SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Thursday, 10 January 2013

Canadian News
The Canadian Press
    Sentencing hearing in Delisle espionage delayed
CBC News
    Navy spy Delisle’s ex-wife recalls good guy, gone wrong
The Whig Standard
    New officer a first for Canadian Forces  - ALOY
QMI Agency
    MP arrested for alleged break-in, assault
QMI Agency
    Canadians who saved lives in Haiti quake cited for bravery
The Canadian Press
    Canadian police, military honoured for bravery
The Canadian Press
    CC-130Js flying with conterfeit electronic parts
QMI Agency
    CC-130Js are safe, claims DND
The Canadian Press
    Pilot error, bad weather caused fatal Yellowknife plane crash  - More  - More  - More
Winnipeg Free Press
    Millions spent maintaining empty Kapyong Barracks during lengthy dispute
The Canadian Press
    Hunter uses harpoon to save rescuer  - More
CBC News
    Nunavut hunter recalls helicopter rescue
CTV News
    Newfoundland bracing for 100 cm of snow
The Globe and Mail
    It’s turning into a nasty, deadly, perfectly normal flu season
Ottawa Researchers
    On This Day: May 22
Nouvelles Radio-Canada
    Des pièces contrefaites dans le cockpit des Hercules canadiens
La Presse Canadienne
    887,8 millions pour les vétérans
La Presse Canadienne
    Les États-Unis et l’ONU déçus par les propos de Fantino
Cogeco Nouvelles
    Des épaulards en péril dans la baie d’Hudson
Le Droit
    C’est arrivé un 22 mai

Canadian Commentary
David Bercuson -- The Globe and Mail
    Another mission? First, apply lessons from Afghanistan
Margaret Wente -- The Globe and Mail
    Aid to Haiti: Are we nuts?
Brian Stewart -- CBC News
    The bazooka aimed at Pentagon spending
Editorial -- The Globe and Mail
    Hugo Chávez should resign
Rami G. Khouri -- The Toronto Star
    Syria conflict raises tough issues

