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Afghanistan
Analysis: Karzai Hits US Anew But Ties Remain - AP
Karzai’s Air-Support Ban Blamed for Afghan Troop Casualties - AP
Dunford: Uncertainty Poses Greatest Risk to Transition - AFPS
Taliban Succeeding With Messaging, Dunford Says - S&S
Apparent Insider Attack Kills 2 Americans, 2 Afghans - AFPS
Afghan, NATO Troops Killed in Insider Attack - VOA
At Least 2 US Troops, 5 Afghans Killed in ‘Insider Attack’ - WP
Insider Attack Kills Several in Afghanistan - NYT
Insider Attack Kills 2 US Troops, 2 Afghan Police - AP
5 US Troops Die in Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan - AP
Hagel Offers Observations After Meeting With Karzai - AFPS
Senior Official: Hagel Found Afghanistan Visit ‘Extremely Informative’ - AFPS
Roving Checkpoints Keep an Eye on Afghan-Pakistan Border Activity - S&S
Angry Afghan Villagers Want US Special Forces Out - AP
2 Afghan Sisters, Swept Up in a Suicide Wave - NYT
ISAF Operations Summary - AFPS
A Post-Karzai Afghanistan - WP editorial
Syria
EU Foreign Ministers Discuss Syria - VOA
France, Germany at Odds Over Lifting Syrian Arms Embargo - Reuters
UN: Deadly Abuses Intensify in Syria as War Worsens - Reuters
Mortar Shells Hit Damascus Neighborhood, Killing 6 - AP
UN Peacekeepers Held in Syria Reach Israel - Reuters
Lebanon Says World Must Shoulder Syrian Refugee Burden - Reuters
Is Syria a Real Country? - TNI opinion
Middle East / North Africa
EU Tightens Iran Sanctions for Rights Violations - AP
Pakistan Starts Work on Iranian Gas Line Opposed by US - Reuters
Pakistan-Iran Gas Link Defies US - BBC
Iran Blocks Way to Bypass Internet Filtering System - NYT
Attacks in Iraq Kill 12 People, Officials Say - AP
Shots Fired During Iraq-Kuwait Border Protest - Reuters
UN Disputes Gaza Strike on BBC Man's House - BBC
UN: Palestinian Militants Likely Killed Gaza Baby - AP
Egypt's Fuel Crisis Adds to Its Economic Woes - AP
Egyptians Protest Death of Christian in Libya - AP
Libyan Mufti Criticizes UN Document on Women - AP
New Cabinet Vote Set Amid Tunisia Unrest - VOA
Iran Crisis More Stable than It Seems - FT opinion
The End of the Two-State Solution - TNR opinion
US Department of Defense
Hagel Dogged by Problems as He Settles in as Defense Secretary - S&S
Hagel Ends First Overseas Trip as Defense Secretary - NYT
Moving Okinawa Marines Could Take 13 More Years - S&S
Combat Stress Felt Far From Front Lines - AP
Three Dead in Navy Plane Crash Near Harrington, Wash. - SR
Hagel Orders Review of UCMJ Sex Assault Rules After Wilkerson Case - S&S
Furloughs Can Begin April 26, DOD Comptroller Says - AFPS
Senators Ask Hagel to Downgrade New Military Medal - WP
Hagel Stands by Ranking of Drone Medal - S&S
Accused Brig. Gen. Sinclair Fights Court of Public Opinion Online - FO
United States
Senate to Get Annual Update on Most Serious Worldwide Threats - S&S
Defense Industry Giants Turn to Women - WP
Economic Realities Sap Zeal for US Nuclear Renaissance - WP
America Isn’t Ready for a Cyberwar - WP editorial
America's Outsourced War - NJ opinion
Fine Print: Next Budget Steps? - WP opinion
United Kingdom
British Judge Delays Abu Qatada Deportation Decision - Reuters
British Politician and Ex-Wife Sentenced to Prison - NYT
Vatican
Cardinals Count Down to Conclave With Final Talks - AP
Conclave to Have Strict Protocol, Uncertain Length - WP
