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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Military opens combat roles to women
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*Top news: *Outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is expected to  
announce [1] Thursday that female service members will soon be allowed to  
serve in combat roles previously open only to men. The announcement follows  
the repeal [2] of the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on openly gay service  
members in 2011, and removes the final impediment to a fully inclusive  
military.

According to defense officials, the decision was made upon the recommendatio  
[3]n of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and will be fully implemented by 2016. For  
years activists and lawmakers have been pushing for the military to open  
combat roles to women, and last year the American Civil Liberties Union filed  
a lawsuit [4] against the Pentagon for its discriminatory policy. Sen. Patty  
Murray (D-Wash), outgoing head of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee,  
called the decision "an historic step for equality and for recognizing the  
role women have, and will continue to play, in the defense of our nation."

Already, women represented [5] 2 percent of casualties in Iraq and  
Afghanistan, where counterinsurgency strategy made the front lines difficult  
to discern. In 11 years of war, 84 women have been killed*.*

*Benghazi*: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified [6] for six hours  
Wednesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign  
Affairs committee on the State Department's handling of the deadly 9/11  
terrorist attack in Libya's second city. She again acknowledged  
responsibility for the security lapses at the consulate, but delivered a  
spirited defense of the Obama administration's response to the crisis,  
dismissing Republican allegations of a White House cover-up and at times  
growing emotional during her testimony. At one point, when asked by Sen. Ron  
Johnson (R-Wis) about shifting explanations for the attack, she pounded the  
table and demanded [7], "What difference, at this point, does it make?"

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Middle East

 * A U.S drone strike in northern Yemen killed [8] at least six members of al
   Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, according to local sources.
 * The Muslim Brotherhood boycotted [9] Jordan's first parliamentary election
   since the Arab uprisings began in 2011.
 * The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said [10] Wednesday that wheat
   and barley production in Syria has been halved since the conflict broke
   out 22 months ago.

Africa

 * South African police arrested [11] 256 people during a protest in
   Sasolburg that left two people dead.
 * A rights group accused [12] the Malian army of carrying out summary
   executions in the fight against Islamist militants for control of the
   north.
 * Kenya broke ground [13] on a $14.5 billion project to build a new IT and
   business hub in Konza.

Asia

 * A Thai judge sentenced [14] a former magazine editor to 10 years in prison
   for publishing articles that defamed King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
 * Japan a reported [15] high trade deficit of $78 billion for 2012.
 * A Japanese envoy told [16] Chinese officials Wednesday that Japan wants to
   improve relations between the two countries. 

Americas

 * Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro claimed [17] Wednesday that he is
   the target of an assassination plot.
 * Mexican authorities arrested [18] 11 members of the La Familia Michoacana
   drug cartel in connection with the recent killing and dismembering of 16
   people.
 * A Mexican court ordered [19] the release of Florence Cassez, a Frenchwoman
   previously sentenced to 60 years in prison for kidnapping.  

Europe

 * British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed [20] Wednesday to hold a
   referendum on UK membership in the EU by 2017.
 * Bosnia postponed [21] its first census since the 1992-1995 war because of
   regional disagreements.
 * Portugal saw strong demand [22] in its first bond sale since receiving a
   bailout in May 2011.

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