reuters
Israel Confirms Killing Arafat Deputy in 1988 - AP
Lid Lifted on PLO Man's 1988 Killing - BBC
Kuwaiti ex-MP Released on Bail - BBC
Bahrain Activist Sentenced for Anti-King Web Posts - AP
Morocco 'Dismantles Terror Cell' - BBC
Gunmen Occupy Libyan Parliament - BBC
Mauritanian Opposition Tells Army to Stay Out of Politics - Reuters
Israel Must Wage a War of Ideas - JP opinion
UK Must Atone for Its Sins in Palestine - TT opinion
An Islamist Power Grab in Tunisia - NYT opinion
Extremists on the March in Tunisia - TI opinion
US Department of Defense
Pentagon Urged to Televise Guantanamo Terror Trial - AP
DOD Launches ‘Airlift Event’ to Support Sandy Relief - AFPS
Navy Dispatches 3 Locally Based Ships to NY Area - VP
Brigadier General Takes Stand in Aviano Sexual Assault Case - S&S
Soldier, Accomplice Guilty in Murder-for-Hire Case - AP
Military Has Not Solved Problem of Sexual Assault, Women Say - NYT
United States
US East Coast Perseveres With Intense Storm Cleanup - VOA
Jersey Shore Begins to Register Magnitude of Sandy’s Devastation - WP
Gasoline Runs Short, Adding Woes to Storm Recovery - NYT
UN HQ’s Building Suffers 'Unprecedented Damage' From Sandy - AP
Some Muslim Clerics Say Sandy Is God's Punishment - AP
Massachusetts Man Gets 17 Years in Terrorist Plot - NYT
Mass. Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Terror Plot - AP
US Man Jailed for Pentagon Plot - BBC
Military Voters Can be Rope in Political Tugs-of-War - S&S
Bring Drones Out of the Shadows - WP editorial
The US Needs Muslim Allies - WP opinion
United Kingdom
New Battle in Britain Over Budget for Europe - NYT
British Man Admits Iran Arms Charge - BBC
Northern Ireland Prison Guard Slain in Gun Ambush - AP
Prison Officer Killed in Northern Ireland Motorway Shooting - Reuters
A Shield of Celebrity Let a BBC Host Escape Legal Scrutiny - NYT
UK Comedian Arrested by BBC Sex Scandal Detectives - AP
A Bird Skeleton, a Code and, Maybe, a Top Secret - NYT
Africa
Jilted Africa Cool to US Vote After Obama Fever Fades - Reuters
US Tells Sudanese Rebel Group to Stop Recruiting Refugees - VOA
Amnesty: Nigerian Security Making Insurgency Worse - VOA
Nigerian Army Accused of Abuses - BBC
Kidnappers Free 7 Sailors Abducted Near Nigeria - VOA
Leader Ousted, Guinea-Bissau Is Now a Drug Haven - NYT
Guinea Electoral Commission Swears in Most Members - AP
Somali Forces Make Mass Arrests - BBC
One-In-Four South Africans Jobless, Mine Layoffs Loom - Reuters
Rebel Group Tries Comeback in Sierra Leone Polls - VOA
Kenya Police Make 3 Arrests in Venezuela Diplomat Murder - Reuters
Americas
Mexico Detains 23 Officers for Alleged Drug Links - AP
Gang Rules 6 Years After Start of Mexico Drug War - AP
Mexico Sees Biggest Remittances Drop Since 2009 - AP
Colombia Halloween Blast Kills Two and Injures Dozens - BBC
2 Killed, 37 Injured in Colombia Halloween Bombing - AP
New Arrest in Case of Bolivian Journalist Set Alight - BBC
Guatemala Indigenous Leader 'Escapes Street Attack' - BBC
Cuba 'Hard Hit' by Storm Sandy - BBC
Asia / Pacific
Orient Shield Exercise Highlights Military’s Focus on ‘Pacific Pivot’ - S&S
US Urges Calm in China, Japan Dispute - AP
Second Stealth Jet Puts China on Path to Top Regional Power - Reuters
Amid Heavy Security, China Readies for Leadership Handover - VOA
Grabs for Power Behind Plan to Shrink China’s Elite Circle - NYT
China's New Leaders Face Economic Challenges - VOA
China’s ‘Firefighter-in-Chief’ Ascending - WP
Restrictions Pave Path to a Transition in China - NYT
Chinese Cafe Owner Given 8-Year Sentence Over Online Messages - NYT
Pigeons Set China Congress Security Plans Aflutter - Reuters
Japan Protests Another US Troop-Related Incident - AP
Japan: Protest Over Okinawa 'Assault' - BBC
Japan Announces Power Savings Moves as Reactors Remain Idle - Reuters
Apple, Google Maps Run Afoul of South Korea - VOA
US to Raise Serious Rights Concerns with Cambodia - AP
Fears Grow of Spreading Instability in Burma Sectarian Violence - VOA
Civilians in Western Burma Told to Turn in Arms - AP
World Bank Promises Aid to Burma - BBC
Europe
Europeans Wary About US Election - VOA
Russia: Scheduling Changes Prompt Questions About Putin’s Health - NYT
Russian President Putin Out of Sight - WP
Russian Defense Chief in Hot Water - WP
Russia's Internet Censor Law Goes Into Effect - VOA
Russia Breaks Baby Trafficking Ring in N. Caucasus - Reuters
Almost All Greeks Think Economy is Terrible - WP
Greek Bank List Editor Acquitted - BBC
Greek Editor Not Guilty in Publishing Names With Swiss Accounts - NYT
Clinton Urges Albanians to Safeguard Parliamentary Elections - VOA
Dissident Says Reforming Lukashenko's Belarus Impossible - Reuters
Putin's Russia: More Fragile Than It Looks - Reuters opinion
South Asia
US Declines Pakistani Radical's Offer to Help Sandy Victims - CNN
Girl Dies in Pakistani Kashmir Acid Attack - BBC
Bangladesh’s Internet ‘Info Ladies’ - AP
The Charitable Face of Pakistani Militants - NYT opinion
Are India's Poor Used As Guinea Pigs? - BBC opinion