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Sundays - January 2, 9, 16, 23, 30. 9:00 - 10:00 PM

AFRICA MEETS AFRICA (AMA). WPFW 89.3 FM - Pacifica Radio, Washington, DC. A new progressive weekly radio magazine showcasing the continent of Africa and the Diaspora. Visit: www.angeliqueshofar.com and www.wpfw.org or call 202-588-0999 ext 360 or 202-270-1688 for more info. Listen by web stream at http://www.wpfw.org or short-wave radio.

Thursday, January 6. 12:00 pm -2:00 pm

Concerns and Prospects for U.S. Foreign Policy: Roundtable Discussion. New America Foundation

Thursday, January 6. 5:00-7:30 PM

The Islamic Paradox: Shiite Clerics, Sunni Fundamentalists, and the Coming of Arab Democracy - Book Forum. American Enterprise Institute

Friday, January 7. 12:00 noon

The Open Society Paradox: Why the 21st Century Calls for More Openness - Not Less. The Heritage Foundation

Monday, January 10. 12:30-2:00 p.m.

The World Economic and Social Survey 2004: The Role of International Migration in Development. The Center for Global Development

Monday, January 10. 2:15-4:30 PM

China and the Global Economic Recovery - With Speeches by Anne Krueger of the IMF and Randal Quarles of the U.S. Treasury. American Enterprise Institute

Monday, January 10. 5:30 pm
Financing Development: The Power of Regionalism. The Center for Global Development

Monday, January 10. 5:30-7:00 PM

Immigration Reform - Politics and Prospects. American Enterprise Institute

January 10-12
Advancing Knowledge and the Knowledge Economy Conference. Co-spsonsored by the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry and the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI).

Wednesday, January 12. 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Islam, Gender and Reproductive Health: Part 4 of 6. Woodrow Wilson Center.

Wednesday, January 12. 12:00 - 2:00 pm
International Engagement in the Bush Administration’s Second Term. Society for International Development-Washington, DC, Chapter Event.

Wednesday, January 12. 1:00-2:30 PM
Pizza and Prose (Genetically Modified Foods). With Nina Fedoroff, Co-Author of Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist's View of Genetically Modified Foods. Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences.

Wednesday, January 12. 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Book Launch: Crucial Needs, Weak Incentives. Woodrow Wilson Center.

Thursday, January 13. 12.00 noon–2.00 pm

Consultation on the World Bank Paper "Issues in Using Country Systems in Bank Operations". World Bank

Thursday, January 13. 12:30-2:00 p.m.

Why Are We Worried About Income? Nearly Everything that Matters is Converging. Center for Global Development

Thursday, January 13. 2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

U.S. Aid: Generous or Stingy? Center for Global Development and the Hudson Institute

January 13-14
Annual Private Voluntary Cooperation (PVC) Conference: "What Makes A Good NGO?". USAID

Tuesday, January 18. 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. -- Break -- 2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Secretary of State Nomination - Dr. Condoleezza Rice - Part I

Wednesday, January 19. 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. -- Break -- 2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Secretary of State Nomination - Dr. Condoleezza Rice - Part II
Senate Foreign Relations Committee. 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Monday, January 24. 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Gold, Dollars, and Power: The Politics of International Monetary Relations, 1958-1971. Woodrow Wilson Center.

Wednesday, January 26. 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

A Book Launch – Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya. The Africa Program, Woodrow Wilson Center.