SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Sunday, 9 March 2014 - Updated at 1015 hrs EDT

Canadian News

Canadian Commentary

Nahlah Ayed -- CBC News
Military observers in Crimea face risky situation

Robert Fulford -- National Post
Vladimir Putin's gentle form of tyranny

Kelly McParland -- National Post
Putin acts like a former Soviet KGB agent

Michael Higgins -- National Post
How economic sanctions could bring Vladimir Putin to his knees

George Jonas -- National Post
The timeline of treason

International Commentary

Jonathan Freedland -- The Guardian
As the Ukraine debate rages, both sides are getting it wrong

Glen Newey -- London Review of Books
Remember Eastern Rumelia - Map

Peter Pomerantsev -- London Review of Books
‘Russia is wherever we are’

Timothy Snyder -- The New York Review of Books
Crimea: Putin vs. Reality

Amy Knight -- The New York Review of Books
Putin’s Golden Dilemma

Jeremy Bernstein -- The New York Review of Books
A Nuclear Ukraine

Andrew O’Hagan -- London Review of Books
Ghosting Julian Assange

Adam Taylor -- The Washington Post
Crimea is not Scotland

Rupert Cornwell -- The Independent
Adolf Hitler and his part in the downfall of political insults

International News

Time Magazine
How to Spring Forward Without Falling Behind on Sleep - More

The Observer
25 things you might not know about the web

Los Angeles Times
Marine captain identified as pilot killed in TopGun crash - More - More

The Associated Press
Monday, defense lawyers to counterattack captain - More

Los Angeles Times
Soldier on sex assault prevention duty charged with sexual abuse

The Washington Post
Fish strike: Gulfstream G-IV aborts takeoff at McDill AFB - More

Bloomberg News
Julian Assange says group will release new secret data

The Guardian
UK military allowed to investigate sexual assaults without involving police

The Guardian
Theresa Villiers says IRA’s most wanted not safe from arrest

The Telegraph
Tony Blair ‘betrayed victims of IRA’

The Telegraph
War story: ‘There is no hope your husband is still alive’

The Independent
Direct from the trenches: The objects that defined the First World War

The Guardian
‘Sarkozy phone was bugged’ after rumours Gaddafi funded campaign

The Telegraph
The Jews who fought for Hitler

The Associated Press
Yulia Tymoshenko may get back operation in Berlin

The Telegraph
Ukraine: first shots fired over Crimea

The Associated Press
Russia reinforces military presence in Crimea

The Observer
What next for the Ukrainian soldiers in Crimea?

Thomson Reuters News
Russian forces tighten grip on Crimea despite U.S. warning

The Associated Press
Crimea’s new leader, a man with a murky past

The Observer
Ukraine: Are oligarch appointments at odds with new sense of fairness?

The Associated Press
Plea for peace and Ukraine’s independence in Sochi

Agence France-Presse
Sarah Palin says nukes are best Putin containment strategy

Thomson Reuters News
Libya authorizes use of force against North Korean-flagged tanker

The Observer
Nigeria falls into ‘a state of war’ as Islamist insurgency rages

The Associated Press
Tanzania, long cautious, is caught in Rwanda feud

The Associated Press
Aid groups demand humanitarian access in Syria

The Associated Press
Syrian forces wrest border town from rebels

The Independent
In pictures: Syria surrenders a third of chemical weapons

Thomson Reuters News
Israel brings arms ship to dock, hopes to shame Iran - More

Agence France-Presse
Israeli teens say won’t join army because of occupation

The Associated Press
Fatah: Hamas violently breaks up rally in Gaza

Thomson Reuters News
Suicide bombing kills dozens in Iraqi city of Hilla - More

Thomson Reuters News
Iraqi PM Maliki says Saudi, Qatar openly funding violence in Anbar - More

The Associated Press
UAE backs Saudis with Muslim Brotherhood blacklist

The Associated Press
Two Yemeni soldiers killed in attack on army base

Thomson Reuters News
Clashes in northwest Yemen leave 30 dead, dozens injured

Agence France-Presse
In Iran, Catherine Ashton says no guarantee on nuclear deal - More

Thomson Reuters News
Afghanistan’s powerful vice president dies - More

The Associated Press
Weekend violence kills 11 civilians in Afghanistan

The Guardian
Afghanistan still one of the worst places to be a woman, says EU ambassador

The Associated Press
Why Malaysia Airlines jet might have disappeared

The Telegraph
Malaysia Airlines crash: Terror experts investigate four stolen passports

Los Angeles Times
FBI to investigate disappearance of a Malaysian Airlines jet - More

Thomson Reuters News
Malaysian jetliner may have turned back before vanishing

Agence France-Presse
China to ‘defend every inch’ of territory: foreign minister

Thomson Reuters News
China draws ‘red line’ on DPRK, says won’t allow war on peninsula

Agence France-Presse
Colombia vote seen as referendum on rebel peace talks

The New York Times
On This Day: March 9 - More - MoD - AP

Agence France-Presse
Snowden dénonce un « bazar européen » au service des États-Unis

Agence France-Presse
Les observateurs internationaux sont interdits de séjour en Crimée

Nouvelles Radio-Canada
Les autorités libyennes menacent de couler un pétrolier de la Corée du Nord

Agence France-Presse
Les violences entravent l’aide humanitaire en Centrafrique

Agence France-Presse
Crise diplomatique entre Kigali et Pretoria

Agence France-Presse
Le fief rebelle de Yabroud est pilonné

Agence France-Presse
L’Arabie saoudite prend les grands moyens contre les Frères musulmans

Agence France-Presse
L’Arabie saoudite et le Qatar ont déclaré « la guerre à l’Irak », dit al-Maliki

Agence de Presse Thomson Reuters
Mort du vice-président afghan

Nouvelles Radio-Canada
Avion disparu en Asie : la thèse terroriste envisagée

Nouvelles Radio-Canada
Élections sans suspense en Corée du Nord - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Venezuela : les casseroles répondent à l’appel de l’opposition

Journal Sud Ouest
L’éphéméride du 9 mars

Books

Antony Beevor -- The Telegraph
Men at War

Robert McCrum -- The Observer
John le Carré: Behind the Smiley face, a man of mystery

Editorial -- The Observer
London Review of Books: All hail this splendid magazine - LRB

Richard Overy -- The Telegraph
How Denmark’s Jews escaped the Nazis

Chico Harlan -- The Washington Post
‘The cruelest psychological experiment ever cooked up’