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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of December 15th-21st, 2014.
Sony hack that forced cancellation of film release being treated as a national security matter, the White House says http://t.co/uc6kYH0y21
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) December 18, 2014
Merkel Says Sanctions Against #Russia Remain Unavoidable http://t.co/ZmpNA8yerq #news
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) December 18, 2014
Anti-Semitism isn’t just a problem for Europe’s Jews. It’s a problem for Europe. http://t.co/fDKZfmV3CH pic.twitter.com/tjQRskmRZ1
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) December 18, 2014
What would a #SCOTUS ruling on #Obamacare mean for schools? http://t.co/AH0pi1J0TN pic.twitter.com/eGrksam5Q3
— Education Week (@educationweek) December 18, 2014
Will the Burmese army ever face justice for its past war crimes? http://t.co/PBP61S21Hr pic.twitter.com/N0c4EEvWi8
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) December 18, 2014
Air travelers aren’t getting a break from lower oil prices (Photo: AFP/Getty) http://t.co/cenUZm9ncR pic.twitter.com/AuVux9LkMW
— Real Time Economics (@WSJecon) December 18, 2014
Putin is in jeopardy from all sides as Russia’s economy stumbles, so what’s his next step? http://t.co/38dMjXUApt pic.twitter.com/SninrePjw0
— Reuters Opinion (@ReutersOpinion) December 18, 2014
.@TomdeWaalCEIP explores the struggle with the “g-word” when discussing the Armenian massacre of 1915: http://t.co/FrQG0WzEuU
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) December 18, 2014
#Russia crisis poses biggest threat to Israeli farm exports http://t.co/TmOVCPtXJM pic.twitter.com/nRIHfRWRax
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) December 18, 2014
How North Korea —the world’s least-wired country — became a hacking superpower http://t.co/kt5LEAplG3 pic.twitter.com/CfmGtK86fa #TheInterview
— GlobalPost (@GlobalPost) December 18, 2014
Cultural losses seem to pale in the face of human suffering. But they are often inseparable http://t.co/H6TJGkZebO pic.twitter.com/fX6Oxavknz
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) December 18, 2014
Why Ashton Carter? http://t.co/aQ8c54lUGM via @CongressBlog
— The Hill (@thehill) December 18, 2014
The President granted 20 pardons on Wednesday, but there are many more waiting http://t.co/OYZeXM04hu pic.twitter.com/CIvvERHYaK
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) December 18, 2014
With Sony’s #TheInterview cancelled, are U.S. officials feeling pressured to react? @Adschina‘s take: http://t.co/kWpLDaF6BA
— CFR (@CFR_org) December 18, 2014
Jeb Bush quitting Barclays: http://t.co/m185LGUal1
— POLITICO (@politico) December 18, 2014
Cuba provides a stark contrast between Rand Paul and the 2016 GOP field http://t.co/Gfz4ByXxHb
— National Journal (@nationaljournal) December 18, 2014