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Afghanistan
Fears of Violence, Fraud Cloud Afghan Presidential Election - VOA
War and Unrest Provide for a Scarred Campaign Trail - NYT
Afghans Largely Left to Monitor Own Election - S&S
In Bullet-Ridden Afghan Districts, Free Vote Seems an Empty Promise - NYT
Afghan Presidential Vote May be Different this Time - LAT
Ethnic Divisions Playing Lesser Role in Afghan Elections - S&S
After Afghan Election, Debate Over Post-2014 Troops Continues - DO
The US Military’s Most Crucial Mission Yet in Afghanistan - DO
US Aid Agency Accused of Coverup in Afghanistan - USAT
Afghans Say Pakistani Taliban Border Attacks Rise - AP
Afghanistan or Talibanistan? - AFJ Opinion
4 Reasons Elections Won't Fix Afghanistan - TD Opinion
The April 5th Election is Only The Prelude to Transition - CSIS Opinion
The Campaigns for Kabul - NYT Opinion
Ukraine / Russia / NATO / Europe
US Warship Heading to Black Sea - S&S
US Wrapping Up Black Sea Training With Allies - S&S
NATO's Europe Plans Alarm Russia - BBC
Outgunned Ukraine Strives for Military Overhaul - AP
Russian Air Activity in Baltics Worries Lithuania - S&S
Ukrainian Officials: Protesters Shot Under Yanukovych's Orders - VOA
Ukraine Implicates Ousted President and Russia in Shooting of Protesters - NYT
Ukraine Accuses Police in Deaths of Protesters - WP
Pro-Russian Protests in Ukraine’s East Diminish - WP
Russia: Ukrainians 'Planned Terror' - BBC
Moscow Calls on Ukraine to Pay Down its Gas Debt - WP
US Criticizes Russia's Gas Price Hike for Ukraine - VOA
No War with Russia? Don't Be So Sure - TNI Opinion
Putin Has Given NATO A Reason To Live - EWB Opinion
US Department of Defense
Marines Prepare for Smaller Force - USNI
Air Force's Forgotten Mission (1961) to Mali - WIB
Military One Step Closer to Invisibility Cloaks - DO
The Navy's Newest Destroyer Is a Drone - Bloomberg
Power Failure Downed Predator Returning From Africa Mission - S&S
Stratcom Chief: Trained, Ready Force Key to Combating Threats - AFPS
Betrayed Military Spouses Often Keep Quiet for Fear of Losing Benefits - LAT
Feed the Banker, Starve the Warrior - WOTR Opinion
Events Validate 2 War Strategy & Appropriate Force Structure - EWB Opinion
Time for Women to Join Combat Units - WP Opinion
The Repercussions of Iraq and Afghanistan - WP Opinion
Fort Hood Shooting
Gunman Kills 3 Fellow Soldiers at Fort Hood, Takes Own Life - AFPS
Pentagon Grapples with Dangerous Insider Threats - WP
US Military Probes Latest Fort Hood Shooting - VOA
Despite Past Attack, Security Is Still Spotty at Fort Hood - NYT
What We Know About the Fort Hood Gunman So Far - WP
Fort Hood Officials Focus on Suspect's Mental Health - WSJ
'Argument' Clue to Fort Hood Attack - BBC
Ft. Hood Shooter Saw No Combat, Had No Signs of Terror Ties, Army Says - LAT
Fort Hood Gunman Was Being Treated for Mental Health Issues - S&S
Fort Hood Shooter Described as Introverted, Musical - WP
Ft. Hood Gunman's 'Unstable' Mental State is Scrutinized - LAT
Fort Hood Shooter’s Facebook Page Puts Face to Rampage - ABC
Let Soldiers ‘Carry’ on Base - Politico
CIA / NSA
Senate Panel Votes to Release CIA Interrogation Report - WP
Panel Votes to Reveal How CIA Interrogated - NYT
Senate Panel Votes to Release CIA Torture Report - AP
Germany Opens Hearings on Snowden Scandal - WP
