This is a new weekly feature we're trying out. Every Friday, we'll run down the highlights of the week to come. -JK
The U.S. Congress is in for a busy week. The Senate will review
Obama's stimulus package and begin to hold confirmation
hearings for CIA director designate Leon Panetta. Meanwhile the House will work on legislation
for the financial industry and healthcare for kids. Never one to miss out
on the fun, the Treasury will get involved, potentially re-introducing
7-year government bonds.
Highly anticipated provincial elections
will begin in Iraq on Saturday.
The World Economic Forum in Davos continues.
NATO will begin to train the newly formed Kosovo army.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Czech President Vaclav Klaus.
Hugo Chavez celebrates
a decade in power by holding a summit of Latin American leftist leaders.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao wraps ups his European tour.
A different kind of international dignitary, Punxsutawney Phil, will make an
appearance on Groundhog's Day.
The Australian Reserve Bank will meet and is widely expected
to cut rates significantly.
The Czech
Republic's parliament will hold a vote on EU integration.
India will unveil a $10 laptop
to promote education for poor students.
The Obama team will rollout some options for fixing the
banking sector.
South African courts will hold a hearing to set
the date for presidential candidate Jacob Zuma's corruption trial.
Senior officials (below the level of minister) from Russia, China,
France, Britain, the U.S.
and Germany will meet in the
Frankfurt area to
discuss Iran's nuclear program.
The U.S. Congress examines the Bernard Maddoff case again.
South
Africa will increase the price of petrol by
10 percent.
Mahmoud Abbas hits the road again, this time to address the
EU parliament in Strasbourg.
The Berlin Film Festival will open with an especially
diverse set of filmmakers submitting works.
The European Central Bank will hold a rate meeting. It is uncertain whether the bank will cut
rates, as Jean-Claude Trichet has signaled that the next important policy
meeting won't
be until March.
The Fed will release updated consumer credit figures.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, National Security Advisor,
James Jones, and special envoy to South Asia, Richard Holbrooke, among others,
will attend a security conference in Munich.
Biden may use the forum to deliver the
Obama administration's first significant policy statement on
security and defense.
Holbrooke will head
to South Asia after the meeting.
European Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso, arrives to Moscow to talk energy
with Vladimir Putin.
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