SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Saturday, 7 December 2013
Updated at 1005 hrs EST

Canadian News

Canadian Commentary

The Globe and Mail
    Baird confronts the Russian bear in Ukraine

Patrick Brown -- CBC News
    The old hatreds behind the China-Japan provocation war

Gwynne Dyer -- Pique
    Playing chicken in the East China Sea - More

David Rohde -- Thomson Reuters News
    Two nations eager for prosperity

Gwynne Dyer -- QMI Agency
    Democracy still a struggle in Thailand

Joël Plouffe -- 45e Nord
    Le « drapeau » Arctique de Stephen Harper

International Commentary

Eri Hotta -- The International New York Times
    Dec. 7, 1941: The Remains of That Day

Thomas E. Ricks -- The Washington Post
    It’s time to reduce the U.S. military

Joël Plouffe and Simon Sylvester-Chaudhuri -- Breaking Energy
    Canada and US Need Arctic Thinkers

Harlan Ullman -- United Press International
    The nuclear deal with Iran

Lt. Col. James G. Zumwalt -- United Press International
    Obama’s misguided Tehran-bound ‘Peace Train’

Ilan Berman and Mollie Adatto -- The Washington Times
    Iran’s long list of broken promises

Ephraim Sneh -- The Christian Science Monitor
    Iran deal validates nuclear blackmail

Jochen Bittner -- The International New York Times
    Is Hassan Rouhani an Iranian Gorbachev?

Molly Crabapple -- The International New York Times
    Syria’s Spreading Bloodshed

Leader -- The Economist
    The situation in Ukraine is volatile and dangerous. The West must act

Khaled Mattawa -- The International New York Times
    In Tripoli’s Public Square

Editorial -- Los Angeles Times
    The Afghanistan question: How many U.S. troops should remain?

Sarah Chayes -- Los Angeles Times
    Enabling Hamid Karzai

Omar Samad -- CNN News
    Be patient, the Afghans are fed up with Karzai

Editorial -- The Christian Science Monitor
    After the UN quells unrest in the Central African Republic

Chrystia Freeland -- The International New York Times
    In Kiev, High Stakes for Democracy

Doyle McManus -- Los Angeles Times
    John Kerry’s high-wire diplomacy

Nicholas A. Basbanes -- Los Angeles Times
    A paperless society? Not so fast.

International News

Stars and Stripes
    Oldest US veterans to mark attack on Pearl Harbor

Stars and Stripes
    From the archives: Pearl Harbor coverage through the years

Herald Mail Media
    WWII veterans look back to fateful day when Pearl Harbor was attacked

Stars and Stripes
    First three female soldiers join Fort Hood artillery unit

Aviation Week and Space Technology
    Secret New UAS Shows Stealth, Efficiency Advances - More

The Christian Science Monitor
    Not your average drone: US military’s new technology

Aviation Week and Space Technology
    F-35 Nears Combat Use

Breaking Defense
    F-18 vs. F-35, Round Two

Aviation Week and Space Technology
    U.S. Navy expanding simulator use to cut costs

The Associated Press
    Atlas V propels nanosatellite from Vandenberg AFB - More

Fox News
    X-37B space plane is nearing first year in Earth orbit

The Washington Times
    Former Marine’s Wounded Warrior donation MIA

Breaking Defense
    Christine Fox selected as Deputy Defense Secretary

CBC News
    Blackwater founder Eric Prince defends company

The Associated Press
    Tap water at Camp Lejeune linked to higher risk of birth defects

The Washington Post
    High-tech tools let FBI track suspects online

The Associated Press
    NSA defends tracking cellphones overseas

The New York Times
    Slowly they modernize: A US department that still uses floppy disks

Thomson Reuters News
    Microsoft frees millions of enslaved PCs

Time Magazine
    Video: A B777 go-around in severe crosswind - More

The Associated Press
    Royal Marine Alexander Blackman gets life for Afghan murder

The Christian Science Monitor
    Is Ukraine's unrest a new Orange Revolution in the making?

