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$11 million Value of copper exported from [the Western Cape province of] South Africa to China last year [ link ] 0 Number of copper mines in [Western Cape,] South Africa [ link ] $70 million Annual cost to replace copper cable stolen from South Africa’s...

Published Mon, Jun 25 2007 1:40 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Central Asia, Business

China's growing arrogance

Remember how I said 2010 would be a rough year for U.S.-China relations ? The first shoe to drop was Google's announcement that the privacy of Chinese human rights activists using its email software had been violated, and that cyberattacks on its...

Published Sat, Jan 30 2010 8:25 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, China

3 dieting tips for America's new Pentagon chief

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Chuck Hagel is in impeccable shape, but the Pentagon is not. The bloated department will take a $46 billion cut this year, assuming a sequestration deal doesn't materialize by Friday, on top of hundreds...

Published Wed, Feb 27 2013 2:25 PM by FP Passport

Hillary Clinton on Iran, Syria, the drug war, and why she went to Togo

In a speech and remarkably candid Q&A session on Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reflected on the broad trends that will transform U.S. foreign policy while addressing today's most pressing issues, including the Syrian crisis...

Published Fri, Nov 30 2012 8:52 AM by FP Passport

PSA to prospective jihadists: The FBI will prosecute you if you join Jabhat al-Nusra

On Thursday, FBI agents reportedly informed the family of Nicole Lynn Mansfield, a 33-year-old resident of Flint, Michigan, that Mansfield had been killed in Syria while fighting alongside rebels there. The news seems to have come as a shock to family...

Published Fri, May 31 2013 2:00 PM by FP Passport

The U.N. wants you to eat some jellyfish with those insects

On Thursday, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) offered the citizens of the world a suggestion about how to counteract harmful jellyfish overpopulation, which has been exacerbated in recent years by factors such as overfishing and climate change...

Published Fri, May 31 2013 10:00 AM by FP Passport

The Senegalese Press Isn't Exactly Swooning Over Obama

Consider it a case study in getting off on the wrong foot. Snarled traffic, shut-down streets, and security everywhere. These are things Senegalese news outlets are talking about today -- not development, investment, and American engagement -- as President...

Published Thu, Jun 27 2013 2:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Obama Administration, U.S. Foreign Policy

Meet Timothy Tracy, the American detained by the Venezuelan government

Late last week, the Venezuelan government detained Timothy Tracy, a 35-year-old American filmmaker, on charges of attempting to foment unrest in Venezuela following its contested April 14 presidential election. Given the Venezuelan government's long...

Published Tue, Apr 30 2013 3:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Latin America, Venezuela

Morning Brief: Japanese prime minister announces resignation

Japanese prime minister announces resignation Top story: Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced in a nationally televised speech on Friday that he was resigning from office and as leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). Kan has suffered...

Published Fri, Aug 26 2011 5:01 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Move over Sully, it's time for the Flying Dutchman

If anything good has come from the Flight 253 terror attack -- in which a 23-year-old Nigerian man attempted to detonate an explosive on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day -- it has been the tale of the Flying Dutchman. Jasper Schuringa...

Published Mon, Dec 28 2009 10:37 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, al Qaeda, Europe, Security, Drugs & Crime

Are the Chinese Google and YouTube clones any good?

With Google threatening to pull out of China, immitation versions of the search engine and its video subsidiary YouTube have emerged to take their places on the Chinese internet: YouTubecn.com offers videos from the real YouTube, which is blocked in China...

Published Thu, Jan 28 2010 1:33 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia

A Who's Who in the Executive Cell Block

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday for accepting bribes to streamline the construction of a luxury apartment complex. When his incarceration begins in September, Olmert will be the latest in the...

Published Thu, May 15 2014 2:59 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Corruption, Justice, Politics

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