SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs
Saturday, 28 January 2017 - Updated at 1035 hrs EST
Canadian News
Global News
CT-156 Harvard II crashes near Moose Jaw, pilots eject safely
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Cold Lake Sun
Pilots and aircrew practise survival skills on Exercise Frosted Flier
CBC News
Belgian woman makes last-ditch effort to find her father
Cornwall Standard-Freeholder
Afghanistan veteran wants inquiry
The Toronto Star
Canada considers paying into UN fund for victims of peacekeeper abuse
The Canadian Press
Former military medic takes stand, denies conducting breast exams on recruits
CBC News
The Fighting Season reveals sacrifices of medical professionals in war zones
The Canadian Press
RCN lieutenant in Kingston charged with sexual assault, criminal harassment
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CBC News
RCMP launches national awareness campaign about sexual misconduct at work
The Canadian Press
Canadian universities pull ads from alt-right news outlet in United States
The Ottawa Citizen
Defence Watch
Directorate of History and Heritage
Significant Dates in Canadian Military History
RCAF News
F/L Ernie Glover awarded DFC for his actions in Korea
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Ottawa Researchers
Today in Canadian History: January 28
Nouvelles Radio-Canada
Un avion de type Harvard II s’est écrasé près de Moose Jaw
La Presse Canadienne
Un lieutenant de la MRC est accusé d’agression sexuelle
Nouvelles Radio-Canada
Le défi Iceman : un pentathlon hivernal pour militaires
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Nouvelles Radio-Canada
Le défi Iceman : un pentathlon hivernal pour militaires
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Direction - Histoire et patrimoine
Dates significatives dans l’histoire militaire canadienne
Canadian Commentary
Editorial | National Post
The military is an instrument of national policy, not Liberal vanity
Conrad Black | National Post
Trump will be popular, and Canada will adapt
Rex Murphy | National Post
Trudeau the Boy Scout must settle into Trump's world
Neil Macdonald | CBC News
Trump employs falsehoods on a level never seen in modern Western politics
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Rick Salutin | The Toronto Star
The two Trumps of Week One
Andrew Coyne | The Ottawa Citizen
Donald Trump’s fixation on trade surpluses
William Watson | Financial Post
The Don sending his consigliere to tell Canada not to worry ought to make us bigly, yugely worried
Tristin Hopper | National Post
Why the Doomsday Clock is a terrible indicator
International Commentary
Ruth Marcus | The Washington Post
Trump’s erratic first week was among the most alarming in history
Michael Grunwald | Politico
Trump’s Yuge Week One
Editorial Board | The Washington Post
Trump’s evidence-free attack on the vote could cause serious harm
Burlington Free Press | Charles Krauthammer
Trump’s foreign policy revolution
Catherine Rampell | The Washington Post
Trump’s government looks an awful lot like a badly run business
Holger Stark | Der Spiegel
Megalomania and Small-Mindedness: How America Lost Its Identity
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Norman Dombey | London Review of Books
North Korea’s Bomb
Karl Vick | Time Magazine
Perhaps the Largest Protest in U.S. History Was Brought to You by Trump
Hugh Eakin | The New York Review of Books
The Swedish Kings of Cyberwar
International News
Business Insider
The F-35 and the F-18 will face off
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Business Insider
US Navy plans to fire ship-borne laser weapons within a year
Reuters News Agency
Boeing wins $2.1 billion Pentagon contract for 15 KC-46 refueling aircraft
Time Magazine
Rare Propaganda Posters of World War II
The Virginian-Pilot
Russia, U.S. pay tribute in Portsmouth to Russian sailors who died in Norfolk in 1877
The Virginian-Pilot
Norfolk is home to the world’s largest naval base
The Washington Post
Trump’s Holocaust remembrance statement leaves out mention of Jews
Chicago Tribune
Trump promises ‘great rebuilding of the Armed Forces’
The Washington Post
What is an executive order?
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Politico
Trump’s making his own rules as a diplomat, too
The Associated Press
What’s Next for Guantánamo Bay?
