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Morning Brief: Ukraine Offensive in Sloviansk Draws Threat of “Consequences” From Russia
Ukraine Offensive in Sloviansk Draws Threat of “Consequences” From Russia Top news: Ukrainian forces on Thursday moved to take back the eastern city of Sloviansk from pro-Russian separatists, killing as many as five militants and prompting Moscow to warn...
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Thu, Apr 24 2014 5:33 AM
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Hey Justin Bieber, We Made You a Travel Itinerary!
Tattooed pop star Justin Bieber is a Canadian, but you'd be forgiven for assuming that he's a millennial version of the stereotypical "ugly American." In Brazil, he raised eyebrows by allegedly visiting a brothel and leaving with two...
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Wed, Apr 23 2014 6:00 PM
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FP Passport
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Japan
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East Asia
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China
Polish Prime Minister Sings ‘Hey Jude,’ Internet, Opposition Go Crazy
Donald Tusk is no Barack Obama. Earlier this week, the Polish prime minister posted a mysterious link to a YouTube video on his Twitter account. That clip featured a snippet of none other than Tusk singing The Beatles' 1968 hit "Hey Jude."...
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Wed, Apr 23 2014 5:10 PM
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FP Passport
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Russia
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Politics
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Eastern Europe
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Fun Stuff
Obama Doesn't Have to Dream of Sushi
President Barack Obama kicked off his four-nation Asian tour with a stop in the Tokyo underground alongside Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, with whom the president visited the legendary sushi restaurant Sukiyabashi Jiro, which was made famous by the...
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Wed, Apr 23 2014 10:53 AM
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FP Passport
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Japan
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East Asia
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Fun Stuff
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Food/Agriculture
Morning Brief: Russia Threatens Military Response in Ukraine
Russia Threatens Military Response in Ukraine Top news: On the heels of Ukraine's decision to resume military operations in the country's east, Russia applied further pressure on the government in Kiev, threatening that if Russian interests are...
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Wed, Apr 23 2014 6:32 AM
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FP Passport
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Morning Brief: Biden Warns Russia Against Further Provocation
Biden Warns Russia Against Further Provocation Top News : Vice President Joe Biden urged Russia to refrain from further "provocative behavior" during a joint press conference in Kiev with interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Biden pushed...
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Tue, Apr 22 2014 5:58 AM
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FP Passport
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How to Translate a News Story About A Drone Strike
Over the past three days, more than 50 suspected members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula have been killed in a spate of mysterious attacks in Yemen. But what really happened? That very much depends on the news story you read. The Guardian attributed...
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Tue, Apr 22 2014 5:06 AM
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FP Passport
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Terrorism
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al Qaeda
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Middle East
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U.S. Foreign Policy
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Yemen
Everest's Sherpas by the Numbers
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Mon, Apr 21 2014 3:51 PM
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FP Passport
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Labor
Russia’s Newest Fear-Mongering Tactic: Making Up Dolphin Wars
The Russian daily Izvestia would like you to believe that the first direct confrontation between American and Russian forces could come in the form of clashes between the two countries' combat dolphins swimming in the Black Sea. According to the paper...
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Mon, Apr 21 2014 3:32 PM
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Morning Brief: Violence Tests Truce in Ukraine
Violence Tests Truce in Ukraine Ukraine: Gunfire at a checkpoint controlled by pro-Russian militants killed at least three people near the town of Slovyansk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday. The bloodshed underscored the fragility of the agreement reached...
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Mon, Apr 21 2014 6:26 AM
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Morning Brief: Major Powers Reach International Agreement on Ukraine
Major Powers Reach International Agreement on Ukraine Top News: The United States, European Union, Russia, and Ukraine brokered an agreement in Geneva on Thursday to deescalate tensions in eastern Ukraine, but the deal could be undermined quickly as militant...
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Fri, Apr 18 2014 5:07 AM
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FP Passport
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No One Is Mourning the Death of Bitcoin Giant Mt. Gox
Since peaking at more than $1,100 in late November, Bitcoin's trading value has fallen by half . On Wednesday, a Japanese court delivered a death blow to Mt. Gox, once the world's largest Bitcoin exchange, which had collapsed after hackers stole...
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Thu, Apr 17 2014 4:40 PM
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FP Passport
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Finance
Status-Anxious CEOs Will Sacrifice Profits for a Knighthood
Picture the platonic, if slightly exaggerated, ideal of a CEO: a focused leader of their subordinates, a relentless pursuer of profit -- that is, of course, unless he or she gets distracted along the way. Come to think of it, "sir CEO" has a...
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Thu, Apr 17 2014 1:48 PM
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FP Passport
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Pacific
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Business
Snowden Called in to Putin’s Telethon. Does That Really Make Him a Kremlin Pawn?
One of the pleasures in writing about Edward Snowden is his predilection for the absurd. The NSA whistleblower abandons his dancer girlfriend for a life in exile, hides in airports, studies Dostoyevsky, appears by teleconference at a technology conference...
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Thu, Apr 17 2014 11:19 AM
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FP Passport
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Europe
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Russia
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Media
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Intelligence
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NSA
Morning Brief: Three Pro-Russian Protesters Killed in Clash with Ukrainian Security Forces
Three Pro-Russian Protesters Killed in Clash with Ukrainian Security Forces Ukraine: In the most lethal clash in eastern Ukraine so far, three pro-Russian protesters were killed in a firefight with Ukrainian security forces as they attempted to storm...
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Thu, Apr 17 2014 6:18 AM
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FP Passport
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Morning Brief
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