RIA Novosti
    Prime Minister Mykola Azarov Hails Imminent Ukrainian-Russian Deal

Time Magazine
    Gallery: Kiev’s Pro-West Protests Paralyze Ukraine

RIA Novosti
    Arctic Made Priority for Russian Navy in 2014

RIA Novosti
    Gallery: Siberian Air Base Gets New Su-30SMs

The Associated Press
    Dmitry Medvedev: No amnesty for political prisoners

Los Angeles Times
    Former Russian defense minister charged in corruption case - More

RIA Novosti
    Russian Defense Ministry to Create Own News Agency

RIA Novosti
    Russia to Test UAE-Made Drone Next Year

Los Angeles Times
    American teacher killed in Libya is remembered as devoted, irreverent

Time Magazine
    General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi Wins Reader Poll for PotY - More

Agence France-Presse
    Egyptian courts order 21 women, girl protesters freed

The Christian Science Monitor
    France intervenes to quell violence in Central African Republic

Thomson Reuters News
    Central African Republic death toll grows to 185

Thomson Reuters News
    French, African troops try to halt CAR killings

Stars and Stripes
    Military assistance not part of US aid plan for CAR

The Associated Press
    Syrian Airstrikes on Rebel-Held Raqqa Kill 12

Los Angeles Times
    Rebel group in Syria is holding nuns, Arab newspaper reports

Press Trust of India
    Jordan elected to UN Security Council

The Daily Star
    Talks avert anticipated Tripoli clashes

Agence France-Presse
    Germany to sell two destroyers to Israel

The Washington Times
    John Kerry: Israel-Palestinian peace deal ‘closer’ than ever

Stars and Stripes
    Hagel gives overview of US arsenal on tap in Gulf

The Associated Press
    Hagel Outlines New Weapons Sale Plan for Gulf

Time Magazine
    Video: AQAP, Al-Qaeda’s Most Ambitious Franchise

The Associated Press
    President Hassan Rouhani Defends Interim Iranian Nuclear Deal

The Associated Press
    IAEA inspectors arrive in Iran

Thomson Reuters News
    Hagel in Kabul

Stars and Stripes
    Afghan IG reopens probe into huge Leatherneck command center

The Christian Science Monitor
    Afghans are living longer? Yes, but not thanks to NATO

United Press International
    Bangkok braces for pro- and anti-government rallies

The Associated Press
    Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra: No Quick End to Thai Political Impasse - More

The Economist
    Thailand’s protests: Both sides in the political stand-off invoke the king

Thomson Reuters News
    Thailand will help with any Rohingya investigation: PM

The Associated Press
    East China Sea ADIZ Downplayed in China-Australia Talks

The International New York Times
    Rising Tension Seen in North Korea and at Sea Border

The Washington Times
    Biden: U.S., world will not abide a nuclear-armed North Korea - More

CBC News
    North Korea deports elderly U.S. war veteran - More - More

The Economist
    North Korean politics: Pruning useless branches?

The Wall Street Journal
    Biden's Mission: Unite Japan, South Korea

RIA Novosti
    Japan Scrambles Fighter Jets to Track Tu-95 Bears

CBC News
    Japanese tsunami’s huge size blamed on slimy fault - More - More

The Associated Press
    Six people detained in theft of radioactive material

The New York Times
    On This Day: December 7 - More - MoD - AP

Le Point
    Pearl Harbor, une bataille kamikaze

Agence France-Presse
    Le Congrès s’oppose à Obama sur l’Iran

45e Nord
    Inquiet de la surveillance de la NSA, Microsoft décide de crypter son réseau

Agence France-Presse
    Les présidents ukrainien et russe se rencontrent, les manifs continuent à Kiev

Agence France-Presse
    Ianoukovitch négocie avec la Russie, bête noire de l’opposition ukrainienne

Agence France-Presse
    À Kiev, les étudiants contestataires se sentent menacés

Agence France-Presse
    Égypte : remise en liberté de 21 jeunes manifestantes pro-Morsi

Agence France-Presse
    Hollande invite les Africains à mieux assumer leur sécurité

Agence France-Presse
    Les renforts terrestres sont arrivés en Centrafrique

Agence France-Presse
    Entrée triomphale de l'armée française à Bouar

Agence France-Presse
    Centrafrique : 280 morts à Bangui, des milliers de civils réfugiés à l'aéroport

Agence de Presse Thomson Reuters
    Les attaques contre les civils se poursuivent en Centrafrique

Agence France-Presse
    Des dizaines de morts dans des violences au Kenya

Agence France-Presse
    Syrie : 17 civils tués par l'armée dans un abri

Agence France-Presse
    Nucléaire iranien : les États-Unis rassurent leurs alliés du Golfe

Agence France-Presse
    Visite surprise de Chuck Hagel à Kaboul

Agence France-Presse
    Un téléphone rouge asiatique

Agence France-Presse
    La Corée du Nord expulse un Américain emprisonné, âgé de 85 ans

Agence France-Presse
    Le Japon adopte une loi controversée sur les secrets d’État

Agence France-Presse
    Mexique : six arrestations pour le vol de matériel radioactif

Journal Sud Ouest
    L’éphéméride du 7 décembre

Book Reviews

Thomas E. Ricks -- The Weekly Wonk
    Orwell, Churchill and the Second Space Race

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