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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

Feds: France hinders probe of satellite technology sale to China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

John Engler, president of the Business Roundtable, speaks with editors and reporters of The Washington Times in December. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times) ** FILE **

Business leader: Regulations stunt growth

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

ON THEIR OWN: Iraqi army soldiers train with an M1 Abrams tank, purchased from the U.S., during an exercise in Baghdad.

Gear galore left in Iraq as last troops pull out

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

"Tulips" by American artist Jeff Koons outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing is part of the State Department's Art in Embassies program celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. (State Department photo)

Using art for diplomacy: A vibrant State Department program reaches 50

By Roland Flamini - Special to The Washington Times

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the United States of spending “hundreds of millions” of dollars to influence Russian politics. (Associated Press)

Putin accuses Clinton of encouraging vote-fraud protesters

By Lynn Berry - Associated Press

U.S. warns Iraq against eviction of foes of Iran

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Rohrabacher presses State on future of Iranian exiles

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

U.S., Microsoft to meet Chinese Web regulators

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Embassy Row

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

A July 2010 check for J-1 visa worker Kateryna Totskaya shows zero pay for the pay period. Middlemen commonly dock students' pay so heavily for lodging, transportation and other necessities that the wages work out to $1 an hour or less. (Associated Press)

Abuses spur review of work-travel visas

By Holdbrook Mohr - Associated Press

Illustration: Dubai death by John Camejo for The Washington Times

TIMMERMAN: A dubious death in Dubai

By Kenneth R. Timmerman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Bashir on charges of war crimes and genocide in Darfur. He has denied the charges. (Associated Press)

New rebel alliance undermines Darfur peace effort

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Canadian urges quick decision on new pipeline route

By Rob Gilles - Associated Press

Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood announces from the floor of the legislature in Lincoln, Neb., Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, that TransCanada has agreed to voluntarily move the Keystone XL pipeline project away from the Ogallala aquifer. TransCanada will move the route of its planned oil pipeline out of the environmentally sensitive Sandhills area of Nebraska, two company officials announced Monday night. (AP Photo/The Lincoln Journal-Star, Eric Gregory)

TransCanada says it will reroute planned pipeline

By Grant Schulte - Associated Press

Officials: Sudan bombs refugee camp in S. Sudan; 12 killed

By Jason Straziuso - Associated Press

Demonstrators march with a replica pipeline outside the White House on Sunday to protest TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Citing environmental fears, the State Department on Thursday ordered a new review of the Canada-to-Texas pipeline. (Associated Press)

Canadian pipeline to Texas on hold until 2013

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Environmental activists gather outside the White House on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, to protest the Keystone XL pipeline. (Associated Press)

U.S. delays massive oil pipeline from Canada

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

Part of Keystone pipeline route could be altered

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

White House urged to defer final decision on oil pipeline

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Ari Zivotofsky accompanies his son, Menachem, outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Monday. The Supreme Court seemed unlikely to rule in favor of the 9-year-old, who was born in Jerusalem and whose parents want his United States passport to list his place of birth as Israel. (Associated Press)

Justices mull boy’s Jerusalem birth

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press