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Canadian military stuck in Libya for the near term. Canadian Defense Minister McKay strangely announces millions for 'dining rooms' on some home military bases. Refugee claims from 'Arab spring countries' beginning to rise in Canada. Here is a Whig-Standard in-depth analysis of Canada's military activities in the Arctic Circle. Is this hockey logo indicative of Canada's new militarism? The United Nations is geared up to slim down this year and next. How to balance personal freedoms, social order, after four nights of lawlessness in Britain. Qaddafi regime divided on endgame, but NATO still views this as unpredictable as it continues to arm rebel militias, who set their sights on key towns. The roots of a revolution: Russia/1991 and Tahrir Square/2011.  

no short supply of hypocracy

As Syrian government presses its assault, Damascus receives dressing down from neighbors Turkey and Saudi Arabia (1, 2). Who said ISAF operations were to wind down? The Taliban takes credit for helicopter attacks in Afghanistan. Roadblocks and border checkpoints return in Kosovo. Amid the famine, Mogadishu returns to the control of Somali troops.  Rebels claim Libyan town of Bir al-Ghanam. Will U.N. attention to Palestinian question bring about peace or 'unprecedented bloodshed'? The L.A. Times warns us of dangerous overconfidence after Bin Laden assassination.