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Afghanistan
US General Puts Troops on Security Alert After Karzai Remarks - NYT
Residents Take On the Taliban in Volatile Panjwai District - S&S
Suicide Bomber Attacks Afghan Buzkashi Sports Fans - BBC
Afghan Politician’s Family Among 8 Killed in Suicide Bombing - LAT
Final Afghanistan-Bound Stryker Brigade Trains for Deployment - AFPS
Officials Urge Tougher Line on Kabul Bank Case Verdicts - NYT
ISAF Operations Summary - AFPS
Syria
Both Sides in Syria Accused of Committing War Crimes - NYT
Rights Groups: Syrian Rebels Often Kill Captives - AP
Iran Steps Up Weapons Lifeline to Syria's Assad - Reuters
Syria Denies Reports of Mass Conscription - LAT
Syrian Children 'Forgotten Victims' of Crisis, Says Aid Group - VOA
Syria's War Affects Generation of Children - AP
A Battle for Syria, One Court at a Time - NYT
Mortar Shells in Damascus Kill 3, Wound 50 - AP
EU Staff Member Killed in Syria - BBC
Middle East / North Africa
Arab World Awaits Obama's Mideast Trip - VOA
Pakistan and Iran Pipeline: US Sees Pipe Dream - WP
10 Years Later, Iraq Falls Short of Citizens' Dreams - DPA
Lebanon’s Sunnis Gird for a Fight - NYT
Israeli Parties Strike Coalition Deal - NYT
Egypt Won't Permit Film on Egyptian Jews - VOA
Obama Meets Libyan Premier and Names Envoy - NYT
6 Months Post-Benghazi, Obama Taps New Libya Envoy - AP
US Department of Defense
Cuts Harm Programs Sustaining All-Volunteer Force, Official Says - AFPS
Carter Reassures Defense Industry Amid Budget Uncertainty - AFPS
DOD’s Top Doctor Details Sequester’s Effect on Health System - AFPS
F-35 Production on Track, Program Chief Says - AFPS
Fiscal Year Recruiting Numbers Remain Strong Through January - AFPS
Victims of Sex Abuse in Military Urge Reforms - LAT
Sex Assault Survivors Criticize Military Culture, Justice System - S&S
Defense Department Broke With Tradition in Creating Drone Medal - S&S
Military Rethinking Leads to Some Hard Choices - WP opinion
United States
Lawmakers Concerned About Cyber Threats to Critical US Infrastructure - VOA
Global Poll Finds World Views of US Leadership Declining - WP
No More Secret Law On Drones - WP opinion
Secrets No President Should Keep - LAT opinion
Vatican
Cardinals Break with Tradition in Selection of New Pontiff - VOA
New Pope Shifts Church’s Center of Gravity Away From Europe - NYT
Francis is First New World Pope - LAT
First Latin American Pope Represents Cultural Bridge - WP
Pope Francis's Challenging Papacy Begins - BBC
Entrenched Troubles at Vatican Await a New Pope - NYT
A Pope So Retro as to Seem Oddly New - WP
Africa
Senior Official: US Military Will Maintain Low-Key Africa Presence - AFPS
Malian Press Continues Strike for Release of Arrested Editor - VOA
Botswana Denies Strained Relations With Kenya - VOA
In Nigeria, Child Brides, Child Workers Denied Education - VOA
Nigeria Pardons Presidential Ally - BBC
Nigeria Pardons Ex-Governor Jailed for Corruption - VOA
Malawians Charged with Treason - BBC
Zimbabweans in S. Africa Upset at Being Left Out of Vote - VOA
Awkward Choice for President in Kenya - NYT editorial
Americas
Latin America Sees Change Under Region's 1st Pope - AP
Pope Francis Thrills Argentina Faithful, But Not Government - LAT
Venezuela Says US 'Far-Right' Wants to Kill Capriles - Reuters
Venezuela Plans New Measures to Improve Dollar Supply - Reuters
Venezuela Says Embalming of Chavez' Body 'Unlikely' - BBC
Guatemala Judge Denies Ex-Dictator's Amnesty Claim - AP
Cross Cuba Off the Blacklist - LAT editorial
Asia / Pacific
Obama Urges N. Korea to End Nuclear, Missile Testing - VOA
Neutral Observer Urges Koreas to Tone Down Threats - S&S
North Korea Makes First Mention of South's New President - VOA
North Korea Hurls Barb at President of the South - NYT
N. Korea's Leader Oversees Artillery Fire Near Disputed Islands - Reuters
Obama Upbraids China Over Cyber Attacks - BBC
China Parliament Formally Elects Xi Jinping President - Reuters
Xi Jinping Named China President - BBC
Anti-Nuclear Energy Activists Becoming More Vocal in Taiwan - VOA
Burma: Suu Kyi Supports Villagers' Right to Protest Mine - VOA
North Korea High-Stakes Game - WP opinion
How to Deal with North Korea - WP opinion
Europe
Active-Duty US Troops to Deploy to Kosovo for First Time in a Decade - S&S
Kurdish Rebels Free Eight Turkish Captives - VOA
Kurdish Rebels Free 8 Turks, Fueling Peace Talks - NYT
Turkey's Kurds See Best Hope Yet of End to Three-Decade War - Reuters
South Asia
India Bars Italian Envoy From Leaving in Marines Dispute - Reuters
India Bars Italy Envoy From Leaving - BBC
Indian Court Demands Italy Answer for Marine Flap - AP
UN Survey Finds 6 Million Pakistani Drug Users - VOA