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CIA's Global Response Staff emerging from shadows after incidents in Libya and Pakistan Dec 27th 2012, 01:00 The rapid collapse of a U.S. diplomatic compound in Libya exposed the vulnerabilities of State Department facilities overseas. But the CIA's ability to fend off a second attack that same night provided a glimpse of a key element in the agency's defensive arsenal: a secret security force created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Read full article >> The high cost of disengagement Dec 26th 2012, 23:55 The United States has spent nearly $600 billion over the past 10 years putting combat forces into Afghanistan. Now it's going to cost an additional $5.7 billion over the next year or two just to transfer or return most of the troops and equipment we shipped into that country, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. Read full article >> Top Syrian military figure defects to opposition Dec 26th 2012, 22:40 BEIRUT — The head of Syria's military police said in video footage aired by the al-Arabiya network late Tuesday that he has defected and joined the rebel forces battling the government of President Bashar al-Assad. Read full article >> Where it's most dangerous to be an aid worker Dec 26th 2012, 20:39 This month, militants in Pakistan tracked down and killed nine vaccination workers engaged in a three-day immunization campaign, the first time vaccinators have been targeted there in such large numbers. Although thousands of Pakistani health workers are pressing on with the effort, with the help of police protection, the United Nations has suspended its vaccination program in the country. Read full article >> India wakes up to child malnutrition 'shame,' begins to make progress Dec 26th 2012, 16:04 BANSWARA, India – Stung by the realization that it faced a child malnutrition crisis worse than in most African countries, India is finally waking to the scale of the problem. Progress is still slow and political will still patchy, but there are signs that a new approach to fighting malnutrition is just beginning to reap dividends. Read full article >>

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