June 2011 - Foreign Policy Public Health Blog

Morning Brief: U.S. escalates covert war in Yemen

U.S. escalates covert war in Yemen Top story: The United States has stepped up targeted strikes against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen, even as the country sinks deeper into political crisis. On June 3, U.S. fighter jets killed al Qaeda operative...

Published Thu, Jun 09 2011 5:00 AM by FP Passport

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Fighting a lion for the revolution

The best thing on the Internet today is al-Masry al Youm 's interview with al-Sayed al-Essawy, a 25-year-old "gladiator" who is planning to fight a lion with his bare hands in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza. Why is he doing this? I...

Published Wed, Jun 08 2011 11:57 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Syrian troops headed north to crush protests

Syrian troops headed north to crush protests Top news: Convoys of Syrian tanks and thousands of troops are on the move, headed north to pacify the restive Idlib province. Dozens have reportedly already been killed in the town of Jisr al-Shugour in a crackdown...

Published Wed, Jun 08 2011 5:33 AM by FP Passport

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Who abducted Australia's x-files?

A Sydney Morning Herald investigation into the Australian government's UFO files has raised more questions than it answered: The department spent two months searching its offices for files that would be captured by the Herald 's FOI application...

Published Tue, Jun 07 2011 1:47 PM by FP Passport

4 barrels? 1,500 barrels? Who's counting?

We all learned during last year's Deepwater Horizon incident that oil spill estimates can fluctuate pretty rapidly, but this is still pretty dramatic : Enbridge Inc said a leaking pipeline in the Northwest Territories spilled as much as 1,500 barrels...

Published Tue, Jun 07 2011 1:33 PM by FP Passport

China to Friedman: The world is round

The editors of China's state-sponsored Global Time s evidently did not enjoy Tom Friedman's latest column , which was written in the form of a memo from China's Ministry of State Security to Hu Jintao about the Arab Spring, though they did...

Published Tue, Jun 07 2011 11:23 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Syria accuses protesters of opening fire on security forces

Syria accuses protesters of opening fire on security forces Top story: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime claimed on Monday that 120 soldiers were killed by armed protesters in the town of Jisr al-Shughour, near the Turkish border. While activists...

Published Tue, Jun 07 2011 4:48 AM by FP Passport

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Why the U.S. probably won't recognize Libya's rebel government

No offense to Vanuatu or Abkhazia , but there's a slightly more high profile international recognition dispute taking place right now, as Paul Richter reports : Ali Aujali, the soft-spoken representative from the rebels' ruling body, the Transitional...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2011 8:40 AM by FP Passport

Photos: Chile's Puyehue volcano

Lightning is seen amid a cloud of ash billowing from Puyehue volcano near Osorno in southern Chile, 870 km south of Santiago, on June 5, 2011. Puyehue volcano erupted for the first time in half a century on June 4, 2011, prompting evacuations for 3,500...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2011 8:13 AM by FP Passport

Vanuatu ambassador: Who told you we're recognizing Abkhazia?

Last week's item on the recognition of Abkhazian independence by the tiny pacific nation of Vanuatu may have been premature, the New York Times reports : Ambassador Donald Kalpokas, Vanuatu’s permanent representative to the United Nations, said officials...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2011 7:59 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Celebrations and uncertainty after Saleh leaves Yemen

Celebrations and uncertainty after Saleh leaves Yemen Top news: After weeks of angry protests, Yemenis took to the streets of Sanaa in celebration on Sunday following the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday night. Saleh, who has ruled...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2011 5:28 AM by FP Passport

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Morning Brief: Shells hit presidential palace in Yemen

Shells hit presidential palace in Yemen Top news: Shells hit the compound of Yemeni President Ali Abullah Saleh today as violence in the capital city of Sanaa continued to worsen. According to one report, Yemen's prime minister and the speaker of...

Published Fri, Jun 03 2011 5:43 AM by FP Passport

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A historic moment in Vanuatu-Abkhazia relations

Game changer? Vanuatu, a Pacific island nation that lies about 1,500 miles northeast of Sydney, Australia , has become the fifth country to recognize Abkhazia’s independence, agreeing to set up diplomatic relations with the self-declared republic, according...

Published Thu, Jun 02 2011 11:41 AM by FP Passport

Romney's pitch: Obama is a 'European' leader

There was not much about foreign policy in Mitt Romney's official announcement of his candidacy today. He suggested that the president has been "hesitant" about supporting the Middle East's revolutions and picked up on the "leading...

Published Thu, Jun 02 2011 10:40 AM by FP Passport

Chinese teenager sells kidney for an iPad 2

I'm sure Angry Birds must be twice as awesome on the bigger screen, but this still seems extreme : A teenager in Huaishan, Anhui Province has sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPad2 tablet computer, as reported by SZTV on June 1. The 17-year-old man...

Published Thu, Jun 02 2011 9:52 AM by FP Passport

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Morning Brief: U.S. escalates covert war in Yemen

Fighting a lion for the revolution

Morning Brief: Syrian troops headed north to crush protests

Who abducted Australia's x-files?

4 barrels? 1,500 barrels? Who's counting?

China to Friedman: The world is round

Morning Brief: Syria accuses protesters of opening fire on security forces

Why the U.S. probably won't recognize Libya's rebel government

Photos: Chile's Puyehue volcano

Vanuatu ambassador: Who told you we're recognizing Abkhazia?

Morning Brief: Celebrations and uncertainty after Saleh leaves Yemen

Morning Brief: Shells hit presidential palace in Yemen

A historic moment in Vanuatu-Abkhazia relations

Romney's pitch: Obama is a 'European' leader

Chinese teenager sells kidney for an iPad 2