%0 Journal Article %T Singular curves and the etale Brauer-Manin obstruction for surfaces %A Yonatan Harpaz %A Alexei Skorobogatov %J Mathematics %D 2012 %I arXiv %X We construct a smooth and projective surface over an arbitrary number field that is a counterexample to the Hasse principle but has the infinite etale Brauer-Manin set. We also construct a surface with a unique rational point and the infinite etale Brauer-Manin set. The key new ingredient is the arithmetic of singular projective curves. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.6019v2