A Strict Adherence to Ritual and Secrecy in Election of Pope - NYT
Schedule of Voting During the Papal Conclave - AP
Heavy Workload Awaits Next Pope; Church in Turmoil - AP
Hurt by Scandals, Papacy’s Mystical Era May Be Over - WP
Photos: The Vatican's Famous 'White Smoke' Stove - WP
Recipe for Conclave’s Black and White Smoke Remains a Mystery - NYT
Africa
Nigerian Islamists Increasingly Turn Guns on the West - Reuters
Kenyan Reaction to Kenyatta Victory Decidedly Mixed - VOA
Kenyan Reaction to Disputed Election Far Calmer Than Last Time - NYT
ICC Drops Case Against Kenyan Violence Suspect - VOA
ICC Drops Case Against Kenyan Suspect - AP
Congo Says Agreement Not Likely With Rebel Group - AP
Liberia President Shuffles Cabinet, Cites Need for 'Competence' - Reuters
Malawi Arrests Over 'Anti-Joyce Banda Coup Plot' - BBC
UN’s Ban Ki-Moon Wants Ireland's Robinson for Key Africa Post - Reuters
Americas
Chávez Heir Faces Challenge in Ties With Venezuela Armed Forces - NYT
Hand-Picked Chavez Successor Registers in Venezuela Election - AP
Capriles, Maduro at Each Other’s Throats in Venezuela Election - VOA
Venezuela's Political Divisions Spill Into Streets - AP
Venezuela's Maduro: From Bus Driver to Chavez's Successor - Reuters
Analysis: After Chavez, Latin America's Ideological Battle May Ease - Reuters
US Kicks Out Two Venezuelan Diplomats - WT
US Expels Two Venezuelan Diplomats in Tit-for-Tat - WP
Venezuela: Last Anti-Chavez TV Station to Be Sold - AP
Northern Mexico Newspaper Says No Drug Coverage - AP
Mexico Moves Against TV, Telephone Tycoons - AP
Falklands Vote to Stay UK Territory - BBC
Falkland Islanders Vote to Remain Part of Britain - NYT
Falklands Vote Shows 99.8 Pct Want to Stay British - AP
Falkland Islanders Vote Overwhelmingly to Keep British Rule - Reuters
Cuban Media Carry Rare Interview With US Diplomat - AP
Dissident Cuban Blogger Goes on Tour - WP
Clinton Awards More Than $700,000 to Haiti Farms - AP
Asia / Pacific
North Korea Nullifies Armistice, Key Resolve Kicks Off - AFPS
South Korea, US Stage Military Drills - AP
North Korea Declares 1953 War Truce Nullified - NYT
N. Korea Says it Has Scrapped Armistice that Ended War - WP
North Korea Scraps Armistice Amid Heightened Saber Rattling - CNN
North Korea Apparently Severs Hotline With South - VOA
North Korea Stops Answering Hotline With South - S&S
US Expands North Korea Sanctions - BBC
US Demands That China End Hacking and Set Cyber Rules - NYT
US to China: Stop Corporate Spying - WP
China Politics Keep Central Bank Hawks at Bay, for Now - Reuters
China's Political Advisers Pledge Fealty to Party - AP
China Parliament Delegates Speak Out Against Corruption, Red Tape - Reuters
China Plans to Send Surveyors to Disputed Islands - AP
Pacom Promotes Regional Cyber Capabilities, Defenses - AFPS
Obama Went Soft on China's Cyber War - FB opinion
The Real Story Behind China's Military - TD opinion
Nuclear Neighbors for North Korea? - NYT opinion
Europe
Hungary Defies Critics Over New Law - BBC
South Asia
Italy Blocks Indian Trial of Marines - BBC
Italy Marines Will Not Return to India Over Killings - Reuters
Family Believes India Rape Suspect Was Killed - NYT
Death of India Rape Defendant Probed - WP
India Laments Rape Case 'Lapse' - BBC
Roadside Bomb Kills 3 Soldiers in Pakistan Tribal District - NYT