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Foreign Policy
Back in the summer, when reports about Document Number Nine were trickling out of Beijing, I blogged the following about China's future path of economic reform: [I]t seems that...
San Francisco Chronicle
Tacloban, Philippines -- The central Philippine city of Tacloban was in ruins Saturday, a day after being ravaged by one of the strongest typhoons on record, as horrified residents...
The New York Times
WASHINGTON — When President Obama travels abroad, his staff packs briefing books, gifts for foreign leaders and something more closely associated with camping than diplomacy: a...

Chinese newly-named President Xi Jinping, center, rises to acknowledge applause near outgoing Chinese President Hu Jintao, left and incoming Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, right, during a plenary session of the National People's Congress where Xi was named new Chinese President held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, March 14, 2013. China's new leader Xi Jinping capped his rise Thursday by adding the largely ceremonial title of president, though he will need cautious maneuvering to consolidate his power and build support from a public that is increasingly clamoring for change.
China elevated the role of markets in the nation’s economic strategy after President Xi Jinping oversaw a gathering of Communist Party leaders while stopping short for now of unveiling detailed policy shifts. The nation will make markets “decisive”...
photo: AP / Ng Han Guan
Congolese M23 rebel fighters stop as they look for FDLR (Force Democratique de Liberation du Rwanda) returning from an incursion into Rwanda Near Kibumba, north of Goma Tuesday Nov. 27, 2012.
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Congolese rebel group whose fighters retreated into Uganda after being hammered by U.N.-backed Congolese government forces "can still regroup," a Ugandan government spokesman said Tuesday. The warning came after Congolese...
photo: AP / Jerome Delay
Opposition Phue Thai party's Yingluck Shinawatra gives Thai traditional "wai" greeting after a press conference at the party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, July 3, 2011.
Long haul: Protesters rally against an amnesty bill at the Democracy monument in central Bangkok on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra has appealed for anti-government groups to end ongoing street protests after the...
photo: AP / Wason Wanichkorn
In this picture released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, delivers the official seal of approval of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, to give to President-elect Hasan Rouhani, right, in an official endorsement ceremony, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013.
Published November 12, 2013FoxNews.com Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (AP Photo) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, is also the head of a little-known business empire in the Islamic nation worth an estimated $95...
photo: AP / Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader
Home of British GP Silverstone set to be sold for just 10 mln-pounds
Tweet London, Nov 12 (ANI): Silverstone, the historic race track, which hosts the Formula One British Grand Prix, is to be sold for little more than 10 million pounds. According to The...
photo: Creative Commons / Richard Barclay
Governments Give $500 Billion to Climate Change-Causing Fossil Fuels Industry
Governments around the world are contributing to catastrophic climate change and blocking renewable energy alternatives by subsidizing the fossil fuel industry. A new from British think tank the Overseas Development Institute finds that producers of...
photo: WN / marzena
Survivors fill the streets to the downtown area as they race for supplies at typhoon ravaged Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on Monday, Nov. 11, 2013.
> • Philippine gov't expressed gratitude to those who have been extending help for the areas hit by "Haiyan". • Philippine official death toll from typhoon "Haiyan" rises to 255. • Local police earlier said that some 10,000 people were feared dead in...
photo: AP / Aaron Favila