International News
The Associated Press
    Associate of jailed arms dealer Viktor Bout arrested
The Associated Press
    Cantor Fitzgerald helps Sandy families  - More
The Washington Times
    Karzai meets with senators
The Associated Press
    USMC: Spouses clubs must admit same-sex spouses
The Washington Post
    The best and worst countries to be born into today
The New York Times
    Flu Widespread, Leading a Range of Winter’s Ills
The New York Times
    Life in U.S. can be hazardous to your health
The Washington Post
    Court to consider declassifying photos of deceased bin Laden
The Associated Press
    Ex-Guantánamo Bay inmates pan Zero Dark Thirty
Foreign Policy
    Introducing the Hagelites  - More
Military Advantage
    Counting the Phantom Bomber fleet
Marine Corps Times
    Panetta: Severe cuts in operations if sequester occurs
The Washington Post
    Pentagon plans hiring freeze, to slash base operating costs
Reuters News
    Budget cut likely to hit most Pentagon civilian workers
AOL Defense
    Air force needs many F-35s, says Hostage
The Associated Press
    Air Force delays impact statement on F-35s
Air Force Times
    Holloman F-22 squadron staying put till 2014
AOL Defense
    Air force must shrink or go hollow, says Michael Donley
Air Force Times
    Hearing postponed for recruiter accused of rape
AOL Defense
    The Elusive Armed Aerial Scout
Reuters News
    Guantánamo prosecutor wants one charge dropped in KSM case
CNN News
    Karzai visit a time for tough talk on security, corruption  - More
The Associated Press
    ‘Rumsfeld’s Rules’ coming out in May  - More  - More
BBC News
    NAO warns of defence project delays and overspending
Reuters News
    Northern Ireland struggles to put bloody past behind it
The Wall Street Journal
    Three Kurdish activists shot dead in Paris
The New York Times
    Top Kurdish militant is among three slain in Paris  - More
The Wall Street Journal
    Airbus Hopes for Lift From A440M Atlas
The Associated Press
    Mali Army, Islamist Rebels Clash
BBC News
    Malian army claims to have retaken Douentza from Islamists
Reuters News
    Heavy fighting rages in Sudan’s Darfur region
BBC News
    Central African Republic peace talks under way in Gabon
The Associated Press
    ICC Prosecutors: Kenya Trials Will Take Months
BBC News
    Deadly raid in Kenya’s Tana River Delta region  - More
The Wall Street Journal
    Kurdish Killings in Paris Cloud Peace Effort
Reuters News
    NATO official says more missiles launched in Syria
The Associated Press
    Syrian rebels, army clash at air base
BBC News
    Syrian refugee’s astonishing story of survival  - More
The Washington Post
    A defector’s tale: Assad’s reluctant army
Reuters News
    Winter storm brings devastation to Syria and neighbours
The Associated Press
    U.S. troops could help secure Syrian weapons
The Associated Press
    Palestinian Leader Rejects Deal on Syria Refugees
The Associated Press
    Car Explodes in Tel Aviv
Reuters News
    France, UAE still talking on Rafale jets
Reuters News
    Bomb halts Yemen Marib oil pipeline flows again
The Associated Press
    US Navy Submarine Damaged in Persian Gulf
The Associated Press
    Panetta: ‘Last chapter’ of war in Afghanistan
The New York Times
    Afghan Amnesty Program Falls Short
The Associated Press
    Specter of Benghazi drives US-Afghan talks
The Washington Post
    New urgency to drone strikes as troop shift nears
The Associated Press
    US missiles kill five suspected militants in Pakistan
The Associated Press
    Pakistan bomb blasts kill 115
The Associated Press
    Pakistan Says Soldier Killed by Indian Troops
Air Force Times
    U.S. OKs $5M for Philippines cemetery repairs
The Washington Post
    A Chinese Web censor snaps, goes on public rant
ABC News
    23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre  - More
Xinhua News Agency
    China to continue to patrol in Diaoyu Islands
Xinhua News Agency
    China eyes more polar voyages, bases
The Associated Press
    Delegation From U.S. Urges Web Access in North Korea
ABC News
    Kim Jong-un Hopes Google’s Luster Rubs Off on Him
The Associated Press
    U.S. urges allies Japan, S. Korea to mend ties
BBC News
    Enthusiastic welcome for seized Argentina ship
BBC News
    Colombia’s Alvaro Uribe investigated for militia links
The New York Times
    An Inauguration in Search of a President
BBC News
    Chávez swearing-in delay legal, rules Venezuela court
The Washington Post
    For ailing Chávez, a symbolic inauguration
BBC News
    Haiti no better off despite quake relief effort
The New York Times
    On This Day: May 22  - More  - MoD  - AP
The Associated Press
    Un homme avoue avoir volé un camion d’Obama
The Associated Press
    Un chef d’accusation de moins contre des accusés du 11 septembre à Guantánamo
The Associated Press
    Les cadavres de trois militantes kurdes assassinées ont été trouvés en France
The Associated Press
    Les Iraniens libérés par les rebelles syriens arrivent à Damas
The Associated Press
    L’investiture d’Hugo Chávez peut être reportée, tranche la Cour suprême
Journal Sud Ouest
    L’éphéméride du 22 mai

International Commentary
Bill Gertz -- The Washington Times
    Inside the Ring: Chinese missile defense test?
Ruth Marcus -- The Washington Post
    Get Obama some binders full of women
David Ignatius -- The Washington Post
    Be like Ike
Eliot A. Cohen -- The Washington Post
    Hagel’s service: Combat not required
Joshua Keating -- Foreign Policy
    Guns don’t kill dictatorships, people do
Nicholas D. Kristof -- The New York Times
    In Defense of Hagel for Defense
David Rothkopf -- Foreign Policy
    Kerry, Hagel, and the end of American military adventurism?
David W. Barno -- Foreign Policy
    A ‘Zero Option’ for Afghanistan
Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. -- AOL Defense
    Sequestration may be the least worst case
Peter Bergen -- CNN News
    Abandon Afghanistan? A dumb idea
Jonathan Capehart -- The Washington Post
    Watching Zero Dark Thirty wasn’t torture

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