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Why Poland's Right-Wing Thugs Keep Burning Rainbows
On Nov. 11 1918, the end of World War I, Poland regained its place on the map of Europe, after having been wiped off for 123 years. Now, on Poland's Independence Day, the capital's sky gives off a red glow and its streets are enveloped in smoke...
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Tue, Nov 12 2013 12:38 PM
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FP Passport
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Europe
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Russia
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Politics
Why the Philippines Is Ground Zero for Super Storms ...And Why Recovery Is So Difficult
The destruction wrought by typhoon Haiyan -- which has killed an estimated 2,500 people, according to Philippine President Aquino -- cast a pall over opening day of the UN climate talks in Warsaw on Monday. During the opening ceremony, Philippines negotiator...
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Tue, Nov 12 2013 6:41 AM
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FP Passport
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Environment
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United Nations
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Southeast Asia
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International Organizations
Morning Brief: Relief Efforts Struggle to Reach Areas Devastated by Typhoon Haiyan
Relief Efforts Struggle to Reach Areas Devastated by Typhoon Haiyan Top News: As the Philippines reels from the devastation left by Typhoon Haiyan, which is believed to have left 10,000 people dead and 660,000 people displaced, relief efforts are struggling...
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Tue, Nov 12 2013 5:14 AM
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FP Passport
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Why Is Macklemore Shouting Out the Philippines' Hard-Left Nationalists?
The rapper Macklemore's body may have been at the MTV European Music Awards on Sunday. But in the wake of supertyphoon Haiyan, his heart was evidently in the Philippines... or, at least, in "the Philippians." In an unfortunately misspelled...
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Mon, Nov 11 2013 11:16 AM
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FP Passport
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Disasters
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Culture
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Politics
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Southeast Asia
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International Organizations
Morning Brief: Massive Typhoon Ravages Philippines, 10,000 Feared Dead
Massive Typhoon Ravages Philippines, 10,000 Feared Dead Top News: As many as 10,000 are feared dead in the Philippines after a powerful typhoon slammed into the island nation, causing widespread devastation and flooding. Typhoon Haiyan struck the island...
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Mon, Nov 11 2013 7:26 AM
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FP Passport
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Morning Brief
Singles' Day is China's Cyber Monday, Only Lonelier
In the United States, the lonely have Reddit and cats . In China, they have Singles' Day, which falls on Nov. 11 -- 11.11, the four ones symbolizing "bare branches," Chinese slang for bachelors. Thought to have originated about 20 years...
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Fri, Nov 08 2013 8:25 AM
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FP Passport
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East Asia
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China
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New Face Guard Allows Japanese Women To Eat Burgers Without Shame
Here's your "quirky Japan" story of the day: Apparently, it's very impolite for women there to eat hamburgers in public -- or so says one Japanese fast food chain that hopes to free women from the unbearable shame of opening their mouths...
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Fri, Nov 08 2013 7:13 AM
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Morning Brief: Kerry Travels to Geneva for Nuclear Talks After Contentious Israel Trip
Kerry Travels to Geneva for Nuclear Talks After Contentious Israel Trip Top News: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is traveling to Geneva this morning to join the negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the U.N. Security...
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Fri, Nov 08 2013 5:18 AM
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Why Isn't China Censoring Chatter About its Latest Bomb Attack?
Over the past 10 days, two horrific attacks have shaken China -- but Chinese Internet censors seem interested in only one. On Oct. 28, five people died and dozens were injured when an SUV plowed into a crowd right near Tiananmen, the massive public square...
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Thu, Nov 07 2013 2:27 PM
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FP Passport
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Security
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China
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British Spies Aren't James Bonds, And 7 Other Things We Learned From the UK's Landmark Intelligence Hearing
In an unprecedented parliamentary hearing resembling a scene from "Skyfall," three UK intelligence chiefs made the case for spying and secrecy in the modern world, while assuring the assembled that their agencies adhere to strict legal and ethical...
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Thu, Nov 07 2013 12:32 PM
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FP Passport
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Europe
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Britain
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Intelligence
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The Rise and Fall of the World's Most Brazen Twitter Clones
Twitter shares hit a high of $50 on Thursday in its first day of trading. It's a sizable opening-day pop, given that the initial public offering price was initially marked at somewhere near half of that. The opening generated a lot of buzz among investors...
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Thu, Nov 07 2013 10:30 AM
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East Asia
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Culture
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Media
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Caucasus
Morning Brief: Tests on Yasser Arafat’s Exhumed Body Find Evidence of Radiation Poisoning
Tests on Yasser Arafat’s Exhumed Body Find Evidence of Radiation Poisoning Top News: A Swiss team of forensic scientists claims that Yasser Arafat, the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization who died in 2004, was assassinated after conducting...
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Thu, Nov 07 2013 5:00 AM
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Morning Brief
The World's Billionaires Have Doubled Their Wealth Since 2009. Just In Case You Didn't Hate Them Already.
Recession be damned: There are more billionaires today than there were during the global financial crisis in 2008 and 2009 -- and they're twice as rich, says a new report released Wednesday. The Billionaire Census , jointly compiled by Swiss financial...
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Wed, Nov 06 2013 12:40 PM
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FP Passport
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East Asia
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China
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Culture
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Economics
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Finance
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Business
Meet the Jilted Wives, Indian Batsmen, and Russian Censors Taking On Twitter
As one of the planet's most largest and important social networks, Twitter is constantly bombarded with requests to take down content. Everyone from the Russian government to the Indian cricket league to American music business files the complaints...
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Wed, Nov 06 2013 9:15 AM
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FP Passport
Are Japan's Biggest Banks in Bed with the Yakuza?
The term "yakuza" may call to mind prostitution rings and low-brow thuggery, but Japan's modern day crime syndicates are all about white collar abuses -- investing in high finance and getting their hooks into the country's biggest banks...
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Wed, Nov 06 2013 8:35 AM
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FP Passport
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Corruption
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Japan
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East Asia
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Finance
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