Subject: Editors' Picks: Putin sends his 'Leopard' into Ukraine; and Oman's palace intrigue
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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 18:08:07 -0500 (EST)

FOREIGN POLICY'S TOP 5 READS
Thursday, November 13

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#1 
PUTIN’S REINFORCEMENTS: Sophisticated Russian weapons have been spotted near Donetsk, signalling that a dangerous new phase of the conflict may be underway: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71zk0b.4oi9/VGUtsMPoQ-jqUPzZAd91f target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71zk0b.4oi9/VGUtsMPoQ-jqUPzUA4d0d>

#2
THE SULTAN’S SUCCESSOR: Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, the man who built modern, moderate Oman, may be on his deathbed. No one knows what will happen next: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71zk0b.4oi9/VGUtsMPoQ-jqUPzaAa423 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71zk0b.4oi9/VGUtsMPoQ-jqUPzVA3b71>

#3
FROM DAWN TILL DUSK: Greece’s neo-Nazis were scarier than anyone imagined. Prosecutors claim Golden Dawn practiced knife skills on sheep, owned bazookas, and planned to break into parliament with tanks: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71zk0b.4oi9/VGUtsMPoQ-jqUPzbAa6fa target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>: 
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71zk0b.4oi9/VGUtsMPoQ-jqUPzWAeab3>

#4
MISSION CREEP?: Earlier today, Gen. Martin Dempsey outlined a scenario to get U.S. combat troops on the ground in Iraq. FP’s Kate Brannen reports: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71zk0b.4oi9/VGUtsMPoQ-jqUPzcA7ffa target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71zk0b.4oi9/VGUtsMPoQ-jqUPzXA7456>

#5
SUPERPOWER STANDOFF: China's military budget is growing, the United States is committing more assets to the Pacific, and neither side really understands what the other is thinking: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71zk0b.4oi9/VGUtsMPoQ-jqUPzdA8242 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c71zk0b.4oi9/VGUtsMPoQ-jqUPzYA0c86>

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