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@hujintao gives up on tweeting
Chinese President Hu Jintao has mysteriously given up on micro-blogging before ever really getting started. China’s President startled the internet at the weekend by opening a micro-blog – the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. Fascinated netizens began signing...
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Tue, Feb 23 2010 8:29 AM
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FP Passport
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China
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Internet
Morning Brief: Two more suspects identified in Dubai killing after Lieberman meets with EU
Two more suspects identified in Dubai killing after Lieberman meets with EU Top news: The United Arab Emirates has identified four more suspects in the assassination of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. Two of the new suspects held British passports...
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Tue, Feb 23 2010 5:39 AM
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FP Passport
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Morning Brief
Why are coups always led by colonels?
Passport 's brilliant editor, Joshua Keating, asked me a very good question the other day: why does it seem like African coups are always led by middle-ranking military officers? The recent coup in Niger was led by Col. Salou Djibo, a "little...
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Mon, Feb 22 2010 10:21 AM
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FP Passport
You say Arabian, I say Persian
As if there weren't enough controversies over Middle Eastern geogrphy, Iran has lashed out recently on the name of the waterway to its south, most commonly called the Persian Gulf. Tehran's ire first arose when a Greek steward, working for an...
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Mon, Feb 22 2010 10:17 AM
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FP Passport
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Middle East
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Iran
Sting wrapped around Uzbek dictator's finger
Guardian blogger Marina Hyde thoroughly eviscerates British rocker Sting for playing a concert in Uzbekistan at the invitation of Gulnara Karimova, daughter of Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov, and then making excuses for it. The whole thing is worth reading...
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Mon, Feb 22 2010 10:13 AM
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FP Passport
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Celebs
North Korea's census
While it's famously difficult to obtain information from within North Korea, author B.R. Myers has written a fascinating account based on DPRK propaganda, " North Korea's Race Problem ," for the current print issue of FP . Hermit Kingdom...
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Mon, Feb 22 2010 9:14 AM
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FP Passport
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North Korea
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East Asia
Morning Brief: More civilians killed in NATO airstrike as Afghan offensive continues
More civilians killed in NATO airstrike as Afghan offensive continues Top news: At least 27 civilians were killed in a NATO airstrike in Central Afghanistan, according to President Hamid Karzai's cabinet, an attack they call "unjustifiable."...
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Mon, Feb 22 2010 5:40 AM
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FP Passport
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Morning Brief
Indian analyst: Mullah Baradar arrest is another ISI deception
The most interesting, and least verifiable theory I've seen about the capture of Taliban leader Mullah Baradar comes via B. Raman , a former top analyst with Indian intelligence. Perhaps not surprisingly, Raman think Pakistan is up to no good, and...
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Sun, Feb 21 2010 6:51 PM
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Pakistan
Friday Photo: The Bunuelathon
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway competes in the men's biathlon 10 km sprint final during the Biathlon Men's 10 km Sprint on day 3 of the 2010 Winter Olympics at Whistler Olympic Park Biathlon Stadium on February 14, 2010 in Whistler, Canada. Read...
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Fri, Feb 19 2010 3:30 PM
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Israeli Embassy's Dubai tweet is not a hit
The latest Twitter fail comes courtesy of the Israeli Mission to Britain. The Thursday tweet included a link to a story about Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer's advancement to the quarterfinals of the Dubai Championship, but also seemed to jokingly...
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Fri, Feb 19 2010 3:12 PM
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Middle East
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Israel/Palestine
What's the U.S. policy on Coups D'Etat?
The Obama adminsitration's quick condemnation of last year's coup in Honduras and repeated (though ultimately unsuccessful) demands that leftist President Manuel Zelaya be reinstated, seemed to be an indication that the United States would no...
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Fri, Feb 19 2010 10:34 AM
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Africa
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State Department
Which country do Americans like the most?
Canada, the latest Gallup poll shows : Some of these answers seem a touch unfair to me. I would have preferred to see a poll asking Americans about their views of other countries' goverments , rather than the countries themselves. For instance, my...
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Fri, Feb 19 2010 8:59 AM
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FP Passport
My blogging head, talking
Malou Innocent of the Cato Institute and I are up talking about Afghanistan, Baradar, U.S. grand strategy, Sarah Palin, and the Olympics at Bloggingheads . Give it a watch! Read More...
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Fri, Feb 19 2010 6:25 AM
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Media
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Central Asia
Morning Brief: Niger's junta names colonel as new leader
Niger's junta names colonel as new leader Top story: After Niger President Mamadou Tandja (pictured) was captured in a military coup yesterday, a certain amount of normalcy has reportedly returned to the capital city of Niamey, where businesses and...
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Fri, Feb 19 2010 6:01 AM
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Morning Brief
Georgia: track to blame for luger's death
Georgia's Olympic committe reacted angrily to the International Luge Federation blaming the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili during a practice run last week on human error: "I exclude the possibility that Nodar was not experienced enough,"...
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Thu, Feb 18 2010 2:41 PM
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FP Passport
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Georgia
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Olympics
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