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Ukraine
Crimea Plans a Vote to Secede From Ukraine as Discord Rises - NYT
Crimea to Vote to Split From Ukraine, Join Russia - AP
Obama: Crimea Secession Vote is Unconstitutional - WP
US Slaps Putin With Sanctions, Restrictions on Visas - WT
Obama Opposes Crimea Referendum, Orders Sanctions - VOA
Obama Pushes Putin on Crimea Talks - BBC
DOD Supports US, Allied Response to Russia-Ukraine Crisis - AFPS
Obama Phones Putin About Ukraine; Putin Says Differences Remain - VOA
Obama's Talk With Russia's Putin on Ukraine - LAT
Ukraine Crisis Upends West's View of Russian President Putin - LAT
10 Lies? Russians Fire Back - NYT
Putin: Ukraine Move in Line With International Law - AP
Russia, US Still Far Apart on Ukraine, Says Putin - Reuters
EU React: Visa Talks Suspension Over Crimea Referendum Plans - VOA
EU Slaps Initial Sanctions on Russia - AP
NATO Cancels Russia Activities, Steps Up Ukraine Military Cooperation - S&S
Steeped in Its Bloody History, Crimea Again Embracing Resistance - NYT
Opinions on Ukraine From American and Western Media - VOA Roundup
New Pentagon Strategy A Good Fit For Ukraine Crisis - Forbes Opinion
The West Must Stand Up to Russia - WP Opinion
The US Retreats - WP Opinion
Course Change? - WP Opinion
Making Putin Pay - WP Opinion
Natural Gas as a Diplomatic Tool - NYT Opinion
Russia’s Penalty - WP Opinion
Ukraine's Crisis of Legitimacy - FA Opinion
A Bailout for Ukrainians, by Ukrainians? - LAT Opinion
The Wages of Weakness - WP Opinion
What Russians Think of the Intervention in Ukraine - FA Opinion
Ukraine Fights for Its Truth - NYT Opinion
Afghanistan
Despite Massive Taliban Death Toll No Drop in Insurgency - VOA
Afghan Forces Struggle to Combat Explosives Threat - WP
Austin: Afghan Government ‘At Risk’ Without International Forces - AFPS
Transition, Progress Mark Commander’s Year in Afghanistan - AFPS
NATO Airstrike Kills 5 Afghan Soldiers - WP
NATO Airstrike Kills 5 Afghan Soldiers - BBC
US Military Offers Condolences After 5 Afghan Soldiers Killed in Airstrike - LAT
Former German Army Translators Fear Retribution - AP
Karzai's Brother Drops Out of Afghan Presidential Race - VOA
Terrorism / Counterterrorism
Abu Ghaith Urged Qaeda Recruits to 'Pledge' to Bin Laden - Reuters
Declassify the Torture Report - WP Editorial
Is This How the War on Terror Ends? - Atlantic Opinion
US Department of Defense
DOD Budget Request Adapts to Fiscal Realities, Hagel Says - AFPS
Hagel Outlines Compensation Reform Proposals in Budget Request - AFPS
Program Executive Officer Describes F-35 Progress - AFPS
DOD’s Top Doc Outlines Medical Advances - AFPS
Botched Recovery Mission Didn't Follow JPAC's Own Protocol - S&S
Bill to Remove Commanders From Sex Assault Prosecutions Fails - S&S
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair Admits Guilt on 3 Counts; Denies Sex Assault - LAT
Facing Sexual Assault Trial, General Pleads Guilty to Misconduct - NYT
Army’s Top Sex-Crimes Prosecutor Faces Groping Allegation - WP
US Army Sex Assault Prosecutor Suspended for 'Groping' - BBC
West Point Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Videotaping Female Cadets - NYT
Civilian Charged With Stealing From Navy Denies Guilt - S&S
