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- Russo-Japanese relations: Getting crabby
Russia handed over the body of a Japanese fisherman shot last week in disputed waters. Last Wednesday a Japanese crab fishing vessel was fired upon and subsequently captured near Nemuro Peninsula on the eastern tip of Hokkaido. Russia accused the fisherman of poaching in Russian waters (a topic the Russian media has picked up on) [...]
- Little Big Oil
Since I assume all Coming Anarchy readers to be loyal readers of The Economist as well, you all will have already seen this fascinating chart showing the world’s top 15 oil and gas firms:
That’s right, Oil’s dark secret (subscription req’d) is that the top 13 firms are national oil companies (NOCs). These partially or wholly [...]
- Twisted Islamo-fascist brainstorming
John Robb gives us a shout-out by pointing to a very Victorian looking cartoon. I hope Iran doesn’t get offended. Can anyone tell me what the original picture is?
- Various Travel Photos
NOTE: This is autoposted. I’m still in Italy and won’t be around to respond to any comments.
I previously shared a few choice travel photos with readers. Coming Anarchy prides itself on offering more than just geopolitical commentary, covering history, geography and providing unique travelogues and reporting from across the globe by three multilingual bloggers, all [...]
- A matter of opinion II
A few days ago we looked at the amazing results of Muslim opinion, well today we will look at mostly Western opinion, namely the Public Acceptance of Evolution. Congratulations America! You are #2… kinda…
Via Stranger Fruit via Kottke via Daring Fireball. Source Science article here. (sub req’d)
- Fit for the Future: Turks or Arabs
NOTE: This is autoposted. I’m still in Italy and won’t be around to respond to any comments.
In a recent post of mine, commenter Alexander Augustinius noted:
The Turks are a natural non-muslim people, who have a separate history of genuine strength from which it is not necessary for them to rely upon the Islam as an [...]
- Breaking My Addiction
I leave for my three week tour of northern Japan in an hour. As posted last week, I’ll start by traveling to Mt. Osorezan and Hakodate with Joe and then bike around Hokkaido for more than two weeks. The trip should be great. I’ll be with good friends, seeing historic and scenic [...]
- How Hezbollah Won
Hezbollah leader a hero to many Arabs
Despite the terrible toll in death and destruction in Lebanon, even enemies and critics say the stature of Hezbollah’s leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, has risen dramatically from his guerrillas fighting toe-to-toe with the Israeli army.
“Hassan Nasrallah has won militarily and politically and has become a new leader like Nasser,” [...]
- Gorgeous George on Al Jazeera
CA community member Chief Wiggum sends in this appearance of British MP George Galloway on Al Jazeera. I dug up a YouTube version for convenience:
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If anybody has seen the entire AJ broadcast, I would really like to know if they had another commenter from the “other side” to refute GG’s statements (you know… [...]
- A matter of opinion?
The latest Atlantic Monthly highlights a Pew report on Muslim public opinion covering Britain, France, Germany and Spain to Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Jordan. The Atlantic confirms that Muslims in the West are more moderate and have a more favourable view of Westerners than their co-religionists in the developing world. Among an array [...]
