Foreign Confidential ™
Foreign News and Analysis Since April 2005 -- formerly China Confidential -- What's Happening in the World
Sunday, December 30, 2012
North Korean Dictator Died in Fit of Rage
Now it can be told: North Korea's lunatic leader died in a fit of rage after being told that a dam had sprung a leak. Read more.
Syria in Danger of Becoming Next Somalia: Brahimi
By Edward Yeranian
U.N.-Arab League Syria envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Sunday said the situation in Syria is deteriorating rapidly and risks getting considerably worse if no political solution is found to the conflict.
He warned 100,000 more Syrians could die if the conflict lasts for another year.
Speaking in Cairo, the veteran U.N. envoy stressed that he believes the only solution to the conflict is a political settlement between the warring parties.
Brahimi said that there are only two alternatives in Syria: a political solution or hell.
Syria will not break apart into mini-states as happened in Yugoslavia, but into warring statelets as in Somalia, Brahimi said.
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Giant of Science Dies in Rome at Age 103
Nobel Prize Winning Biologist Rita Levi-Montalcini Defied Fascists,
Was Senator for Life in Italy; Her Cellular Research Lives On
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| Lady of the Cells: Rita Levi-Montalcini |
The scientific world has lost an amazing woman--an Italian Jew who conducted underground research in defiance of the Fascists during the Second World War. A Nobel Laureate known in Italy as the "Lady of the Cells," Rita Levi-Montalcini worked well into her final years. Read more.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
French Wind Power Worker Kidnapped in Nigeria
Islamist Group Claims Responsibility
A French renewable energy firm seeking to build a large wind farm in northern Nigeria has fallen victim to Islamist terrorism. A company employe was kidnapped by a group claiming to act in retaliation for France's burqa ban. Read more.
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