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  • The company logo of Sinopec is displayed at a news conference in Hong KongA majority of Canadians don't want Chinese state-owned companies investing in Canada. A new CIC report suggests this might be short-sighted.
  • An Israeli flag flutters in the wind as a tug boat  manoeuvres just outside the port of AshdodFour reasons to believe the US Secretary of Defence when he announced that Isreal will attack Iran in 2012.
  • RTR2XMZHCan Prime Minister Harper say "invest in Canada" in Mandarin? A strategy for strengthening the Canada brand in China. 
  • RTR2464EHow about "Buy North America" rather than "Buy America"? Pastor on how to awaken American, Canadians and Mexicans to the continent's promise.
  • RTXTEVBWhat's on Stephen Harper's China agenda? Roundtable blogger Gregory Chin striking a balance between economic and human rights concerns.
  • RTR2XEV3As Prime Minister Harper tours China, The Economist considers whether Beijing is changing the capitalist model.
  • Anti-Gaddafi fighters walk amidst the rubble after a Nato bombing on one of the buildings at Ouagadougou Conference Center in SirteAnother reason for a foreign policy review? According to The Atlantic, failure to act on Syria because Russia and China see Libya as a disaster.
  • RTR29JU0Caterpillar closed a Canadian plant this month. "What does the "London massacre" tell us about Canadian vulnerability?" Regg Cohn asks.
  • Residents hold banners during a rally in the village of Wukan in Lufeng county, Guangdong provincePromoting human rights in China does not mean preaching "western values," but rather encouraging compliance with China's own laws, writes Potter.
  • Canada's Foreign Minister Baird speaks at the annual 'Herzliya Conference' near Tel AvivJohn Baird needs a new speech-writer. Or so David Petrasek argues in his review of the minister's not-so-big ideas.
  • The Suncor tar sands mine north of Fort McMurray.America's energy future is inextricably linked to its northern neighbour," says Foreign Policy in its assessment of Keystone XL.
  • RTR2SON6Drones for good? Canadian Andrew Sniderman's innovative approach to stopping human rights abuses in Syria.
  • Protestors take part in a demonstration against Syrian regime in ViennaIs Canada leading the push to recognize an alternative government? John Baird's latest speech on further sanctions on Syria.
  • A sow covered city sign stands in front the congress center in DavosAt Davos, the region is king. Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer explains why the new economic order is a regional one - and why it won't solve climate change.
  • Ugandan officers serving with AMISOM 33rd Battalion walk on a hotel rooftop in the Yaaqshiid district of MogadishuSomalia is known for piracy and civil war. Are things about to change? It’s been 17 years, but the UN is back in Mogadishu.
  • An employee of natural cosmetics company is covered with molasses to protest against Canada's tar sands development during demonstration in ViennaAnti-Canadianism is becoming the new anti-Americanism: Slate's assessment of Canada's moves on tar sands and Kyoto.
  • Wikipedia webpage in use on a laptop computer is seen in this photo illustration taken in WashingtonThe Global Journal rates the top 100 best NGOs. The winner? The Wikimedia Foundation.
  • Pope Benedict XVI speaks with Canada's PM Harper during their meeting at the VaticanCanada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade is about to establish an Office of Religious Freedom. The minister explains why.
  • Canada's Foreign Minister Baird speaks in the House of Commons in OttawaA Pacific nation? Not so, argue Derek Burney and Fen Hampson in their denunciation of yet another foreign policy review.
  • U.S. Air Force handout photo of an F-35 escorted by two USMC F-18 HornetsSome of the best debates on the F-35 have been happening in Quebec. Thanks to Maclean's, we now have access to this analysis.
  • A member of a community of soldiers-turned-farmers plant crops around Negele, southern Oromia, EthiopiaLand grabs in Ethiopia further exasperate the food crisis. The effects of the government's decision to lease over 3.6 million hectares of land.
  • A child walks outside of his tent home in Port-au-Prince$5 billon later and 500,000 Haitians still live in tents. A human tale of what happened in preparation for next week's Future of Aid series.
  • 800px-TurkishflagStuck in the middle with whom? Mohammed Ayoob explains Turkey's precarious balancing act between East and West in Syria.
  • Leaders from different Islamist and political parties hold up their hands during an anti-U.S. and Indian rally in LahoreAs Pakistan's civilian government finds itself under siege (again), the International Crisis Group looks at the role of Islamist parties.