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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir stands accused of genocide and crimes against humanity. But on Sunday, he met with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy in Cairo, where he received a dignified welcome at the presidential palace. A number of human rights...

Published Mon, Sep 17 2012 12:03 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Justice, Law, International Organizations, Arab World

Guest blog: To bash or not to bash - By Clyde Prestowitz

In yesterday's (Nov. 25) Financial Times , my friend Claremont College professor Minxin Pei commented that "China may choose to do nothing (with regard to trying to rein in North Korea) just to prove that the west cannot bash it and beg at the...

Published Fri, Nov 26 2010 3:04 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Japan, North Korea, East Asia, China, Guest Blogger, Trade

The global Twitterati

In only seven months, Hugo Chavez has passed 1,000,000 followers on Twitter. He announced the accomplishment this morning : "Hello beautiful world. I would like to thank all my followers, We've passed the million mark! Woo-hoo!." For comparison...

Published Tue, Nov 02 2010 8:11 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Internet

More on China's jade obsession - By Jared Mondschein

Last week we listed some items that are growing in popularity among China's increasingly wealthy middle class along with some of the impacts of these recent obsessions -- including jade. One major consequence not included in the list is the fact that...

Published Tue, Nov 02 2010 10:25 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Corruption, Drugs & Crime, Human Rights, East Asia, China, Southeast Asia, Economics, Business

U.S. official asks to keep lid on Union Carbide case

Indian-U.S. relations are going to be pretty important for the foreseeable future. I'd imagine, then, that implicitly threatening the victims of the Bhopal Union Carbide (now owned by Dow Chemical) disaster of 1984 to be quiet or else isn't a...

Published Fri, Aug 20 2010 8:24 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Disasters, Obama Administration, India, Business

Medvedev scolds Lukashenko in vlog attack

In a new video blog entry, an unusually stern Dmitry Medvedev takes aim at Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko for using "hysterical" anti-Russian rhetoric on the campaign trail, which according to the Russian President, "goes far...

Published Mon, Oct 04 2010 11:44 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia, Internet

New Greek austerity measures

Yesterday, the Greek government announced a spate of emergency austerity measures, designed to help the country close its yawning budget gap. Half are new taxes, and half are spending cuts, including: Hiking the VAT from 19 percent to 21 percent (worth...

Published Thu, Mar 04 2010 7:44 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Diplomacy, Economics

Are the Winter Olympics getting more diverse?

When the Olympics first started, I directed this blog's readers to "White Snow, Brown Rage," Reihan Salam's Slate opus on diversity and the Winter Olympics. At the time, I wondered how globalization has impacted the winter games -- are...

Published Mon, Mar 01 2010 4:36 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Olympics

World's Most Controversial Buddhist Monk Responds to Time Cover

The July 1 cover of Time magazine for Asia has roused a heated response in Myanmar. Featuring a photo of Buddhist monk Wirathu with the headline "The Face of Buddhist Terror," the cover, pictured above, was used for editions in Europe, the Middle...

Published Fri, Jun 21 2013 12:13 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Media, Religion, Southeast Asia

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