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John Kerry's committee announces hearing on John Kerry's nomination as secretary of state Jan 24th 2013, 00:57 The press office of Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday announced a hearing on the nomination of Sen. John F. Kerry as secretary of state. Kerry, a news release said, will be introduced to the committee by Hillary Rodham Clinton, the current secretary; committee member Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.); and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, his fellow Massachusetts Democrat. Read full article >> Amid regional change, Jordanians reluctantly vote for more of the same Jan 23rd 2013, 23:30 AMMAN, Jordan — Jordanians turned out in higher-than-expected numbers Wednesday to elect a loyalist parliament in what officials hailed as a ringing endorsement of King Abdullah II's gradualist approach to democratic reforms. Read full article >> What it's like for one Middle East reporter to watch the Benghazi hearings Jan 23rd 2013, 21:42 Today's congressional hearings with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on the September 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, are a tense and highly politicized confrontation between skeptical Republican lawmakers and a prominent member of the Obama administration. Read full article >> China's latest restriction for Tibetans: no passports Jan 23rd 2013, 21:04 The Tibetans of China had a difficult 2012, and so far 2013 is not looking much better. Tibetan self-immolations, in protest against Beijing's increasingly harsh rule over the Himalayan region, are continuing apace. Since the new Communist Party leadership took power, Chinese authorities appear to have tightened their grip on Tibet, sending in security forces to cordon off areas of unrest and even confiscating thousands of satellite dishes. Read full article >> Pentagon to remove ban on women in combat Jan 23rd 2013, 20:59 Outgoing Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has decided to allow women to serve in combat roles, a watershed policy shift that follows years of calls for a fully inclusive military. Panetta and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, are expected to formally announce the change Thursday, Pentagon officials said. The Army, Marines and other services will then develop plans to open jobs in ground combat units, such as the infantry, to women. Read full article >> Russia denies plans for mass evacuation from Syria, defends U.S. adoptions ban Jan 23rd 2013, 19:58 MOSCOW — Russia's foreign minister on Wednesday played down the implications of the departure of some of its citizens from Syria a day earlier and said Moscow has no intention of evacuating any of the thousands of Russians living in that country. Read full article >> The best article ever written about 'sybaritic gabfest' Davos Jan 23rd 2013, 18:40 The World Economic Forum, also known as "Davos" for the Swiss mountain town where it is held, also known as the largest annual gathering of political and business elites up to and including heads of state, is impossible not to mock. Read full article >> Syria's food shortages worsening, U.N. says Jan 23rd 2013, 18:13 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Syrians face ever more acute food shortages and price increases as a spreading civil war sends agricultural production tumbling and threatens to damage crops such as wheat and barley, according to the United Nations. Read full article >> Map: What Europeans think of the EU (Brits really don't like it) Jan 23rd 2013, 17:29 How negative is British public opinion toward the European Union? It's pretty grim: according to the most recent Eurobarometer survey, from May 2011, more Brits believe that the European Union is bad for their country than those who think it's a good thing. In every other country in the union even Greece! poll respondents were more likely to call EU membership good for their country. Read full article >> New Delhi rape panel calls for major changes in governance and way India's women are treated Jan 23rd 2013, 16:18 NEW DELHI — The panel set up in the wake of national protests after the gang rape of a young woman on a bus in the Indian capital submitted its report Wednesday, castigating politicians, police and the army for failing to protect women and children and calling for far-reaching changes in the way the country is governed. Read full article >> Few expect Yair Lapid will replace Netanyahu as Israel's prime minister Jan 23rd 2013, 14:35 Two of the biggest stories out of Tuesday's Israeli election, so far, are the weakening of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the surprising success of a centrist party called Yesh Atid. When Israel's political parties move to form a new governing coalition, then, could Netanyahu be replaced by a centrist politician? If he were, the obvious candidate would be Yesh Atid's leader, a charismatic former TV host named Yair Lapid. But few Israeli political observers seem to think this is going to happen. Read full article >> Hillary Rodham Clinton's prepared introductory remarks Jan 23rd 2013, 14:26 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's prepared introductory testimony, Wednesday, Jan. 23 hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity. Read full article >>

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