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Losing Ukraine -- Max Boot, Commentary

The battle for Ukraine has resumed, more violently than ever. Riot police, assisted by “young men in jeans wearing medical masks and carrying pipes and baseball bats,” have broken through barricades in Kiev’s Independence Square. Demonstrators armed with rocks and Molotov cocktails are fighting back and preliminary reports are that at least nine people (seven demonstrators, two police officers) have been killed. Clouds of black smoke are said to be rising over the parliament building, the result of tires set alight by anti-government protesters.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Syria’s refugees despair while the world is indifferent -- Michael Gerson, Washington Post

Extremist threat from Syria - real or exaggerated? -- Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian

Iran bait-and-switch -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post

North Korea's Horrors, as Shown by One Defector's Drawings -- Matt Ford, The Atlantic

Can China Teach North Korea to Play Nice? -- Bloomberg editorial

Q&A about the Afghanistan prisoner release -- Ernesto Londoño, Washington Post

Japan’s provocative moves -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post

Central African Republic: As Genocide Looms -- New York Times editorial

On the Brink of an Abyss: Fabio Bucciarelli in South Sudan -- Fabio Bucciarelli, Time

For Venezuelan Regime, the Party’s Over -- Roger F. Noriega, The American

Will Venezuela abandon Chavismo? -- David Frum, CNN Contributor

What's going on in Venezuela? -- Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor

Americans Aren't Interested in the World's Problems -- George Friedman, Real Clear World/Stratfor

China Sold Second-Largest Amount Ever Of US Treasury In December: And Guess Who Comes To The Rescue -- Zero Hedge

Is Al Qaeda Aiding Bashar Al-Assad? -- Jamie Dettmer, Daily Beast
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