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U.S. Intelligence train with videogames

American intelligence agents have made their share of bad calls: the fall of the Berlin Wall, Iraq’s nuclear cache and chronic missteps in Afghanistan are only a few. So in the hopes of honing analysts’ predictive abilities, the spy guys are introducing a new training tactic: videogames.

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Pakistan Taliban declares truce

An anonymous Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan commander told the AP that the group had declared a nation-wide ceasefire in support of ongoing peace talks with the country's government, while Pakistan's military denied reports Tuesday that talks were taking place.

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Illegal foreign purchase of weapons

Hundreds of foreigners and dual-citizens are in Canada with the purpose of creating front companies to procure weapons parts and technologies that they then export to their home countries. And they often go unpunished.

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Dagestan: don't book it, or Thomas Cook it

The republic of Dagestan on the Caspian Sea that is the most explosive place in Russia - and in Europe. There are bomb attacks almost daily, shootouts between police and militants, tales of torture and of people going missing.

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