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The Syrian government defies belief: In a letter to the 193-member U.N. General Assembly made public on Thursday, Syria's U.N. ambassador, Bashar Ja'afari, said hotel occupancy had dropped from an average of 90 percent before the crisis began in March 2011 to less...
Reading about the underpants bomb episode reminded me of a funny rant on airport security penned by Shashi Tharoor in the FT a few years back when airport security measures were stepped up in response to the 'Shoe bomber' incident, with the following prophetic words:...
There was mild amusement yesterday when newly-minted President Hollande had to delay his arrival in Germany after lightning struck his government jet. The jet in question (seen back on the tarmac above) looks quite modest from the outside. Let's hope that there was...