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Afghanistan
In Lieu of Security Pact, NATO Must Remain Flexible - S&S
Watchdog: US Reconstruction Funds Go Unspent in Afghanistan - S&S
Taliban: Kabul Attack Highlights Mujahedin Support - UPI
Afghan Forces Winning Tough Fight Against Taliban - AFPS
Afghanistan Cracks Down on Commercials That Favor US Troops - Reuters
7 Civil Affairs Soldiers at Fort Bragg to be Honored for Valor - FO
Resolute Support Planning Continues, Options Still Open - AFPS
NATO Personnel Making it Matter in Afghanistan - AFPS
Pilot, High Risk Blamed in Crash - HSA
Iraq
Iraqi Leader Says Sunnis See Opportunity in Anbar Crisis - WP
US Developing Plans to Train Iraqis in Jordan - AP
Iran
Rouhani Says Iran Wants Nuclear Deal, Investment - VOA
Rouhani: Iran Has ‘Serious Will’ to Reach Nuclear Accord - WP
US Warns Against Business With Iran - NYT
US 'Cautions' Businesses over Iran - BBC
Financing Death: Iran's 'War on Drugs - UPI Opinion
Syria
Syria Talks Expected to Proceed, but in Pared-down Form - WP
After Shaky Beginning, Sides Report Progress at Syria Peace Talks - NYT
Syrian Peace Talks Yield Hard Stances, Slight Hope - AP
Syria Talks Move to Crucial Stage - VOA
Peace Talks Draw Syrian Opposition, Government Apart - AP
Kerry Says Syria's Assad Not Ready to Go Yet - Reuters
Syrian Opposition Demands a Future Without Assad - Reuters
UN Seeks to Bridge Syria Divide - BBC
London Extends Hand to Syrian Opposition - UPI
US and Iran Offer Clashing Accounts of the Civil War in Syria - NYT
Kerry: Assad a 'One-Man Super Magnet' for Terror - AP
Al-Qaida Chief Calls for Syrian Rebels to Stop Infighting - VOA
Zawahiri Seeks to End Infighting Among Syrian Militants - WP
Report: White House Made Aware of Syria Torture Photos in Nov. - S&S
Sochi, Russia \ Winter Olympics
Russia Says Ignore 'Provocative' Messages Threatening Olympics - VOA
NATO
Military Chiefs Look to NATO’s Future - AFPS
US Department of Defense
Hagel Orders Independent Review of Nuclear Force - WP
Hagel Ordering Full Review of Nuclear Force - AP
Hagel Orders Nuclear Forces Review - BBC
Report: DOD Considering Slashing Commissaries Budget - S&S
Judge Orders Media Video Turned over in Naval Academy Sex Assault Case - S&S
US Intelligence Community
Study Finds US Not ‘Equipped’ to Detect Nuclear Programs - NYT
US Privacy Panel: NSA Phone Data Tracking Illegal, Should End - VOA
Independent Board Says NSA Phone Program Should End - WP
Government Review Panel Urges End to Phone Data Spy Program - AP
US Spying Illegal, Panel Advises - BBC
The Hidden History of the CIA’s Prison in Poland - WP
Snowden Denies Stealing Passwords to Access Secret Files - WP
Snowden Sees No Chance of Fair Trial - BBC
Snowden Says He Can't Return to US, Urges Whistleblower Protection - Reuters
End the Phone Data Sweeps - NYT Editorial
United States
US Sues KBR for Defrauding Army in Iraq - Reuters
40 Percent of Firm’s Security Checks Were Incomplete - WP
Obama Expected to Use State of Union to Boost Political Fortunes - VOA
Texas Executes Mexican National Despite International Pressure - VOA
Our Complex President - WP Opinion
World
Report: Freedom Declined Worldwide in 2013 - VOA
Africa
Looting in CAR Capital as New President Sworn In - VOA
At Least 16 Killed as CAR Swears in New Leader - Reuters
