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Defense News
Canada Resists Building Navy Ships Offshore

CBC News
Buffalo Airways C-46 catches fire in Yellowknife - More - More

The Canadian Press
RCMP step up video surveillance of Parliament Hill

The Ottawa Citizen
Defence Watch

Ottawa Researchers
On This Day: December 8

Steve Mertl -- Daily Brew
Canada loses its ‘boy scout’ reputation in the eyes of the world

Shane Osborn with Mary Kissel -- The Wall Street Journal
A Former Navy EP-3E pilot on the East China Sea Standoff - More - More

David Ignatius -- The Washington Post
On foreign policy, we need new ideas

Thomson Reuters News
Teenager dies aboard Delta flight soon after takeoff from Seattle - More

Los Angeles Times
CIA’s anti-terrorism effort called ‘colossal flop’

Der Spiegel
Judging Edward Snowden from Next Door

Thomson Reuters News
Elderly survivors commemorate Pearl Harbor attack - More

The Associated Press
Pearl Harbor survivors ‘going fast’

Thomson Reuters News
U.S. war veteran released by North Korea returns home - More

The Associated Press
Documents shed light on U.S.-Russia helicopter deal

Agence France-Presse
The right stuff: What makes a hero?

The Associated Press
Obama puts odds of Iran nuclear deal at 50-50, or worse - More

Defense News
Textron Scorpion Ready for First Flight

Defense News
Hopes Fade for US Army Armed Aerial Scout

Defense News
Michael Moseley: Time To Cut the A-10

Defense News
17 Teams Qualify for DARPA Robotics Challenge

The Telegraph
David Cameron risks Tory backlash over EU military plans

Der Spiegel
French Intervention Risky for Hollande

Der Spiegel
The Soldiers Who Saved Europe's Art From Hitler

Der Spiegel
Film Recreates Siege of Heidelberg Castle

Thomson Reuters News
Pro-Europe protesters gather for rally in Kiev - More

McClatchy Newspapers
American teacher slain in Benghazi called himself ‘Libya’s best friend’ - More

The Observer
Britain trains Libya's army

Agence France-Presse
Egyptian court acquits 155 arrested after Cairo protests

Agence France-Presse
Egypt begins trial of three prominent secular activists

Agence France-Presse
Omar al-Bashir names two new vice-presidents - More

Agence France-Presse
Nearly 400 killed in last three days in Bangui

Al Jazeera
Hospital attacked in Central African Republic

The Associated Press
France, AU send more troops to CAR - More

The Associated Press
France tries to rewrite its role in Africa

Agence France-Presse
France to ask EU allies to fund African military force

France 24
Can the dream of an African security force come true?

France 24
Video: On patrol with the French army in the CAR

Agence France-Presse
Mandela’s funeral to include at least 53 world leaders

Al Jazeera
Al-Qaeda says it shot down Syrian drone flying over Aleppo

Agence France-Presse
Hezbollah commander killed in Syrian fighting

Agence France-Presse
Syrian opposition says final decision on peace talks mid-December

The Associated Press
Jordan to begin trial of Abu Qatada

Thomson Reuters News
Israeli patrol on Golan Heights targeted by bomb from Syria

Thomson Reuters News
Obama defends interim Iran deal, seeks to assure Israel

Agence France-Presse
Netanyahu says military option ‘necessary’ on Iran

Agence France-Presse
Deadly bombings hit Baghdad province - More

Agence France-Presse
Bahrain jails 12 Shi’ites over attack on police

Thomson Reuters News
Al-Qaeda thrives in Yemen amid weak security, stalled dialogue

Agence France-Presse
Mandela funeral could ‘trap’ Rouhani: Iran media

Agence France-Presse
Hassan Rouhani shows his sporty side

Agence France-Presse
Rouhani wants foreign forces out of Afghanistan

Agence France-Presse
IAEA experts inspect Iran’s Arak nuclear plant

Agence France-Presse
Karzai in Iran

Thomson Reuters News
Hagel: U.S.-Afghan security pact needs clarity by February

The Associated Press
UN: Afghanistan slow to enforce law on women - More

Defense News
Minesweeper INS Konkan catches fire during refit in Vishakhapatnam - More

Thomson Reuters News
India sees no U.S.-style Gulf security role

Agence France-Presse
Thai PM proposes referendum on her future

Al Jazeera
Tension over South Korea ADIZ expansion

Defense News
China’s expanded ADIZ part of anti-access strategy

France 24
North Korea confirms dismissal of Kim Jong-un’s uncle

Thomson Reuters News
South Korea expands ADIZ to partially overlap China’s - More - More

The Associated Press
Prince Harry still trekking, but not racing, to South Pole

Agence France-Presse
Colombian rebels declare 30-day unilateral ceasefire

The Associated Press
Nicolas Maduro faces first electoral test - More

The New York Times
On This Day: December 8 - More - MoD - AP