Hillary On The Hot Seat

• The small but growing number of Gazan refugees has doubled in the past four days. [ New York Times ]

• Today John Kerry will be leading Hillary Clinton's Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of State. This is all very Fraught, since Kerry wanted the job. [ Washington Post ]

• The UK's foreign secretary says Pakistan has primary responsibility for dealing with this Mumbai problem. [ BBC News ]

• Russia's Gazprom has resumed natural gas delivery to Europe via Ukraine, with international monitors standing by to make sure the devilish Ukraine doesn't siphon off gas. [ UPI ]

• This isfantastic: an Indiana businessman fakes his own death in an Alabama "plane crash," then turns up 225 miles away claiming he has been in a "canoe accident" even though his legs are only wet from the knees down and he is wearingflight goggles.He is currently missing. [ AP ]

• The U.S. abstained from a U.N. vote calling for a cease-fire in Gaza because Ehud Olmert told us to. [ Los Angeles Times ]