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Afghanistan
Afghan War’s End May Help Close Guantanamo Bay - WP
DOD to Shift Air Transit From Manas to Romania - S&S
US Signs Deal to Use Romanian Base for Afghanistan Pullout - BBC
Pentagon Shifting Logistics Hub to Romania From Kyrgyzstan - Reuters
Suicide Bombers Attack International Convoy in Kabul - NYT
Afghan Militants Attack ISAF Convoy - BBC
Taliban Attack Breaks Months of Quiet in Kabul - Reuters
2 Civilians Dead in Kabul Attack Near Housing For Foreigners - LAT
Iran
Reports: US Considering Easing Iran Sanctions Pain - VOA
Iran Calls West to Task on Nuclear Row - UPI
Iran's FM Says Israel Seeks to Undermine Nuclear Talks - AP
Ill and Long Isolated, Iranian Opposition Leaders Smell Freedom - VOA
Iran’s Hard-Liners See Threat to Battle Cry - NYT
Tehran’s Choices - WP Opinion
Time for Scholars to Examine Iranian Opposition - UPI Opinion
Letter From an Iranian Prison - WT Opinion
Syria
Al-Qaida Group Changes Shape of Civil War - UPI
Moderate Syrian Rebels Feel Squeeze - WP
Syrian Opposition Undecided on Attending Talks - Reuters
Syria Must Allow Aid Convoys to Starving Civilians, Says US - BBC
A Top Syrian Intelligence Officer Is Killed in Fighting - NYT
Jets Bomb E. Syrian City After Intelligence General Killed - VOA
UN Creates Joint Mission With OPCW for Syria - UPI
UNHCR: Syrian Refugees Need Safe Harbor Beyond Region - Reuters
Amnesty International: Syrian Refugees Harassed in Egypt - UPI
Syrian Rebels Release 9 Lebanese Hostages - LAT
Lebanese Hostages in Syria 'Freed' - BBC
Personality Trumps Policy - WP Opinion
Terrorism / Counterterrorism
US Army Hones Antiterror Strategy for Africa, in Kansas - NYT
Afghan War’s End May Help Close Guantanamo Bay - WP
Norwegian May Be Linked to Kenya Mall Siege - VOA
In Kenya Inquiry, Norway Looks at Somali Migrant - NYT
Norwegian-Somali Identified as Kenya Mall Attacker - AP
Norwegian-Somali 'Radicalized' Before Mall Attack - AP
Uganda Police on Alert for 'Westgate-Style Attack' - VOA
US Court: Man in Terrorism Case Was Going to Pakistan - AP
The Future of Counterterrorism - WP Opinion
The al-Shabaab Westgate Raid: A Forewarning - UPI Opinion
US Department of Defense
Tampa to Become Epicenter of International Special Operations Coordination - TT
Fiscal Uncertainty Haunts US Defense Department - UPI
Special Ops Command Seeks Prototypes for ‘Iron Man Suit' - AFPS
TRADOC Commander: Train on Ability, Regardless of Gender - DO Opinion
Will the Army Ever Buy the V-22 Osprey? - DT Opinion
US Intelligence Community
Snowden: 'Zero Chance' China, Russia Got Classified Information - VOA
United States
Jeh Johnson Nominated as Homeland Security Secretary - WP
Homeland Security Choice Suggests Priority Shift - AP
Bill to End Shutdown Makes Possible 1 Percent Raise for Civilians - S&S
Democrats Aim to Restore Immigration to the Agenda - NYT
Obama's Diplomatic Comeback - LAT Editorial
United Nations
Saudi Arabia Turns Down UN Security Council Spot - VOA
Saudi Arabia Rejects Security Council Seat - NYT
Saudi Arabia Rejects Seat on UN Security Council - AP
UN 'Not Notified' of Saudi Arabia Snub - BBC
Many US Senators Oppose Ratifying UN Arms Trade Treaty - VOA
UN Investigator Presses US to Publish Drone Attack Data - BBC
Africa