United States
Talk of Freeing Spy for Israel Divides Jews in US - NYT
The US is Still Indispensable - WP Opinion
World
Facing the Crisis: From Global Change to Insurgency - KOW Opinion
Africa
Chad Withdrawing From AU Mission in CAR - VOA
Chad Pulling Out From Peacekeeping Force in CAR - NYT
Chad to Pull Peacekeepers from CAR - BBC
South Sudan Will Starve Without Help, UN Warns - NYT
At Quiet Rebel Base, Plotting an Assault on S. Sudan’s Oil Fields - NYT
Rwanda's Youth Looks Forward 20 Years After Genocide - VOA
Mali Starts Process to Confine Armed Rebels - AP
Malawi Invites Poll Observers to Monitor May Election - VOA
Mozambique Makes Push to Be Landmine-Free - VOA
Ebola Fatalities in West Africa Reach 83 - VOA
Ebola Patients Await Death in Guinea Wards - AP
Americas / Caribbean
Aftershocks Rattle Chile as Military Keeps Order - AP
Costa Rica Leftist Seen Clinching Presidency in One-Horse Race - Reuters
US Secretly Created ‘Cuban Twitter’ to Stir Unrest - AP
AP Report: US Created Secret Cuban Twitter - VOA
US Confirms it Made 'Cuban Twitter' - BBC
White House: 'Cuban Twitter' Was Not Covert Operation - VOA
Asia / Pacific
Hagel, ASEAN Defense Ministers Expand Disaster-relief Partners - AFPS
US War Machines Touted as Agents of Mercy - HSA
USMC Shift in the Pacific and the Role of Exercises - SLD
US Commander Outlines Posture to Counter North Korean Threats - AFPS
Australian, Malaysian Leaders in Perth as Search for Jet Continues - VOA
Philippines Struggles to Account for Millions in Foreign Typhoon Aid - VOA
US Calls on Burma to Renew Rakhine Access - VOA
Defend the First Island Chain - Proceedings Opinion
Europe
TV Duel in Britain Is Seen to Favor Anti-European Party - NYT
EU Launches Flagship Space Project - BBC
4 Servicemen Killed by Bomb in Russia's Chechnya - AP
Turkey Turns Its Back on the EU - NYT
Turkey Lifts Twitter Ban - Reuters
Turkey Lifts Twitter Ban After Court Calls It Illegal - NYT
America Needs a Pivot to Europe - NYT Opinion
Middle East / North Africa
Kerry: Israeli and Palestinian Leaders 'Have to Lead' on Peace Talks - VOA
Kerry Faces Tough Choice as Mideast Peace Talks Falter - WP
Israel Calls Off Prisoner Release as Kerry Seeks to Keep Talks Alive - NYT
Israel Cancels Palestinian Prisoner Release - BBC
Israel Won’t Release Final Group of Palestinian Prisoners - WP
Iran, 6 Powers Start Expert-Level Nuclear Talks - Reuters
UN: Lebanon Now Hosting 1 Million Syrian Refugees - VOA
Lebanon Hosts Over a Million Who Fled Syria, UN Reports - NYT
'Million Syria Refugees' in Lebanon - BBC
Syrian Media: Mortar Fire Kills 6 Near Damascus - AP
Diplomats: Syria Can Meet Chemical Weapons Target - AP
About Half Syria's Chemicals Packed for Removal, Violence Halts Convoys - Reuters
Troops Kill 40 Gunmen Near Iraqi Capital - AP
US, Algeria Work to Improve Security in Maghreb, Sahel - VOA
US and Algeria to Strengthen Counterterrorism Ties - AP
Libya Sees 'Good Intentions' in Oil Port Talks; Rebel Split Seen - Reuters
A Tunisian Leader’s Hope for Democracy - WP Editorial
Peace Talks: Kerry’s Folly, Chapter 3 - WP Opinion
South Asia
Pakistan Does Not View India’s Modi as Threat - VOA
Pakistan: Musharraf Unharmed in Assassination Attempt - VOA
Ex-Pakistan Leader Convoy 'Targeted' - BBC
Pakistan: Bomb Explodes on Musharraf's Route From Hospital - AP