Two Marines Relieved Over Pendleton Explosion That Killed 4 - S&S
The Wrong Way to Measure Strength - USN&WR Opinion
Bring on the Frigate: LCS Is Outgunned, Outclassed - RCD Opinion
United States
US Unlikely to Accept That Rights Treaty Applies to Its Actions Abroad - NYT
Russia Experts See Thinning Ranks’ Effect on US Policy - NYT
Senate Turf Fight Hurts Obama’s Diplomatic Picks - WP
CIA Launches Probe of Possible Spying on US Senate Staffers - VOA
United Kingdom
British Defense Strategy Missing in Action - Economist Editorial
Africa
Africom Commander: Terror Threat Remains Across Africa - AFPS
CAR Urges UN to Dispatch Peacekeeping Force - VOA
CAR: UN Force Needed for Survival - AP
Repairs Begin in CAR After Year of Massive Looting - VOA
DR Congo Warlord Faces ICC Verdict - BBC
Congo Warlord Verdict a Test for Flagging International Court - Reuters
Islamists 'Lose' Key Somalia Town - BBC
Nigeria's New Opposition Party Launches Platform - VOA
Observers Worry About Ghana's ‘Dangerous’ Political Rivalry - VOA
Pressure Mounts to Release Names of Malawi ‘Cashgate’ Suspects - VOA
Americas / Caribbean
UN Voices Concern Over Reports of Excessive Force in Venezuela - NYT
2 Dead as Venezuelans Clash at Protest Barricades - AP
Two Dead in Venezuela Violence as Protests Drag On - Reuters
Venezuela Says 2 Mayors Face Charges of Failing to Maintain Order - LAT
Venezuela Expels Panama Diplomats - BBC
Colombian Paramilitaries Set for Release - AP
Violence Against Women 'Pandemic' in Mexico - Reuters
Cuba Agrees to Open Talks with EU - BBC
Asia / Pacific
Chinese Governor Signals Crackdown on Separatists - NYT
China Warns Prominent Internet Users Over Kunming Attack - Reuters
Japan: No North Korea Aid Until Abduction Issue Resolved - VOA
North Korea Rejects Plans for More Family Reunions - NYT
Senior North Korean Official Reappears, Belies Reports of Another Purge - Reuters
Human Rights Group Accuses Vietnam of Leading SE Asia in Political Prisoners - VOA
2 People Shot, Wounded Near Thai Protest Site - AP
Thailand Told to Probe Navy Over Trafficking Claim - AP
Asia's Trilateral Trade Talks - NYT Editorial
Five Ways China Spies - NI Opinion
Europe
Turkey Ergenekon: Coup Plot General Wins Court Appeal - BBC
Russian Revisionism - FA Opinion
Middle East / North Africa
Official: DOD Strives for Middle East Stability, Security - AFPS
Security Experts: Iraq Needs US Help in Combating Increasing Violence - VOA
Bombings, Clashes in Iraq Kill at Least 42 - AP
Battle for Syrian Rebel Town Erases Lebanon Border - AP
Car Bombs in Central Syria Kill 17 - AP
US Faces Israeli, Saudi Concerns Over Iran Nuclear Talks - VOA
Israel: With Netanyahu, Obama Plays Bad Cop to Kerry’s Good Cop - NYT
Abbas Aide: Extension of Mideast Talks Unlikely - AP
Tunisia Lifts 3-Year State of Emergency - NYT
Tunisia Ends State of Emergency After 3 Years - AP
Egypt Pulls Ambassador From Qatar - NYT
Entrepreneurship Grows in Egypt's Flailing Economy - AP
Western Countries Alarmed as Libya Slides Towards Chaos - VOA
World Diplomats Seek to Stabilize Libya - AP
Niger Extradites Gaddafi's Son to Libya - VOA
Niger Extradites Gaddafi's Son to Libya - BBC
Defining the Jewish State - NYT Opinion
South Asia
India Kashmir: 66 Muslim Students Expelled for Cheering Pakistan Cricket - AP