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Afghanistan
US Open to Withdraw Afghan Force After 2014 - NYT
A Push for Only 2,500 US Troops in Afghanistan - WP
US Force in Afghanistan to be Slashed, Officials Say - LAT
Officials: US May Leave No Troops in Afghanistan - VOA
US Mulling Afghan 'Zero Troop Option' - BBC
US Does Not Rule Out Removing All Troops From Afghanistan - Reuters
Karzai Visit Comes at Critical Time for US - S&S
In Old Taliban Strongholds, Qualms on What Lies Ahead - NYT
ISAF: Security Transfer to Afghan Forces on Track - VOA
British Soldier Killed by Afghan Soldier on Joint Patrol Base - NYT
UK Soldier Killed in Year’s First Insider Attack - S&S
British Soldier Killed in Afghan 'Insider' Attack - VOA
ISAF Operations Summary - AFPS
Syria
US Could Defend Turkey from Syrian Strikes by Saturday - S&S
UK Meeting Plans for Possible Post-Assad Syria - Reuters
Syria 'Has Chemical Weapons that Could be Used in Two Hours' - TT
UN: 1 Million Syrians Need Emergency Food Aid - VOA
Aid Groups for Syrians See Needs Growing More Dire - NYT
'No Food Aid' for Million Syrians - BBC
Winter Storm Brings More Misery to Syrian Refugees - AP
Syria's Jihadist Group Profiled - BBC
In Syria, War is the New Normal - LAT opinion
Middle East / North Africa
US Senator: Israel Should Not Worry About Hagel - AP
Israeli Ex-Security Chief Sees Risk of Palestinian Uprising - Reuters
Netanyahu Takes on the World in Israeli Election Campaign - Reuters
Opponents Take Last-Ditch Aim at Israeli Leader - AP
Hagel’s Group Sees Iran as a Future Ally - WT
Israel Presses US for Military Threat Against Iran - AP
Iran Sets Conditions for IAEA to See Military Site - Bloomberg
Briton to be Sentenced in Weapons-to-Iran Plot - AP
Iranian Oil Revenues 'Plunge 45%' - BBC
Iran's Medical Crisis Deepens as Economy Sputters - AP
Report: Iran Seizes 2 Saudi Fishing Boats - AP
Demonstrators Rally to Support Iraqi Government - AP
$5M Paid to Iraqis Over Abu Ghraib Abuse - AP
Qatar Throws Egypt $2.5B Currency Lifeline - VOA
Qatar Helps Ease Egypt Cash Crisis - BBC
Qatar Aiding Egypt With Extra $2.5 Billion - AP
Lone Suspect Held in Benghazi Attack Is Freed in Tunisia - NYT
Libya-Tunisia: Benghazi US Consulate Raid Suspect 'Freed' - BBC
Libya's Liberals Boycott Assembly - BBC
Algerian Convicted in 2003 Tourist Kidnappings - AP
Using Cold War Tactics to Confront Iran - WT opinion
Maliki's Dangerous Sectarian Game in Iraq - TN opinion
US Department of Defense
Pentagon Gets to Work Planning for Severe Cuts - WT
Commanders, Others Can Ask Troops about Privately Owned Guns - S&S
DOD Comptroller: Budget Stability Key to National Security - AFPS
Cyber Officials Weigh Opportunities, Challenges - AFPS
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Case Against WikiLeaks Suspect Manning - WP
Wikileaks Suspect Manning to Get Reduced Sentence - BBC
Hagel a Poor Pick for Pentagon Chief - WT opinion
Chuck Hagel, Under Attack Again - NYT opinion
The Hagel Question - LAT opinion
Chuck Hagel's Chances - NYT opinion
United States
Immigration Enforcement Top Crime Priority for US - VOA
Legal Officials Split Over How to Prosecute Terrorism Detainees - NYT
For 2 Nominees, Vietnam Bred Doubts on War - NYT
Graham: No Answers on Benghazi, No Brennan - WT
Obama’s Inner Circle Choices Skewing Toward Men - NYT
A Senate Debate on Mr. Obama's Foreign Policy - WP editorial
CIA: Secret Double Standard - NYT opinion
United Kingdom
Protesters Pelt N. Irish Police With Petrol Bombs for 6th Night - Reuters
Australia
Searing Temperatures Fan Australia Wildfires - BBC
Australia So Hot New Colors Added to Weather Map - WP
United Nations
UN Wants to Use Surveillance Drones for Peacekeeping Missions - WP
UN Wants to Use Surveillance Drones in Congo - AP
Rwanda Opposes Use of Drones by the UN in E. Congo - Reuters
Africa
DR Congo Rebels Declare Ceasefire - BBC
CAR President Says He Will Not Step Down - VOA
AU Head Seeks Global Coalition to Intervene on Mali - Reuters
Mali Says Army Has Repelled Islamist Attack - Reuters
Mali Soldiers Fire Warning Shots at Rebels - VOA
900,000 Needy Blocked From Aid in Sudan's South - AP
Residents in Sudan Border States Survive on Roots, Leaves - Reuters
Zimbabwe Elections Unlikely by March - VOA
Kenya Vows to Crack Down on Fake Police Officers - Reuters
Massive Fire Rips Through Slum in Nigeria Megacity - AP
Lack of Civility Hampers S. Africa's Sanitation Efforts - VOA
Senegal Man Dies in Fire Protest - BBC
Burundi Reporter Life Sentence Cut - BBC
Americas
Chávez, Too Ill to Return to Venezuela, Will Be Sworn In Later - NYT
Venezuela: Chavez to Miss Swearing-In - BBC
Venezuela: Chavez to Miss Inauguration - TT
Venezuela: Chavez Won’t Return to Take Oath - WP
Venezuelan Govt Says Chavez Won't Attend Swearing-in - AP
Probe into Colombia's Uribe for Allegedly Sponsoring Far-Right Militia - AP
Will Castros Run Venezuela After Chavez? - FP opinion
Asia / Pacific
Japan Protests to China Over 4 Ships Near Islands - AP
Japan Summons China’s Envoy in Latest Escalation of Tension - NYT
China Free Speech Protests Spread Online - VOA
Face-Off Continues Over Censorship of Newspaper in China - NYT
Citing Protests, Chinese Censors Call Media Control ‘Unshakable’ - WP
Google's North Korea Visit Could Harm US Sanction Plans - USAT
North Korea Gives US Delegation Rare Look at Internet Use - VOA
Google Exec Visits North Korean Students Using Web - AP
Vietnam Puts 14 Dissidents on Trial for Subversion - VOA
Vietnam Subversion Trial Starts - BBC
US Says Drone Found in Philippines Came from Guam Drill - AP
Europe
Eurozone Unemployment Soars to New High - VOA
Eurozone Unemployment at New High - BBC
French Budget Minister Faces Tax Evasion Allegations - WP
France Jails Terror Fundraisers - BBC
France Convicts 9 for Link to Uzbek Terror Group - AP
Kurdish Rebels 'Killed in Turkey' - BBC
South Asia
India: Pakistani Troops Kill 2 Indian Soldiers in Kashmir - VOA
Indian Soldier 'Beheaded by Pakistan Troops’, Kashmir Dispute Escalates - TT
Two Soldiers Die in Clashes In Kashmir, India Says - NYT
India Says Pakistani Troops Entered its Territory in Kashmir - WP
Indian Troops Shot Dead in Kashmir - BBC
India Accuses Pakistani Troops of Killing Two Soldiers - LAT