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First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

EU protects citizens from dangers of unregulated olive oil bottles

p>The reusable olive oil bottle -- a staple on restaurant tables acrossEurope, evocative of summers in Tuscany and vineyards in southern Spain -- has been banned from restaurants by the powers that be in Brussels, in a move the EuropeanCommission ... [Published FP Passport - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Olive Oil, European Union, Rafael SANCHEZ, Copa-Cogeca

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Video: Georgian gay rights activists attacked by mob on International Day Against Homophobia

p>On Friday, chaotic clashes broke out in Georgia as an angry mob -- comprised mainly of young men but also including robed priests and some women -- descended on a gay rights rally commemorating International Day Against Homophobia. A day earlier, ... [Published FP Passport - May 17 2013]

Entities: Gay Rights, Homophobia, Gigi Tsereteli, Georgia, Georgian Orthodox Church

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Everything you need to know about Saturday's Eurovision final

p>On Saturday night, Europe will grind to a halt to mark its annual celebration of the cheesy and the saccharine: the Eurovision finals. This year, the singing competition is being held in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, and the field features ... [Published FP Passport - May 18 2013]

Entities: Lesbian, Finland, protest, Albania

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

America's mental-health professionals are getting more culturally sensitive

p>You may not have heard of koro -- a mental syndrome inwhich a person has an overwhelming belief that his or her genitals aredisappearing -- or zar-- a conditionthat generates dissociative episodes characterized by intenselaughter and singing ... [Published FP Passport - May 18 2013]

Entities: Cross-cultural, Diagnostic, Pt Ltd, Shamanism, American Psychiatric Association

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Donald Rumsfeld

Things Donald Rumsfeld actually said this week

p>Donald Rumsfeld has never had a reputation for being particularlytactful or articulate (let's all take a moment to remember how Saturday Night Live portrayed him , even before the invasion ofIraq), but he's demonstrated a habit of owning his ... [Published FP Passport - May 17 2013]

Entities: Donald Rumsfeld, Kai Ryssdal, Iraq, Saturday Night Live

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Does the Arab world still care about Nakba Day?

p>In much of the Middle East, Wednesday was Nakba Day,commemorating the 65th anniversary of the exodus of Palestinianrefugees in the war that resulted in the establishment of Israel in 1948 -- anevent known in Arabic as "al-Nakba," or "the catast ... [Published FP Passport - May 17 2013]

Entities: Hilal Khashan, protest, Israel, Protesters

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Free Syrian Army

Syria’s lung-eating rebel explains himself

iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-VviaDgI48Q" width="625" height="350" frameborder="0"> The shockingvideo of a Syrian rebel eating the lung of a pro-Assad fighter spread like wildfire across the Internetearlier this week. The rebel, ... [Published FP Passport - May 17 2013]

Entities: Abu Sakkar, Syria, Alawite, Free Syrian Army

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Where should you take shelter during a cyclone? There's a map for that.

p>In the latest example of crisis-mapping duringnatural disasters, the World Food Program's GIS Coordinator, Fabrice Recalt,has charted out the trajectory and intensity of Cyclone Mahasen and also made a map of available storm shelters, with detailed ... [Published FP Passport - May 16 2013]

Entities: Disaster, Mari Ramos, Rohingya Muslims, Geographic Information System

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Bending to popular anger, Putin installs helipad at Kremlin

p>Vladimir Putin has finally decided to make a concession to his critics. But he isn't exactly bending over backwards. Instead, he's having a helipad installed at the Kremlin. Sure, it may not be the most meaningful reform. But it does cater to widespread ... [Published FP Passport - May 16 2013]

Entities: Vladimir Putin, Helipad, Anger

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Why are so many diplomatic crises sparked by fishermen?

p>In the latest development in the showdown betweenTaiwan and the Philippines over the death of a Taiwanese fisherman at the handsof the Philippine coast guard, Taiwan is holding military drills near Philippine waters. ThePhilippines -- its apology ... [Published FP Passport - May 17 2013]

Entities: Taiwan, Philippines, China

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Venezuela is running low on toilet paper, and it's blaming the media

p>Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian Revolution was supposed to offer ordinary Venezuelans political power and social services. On some of these counts, it has at least partially succeeded. On others -- such as the provision of toilet paper -- not so much. ... [Published FP Passport - May 16 2013]

Entities: Venezuela, Alejandro Fleming, Nicolas Maduro

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Watch the Syrian rebel assault on Aleppo's prison

iframe src="https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=213559362522542994464.0004dcd8c6d3cac699a08&hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=36.29766,37.198548&spn=0.013835,0.026779&z=15&output=embed" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" frameborder="0" height="400" scrolling="no" ... [Published FP Passport - May 16 2013]

Entities: prison, Aleppo, Assault

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products like soybean and other seed oil. ( "Profits were comparable to cocaine trafficking, with none of the risks" one investigator told writer Tom Mueller, who later went on to write a book about olive oil fraud)...

EU protects citizens from dangers of unregulated olive oil bottles [Published FP Passport - 19 hours ago]

"a normal part of a broadly accepted cultural or religious practice"

America's mental-health professionals are getting more culturally sensitive [Published FP Passport - May 18 2013]

Incidentally, "If intelligence were a fact, it wouldn't be"

Things Donald Rumsfeld actually said this week [Published FP Passport - May 17 2013]

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Does the Arab world still care about Nakba Day? [Published FP Passport - May 17 2013]
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EU protects citizens from dangers of unregulate... [Published FP Passport - 19 hours ago] p>The reusable olive oil bottle -- a staple on restaurant tables acrossEurope, evocative of summers in Tuscany and vineyards in southern Spain -- has been banned from restaurants by the powers that be in Brussels, in a move the EuropeanCommission ...
Everything you need to know about Saturday's Eu... [Published FP Passport - May 18 2013] p>On Saturday night, Europe will grind to a halt to mark its annual celebration of the cheesy and the saccharine: the Eurovision finals. This year, the singing competition is being held in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, and the field features ...
America's mental-health professionals are getti... [Published FP Passport - May 18 2013] p>You may not have heard of koro -- a mental syndrome inwhich a person has an overwhelming belief that his or her genitals aredisappearing -- or zar-- a conditionthat generates dissociative episodes characterized by intenselaughter and singing ...
Things Donald Rumsfeld actually said this week [Published FP Passport - May 17 2013] p>Donald Rumsfeld has never had a reputation for being particularlytactful or articulate (let's all take a moment to remember how Saturday Night Live portrayed him , even before the invasion ofIraq), but he's demonstrated a habit of owning his ...
Does the Arab world still care about Nakba Day? [Published FP Passport - May 17 2013] p>In much of the Middle East, Wednesday was Nakba Day,commemorating the 65th anniversary of the exodus of Palestinianrefugees in the war that resulted in the establishment of Israel in 1948 -- anevent known in Arabic as "al-Nakba," or "the catast ...