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Afghanistan
Reports: DOD Wants 10K Troops or None in Post-2014 Afghanistan - S&S
Iraq
Fleeing Sunnis Seek Refuge Among Shiites in Divided Iraq - WP
Ban Leans on Iraqi Leaders to Contain Violence - UPI
Iran
Iran's Nuclear Stockpile May Rise for Now Despite Deal With Powers - VOA
Iran Nuclear Deal Opens Doors for Students - VOA
Secret F-35 Fighter Jet Papers Found in Shipment to Iran - LAT
New Push Made to Free American While Iran at Negotiating Table - NYT
UN Expresses Alarm Over Iranian Executions - VOA
Iran Angered by Attack in Yemen - UPI
Syria
Syrian Peace Talks Open With Vitriol, as Official Rails at Rebels - NYT
Syrians Blast Kerry at Talks, Say Assad Won’t Give Up Power - WP
Peace Talks on Syria Stuck over Assad's Future - AP
Gulf Over Assad Blights Syria Talks - BBC
UN Envoy to Meet Two Syrian Sides Thursday - VOA
Kerry Says Plenty of Ways for Iran Still to Join Syria Talks - Reuters
Syrian Refugees Skeptical, Divided Over Peace Talks - VOA
Photo Archive Linked to Torture Unlikely to Alter US Policy on Syria - NYT
Mixed Syrian Town Finds a Frigid, Divided Peace - AP
On Syria, Obama is Leading to Failure - WP Editorial
Fighting Extremism
There is No Single, Unified Enemy - NYT Opinion
Alienated Youth Must Question Fanaticism - NYT Opinion
A More Humanist and Empowering Education - NYT Opinion
Expand NATO’s Influence and Reach - NYT Opinion
Sochi, Russia \ Winter Olympics
European Olympic Committees Receive Threats to Athletes at Sochi Games - VOA
Terrorist Threat to Olympic Teams Called Hoax, Still Adds to Sochi Tension - LAT
Russia Hunts Suspected Female Sochi Bomber - BBC
These Olympics Have a Dangerous Ring - WP Opinion
US Department of Defense
Floating Aircraft Raise Privacy Worries - WP
Report: Double-Loaded Mortar Tube Caused Blast that Killed 7 Marines - S&S
$1B in Air Force Cargo Planes Sent to Boneyard Get New Missions - DDN
In Air Force Missile Corps, a Culture of Cheating - NYT
Obama Calls Military Sexual Assaults ‘Profound Injustice’ - AFPS
DOD Releases New Religious Accommodation Instruction - AFPS
Pentagon OKs Religion-Based Grooming Standards - S&S
Navy Wants to Increase Pay for Sea Duty - S&S
Bob Gates' 'Duty' - UPI Opinion
Will the Air Force Kill its Most Effective Weapon? - Harper’s Opinion
US Intelligence Community
US Officials Harbor Doubts Obama’s NSA Goal Can be Met - WP
NSA Leaker Snowden Rejects Charges He Spied for Russia - VOA
Snowden Denies Russian Intelligence Had Role in Leaks - WP
United States
Row over Texas Execution of Mexican - BBC
Supreme Court Denies Stay of Execution in Texas for Mexican - Reuters
United Kingdom
Women Charged with Terror Offenses - BBC
UK Charges 2 Women With Terror Offenses - AP
Africa
US Africa Summit to Include Nearly 50 Governments - VOA
Egypt Says Not Invited to US Africa Summit - AP
UN Expert: CAR Risks Genocide - AP
UN: CAR Children Forced to Commit Atrocities - Reuters
CAR Peacekeepers Struggle to Quell Violence - UPI
Seven Dead in Tit-For-Tat Killings CAR - Reuters
South Sudan Accuses Opposition of Hospital Deaths - VOA
Ethiopian Troops Join AU Force in Somalia - VOA
Ethiopia Joins Somalia AU Force - BBC
Uganda Army 'Ready for Rapid Action' - BBC
African Union Helping Mali to Finalize Peace Process - VOA
Mob in Nigeria Stones Accused Gays - VOA
CAR: Suddenly, Hope in Africa - NYT Editorial
Nigeria: Blindness at the Top - NYT Opinion
Americas / Caribbean
Venezuela Tightens Currency Controls - BBC
Argentine President Breaks Silence - BBC
Bolivia 'to Build Nuclear Reactor' - BBC
Asia / Pacific
Japan-China Tensions Take Center-Stage With Abe in Davos - Reuters
Japan PM Urges Asia Military Restraint - BBC
Just How Much Does the US Air Force Spy on China? - WIB
Amid Crackdown, Chinese Rights Lawyer Goes on Trial - VOA
China Puts Anti-corruption Activist on Trial - WP
Chinese Activist’s Lawyers Call His Trial Unfair - NYT
Mystery Glitch in China Disrupts at Least 600 Million Internet Users - WP
More Questions than Answers About China Internet Outage - VOA
Japan: Tokyo Governor Poll a Referendum Over Nuke Policy - AP
Thai Protesters Defiant in Face of State of Emergency - VOA
Pro-Gov’t Leader Shot as State of Emergency Begins in Thailand - AP
Member of Thai Election Commission Seeks Postponement of Vote - NYT
Indonesian Terror Mastermind Vows to Continue Jihad - VOA
Europe
Unrest Deepens in Ukraine as Protests Turn Deadly - NYT
Ukrainian President, Opposition Leaders Talk after Clashes Escalate - WP
EU Warns Against Ukraine Violence as Talks Fail to Ease Tensions - VOA
Ukraine Opposition Issues Ultimatum - BBC
Europe, Facing Economic Pain, May Ease Climate Rules - NYT
Italy Issues 90 Mafia Arrest Warrants, Seizes Pizza Restaurants - Reuters
Ukrainian Standoff - NYT Editorial
Middle East / North Africa
Israel Says it Foiled al-Qaeda Plot on US Embassy - AP
Israel 'Arrests al-Qaeda Cell' - BBC
Israel Kills 2 Alleged Militants in Gaza - WP
Israeli Airstrike Kills 2 in Gaza - NYT
Egypt Deeply Divided as Anniversary of Mubarak's Fall Nears - LAT
Renowned Scholar in Egypt Charged with Espionage - NYT
Amnesty: Egypt State Violence at 'Unprecedented' Level Since July - Reuters
Controversial Morocco Rape Law Axed - BBC
Morocco Amends Controversial Rape Law - AP
South Asia
Pakistan: Waziristan Strikes Are Not Start of Offensive - VOA
Bomb Targeting Pakistan Police Patrol Kills 7, Including Boy - AP
Pakistanis Killed Guarding Cyclist - BBC
India Foreign Minister and Kerry Discuss Diplomatic Row - Reuters