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When Alassane Ouattara finally took over the presidency in the Ivory Coast earlier this month, he did so with the help of a rag tag group of militiamen. There were the formal rebels from the country's brief civil war, known as the Forces Nouvelles...

Published Wed, Apr 27 2011 7:42 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa

China publishes foreign aid strategy

Over at Xinhua you can check out the full text of the Chinese government's new "white paper" on foreign aid strategy. Claire Provost has a good write-up at the Guardian, suggesting that the paper is aimed at dispelling the notion that China's...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2011 10:28 AM by FP Passport

French media being all French about the royal wedding

With the Irish seemingly not interested in venting anti-monarchist sentiments today and the Australians apparently legally barred from doing so, it falls to France's media commentators to treat today's festivities with the appropriate air of ironic...

Published Fri, Apr 29 2011 9:36 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Osama bin Laden killed

Osama bin Laden killed Top news: Nearly 10 years after the 9/11 attacks, President Barack Obama announced the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a dramatic late-night televised address. "Justice has been done," Obama said, disclosing...

Published Mon, May 02 2011 5:25 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

After truthers and birthers, deathers?

There's a lot we still don't know about how the death of Osama bin Laden will impact the future of global terrorism and U.S. national security policies, but there's one prediction I feel pretty comfortable making: Large numbers of people are...

Published Mon, May 02 2011 11:36 AM by FP Passport

Great moments in Osama speculation: Biogeographic data edition

This post was a big hit for Passport back in 2009 and seems to be getting traffic again today: Geography Professor Thomas Gillespie of UCLA has employed a technique typically used for tracking endangered species in order to pinpoint the most likely location...

Published Mon, May 02 2011 3:12 PM by FP Passport

Alicia Silverstone writes to Putin, demands vegan meals for *** Riot defendant

Via, frequent FP contributor Shaun Walker on Twitter, I see that the PETA UK site is hosting a letter from Alicia Silverstone to Russian President Vladimir Putin, which addresses the real priority in the *** Riot trial. The Clueless star writes : Dear...

Published Wed, Aug 15 2012 7:22 AM by FP Passport

'Ridiculously photogenic Syrian soldier': A weapon of mass seduction

Sex sells -- but can it sell a bloody Middle Eastern revolution pitting disparate armed factions against an entrenched autocrat? Last year's successful overthrow of Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi turned Libya's rebels with a cause into international...

Published Wed, Aug 15 2012 12:05 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Syria, Dispatch from the Revolution

Marble columns for sale, slightly used

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 If you've got a spare billion or so dollars lying around, and have ever dreamed of owning or operating a mid-size Mediterranean lottery system -- let's just say you may...

Published Thu, May 12 2011 2:06 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Financial crisis

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