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Some tough questions for Hagel Jan 21st 2013, 22:44 Senators next week will pose questions to Chuck Hagel during his confirmation hearing to be secretary of defense. Hopefully, they will pose more than the gotcha questions that require the former senator from Nebraska to explain his past statements about Iran, Israel, gays and the "bloated" Pentagon budget. Read full article >> Japan, China struggle to curb tensions Jan 21st 2013, 19:15 BEIJING — Judging by some of the commentary in the Chinese media, an outside observer might think war with Japan is imminent. "The Chinese military could win a war over the Diaoyu Islands in half an hour," Major General Zhang Zhaozhong, a Chinese military scholar, was quoted as saying last week. Read full article >> The one substantive foreign policy point in Obama's inauguration speech Jan 21st 2013, 18:04 President's Obama's inaugural address is already making headlines for its points on domestic policy and social issues. But what did the most important national leader on Earth, the commander-in-chief of the world's most powerful military, have to say about foreign policy? Almost nothing, surprisingly enough. Read full article >> On eve of election, Netanyahu's bid to strengthen grip appears to have backfired Jan 21st 2013, 17:58 JERUSALEM — When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for early elections in October, he hoped to emerge with a strengthened popular mandate for another term in office. To cement a solid victory, he formed a joint ticket, combining parliamentary candidates from his right-leaning Likud party with those of the ultra-nationalist faction Yisrael Beiteinu, led by the former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman. Read full article >> Algeria raises death toll of foreign hostages at gas complex; 3 said to be Americans Jan 21st 2013, 17:09 Algeria on Monday raised to at least 36 the toll of foreigners killed in last week's hostage crisis at a natural gas complex in the Sahara Desert, and three Americans were reported to be among the victims. Read full article >> Russian kids with cancer must make way for country's top judges Jan 21st 2013, 16:03 MOSCOW — Russian health care is getting a jolt of Soviet-style management in the northern city of St. Petersburg. The prosaically named Hospital No. 31, once reserved for the Communist Party elite of Leningrad, is to be closed to the public again after more than 20 years, on orders from the Kremlin — this time, to become the exclusive medical center for the nation's top judges. Read full article >> Big controversy in Canada: New banknotes have the wrong maple leaf Jan 21st 2013, 15:00 Yes, the politics of national identity can be fierce even in Canada, where new banknotes are generating outrage because, according to critics, they feature a Norwegian maple leaf. This is seen as an affront to the 11-point red maple leaf that has adorned Canada's national flag since 1965. (Canada still flew the Union Jack until then, which might surprise American readers.) The Globe and Mail newspaper, which also features the red maple right there on its masthead, runs down the crisis: Read full article >> In Egypt, coalition of groups opposed to Islamists is fracturing Jan 21st 2013, 13:27 CAIRO — Egypt's disparate opposition groups remain so divided that analysts and activists say they risk losing the last major decision-making body in the country to Islamists when the country votes in upcoming parliamentary elections. Read full article >>

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