Looking ahead

Looking ahead: News to watch in the weeks to come

Petraeus visit

April 8: Expect fireworks when Gen. David Petraeus, the military commander in charge of U.S. forces in Iraq, testifies before a Democratic-controlled Congress irked by his advice to President George W. Bush to maintain troop levels in Iraq.

South Korea votes

April 9: After taking control of the presidency in December, South Korea's right-leaning Grand National Party seems likely to take control of parliament too in elections in April. With parliament in the hands of a pro-U.S. party, President Lee Myung-bak may be able to improve South Korea--United States relations.

Sudan protest

April 13: Protesters will gather in front of the Sudanese embassy in London as well as other locations across the globe to commemorate the 5th annual Global Day for Darfur—a call for peace in the violence-plagued region. The UN estimates well over 200,000 have died in what the United States has termed a genocide.