Thinking myself far cleverer than I was, I then wrote a follow up story in The Friday Thing, linking to the foreign coverage of the story.
It was at this point I made an idiotic mistake: I decided to include the sportsman's name in the short URL linking to the foreign coverage.
That the Chinese, normally sticklers for protocol, agreed showed Xi was more open than his predecessors, Ruan Zongze, a vice-president of the China Institute of International Studies, a thinktank linked to the Chinese foreign ministry, told Reuters.
Promote Iceland, an agency linked to the Icelandic foreign ministry, said it has no intention of forcing Iceland Foods to give up its brand, but wants to ensure that the supermarket does not prevent Icelandic firms from registering the name Iceland across the UK or EU.
MEXICO CITY — Like a tropical storm, rumors about the failing health of Fidel Castro strengthened, swirled, dissipated and left everyone guessing again on Friday, as a doctor in Florida — and a Twitter account falsely linked to the Cuban foreign minister — claimed that Cuba's retired leader was on his deathbed or dead.
The income underscores concerns about the president's apparent conflict of interest as his company collects increased private revenue linked to the same foreign leaders with whom he and other members of the White House negotiate on behalf of the public.
A decade ago, a diplomat recalls, European investment in China was routinely linked to the appointment of a foreign general manager.
During a seminar in the spring, Vladimir Kozin, a senior adviser to the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, a think tank linked to the Kremlin and Russian foreign intelligence, argued against any change in Sweden's neutral status.
Once we know more — including whether these accounts are linked to the Russia-based Internet Research Agency otherher foreign entities — we will update this post.
