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Attack of the balloons has South Koreans on edge

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A heartwarming scene from The Red Balloon it was not: when South Korean schoolchildren launched fifty balloons into the sky on Thursday, no one stopped to oh and ah. The man who...

Published Fri, Jun 18 2010 8:40 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Disasters, North Korea, East Asia, Borders
The West Bank's Danica Patricks?

While stoppages and barricades stymie the "Freedom Flotillas" en route to Gaza, the "Speed Sisters" -- an eight-woman speed-racing troupe breaking onto the driving scene in the West Bank -- are revving up to shatter barriers at high...

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 1:31 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Britain, Middle East, Women, Israel/Palestine, Sports
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun

"I like Camus, man." That's how Cody Wilson, the man behind the first fully functional 3-D printed gun, replied when asked by the right-wing radio host Alex Jones to describe his political heroes. This past week, Wilson's company, Defense...

Published Mon, May 06 2013 5:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Freedom
Video: The last stand in Turkey's Taksim Square

Overnight, Turkish riot police moved into Istanbul's Taksim Square in an effort to evict thousands of protesters following nearly two weeks of demonstrations against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In some of the most chaotic...

Published Wed, Jun 12 2013 10:32 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Turkey
Did Obama push Sarkozy into Russian arms?

The Times 's France-blogger Charles Bremner speculates about the motivations behind France's recent overtures to Russia, which include an elaborate state visit to Paris by President Dmitry Medvedev, a gas deal between GazProm and France's...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2010 11:01 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: France, Russia
U.S. Companies Still Puzzling Over North Korean Gold Question

After disclosing that they used the forbidden metal, some companies are still trying to figure out whether they did. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 05 2014 10:39 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Report
The Massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane

An American lawyer finds new evidence about one of World War II’s most notorious war crimes, seven decades after D-Day. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 05 2014 3:34 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Exclusive
Ukraine to Russia: #BringBackOurDolphins

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Published Wed, Jul 02 2014 12:23 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Passport
The House of Habsburg, Revisited

Nearly a century after its spectacular demise, why Europe's most embarrassing anachronism is making a comeback. Read More...

Published Tue, May 27 2014 8:19 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Feature
Belarus: Arms dealer to the world's pariahs?

On Monday, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon accused Belarus of violating an international arms embargo by shipping helicopters to the Ivory Coast for use by forces loyal to incumbent but internationally rejected President Laurent Gbagbo. As Colum Lynch...

Published Wed, Mar 02 2011 12:03 PM by FP Passport
How Long Should Afghanistan Matter?

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Published Mon, Jun 02 2014 9:21 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: The South Asia Channel
Colombia's Peace Process Just Suffered a Stunning Rebuke

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Published Fri, May 30 2014 1:12 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Shadow Government
The Brawl in Bogota

A nasty -- and surprising -- election fight is playing out in Colombia. And the recent years of peace and prosperity hang in the balance. Read More...

Published Wed, May 28 2014 11:19 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Argument
Clean Up on Aisle One

Not new, not improved, Obama’s rehashes his Walmart foreign policy. Read More...

Published Wed, May 28 2014 12:35 PM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Argument
Get Ready for an Olympics Filled With Potemkin Village Metaphors

If you're a media outlet with any kind of a website, chances are you've run in a story in the last 36 hours about the stream of complaints from journalists assembled in Sochi about the shoddy media accommodations. It's all very meta. Doorknobs...

Published Thu, Feb 06 2014 6:48 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Russia, Sports, Olympics

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Attack of the balloons has South Koreans on edge

The West Bank's Danica Patricks?

Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun

Video: The last stand in Turkey's Taksim Square

Did Obama push Sarkozy into Russian arms?

U.S. Companies Still Puzzling Over North Korean Gold Question

The Massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane

Ukraine to Russia: #BringBackOurDolphins

The House of Habsburg, Revisited

Belarus: Arms dealer to the world's pariahs?

How Long Should Afghanistan Matter?

Colombia's Peace Process Just Suffered a Stunning Rebuke

The Brawl in Bogota

Clean Up on Aisle One

Get Ready for an Olympics Filled With Potemkin Village Metaphors