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President Obama returns a greeting to Bun Rany, wife of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, (center) before a gala dinner in Phnom Penh on Monday. Mr. Obama was in Cambodia on the final leg of his three-country tour of Southeast Asia. Below: Hun Sen, here in 1996, examines a grenade launcher reportedly surrendered by Khmer Rouge rebels. Hun Sen’s reputation for violence owes much to the fact that he staged a 1997 coup against his own coalition government. (Associated Press)

Hun Sen shows knack for staying in power

By Grant Peck - Associated Press

People walk past as M23 rebel soldier's take positions near the Heal Africa hospital in the center of Goma, Congo, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Melanie Gouby)

M23 rebels vow to take Congo, as troops defect

By Melanie Gouby - Associated Press

**FILE** Steam and smoke rise from a coal burning power plant in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Dec. 16, 2009. (Associated Press)

U.N. report warns of widening climate gap

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Nov. 19, 2012, photo, President Barack Obama "douses 11 flames" as he tours the Shwedagon Pagoda with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Yangon, Myanmar. Little noticed during Obama's landmark visit to Myanmar was a significant concession that could shed light on whether that nation's powerful military pursued a clandestine nuclear weapons program, possibly with North Korea's help. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Myanmar says it’s ready to sign nuclear agreement

By Matthew Pennington - Associated Press

Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, says he will block any nomination of Susan E. Rice to become secretary of state. (Associated Press)

GOP riled at intel’s early edits on Libya

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

An M23 rebel soldier looks back as he and others take positions near the Heal Africa hospital in the center of Goma on Tuesday. A rebel group created just seven months ago seized the strategic provincial capital of Goma. (Associated Press)

Congo rebels take control of city, airport

By Melanie Gouby and Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

A young man (left) wounded by bullets during fighting between the Congolese army and M23 rebels is treated at the Heal Africa hospital in Goma, Congo, on Nov. 20, 2012. (Associated Press)

Congolese rebels seize Goma, take airport

By Melanie Gouby and Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice is not fit to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state because she misled the nation about the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, according to a letter sent by 97 House Republicans. (Associated Press)

House GOP letter slams Rice

By Jim Abrams - Associated Press

**FILE** M23 rebels conduct training exercises in Rumangabo, Congo, on Oct. 23, 2012. (Associated Press)

Congo rebels, army clash at Goma’s edge

By Melanie Gouby and Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

World Briefs: Abbas pushes forward for change in U.N. status

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Rebels advance to outskirts of provincial capital in Congo

By Melanie Gouby - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this June 23, 2011, file photo, then-CIA Director-designate Gen. David Petraeus testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Petraeus has resigned because of an extramarital affair. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

EDITORIAL: Diplomats died, Obama lied

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

**FILE** Susan Rice, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, listens June 7, 2012, during a news conference at the U.N. (Associated Press)

PRUDEN: The helpless little lady is back in town as Obama defends her honor

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Report: Sri Lanka was grave failure for U.N.

By Ravi Nessman and Peter James Spielmann - Associated Press

UN says access to contraception a human right

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

World Briefs: Venezuela turns over drug lord to Colombia

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Briefly: UN says rebel groups killed 264 people since April

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Obama answers a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama, GOP clash on Benghazi, Rice

By Susan Crabtree and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this photo, released by the Egyptian Presidency, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, meets with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, right, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

Israel: Palestinian U.N. bid could threaten accords

By Amy Teibel - Associated Press

**FILE** Syrian children, who fled their homes due to government shelling, take refuge Sept. 13, 2012, with their families at Bab Al-Salameh crossing border, hoping to cross to one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz. (Associated Press)

11,000 Syrians flee in single day in refugee surge

Associated Press