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Will Japan’s News Giant Bend the Knee Before Abe?

The new head of Japan's public broadcasting company, NHK, has some unusual ideas. Since assuming his position in January, Katsuto Momii has defended Japan's wartime practice of sexual slavery by arguing that all nations have done it during times...

Published Thu, Mar 06 2014 2:36 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Japan, East Asia, Politics, Media

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

Seven Times Lady Grantham Completely Embarrassed Herself in Sierra Leone

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 An errant charity trip to Sierra Leone may have just ruined Downton Abbey forever. Elizabeth McGovern, who plays Cora, the Countess of Grantham on the hit British show Downton Abbey...

Published Thu, Jan 23 2014 1:56 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Fun Stuff, Foreign Aid

Who Is the Shadowy Sultan that Shepherded the Nuclear Deal With Iran?

For the past several weeks, the world's attention has been fixed on a Geneva luxury hotel where Western negotiators and their Iranian counterparts have flitted in and out in search of a deal to end the stand-off over Tehran's nuclear program....

Published Tue, Nov 26 2013 6:42 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Security, Middle East, Obama Administration, U.S. Foreign Policy, Nukes, Iran

Friday Photo: Happy Halloween

Squirrel monkeys at Bristol Zoo Gardens investigate a special carved pumpkin that has been left as a special Halloween treat in their enclosure on October 28, 2009 in Bristol, England. The gift of the pumpkin does have a serious side, as they are a great...

Published Fri, Oct 30 2009 3:47 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Friday Photo

Bill Gates throws his weight behind polio vaccination

With the launch of his 2011 annual letter in New York this morning, Bill Gates threw the weight of his $36 billion foundation behind the drive to eradicate polio. It's a campaign that began more than 50 years ago, when Jonas Salk developed the first...

Published Mon, Jan 31 2011 9:28 AM by FP Passport

Beware of Mirages - By Ellen Bork

The Obama Administration is pursuing closer ties with the military in Burma -- a policy that could undermine efforts to build democracy. Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 26 2012 10:22 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Human Rights, Diplomacy, Obama Administration, Military, Southeast Asia, Default, Free, Web Exclusive, North Africa, Democracy, Argument, Democracy Lab, Democracy Lab Top Story

Morning Brief: Pakistani military pushing for civilian government shakeup

Pakistani military pushing for civilian government shakeup Top story : To officers in Pakistan's military, the country's most powerful institution, are increasingly disillusioned with the government of President Asif Ali Zardari. Gen. Ashfaq Kayani...

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 5:31 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Fouad Ajami: Middle East scholar or Shiite partisan?

Fouad Ajami , unenthused as he must be at the prospect of conceding that he erred in fervently supporting the Iraq War , is a tad more invested in the surge than is your average academic. So, naturally, at a time when even the hint of optimism on Iraq...

Published Fri, Apr 13 2007 9:10 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Iraq

Why Do Smugglers Keep Hiding Gold in Airplane Toilets?

A Bangladeshi cleaning crew found nearly $2 million in gold bars the other day in an airplane toilet. An unknown culprit, who fled the Dhaka airport, the flydubai plane, and the 65+ pounds in gold before he could be apprehended, tried to smuggle 280 bars...

Published Wed, Oct 30 2013 10:21 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Fun Stuff, South Asia, India

Morning Brief: Week of violence continues in Russia with Dagestan bombing

Week of violence continues in Russia with Dagestan bombing Top news: A double suicide bombing targeting police in Russia's southern province of Dagestan killed at least 12 people, just two days after suicide bombings killed 39 in the Moscow Metro...

Published Wed, Mar 31 2010 5:34 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

U.S. sent envoy to Sudanese president's inauguration

State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley today defended the administration's decision to send a consulate officer as a representatvie to the inauguration of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, currently under indictment for war crimes: Crowley acknowledged...

Published Fri, May 28 2010 2:15 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Human Rights, Sudan

Filed under: Human Rights, South Asia, Religion, Development, India

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Will Japan’s News Giant Bend the Knee Before Abe?

Morning Brief: Arab League summit in Baghdad opens

Seven Times Lady Grantham Completely Embarrassed Herself in Sierra Leone

Who Is the Shadowy Sultan that Shepherded the Nuclear Deal With Iran?

Friday Photo: Happy Halloween

Bill Gates throws his weight behind polio vaccination

Beware of Mirages - By Ellen Bork

Morning Brief: Pakistani military pushing for civilian government shakeup

Fouad Ajami: Middle East scholar or Shiite partisan?

Why Do Smugglers Keep Hiding Gold in Airplane Toilets?

Morning Brief: Week of violence continues in Russia with Dagestan bombing

U.S. sent envoy to Sudanese president's inauguration

Chavez on Wikileaks: Hillary Clinton "thinks she is superior to the black guy," should resign

Laura Poitras: American Spies Have Me ‘Lit Up Like a Christmas Tree’

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