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Russian Threats Expose Europe's Military Cutbacks

Swedish navy corvette HMS Visby patrols in the Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden, in October. The Swedish military was searching for evidence of suspected undersea activity in its waters amid reports of a Russian submarine intrusion. Marko Saavala/TT News Agency/AP hide caption

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Parallels

Russian Threats Underscore Europe's Need To Boost Military

A series of military confrontations and growing tensions between Western Europe and Russia show how ill-prepared European countries are after years of cutbacks.

Asia

Obama Wraps Up Visit To India

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Obama Wraps Up Visit To India

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Asia

Critics Worry Nuclear Reactor Deal With India Has A Dark Side

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Critics Worry Nuclear Reactor Deal With India Has A Dark Side

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Snow Response Blindsides Many A Political Career

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Shining Path [Instrumental] Rjd2

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All the Optimism of Early January Lullatone

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Stereomoody Populous

Family's Long Fight With Pentagon Returns Name To Unknown Soldier

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The Two-Way

Family's Long Fight With Pentagon Returns Name To Unknown Soldier

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Family's Long Fight With Pentagon Returns Name To Unknown Soldier

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'Stronger Than Ever' Sundance Docs Tackle Scientology, Campus Rape

Alex Gibney's Going Clear is based on a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright. Sam Painter/Courtesy of Sundance Institute hide caption

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Movies

'Stronger Than Ever' Sundance Docs Tackle Scientology, Campus Rape

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'Stronger Than Ever' Sundance Docs Tackle Scientology, Campus Rape

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National

Rhode Island School Releases Snow Day Video

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Parallels

Russian Threats Expose Europe's Military Cutbacks

by Ari Shapiro

Russian Threats Expose Europe's Military Cutbacks

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Meteorologist Tracks 'Beast' Of A Winter Storm

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Before We Talked Gold Panda

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Same Dream China Gold Panda

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Red Prairie Dawn Cahalen Morrison; Eli West

Music News

Punch Brothers May Look Like A Bluegrass Band But Their Sound Is Unique

by Vince Pearson

Punch Brothers May Look Like A Bluegrass Band But Their Sound Is Unique

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Little Lights Punch Brothers

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Sometimes Punch Brothers

Europe

LRA Rebel Commander Appears Before International Criminal Court

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It's Been A Hard 12-Step Road For Zanzibar's Heroin Addicts

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Goats and Soda

It's Been A Hard 12-Step Road For Zanzibar's Heroin Addicts

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It's Been A Hard 12-Step Road For Zanzibar's Heroin Addicts

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Bowen Island Kaki King

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Solipsist Kaki King

National

Northeast Hunkers Down As Snowstorm Hits

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Northeast Hunkers Down As Snowstorm Hits

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Politics

Murkowski Critical Of Proposal For Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

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National

How Much Oil And Gas Is At Stake In ANWR?

by Martin Kaste

How Much Oil And Gas Is At Stake In ANWR?

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Desmond Blue Paul Desmond

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Canoe Canoa Populous

Latin America

Argentina's President Takes Aim At Country's Intelligence Agency

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Argentina's President Takes Aim At Country's Intelligence Agency

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Child Abuse And Neglect Laws Aren't Being Enforced, Report Finds

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Shots - Health News

Child Abuse And Neglect Laws Aren't Being Enforced, Report Finds

by Pam Fessler

Child Abuse And Neglect Laws Aren't Being Enforced, Report Finds

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Fagotto Madrid

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Thieves With A Guilty Conscience Return Stolen Items

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Temperature of Tears DJ Okawari

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Media

Syrian President Assad Talks To 'Foreign Affairs' Magazine

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Politics

Obama Takes Heat For Proposing To End College Savings Break

by Tamara Keith

Obama Takes Heat For Proposing To End College Savings Break

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Listen to Me, My J. Post Jazz Mistress

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Greetings From Fairbanks Post Jazz Mistress

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Mládek Russian Circles

Europe

Greece Looks To Renegotiate Bailout Terms

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Nova Scotia El Ten Eleven

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Yyes! El Ten Eleven

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Riptide - String Quartet Tribute to Vance Joy Vitamin String Quartet

National

Boston Copes With Its Deepening Blanket Of Snow

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Middle East

Mourning In Riyadh: Obama Visits New Saudi King To Offer Condolences

by Scott Horsley

Mourning In Riyadh: Obama Visits New Saudi King To Offer Condolences

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National

The Cape Bears Brunt Of Blizzard's Onslaught

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