The Toronto Star
Safe, Humane, Legal, Transparent: The motto for JTF Guantánamo
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The New York Times
Stephen Bannon: News media should ‘keep its mouth shut’
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The Associated Press
Trump labels media ‘the opposition’
The Associated Press
Trump Called Park Official to Dispute Crowd Photos
The Associated Press
Trump orders strict new refugee screening, citing terrorists
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The Associated Press
GOP warns Trump about lifting sanctions on Russia
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Politico
Trump talks tough on China’s hacking
ABC News
Army Veteran, Double-Amputee Finds New Battlefield in DC
Reuters News Agency
New U.S. U.N. envoy warns allies: back us or we’ll take names
USNI News
U.K., U.S. Sign P-8A Poseidon Agreement
The Associated Press
Documents from King George III go online
The Guardian
Theresa May wins ‘100% backing’ for NATO from Donald Trump
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Donald Trump could ‘do something mad’ and provoke war, says General Sir Richard Barrons
Der Spiegel
Trump's Attack on Germany and the Global Economy
Reuters News Agency
German officials condemn sexual abuses at special operations training center
ABC News
Putin Consults His Security Council
The Associated Press
Al-Shabab, Kenya Claim Dozens of Deaths in Somalia Attack
The Associated Press
Theresa May In Turkey For Talks With Erdogan
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CBC Radio
Oscar-nominated documentary goes to the frontline of the Syrian crisis
The Associated Press
Syrian Troops Take Control of Water Facility From Rebels
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The Associated Press
Trump’s immigration curbs no surprise, those affected say
Reuters News Agency
Trump refugee order dashes hopes of Iraqis who helped the U.S.
Reuters News Agency
UAE says it destroyed Iranian-built drone in Yemen
United Press International
Duterte OK with U.S. expansion plans at Philippine military bases
United Press International
China displays new version of bomber
United Press International
North Korea seeking negotiations with the United States
United Press International
North Korea celebrates Lunar New Year
United Press International
South Korea completes deployment of 36 Apache helicopters
The Sydney Morning Herald
‘The US has no better friend than Australia’: Trump’s Australia Day message
The Associated Press
More Than 100 Fast-Spreading Wildfires Rage in Chile
Reuters News Agency
Peru and Colombia vow to stand with Mexico
The Associated Press
Mexicans Begin to Unite in Fight Against Trump’s Plans
Time Magazine
The Internet Is Freaking Out Over the Price of Guacamole
Time Magazine
What the U.S.-Mexico Border Actually Looks Like
The New York Times
On This Day: January 28
Reuters News Agency
Le Pentagone va revoir les budgets du F-35 et d’Air Force One
Agence France-Presse
Trump prend un décret pour stopper l’entrée aux USA de « terroristes islamiques radicaux »
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Agence France-Presse
Trump laissera son ministre de la Défense trancher sur la torture
Agence France-Presse
Face à nos frontières closes, ces réfugiés contraints de changer de cap
Agence France-Presse
Hollande : l’Europe doit « répondre » avec « fermeté » à Trump
Reuters News Agency
Ayrault et Gabriel inquiets des mesures de Trump sur les réfugiés
Reuters News Agency
France et Allemagne peaufinent la réponse européenne à Trump
Agence France-Presse
« Penelopegate » : ce que l’on sait de l’affaire qui embarrasse Fillon
Agence France-Presse
Un millier de migrants secourus vendredi en Méditerranée, un mort
Belga News
RDC : Quatre disparus et trois blessés après le crash de deux hélicoptères de combat
Belga News
Burundi : manifestations à l’appel du pouvoir contre le Parlement européen
Agence France-Presse
La Turquie doit maintenir un état de droit et respecter les droits de l’homme, dit May
Reuters News Agency
Ayrault en Iran dans le climat d’incertitude post-Trump
Agence de Presse Reuters
La Corée du Nord semble avoir relancé un réacteur à plutonium
The Associated Press
Donald Trump et le président mexicain se sont entretenus au téléphone
Books
Danuta Kean | The Guardian
Recommended reading for President Trump
Jack Holmes | Esquire
President Trump’s Literary Tastes
Jessica T. Mathews | The New York Review of Books
What Trump Is Throwing Out the Window
CTV News
Espionage, romance and betrayal: The true story of a Russian spy in Canada
Bill McKibben | The New York Review of Books
Pause! We Can Go Back!
Charlie Savage | The New York Review of Books
Was Snowden a Russian Agent?
Timothy Garton Ash | The New York Review of Books
Is Europe Disintegrating?
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