US Army Hones Antiterror Strategy for Africa, in Kansas - NYT
An Increasing US Focus on Africa, But is it a 'Pivot'? - S&S
Nigeria's Military Killing Thousands of Detainees - AP
Mali's Fight With Militants is Far From Over - TG
Chaos in CAR Prevents Life-Saving Aid From Reaching Needy - VOA
More Than 50 Republic of Congo Soldiers Releases By Angola - AP
UN Helicopter Comes Under Rebel Fire in East Congo - AP
ICC Partially Excuses Kenyan Leader from Trial - VOA
Kenya’s Kenyatta 'Excused Most of ICC Trial' - BBC
HRW: Ethiopian Government Uses Torture as Political Tool - VOA
Guinea Ruling Party 'Wins' Parliamentary Poll - BBC
Americas / Caribbean
Colombia's ELN Rebels Release Oil Workers - Reuters
Panama to Decide Fate of North Korean Ship Crew - AP
Corruption in Peru Aids Cutting of Rain Forest - NYT
Brazil Army to Guard Oil Rights Sale - BBC
Ship in Guyana-Venezuela Dispute Released - AP
Asia / Pacific
US Army Increases Commitment to Pacific Re-Balance - DODB
Helo Unit Among First to Try 9-Month Rotational to S. Korea - S&S
“Scholar” Sea Change Needed in US Policy on North Korea - UPI
China Hosts North Korean Youth Delegation - UPI
China Outraged as Japanese Lawmakers Visit WWII Shrine - VOA
China Rebukes Dalai Lama for Seeking Tibetan Independence - Reuters
China Sacks Mayor of Nanjing City - Reuters
Chinese University Fires Outspoken Economist Amid Crackdown - Reuters
One Killed, Six Injured in Burma Bombings - UPI
Burma Bombings Aimed at Scaring Foreign Investors - AP
Cambodian Opposition Leader Declares Political 'Stalemate' - VOA
Soaring Crime Rate Takes a Growing Malaysia by Surprise - NYT
John Kerry on Forging a Pacific Future - LAT Opinion
Europe
Britain Looks to Fracking as North Sea Oil Dwindles - NYT
Turkey's 'Anti-Terror' Law Casts Increasingly Wide Net - VOA
Middle East / North Africa
Al Qaeda Strikes Fear Into Iraq's Govt-Backed Sunni Militia - Reuters
Bomb in Street Full of Shoppers Kills 6 in Iraq - AP
Pentagon to Sell Bunker Busters, Cruise Missiles to Gulf Monarchies - RT
Mayor’s Race in Jerusalem Shows a City Divided - WP
Militants Attack Troops in Southern Yemen, Kill 12 - LAT
Suspected Al-Qaida Fighters Kill Yemeni Colonel - AP
Gunmen Kill Security Officer in South Yemen - Reuters
Bahrain Suspected of Stockpiling Tear Gas - UPI
Egyptian 'Rebel' Group Backs Military - VOA
Egypt: Thousands March for Morsi; Policeman Killed in Sinai - Reuters
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Facing Wave of Trials - AP
Gunmen Kill Libya's Military Police Force Commander - VOA
Gunmen Assassinate Libya Commander - BBC
Tunisia's Ruling Islamists See Elections in Six Months - Reuters
Tunisian President Booed Over Police Deaths - AP
Libya: Talk About Political Dysfunction - NYT Opinion
Egypt’s Stolen Heritage - WP Opinion
South Asia
India, China Near Pact to Keep Lid on Border Tension - VOA
India Arrests Crew of US-Owned Anti-Piracy Ship - VOA
India Arrests 35 aboard US-Owned Vessel Reportedly Carrying Weapons - LAT
India Police Arrest Crew of US Ship - BBC
Drones, Afghanistan to Top Agenda During Pakistani Leader Trip to US - VOA
Pakistan Polio Outbreak Imperils Global Eradication - VOA
A Sri Lankan Journalist Eagerly Toes the Line - NYT
Maldives Presidential Election Could be Canceled - VOA