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Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Canadian News
The Canadian Press
    Canadian Ranger dies during Arctic exercise
The Canadian Press
    Air force cleared of wrongdoing in 2012 helicopter flight
The Canadian Press
    Delisle eligible for conditional release in three years
The Whig-Standard
    Student sheds light on battle
CBC News
    Baird’s Venezuela trip cancelled
The Toronto Star
    Downsview Park’s future up in the air
CBC News
    Search for Nova Scotia fishermen scaled back  - More
Ottawa Researchers
    On This Day: June 20
La Presse Canadienne
    Cinq disparus après le chavirage d’un bateau en Nouvelle-Écosse
Le Droit
    C’est arrivé un 20 juin

Canadian Commentary
Marq de Villiers -- The Ottawa Citizen
    Earth’s dangerous neighbourhood
Michael Byers and Stewart Webb -- The Toronto Star
    Stephen Harper struggles to regain control over military projects
Nahlah Ayed -- CBC News
    On the front line in the old war against sexual assault

International Commentary
Harry Mount -- The Telegraph
    Sandhurst was right to take the king’s cash
Adm. James A. Lyons -- The Washington Times
    The Islamic cloud over Brennan and Hagel
Oliver North -- The Washington Times
    Presidents and promises
Drew Christie -- The New York Times
    ‘Drones for America!’

International News
International Herald Tribune
    PLA unit is seen as tied to hacking against U.S.
The Washington Post
    Report ties 100-plus cyber attacks on U.S. computers to PLA
The Washington Times
    China’s super-secret military hacking unit  - More
The Associated Press
    US ready to strike back against China cyberattacks
The Associated Press
    Gen. John Allen to retire  - More
ABC News
    Former Navy SEAL on Military’s Top Secret Unit
The Washington Times
    Defense industry likely to cut thousands of workers
The Washington Post
    Ian Liu’s back pain was horrible, but no one knew the reason
The Telegraph
    State-of-the-art bionic limbs for Armed Forces
The Telegraph
    Row over renaming of Sandhurst hall after Bahrain donation
Reuters News
    Armenian president promises security
The Associated Press
    Tunisian PM Resigns After Cabinet Initiative Fails
The Associated Press
    Germany to send 330 soldiers to Mali
The Associated Press
    U.S. delegation in Mali on fact-finding mission
The News Tribune
    Lewis-McChord airmen delivering French troops and cargo to Mali
The Associated Press
    French family of seven kidnapped in Cameroon
The Associated Press
    Guinean Troops Take Ivory Coast Village
Reuters News
    Triangle of death looms over Congo’s mining heartlands
Reuters News
    Turkish police raid leftist group after U.S. embassy bombing
Agence France-Presse
    Bashar al-Assad confident of overcoming rebels
Australian Associated Press
    Syrian troops pour into Aleppo
The Associated Press
    Missile strike in northern Syria kills 33
International Herald Tribune
    Obama Could Revisit Arming Syria Rebels
McClatchy Newspapers
    Pro-Assad militia now key to Syrian government’s war strategy
McClatchy Newspapers
    U.N. numbers on Syrians in need of help far too low, survey suggests
The Washington Times
    Bashar Assad suggests re-election in the cards
McClatchy Newspapers
    Ben Zygier may have revealed how Mossad used foreign passports
International Herald Tribune
    Netanyahu’s Ice Cream Budget Causes Political Stir
The Associated Press
    Tzipi Livni to lead Palestinian talks
The Washington Times
    Shimon Peres to award Obama medal of distinction
The Associated Press
    Sunni Protesters Dig in as Tensions Flare in Iraq
The Associated Press
    Military training plane crashes in Yemen
International Herald Tribune
    Hailed as Model, Yemen Still Fragile
Australian Associated Press
    Iran insists on nuclear rights
The Associated Press
    US and Iran Find Common Ground in Olympic Wrestling
The Associated Press
    Afghans arrest senior Pakistani Taliban
The Associated Press
    U.S. drone strikes in Afghanistan jumped 72 per cent last year
McClatchy Newspapers
    Afghan army gets cash to buy its own supplies
The New York Times
    Fewer Killings of Afghan Civilians, Suggesting Shift in War  - More
The Wall Street Journal
    India Steps Up Probe of Finmeccanica
Agence France-Presse
    Finmeccanica says acted correctly on India chopper deal
The Telegraph
    British Spitfire hunter to continue Burmese quest  - More
The Associated Press
    China rejects Philippine UN mediation effort
The Telegraph
    Major Chinese Internet hacking base exposed
Australian Associated Press
    North Korea says tourism is exploding
McClatchy Newspapers
    U.S. must prepare for day North Korea can put a nuclear warhead on a rocket
The Associated Press
    North Korea warns that South Korea risks ‘final destruction’
Australian Associated Press
    South Korea flexes might with naval drill
Reuters News
    Abe looks to prove this time, he has the right stuff
The Associated Press
    Peru Returns Bodies of War Victims to Families
Agence France-Presse
    Ecuador’s Rafael Correa urges Julian Assange settlement
The Washington Times
    Hugo Chávez sent back to Venezuela to die
The Miami Herald
    Caribbean leaders ask US to help with arms control
The New York Times
    On This Day: June 20  - More  - MoD  - AP
Nouvelles Radio-Canada
    La Chine responsable de cyberattaques contre les États-Unis et le Canada?
Le Monde
    L’armée chinoise pourrait être derrière le piratage de sites américains
The Associated Press
    Le président arménien Serge Sarkisian facilement réélu au premier tour
The Associated Press
    Des scientifiques russes trouvent des fragments de la météorite
The Associated Press
    Tunisie : un gouvernement de compromis est sur les rails
The Associated Press
    La Libye détient quatre militants chrétiens étrangers accusés d’espionnage
The Associated Press
    Port Saïd est de nouveau paralysée par des grèves
Agence France-Presse
    Washington conditionne un rôle militaire plus actif au Mali
The Associated Press
    Côte d’Ivoire : l’ex-président Gbagbo devant la CPI  - Plus
The Associated Press
    Les rebelles syriens s’approchent de l’aéroport d’Alep
Agence France-Presse
    Deux avions russes en route vers la Syrie
Le Monde
    Yémen : un avion militaire s’écrase à Sanaa, neuf morts
RIA Novosti
    L’Iran affirme ne pas vouloir se doter de l’arme nucléaire  - Plus
The Associated Press
    Les chiites du Pakistan dénoncent le terrorisme qui vise leur communauté
The Associated Press
    Rentrée surprise d’Hugo Chávez au Venezuela
Le Monde
    Les images officielles d’Hugo Chávez
Journal Sud Ouest
    L’éphéméride du 20 juin

Book Reviews
Joseph C. Goulden -- The Washington Times
    ‘The Rice Paddy Navy’

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