SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Monday, 9 December 2013 - Updated at 1335 hrs EST

Canadian News

Canadian Commentary

Conrad Black -- National Post
Sleepwalking, then and now

Editorial -- The Globe and Mail
Harper is right

Brian Stewart -- CBC News
North Korea’s paranoia

Declan Hill -- The Ottawa Citizen
Canada’s soft stance on cluster bombs

Shelly Whitman -- The Toronto Star
Child soldiers are early warning of genocide to come

Scott Taylor -- The Chronicle Herald
Shine is off NSPS - More

International Commentary

Editorial -- Los Angeles Times
What to do about Syria

Louis Friedman -- Los Angeles Times
The new space race: It’s not just the U.S. and Russia anymore

Brahma Chellaney -- The Washington Times
China’s game of chicken

Editorial -- The Washington Times
Lights out in Venezuela

Victor D. Cha -- The Washington Post
The opportunity for the U.S. in China’s overreach

International News

Los Angeles Times
Global Hawk flies into budget battle between Pentagon, Congress

The Virginian-Pilot
Deadly lesson in 1958 led to safer practices by Navy

The Virginian-Pilot
Admitted child abuser keeps his Navy career

The Virginian-Pilot
Half-century of safe flying earns pilot lofty honor

The Washington Times
Tech companies call for an end to NSA online snooping

The Washington Times
New Internet security challenge arises for cybercops

Al Jazeera
Putin dissolves RIA Novosti news agency - More - More

Al Jazeera
French troops push further into CAR

The Washington Times
Netanyahu still wary of West’s deal with Iran

Al Jazeera
Several dead in Buhriz bomb blast

The Washington Times
U.S. businesses reach out quickly to partners in Iran

BBC News
Iran Moves Fighters Off Disputed Island of Abu Musa - Map

The Washington Post
Construction on Afghanistan’s ‘Pentagon’ halts after cash runs out

The Washington Times
Hagel in Kabul but gets no invitation from Karzai

Al Jazeera
Chuck Hagel holds talks with Pakistani leaders

Los Angeles Times
Kim Jong-un ousts his second-in-command - More

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

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