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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Wheezing China Gut Punches Global Oil Market
The Chinese economy is growing at its slowest pace since the financial crisis. That could be bad news for oil producers who gambled on China's unquenchable thirst for oil.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 They Came to Fight for Ukraine. Now They’re Stuck in No Man’s Land.
When separatists started a war in eastern Ukraine, hundreds of Russians, Belarusians, and other foreigners came to Kiev’s defense. Now they’ve been abandoned.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When Selfies Are a Tool of Intelligence
From commercial satellite photos to Facebook posts, tracking Russia’s military intervention in Syria has never been easier for the world’s amateur and professional spies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 With Putin in Syria, Allies Question Obama’s Resolve
Washington’s failure to react to the Russian strongman has Mideast powers doubting U.S. relevance like never before.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Support for Saudi Strikes in Yemen Raises War Crime Concerns
A top American lawmaker says the Obama administration’s military assistance to Riyadh may violate U.S. law.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Slow Death of Damascus
The hollowing-out of Syria’s middle class is leaving behind a dangerous vacuum — and forcing Russia and Iran to step in to bolster Assad’s depleted ranks.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can Anyone Prevent a Third Intifada?
A wave of violence is spreading across Israel — and a leadership vacuum on both sides is allowing it to spiral out of control.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can Poroshenko Control Ukraine’s Right Wing?
The Ukrainian leader’s newest opponents are in his own parliament.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Putin’s Smart Bombs Aren’t All That Smart
Russia says it's using precision weaponry in Syria, but the claim — and the bombs — are wildly off the mark.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Real Farmers of Tanzania
Oxfam is funding a reality TV show to try to empower women in the country’s anemic agricultural sector. But is it working?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In Syria, Desperate Times Call for Desperate Spin
Obama insists Vladimir Putin's Syria campaign is the act of a desperate man crippled by Western sanctions. A closer look shows the president's mistaken.
