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Afghanistan
Karzai to Ban Afghan Forces from Requesting Airstrikes - VOA
Karzai to Limit Use of NATO Airstrikes - WP
US-Led Forces Prepared to Comply with Afghan Airstrike Limits - LAT
US Commander Supports Karzai in Limiting Airstrikes - S&S
Sequestration Could Delay Redeployment for Soldiers in Afghanistan - AFPS
US Troop Reduction to Test Afghans - VOA
New Zealand to Keep Military Team in Afghanistan - AP
In Kabul’s ‘Car Guantánamo,’ Autos Languish and Trust Dies - NYT
Terrorism / Counterterrorism
CIA’s Covert Drone Program May Shift Further to Pentagon - S&S
Feds Don’t Know Who is Responsible for Drone Oversight - WT
Brennan Open to Special Court for Drone Strikes - AP
Justice Rolls Slowly in Alleged 9/11 Suspects’ Case - AFPS
About Those Black Sites - NYT editorial
Hezbollah Unmasked - NYT opinion
A Little Fear is a Dangerous Thing - WT opinion
Drone Strikes: What's the Law? - LAT opinion
Who’s Next on Obama’s Drone Hit List? - WT opinion
Drone Strikes: Who's on the 'Kill List' - LAT opinion
Drone Strikes: Beyond Citizenship - LAT opinion
Syria
New Hope for Talks on Syrian Conflict Evaporates - WP
Peace Envoy Brahimi Calls for Fresh Talks on Syria - LAT
UN Envoy Backs Syrian Opposition's Call for Talks - AP
UN Presses Syria for Negotiations as Rebels Press Offensive - WP
Hezbollah Fighter, Five Syrian Rebels Killed on Border - Reuters
Israeli Army Takes Wounded Syrians to Hospital - VOA
Iran
Iran's Leader Steps Deeper Into Political Fray - AP
Khamenei Denies Iran Seeks Nuclear Weapons - VOA
Iran Could Use UN Talks as Cover to Build Bomb - WP
Iran Plans to Establish New Navy Base - AP
US Congress: Iranian Dissident Group Is Viable Opposition - Reuters
US Lawmakers Meet With Iranian Exiles in Paris - AP
Middle East / North Africa
Car Bombs Hit Shi'ite Areas of Baghdad, Killing Dozens - VOA
Blasts in Baghdad’s Shiite Neighborhoods Kill 21 - NYT
Series of Bombings in Baghdad Area Kill Dozens - AP
Top Iraq Intelligence Man Killed - BBC
Bahrain Says It Dismantled Terrorist Cell - VOA
After Joplin Tornado, UAE Helps Schools ‘Think Big’ - WP
Netanyahu Defends Handling of Prisoner X - NYT
Israel’s Netanyahu Responds to ‘Prisoner X’ Scandal - WP
Israel to Launch Prisoner X Inquiry - BBC
Israeli Premier Defends Israel in Prisoner Scandal - AP
Rivals' Pact in Israel Blocks Netanyahu from Forming Coalition - LAT
Former Israeli Foreign Minister Pleads Not Guilty - NYT
Israel: Ex-Foreign Minister on Trial for Fraud - AP
Israel Politician Lieberman on Trial - NYT
Egypt Soccer Protests Hit Restive Suez Canal City - AP
Egypt: Suez Canal Kept Open In Spite Of Protests - NYT
Egypt Currency Has Further to Fall - Reuters
Egypt President's Son Drops Government Job After Furor - Reuters
Libya: Islamist Militia Edged Out After Attack on US Mission Returns - WP
Libya's Struggle to Deliver Justice Fuels Violence - AP
Libyans Put Aside Woes to Celebrate Uneasy Anniversary - Reuters
Libyan Leader Calls for Unity on 2nd Anniversary - AP
Libya Celebrates Revolution Anniversary - VOA
Libya: Four Christians Arrested in Benghazi - WT
Four Foreigners Arrested in Libya - BBC
24 Convicted in Killing of Moroccan Soldiers - AP
Bahrain’s Hope - WP opinion
Seeds Sown in Middle East for the Next Revolution - WT opinion
Will Obama Take a Detour to Hamas? - WT opinion
WikiLeaks
Report: Assange Sees Legal Defense in Politics - AP
Westwood Supports Assange on London Catwalk - Reuters
US Department of Defense
Pentagon Aims Ax to Make a Point with Cuts - WT
Strong Defense Rests on Strong Congress, Panetta Says - AFPS
Panetta Offers Campaign Context for Troop Drawdown - AFPS
Carter: Sequestration Would Demonstrate Failure of Resolve - AFPS
Service Chiefs Describe Sequestration Worries - AFPS
Odierno: Budget Cuts Could Impact Training, Deployment - S&S
Odierno: Army Will Lose 100,000 Soldiers Under Defense Cuts - WT
Navy Paints Dire Picture of Weakened US Fleet - VP
Langley Air Show Canceled Over Sequestration Threat - VP
Senate Republicans Block Vote on Hagel - VOA
Key US Lawmaker Predicts Eventual Hagel Confirmation - VOA
Obama Nominee for Defense Likely to Get Confirmed - Reuters
Building Partner Capacity Serves US Interests, Officials Say - AFPS
Mali’s Lessons Inform Future Partnership Efforts, Official Says - AFPS
Centcom, Africom Nominees Tout Importance of Partnerships - AFPS
Recruiting Continues Robust Through December - AFPS
Girls Looking at Military Careers Want Combat Posts Open - VCS
