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Google threatens to pull out of China

Last month Google's operations in China noticed that a sophisticated hacking operation had illegally attempted to access the records of dozens of targetted Gmail users -- specifically those of prominent human rights activists, based in China, Europe...

Published Tue, Jan 12 2010 8:50 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, China

Fears about the United Nations mission in Haiti

Very troubling reports out of Haiti this morning. The earthquake struck near the country's main population center, Port-au-Prince, and its surrounding suburbs and slums. Elisabeth Debrosse Delatour, the first lady, said much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 7:40 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Disasters, Latin America, International Relations

Photographs of Haiti

The Big Picture at the Boston Globe has a jarring photo-essay of the Haiti disaster. Clarens Renois/AFP/Getty Images Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 11:33 AM by FP Passport

Haitians to Gitmo?

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Fox News has the story that the Obama administration is considering housing Haitian refugees at Guantanamo Bay, the detention facility and Naval base the U.S. military keeps in...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 11:50 AM by FP Passport

Scenes from Haiti's disaster

Since the earthquake struck Haiti -- almost exactly 24 hours ago -- photographs of the destruction and rescue efforts have been slow to surface. Of those emerging, here are some of the most arresting... [[BREAK]] GETTY IMAGES: FREDERIC DUPOUX; LISANDRO...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 1:42 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Haiti's Disaster

Earthquake shifts Haiti immigration debate

In the wake of this week's earthquake, the United States has halted the deportation of undocumented Haitian immigrants. Now, immigrants' rights advocates and Florida lawmakers are pushing the administration to grant Haitians Temporary Protected...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 7:31 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Migration/Immigration, Haiti's Disaster

Google-China showdown: Some views from Beijing

In China, a few dozen mournful souls have begun a candlelight vigil outside Google's Beijing offices.(I'd love to know more about who they are). But for the most part, the debate in China over the higher meaning of Google has been more muted than...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 9:33 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, China

Brazil's moment to lead

Countries around the world are frantically searching for their citizens in Haiti, but this week's events have been particularly hard on Brazil, which had a big footprint in the country before the quake. At least 14 Brazilian troops were killed in...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 9:25 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Latin America, Haiti's Disaster

Friday Photo: Full Love

London mayor Boris Johnson's Twitter Q&A is about as weird as you'd expect

London's garrulous mayor Boris Johnson (yes, the guy who got stuck on a zipline over Victoria Park last year), took to Twitter Friday to answer questions from his followers, sparking a discussion that ranged from the sex appeal of camels, to the Iliad...

Published Fri, Apr 26 2013 9:46 AM by FP Passport

Saudi Arabia launches first anti-domestic violence ad

Saudi Arabia has long been known as one of the worst places in the world to be a woman: Under the kingdom's legal system, women are treated as minors and are forbidden from traveling or working without the permission of their male guardians. According...

Published Mon, Apr 29 2013 12:45 PM by FP Passport

Would Americans stomach a war in Syria?

As President Barack Obama mulls what to do about evidence that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against its own citizens, two new polls gauging Americans' attitudes toward intervention won't make his decision any easier. A Pew survey released...

Published Tue, Apr 30 2013 5:42 AM by FP Passport

Billionaire sheikh scrubs name from private island

Back in 2011, I wrote about a story that seemed way, way too good to be true: Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan -- a member of Abu Dhabi's ruling family famous for owning rainbow-colored cars, the world's largest truck, and a globe-shaped motor...

Published Tue, Apr 30 2013 9:35 AM by FP Passport

Rapping jihadist's tweets showcase al-Shabab's internal divisions

It's been more than a year since Omar Hammami, an American-born jihadist in Somalia who made a name for himself with lo-fi propaganda rap productions , posted a video telling viewers he feared for his life. The threat he felt came not from the Somali...

Published Tue, Apr 30 2013 4:15 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, al Qaeda, Security, Africa, Internet, Somalia

Why do China's globally ranked restaurants not serve Chinese food?

Restaurant magazine's 2013 list of the world's top 50 restaurants hasn't just made news this week for dropping Danish superstar Noma down a peg after its three-year reign at the top. It also features a restaurant from mainland China for the...

Published Wed, May 01 2013 10:40 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: China, Culture, Food/Agriculture