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• Clinton confirmation hearing set for Tuesday
Jim DeMint, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "She expresses herself well, and I don't think she'll make any rookie mistakes." The timetable for Clinton's confirmation has been closely watched because her departure from the ...
• Somali kidnappers release 2 foreign journalists
British reporter Colin Freeman of The Sunday Telegraph, right, and Spanish freelance photographer Jose Cendon, sit Sunday in their hotel room in the semiautonomous region of Puntland in northern Somalia. MOGADISHU, Somalia - Two foreign journalists ...
• Israel lets 300 with foreign passports exit Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel bombed a mosque it claimed was used to store weapons and destroyed homes of more than a dozen Hamas operatives Friday, but under international pressure, the government allowed some 300 Palestinians with foreign ...
• China, U.S. praise 'pingpong diplomacy'
Negroponte, flanked by his Chinese counterpart Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya and U.S. Ambassador to China Clark T. Randt, watched Chinese and U.S. players play several matches. At the end of the games, Negroponte was given a small gift ...
• Presidential libraries to disclose future donors
Corporations and foreign nations are also major donors to presidential libraries. Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said there was "enormous potential for abuse" from the current lack of ...