Women Offer Clues to Their Future in Infantry - NYT
Future Service Dogs Get More Room to Romp - S&S
New Medal Recognizes Changing Face of Conflict, Official Says - AFPS
Pentagon Uproar Over Hero Medals for Drone Operators, Cybersleuths - WT
Army Post Sets Example in Curbing Suicides, Preventable Deaths - AFPS
Cutting the Defense Budget: A History - WT opinion
United States
White House Concerned About Delay in Security Confirmations - NYT
White House: 'Grave Concern' on Delayed Nominees - AP
White House Says It Has a Backup Plan on Immigration - NYT
Obama Leak of Visa Plan Draws Fire - WT
Taming the Runaway US Budget - IHT
Hill Staffers Often Travel on Tabs of Foreign Countries - WP
Returning to Halls of Congress, Giffords Embraces New Role - WP
US Nuclear Storage Tank Leaking - VOA
Panetta, Dempsey Honor Clinton for Leadership - AFPS
The Real Cost of Shrinking Government - NYT editorial
Of Cannibals, Kings and Culture: Problem of Ethnocentricity - NYT opinion
Obama Still Has Not Laid Out a US Strategic Doctrine - WT opinion
United Kingdom
Cameron in India Partnership Pledge - BBC
British PM Cameron on India Trade Trip Amid Graft Scandal - Reuters
Australia
Australia Asks Israel to Explain Death of ‘Spy’ - VOA
World
Scholar: Trends, Emerging Powers Bear Watching - AFPS
Vatican
Leaked Papers of the Pope Depict a Broken Vatican - WP
What Do You Call a Retired Pope? And Is He Still Infallible? - NYT
Pope Blesses Huge Crowd in St. Peter's Square - AP
Catholicism Inc. - NYT opinion
Africa
At Pentagon, ‘Pivot to Asia’ Becomes ‘Shift to Africa’ - WP
Mali Military Detains 8 Arab Civilians in Timbuktu - AP
French, Malian Troops Secure Rebel Strongpoint Near Gao - Reuters
French, Malian Forces Take Control of Bourem - AP
Mali to Hold 'Early July Election' - BBC
7 Foreigners Kidnapped in Northern Nigeria - VOA
Foreign Workers Abducted in Nigeria - BBC
Gunmen Kidnap Seven Foreigners in North Nigeria - Reuters
Sudanese Rebels Offer Cease-Fire - WT
Kenya Electoral Body to Release Final Voter List Monday - VOA
South Africa: Pistorius Family Rebuts Premeditated Murder Allegations - VOA
TV Show Featuring Slain 'Blade Runner' Girlfriend Airs in South Africa - VOA
South.African Celebrities Who Faced Their Day in Court - AP
Americas
Cuba’s Outsized Role in Venezuela as Chavez Fights Cancer - WP
Venezuela Kidnap 'Kingpin' Extradited - BBC
Cuban Dissident Blogger Starts World Tour - AP
FARC Releases Colombian Soldier - BBC
President Correa Handily Wins Re-election in Ecuador - NYT
Ecuador President Correa Easily Wins Reelection - LAT
Ecuador President Wins Re-Election - BBC
Exit Poll Shows Ecuador's Correa Wins Re-election - Reuters
Ecuador's Correa Breezes to 2nd Re-election - AP
Ecuador's Correa: From Boyhood Leader to Firebrand President - Reuters
Asia / Pacific
Rising Voices in S. Korea, Japan Advocate Nuclear Weapons - VOA
N, Korea Tells China it Plans 1-2 More Nuclear Tests this Year - WT
N. Korea: Kim Jong Eun Follows Father’s Path - WP
Panetta Condemns North Korean Test, Calls Regime Danger to US - AFPS
South Korea - USFK Commander Says Bases Consolidated by 2016 - S&S
Japanese PM to Meet with Obama Next Friday - AP
Social Media Gives Indonesian Women New Voice - AP
2 Charged in Papua New Guinea 'Witch' Killing - AP
Europe
Secretary of State Kerry, Russia’s Lavrov Finally Speak - WP
Russia Scientists Call for Action After Space Rock Blast - LAT
In Russia, Ruins and Property Spared by Meteor, Side by Side - NYT
Meteor-Broken Windows in Russian City Being Fixed - AP
Russia to Try Dead Lawyer for Corruption - BBC
After a Short, Rocky Campaign, Armenians Vote Monday for President - VOA
Incumbent in Front Before Armenian Election - AP
Kosovo Marks 5 Years Since Secession, Vows to Join EU, NATO - VOA
Runoff Called in Cyprus' Presidential Election - AP
Bulgarians Protest Foreign Power Companies - AP
South Asia
Bomb Targeting Minority Shiites a Failure of Pakistan Security - VOA
Shiite Protesters Demand Arrests After Deadly Bombing in Pakistan - NYT
Anger Over Pakistan Blast 'Failures' - BBC
Pakistan Faces Growing Anger Over Sectarian Bombings - Reuters
Shiites Lash Out After Pakistan Bombing Kills 81 - AP
Blast, Shooting at Compound of Gov’t Official in Pakistan's Peshawar - Reuters
Kashmir Lifts Curfew - VOA
Bangladesh Protests Spark Law Change - BBC
Bangladesh's Parliament Amends War Crimes Law - AP
Bangladesh Amends War Crimes Law, Mulls Banning Islamists - Reuters