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Lula's latest dodgy friend

As part of what seems like a quest to get in a good photo-op with every one of the world's most despotic leaders before the end of his presidency, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva stopped in Equatorial Guinea yesterady for a meeting with...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2010 8:43 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Latin America

Libyans Rail Against American Raid on Facebook and IRL

CAIRO, Egypt - "We will begin kidnapping Americans wherever they are found in Libya, God willing." For the United States, the capture of al Qaeda leader Nazih al-Ruqai, a longtime operative of the terror organization, was an unvarnished victory...

Published Mon, Oct 07 2013 9:26 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Believed Iranian Cyberwar Official Dead in Apparent Assassination

Believed Iranian Cyberwar Official Dead in Apparent Assassination Top News: Mojtaba Atabi, an official in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps who was widely believed to be the head of the organization's cyberwarfare division, has been shot and killed...

Published Thu, Oct 03 2013 4:29 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Is 3-D printing the answer to global food shortages?

I don't know what it is about 3-D printing, but the nifty new technology seems to reliably bring out the Internet's silly side. There's Cody Wilson, the Camus-loving anarchist and his electronic gun-making blueprints. Then there are the awesome...

Published Tue, May 21 2013 1:15 PM by FP Passport

Goodluck Jonathan promises credible elections in 2011

One of the great ironies of reporting overseas is that it's often much easier to hear a political leader speak candidly here in Washington than in an interview back home. Such was the case today, as Nigerian Acting President Goodluck Jonathan spoke...

Published Mon, Apr 12 2010 10:41 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa

Meet the new, less anti-Semitic Malaysia

Mohammed Najib Abdul Razak, the prime minister of Malaysia, is in town this week for Barack Obama's nuclear summit, and this afternoon the two leaders met to discuss nonproliferation A State Department readout of the meeting was nothing but gumdrops...

Published Mon, Apr 12 2010 3:53 PM by FP Passport

Quiz: The world's wind-power generation capacity increased how much in 2009?

For those of you who don't subscribe to the bimonthly print edition of Foreign Policy , you're missing a great feature: the FP Quiz. It has eight intriguing questions about how the world works. The quiz question I'd like to highlight this...

Published Thu, Jun 03 2010 2:02 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Israel begins deporting flotilla activists

Israel begins deporting flotilla activists Top Story: Israel has begun deporting the hundreds of activists it detained after last weekend's botched raid on a flotilla breaching the blockade of Gaza. More than 600 people were detained from nearly a...

Published Wed, Jun 02 2010 5:53 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Costa Rica cracks down on stem cell tourism

Costa Rica, increasingly known as a haven for medical tourism, is putting a stop to one controversial practice: The health ministry last month ordered the country's largest stem cell clinic to stop offering treatments, arguing there is no evidence...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 3:50 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Latin America, Health

Guatemala's sinkhole has nothing on Turkmenistan's pit of flame

Yeah, that sinkhole in Guatemala was pretty crazy.. but was it filled with FIRE? There's an explanation (and more unbelievable pictures) in the surprisingly fascinating post, "12 Amazing Holes in the Earth," from the blog Crooken Brains...

Published Fri, Jun 04 2010 3:28 PM by FP Passport

Exiled emirate prince plans coup with British lawyer

Here's an unlikely advocate in the enforcement of sanctions against Iran: Sheikh Khalid, the former crown prince of the UAE emirate Ras al-Khaimah (RAK). In 2003, his own father and half-brother staged a takeover and exiled him to Muscat, Oman. Now...

Published Thu, Jun 10 2010 2:15 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East

Flemish secesionists leading in Belgian election

Loyal readers of this blog know that we have a long-running obsession with the ongoing cultural-linguistic dispute in Belgium -- Leffe-anon for short. The situation is looking a bit more serious this week a party led by outspoken Flemish nationalist Bart...

Published Wed, Jun 09 2010 8:44 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe

Friday Photo: Dog Songs

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 05: 'Darwin' the Basset Hound sits with his owner at the 'Music for Dogs' concert for canines as part of the Vivid LIVE festival at the Sydney Opera House forecourt on June 5, 2010 in Sydney, Australia. The concert...

Published Fri, Jun 11 2010 2:59 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Friday Photo

Castro: swastika has become Israeli flag

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In lieu of his famous and longwinded diatribes (his longest speech clocked in at 7 hours and 10 minutes), Castro -- or, more likely, a loyal ghostwriter -- now communes with the...

Published Mon, Jun 14 2010 9:49 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Latin America, Israel/Palestine

Friday Photo: The world's first 'Zero Star Hotel'

Daniel Charbonnier, co-founder of Minds in Motion, an international hospitality advisory and services company, has recently partnered with concept artists Frank and Patrik Riklin to transform the 'Zero-Star Hotel' into a worldwide business opportunity...

Published Fri, Mar 05 2010 3:11 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Fun Stuff