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Fidel comes out against fracking

Defying rumors of his death , Blogger Fidel is back with a new column , weighing in on, of all things, the debate over hydrofracking , calling it a "march into the abyss" : "It is sufficient to point out that among the numerous chemical...

Published Fri, Jan 06 2012 8:58 AM by FP Passport

Switzerland's long Libyan nightmare is finally over

The multiyear diplomatic feud between Switzerland and Libya originally set off by enfant terrible Hannibal Qaddafi's 2008 hotel room assault on two of his servants has finally come to an end : The new Libyan government made the decision on Sunday...

Published Mon, Jan 09 2012 3:01 PM by FP Passport

Failure to Launch?

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 When space programs have some sort of setback, it's usually tied to an arithmetic error , or because of the sheer complexity of launching something into outer space. For Russian...

Published Tue, Jan 10 2012 11:51 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Eastern Europe

Syrians troll through hacked emails of Bashar's presidential aides

Move over, WikiLeaks: There's a new sheriff in town. The shadowy hacker collective Anonymous struck again late Sunday evening, exposing the email accounts of top aides to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and posting the passwords online for all to...

Published Mon, Feb 06 2012 7:40 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Syria, Arab World

Small potatoes rule the day in Lebanon

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati answered questions on Twitter on Sunday afternoon, one day after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria - a step that seems virtually guaranteed to plunge Lebanon's eastern neighbor...

Published Mon, Feb 06 2012 11:30 AM by FP Passport

Bulgaria will allow women to serve on non-existent submarines

Give the Bulgarian government points for efficiency, if not productivity. On the same day the country's defense minister lifted its ban on women serving on submarines, the parliament voted to mothball the country's only submarine. It's the...

Published Thu, Oct 28 2010 9:21 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Eastern Europe, Women

Morning Brief: Iran tells EU it wants new nuclear talks

Iran tells EU it wants new nuclear talks Top news: The Iranian government has sent a letter to the EU's new foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton indicating its willingness to hold a new round of nuclear talks after Nov. 10. EU diplomats say the...

Published Fri, Oct 29 2010 5:57 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Senkaku, Diaoyu; Diaoyu, Senkaku; let’s call the whole thing off

In a surprise move after it looked like the recent spat between Tokyo and Beijing was quieting down, China has just canceled a planned meeting between its premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit...

Published Sat, Oct 30 2010 2:14 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, Obama Administration

Russia's FSB to WikiLeaks: We could destroy you

Russia's internal security service, the FSB, seems to be taking WikiLeaks' threa t to spill dirt on the Kremlin pretty seriously, according to Russia Profile : Preliminary analysis shows that there is no threat posed to Russia by Julian Assange's...

Published Mon, Nov 01 2010 3:49 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia

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

Morning Brief: GOP takes house; Dems hold senate

GOP takes house; Dems hold senate Top news: Riding a surge of voter discontent with the state of the economy, the Republican Party retook the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday night, dealing a major blow to President Barack Obama's domestic...

Published Wed, Nov 03 2010 5:58 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Afghan attorney general launches investigation into election fraud

Afghan attorney general launches investigation into election fraud Top story: The Afghan attorney general's office is investigating allegations that election officials were involved in vote-rigging during September's parliamentary elections, officials...

Published Thu, Nov 04 2010 6:07 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Filed under: North Korea, East Asia

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Fidel comes out against fracking

Switzerland's long Libyan nightmare is finally over

Failure to Launch?

Syrians troll through hacked emails of Bashar's presidential aides

Small potatoes rule the day in Lebanon

Bulgaria will allow women to serve on non-existent submarines

Morning Brief: Iran tells EU it wants new nuclear talks

Senkaku, Diaoyu; Diaoyu, Senkaku; let’s call the whole thing off

Russia's FSB to WikiLeaks: We could destroy you

More on China's jade obsession - By Jared Mondschein

Morning Brief: GOP takes house; Dems hold senate

Morning Brief: Afghan attorney general launches investigation into election fraud

What do we know about the Conspiracy of the Fire Nuclei?

Cuba embargo turns 50

Can North Korea be Fictionalized?