23 Jan Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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- US Trade Representative Ron Kirk is stepping down in late February.
- UK Prime Minister David Cameron has given his long-awaited speech on UK membership of the EU, promising a referendum in 2017 if the Conservative Party wins the 2015 elections.
- North Korea has responded angrily to the UN Security Council Resolution condemning its December rocket launch and expanding sanctions against the state.
- Jordan is holding elections today under a new regime negotiated during the Arab Spring, but many opposition parties are boycotting the elections claiming that they will not bring about real change.
- Charles Taylor began appealing his 50-year prison sentence for war crimes at the Special Court for Sierra Leone yesterday.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in Israeli elections despite his party losing seats in the Knesset.
- Foreign Policy offers an insight into how the world viewed US President Obama’s inauguration for his second term.
- A U.S. drone killed four suspected al Qaeda militants in a strike on their car in northern Yemen as they drove away from a militant training ground, according to tribal sources and local officials, the fourth such attack in four days.
- A Yemeni cabinet minister criticized the use of pilotless U.S. drones against suspected al Qaeda militants, a tactic that has outraged communities in targeted areas, and urged a move to ground operations to avoid hurting civilians.
- Additionally, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister has come out in protest against US drone strikes, stating that the strikes are a violation of Pakistani sovereignty and international law. The use of drones is also creating a growing controversy in the United States.
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