CAR Peacekeepers Struggle to Quell Violence - UPI
CAR Civilians Living in Fear, ICRC Says - UPI
For US Forces, Delivering Peacekeepers to the CAR is No Easy Task - S&S
South Sudan Cease-Fire Signed After More Than a Month of Fighting - NYT
South Sudan Factions Sign Ceasefire - VOA
South Sudan Rivals Sign Ceasefire - BBC
South Sudan ‘Committed’ to Peace after Ceasefire Agreement - VOA
Sudan: UN Says 400,000 Fled Darfur Violence Last Year - AP
Ghana Promises to Send Troops to South Sudan - VOA
Rwanda Rejects UN Experts' Report on Rebel Group - AP
Angolan Navy Hunting 'Pirates' - BBC
ICC Delays Kenyan President's Trial - VOA
Kenya: ICC Delays Kenyatta Trial Start - BBC
S. Africa Strike Hits More than Half Global Platinum Production - VOA
Americas / Caribbean
Mexican President Says Texas Execution Sets 'Bad Precedent' - Reuters
Panama Canal Halt Threat Put Off Until Next Month - AP
Chile President-Elect's Reform Plans Have Broad Backing - Reuters
Argentine Peso Fall Worst Since 2002 - BBC
Cuban Vendors, in Rare Move, Stage a Protest - NYT
Asia / Pacific
Locklear: PACOM Keys Capabilities to 21st-century Asia-Pacific - AFPS
Obama’s Asia Rebalance Falls Foul of China-Japan Stand-off - WP
Abe: China-Japan Ties 'Similar' to Britain and Germany Before WWI - VOA
China Says Japan's Abe Evading History with World War Remark - Bloomberg
US Military Sees Risks in China-Japan Tensions, Seeks Restraint - Reuters
China Puts More Anti-Corruption Activists on Trial - VOA
US Call for China Activists' Release - BBC
3 Dead in Clash at Police Station in Western China, Report Says - NYT
Thailand Protest Leader Rejects Emergency Decree - VOA
Thailand Court to Rule on Delaying Feb. 2 Vote - AP
Burma Mobs 'Kill 30 Rohingyas' - BBC
UN: Burma Buddhists Killed More Than 40 Muslims - AP
Europe
Truce in Ukrainian Capital As President Meets With Opposition Leaders - VOA
Ukraine Cease-Fire Is Met With Reports of Brutality - NYT
In Ukraine, No Breakthrough, but a Glimmer of One - WP
Ukraine Crisis Talks 'Raise Hopes' - BBC
Ukraine Opposition Urges Continued Truce - AP
Ukraine's Yanukovich Spurns Opposition, More Barricades Go Up - Reuters
Protesters Storm Governors' Offices in Ukraine - AP
US Warns Ukraine Against Further Bloodshed - VOA
Court in Russia Says Associate Of Ex-Oil Tycoon Should Be Freed - NYT
UN Court Trims Sentences of Serbs in Kosovo Case - AP
Take on Turkey - WP Opinion
Middle East / North Africa
Plans are on for USMC Quick Reaction Force in Middle East - USAT
Israel Fear of Jihadist Raids Mounts after 'Plot to Hit US Embassy' - UPI
Palestinians Dismiss Israeli al-Qaida Plot Claim - AP
US Looking into Israeli Threat Claims - UPI
Al-Qaida Wages Assassination War Against Yemen's Spy Services - UPI
Egypt's Brotherhood Clings to 2011 Revolution - UPI
Egypt's President: Police State Has Ended - AP
Amnesty Raps Egypt over 'Abuses' - BBC
Gunmen Kill 5 Egyptian Police - VOA
Egypt: 5 Police Killed at Checkpoint - VOA
Tunisia's Assembly Finishes New Constitution - Reuters
Death Toll From South Libya Tribal Clashes Hits 86 - AP
No Democratic Transition in Egypt - WP Opinion
South Asia
India's Main Opposition Party Set to Be Biggest in Election - Reuters
India: Thirteen Arrested in West Bengal Gang-Rape Case - VOA
Village Council in India Accused of Ordering Rape - NYT