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An anti-Syrian regime protesters wears a revolutionary flag on his back during a protest outside the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. Arab League foreign ministers, meeting in Cairo, extended the much-criticized observers mission for another month, officials from the 22-member organization said. The League decided to add more observers and provide them with additional resources, the officials said. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Assad’s fall could solve Iraqi weapons mystery

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul-Karim Elaibi, OPEC's acting president, said that while Iran's "enemies" have imposed sanctions on the Islamic republic, OPEC's focus should be protecting its members' interest and not being dragged into a political struggle. (Associated Press)

OPEC seeks to stayout of Iran-West spat

By Tarek el-Tablawy - Associated Press

Contest: H Street Karaoke Championship
The full-tilt narcissism inspired by the document-everything era (or perhaps the narcissism came first?) has created some interesting cultural byproducts: Everyone's a photographer; everyone's a foodie; everyone has a really important story to tell. Also? Karaoke has replaced kick ball as the thing you used to do because you enjoyed it that you now do so you can post it on your Facebook timeline. If that sounds like you, the hippest corridor in D.C.--H St. NE--is hosting its fourth annual karaoke contest. The show is free, while $6 gets you a pound of PBR and "a shot of crap whiskey." That sounds like a great Facebook post, if not a reasonably good time. Jan. 26 at the Rock and Roll Hotel, 1353 H St. NE. Phone: 202/388-ROCK. Web: http://www.rockandrollhoteldc.com

Get Out: ‘Time Stands Still’

By Mike Riggs - Special to The Washington Times

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney speaks at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C., on Wednesday. He has assembled several George W. Bush-era veterans as national security advisers to his campaign. The South Carolina GOP primary is scheduled for Saturday in the state. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Many Bush-era hard-liners are Romney security advisers

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a car-bomb attack outside Mosul, Iraq, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (AP Photo)

Car bombs kill 11 people around Iraq

By Bushra Juhi - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Arrows of the Night’

By Gary Anderson - Special to The Washington Times

Mercedes Bagceci, an Army specialist, and her husband, Ismail, look over information for Ismail, who was among military spouses looking for work at the Military Spouse Career Forum and Hiring Fair at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Veterans’ new battle front: Job market

By Andrea Billups - The Washington Times

Asmar Abboud, 31, wounded in a bombing attack on Shiite pilgrims on Saturday, is treated at a hospital in Basra, Iraq, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Gunmen storm Iraq compound, kill 7 police

By Bushra Juhi - Associated Press

Shiite faithful pilgrims gather at the Imam Hussein Shrine in Karbala, for Arbaeen, which marks the end of the 45 mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Bomb kills at least 53 pilgrims in south Iraq

By Nabil Al-Jurani - Associated Press

This image released by CBS News Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, shows Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on "Face the Nation" in Washington. McCain discussed his endorsement of Mitt Romney and the 2012 presidential campaign. (AP Photo/CBS News, Chris Usher)

Iraq’s plight imperils goals of U.S.

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

** FILE ** U.S. citizen Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, convicted by Iran of spying for the CIA, is pictured on a video frame grab image made from the Iranian broadcaster IRIB TV on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/IRIB)

U.S. condemns Tehran over death sentence for American man

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

**FILE** Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (center) speaks at a ceremony marking Police Day at the police academy in Baghdad on Jan. 9, 2012. (Associated Press)

Officials: Car bombs kill 14 in Baghdad

By Adam Schreck and Yahya Barzanji - Associated Press

People gather at the scene of a bomb attack in Sadr City, east of Baghdad, on Jan. 5, 2012. (Associated Press)

Scores killed in Iraq bombings targeting Shiites

By Adam Schreck - Associated Press

President Obama, joined by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (third from left), Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey (center) and various senior Defense Department and military officials, discusses the Defense Strategic Review and a military strategy that will include large defense cuts at the Pentagon on Thursday. (Associated Press)

Obama to shrink armed forces

By Rowan Scarborough and Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

President Obama (right) and Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta share a laugh with the press corps after the president spoke on the Defense Strategic Review on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at the Pentagon in Arlington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Panetta: Smaller military means extra risk

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Relatives carry the coffin of Rasha Hassan, 22, before her burial in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. A wave of explosions struck two Shiite neighborhoods on Thursday, killing and injuring dozens of Iraqis, police said, and intensifying fears that insurgents are stepping up attacks after the U.S. troop withdrawal that was completed last month. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)

Attacks targeting Shiites kill 72

By Sameer N. Yacoub - Associated Press

Illustration: Camp Ashraf

PHILLIPS: Move Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty

By Brig. Gen. David Phillips - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, photo, people gather at a coffee shop in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqis are again segregating themselves along sectarian lines, prompted by a political crisis pulling at the explosive Sunni-Shiite divide just weeks after the American withdrawal left Iraq to chart its own future. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Fearful, Iraq’s Sunnis leave mixed neighborhoods

By Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

Protesters chant anti-U.S. slogans and wave Iraqi flags Dec. 30, 2011, during a demonstration in the Azamiyah neighborhood of Baghdad. Hundreds of Iraqi Sunnis have celebrated the departure of the American forces from Iraq, amid sectarian tensions. (Associated Press)

Hundreds of Iraqis cheer departure of U.S. forces

By Bushra Juhi - Associated Press

HOME AGAIN: Addison Reel, 2, of Dover, Del., is all smiles in the arms of her father, Air Force Tech Sgt. Scott Reel, upon his arrival at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport this month after a four-month deployment to Qatar. Operation Welcome Home Maryland was there to greet him. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

For troops, many happy returns

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times