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Has WikiLeaks finally gone too far?

Roy Greenslade, a journalism professor and commentator for the Guardian , castigates British editors for their critical coverage of WikiLeaks, the self-proclaimed whistleblower site that is about to release some 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables into the...

Published Sun, Nov 28 2010 8:48 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Media

Big Afghan leaders don't cry

I'm no expert on Afgahanistan -- but I know enough about the country to understand that crying in public probably won't win you too many supporters: Afghan President Hamid Karzai wept on Tuesday as he called on Afghans to “come to their senses...

Published Tue, Sep 28 2010 6:25 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Afghanistan

Another Hugo Chavez in the making?

RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador, has vowed to overhaul Ecuadorian politics after receiving an overwhelming mandate to convene an assembly to rewrite the country's constitution. Correa, who has threatened to default on Ecuador's...

Published Mon, Apr 16 2007 1:58 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Latin America, Politics

Mexico issues travel warning for Arizona

Mexico's government no longer believes its citizens are safe in the state of Arizona: The Mexican government Tuesday took the unusual step of issuing a travel alert urging extreme caution by Mexicans working, studying or otherwise spending time in...

Published Wed, Apr 28 2010 7:35 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Mexico, Migration/Immigration

Beyonce's New Album Got FP Global Thinker Chimamanda Adichie All Wrong

Beyonce is just full of surprises. In the past 24 hours, she dropped an album, joined Weibo, and -- to our particular delight -- paid tribute to one of Foreign Policy's 2013 Global Thinkers , Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, whose 2013 novel Americanah is...

Published Fri, Dec 13 2013 1:30 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, Culture, Media, Women

Iraq looks to go nuclear

28 years ago, Israel launched an airstrike against the Osirak nuclear reactor near Baghdad, terrified by the prospect of an Iraq with nuclear weapons. 19 year ago, the U.N. imposed comprehensive economic sanctions against Iraq, declaring the country's...

Published Wed, Oct 28 2009 8:57 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Nukes, Energy, Iraq

Morning Brief: Arab League summit in Baghdad opens

Arab League summit in Baghdad opens Top story: The Arab League summit in Baghdad began on Thursday with only 10 leaders of the 22-member body in attendance. Two explosions were heard near the center of the city as the summit opened; according to an Iraqi...

Published Thu, Mar 29 2012 5:07 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

How Iraq Turned into the World’s Car Bomb Capital

As Iraqis went to the polls Wednesday for the first parliamentary election since the U.S. military withdrew from the country in 2011, something was missing from the streets of Baghdad -- cars. In a sign of Iraq's struggles to tackle rising violence...

Published Wed, Apr 30 2014 1:32 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: al Qaeda, Elections, Middle East, Iraq

Signs of the Europocalypse: Bon Jovi waives his concert fee in Spain

Bon Jovi is waiving his concert fees in order to make a stop in cash-strapped, unemployment-ridden Spain, after initially planning to skip the country for fear that fans wouldn't be willing to shell out for the tickets, which can cost up to €99 (roughly...

Published Thu, May 30 2013 11:55 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Spain

Are Fears of Islamist Terrorism in Canada Coming True?

Yemen's president warns of a civil war 'worse than Afghanistan'

Yemen's President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi warned in an interview Saturday that his country, still reeling from the popular uprising that ousted his predecessor Ali Abdullah Saleh, risks a descent into a civil war "worse than Afghanistan"...

Published Sat, Sep 29 2012 11:37 AM by FP Passport

Was Obama low-balling the cost of war?

The price tag for military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq since the 9/11 attacks is somewhere between $3.7 and $4.4 trillion, according to a new report released today. The staggering figure is nearly four times higher than the U.S. government estimate...

Published Wed, Jun 29 2011 1:41 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Afghanistan, Obama Administration, South Asia, Iraq

Morning Brief: Haitian hospitals running low on medical supplies

Haitian hospitals running low on medical supplies Top story: With around 200,000 people in need of post-surgical care and countless more still with untreated injuries, doctors say that basic medical supplies are running out in Haiti's hospitals. While...

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 5:43 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Decision 2008: The Ukraine 2010 edition

The Financial Times takes a look at the high-profile Washington players brought in to advise Ukraine's presidential candidates, who are headed for a run-off on Feb. 7. There's an interesting partisan breakdown between the candidates: Paul Manafort...

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 11:49 AM by FP Passport

Sex tape roils India politics

From yesterday's wires , a lede that should never have been written: The 86-year-old governor of a southern Indian state resigned, a day after a television news channel broadcast a tape allegedly showing him in bed with three women. Here is a photograph...

Published Mon, Dec 28 2009 8:05 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: India