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Morning Brief: Devastating bombing raises fears in Baghdad

Devastating bombing raises fears in Baghdad Top story: A day after their country's deadliest terrorist attacks in over two years, Iraqis mourned the more than 155 dead and raised questions about the government's ability to keep the country safe...

Published Mon, Oct 26 2009 5:57 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Ernest Hemingway: In praise of exchange rates

The Toronto Star has posted some selections this week from its archive of columns by Ernest Hemingway, who worked at the paper from 1920-1924 and served for a while as its European correspondent. The highlights are probably his crime reporting from prohibition...

Published Fri, May 18 2012 8:13 AM by FP Passport

Saeb Erekat sometimes doesn't feel like lying (but does it anyway)

I have a feeling that this exchange , released in al-Jazeera's Palestine Papers, is going to be making the rounds in Ramallah for some time. "SE" is the chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, and "YG" is Yossi Gal, then a deputy...

Published Thu, Jan 27 2011 12:59 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Diplomacy, Middle East

Russian oil giant tests West African waters

The U.S. and China have been vying for West Africa's sizeable and largely untapped oil reserves for years, but less well-known has been Russia's growing interest in the region: The president of LUKoil Overseas, Andrei Kuzyayev, met Ghana's...

Published Mon, Jan 10 2011 9:10 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Russia, Oil

Day 2 FP March Madness games posted

Here they are . Remember to get your brackets in by Monday Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 18 2011 4:56 PM by FP Passport

The fog of terror

On Monday, the AP broke the story that the CIA had disrupted a plot to bomb a U.S.-bound airliner with a similar explosive to the one used by the notorious "underwear bomber" in 2010. We know that like that failed bombing attempt, the plot was...

Published Tue, May 08 2012 3:04 PM by FP Passport

Gration and Power answer activists' questions on Sudan

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A guest post from Foreign Policy contributor and human-rights activist Rebecca Hamilton. Last week, the State Department partnered with two U.S.-based advocacy organizations (Save...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 1:32 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Obama Administration, U.S. Foreign Policy, Guest Blogger

British Ambassador says British actors suck (blood)

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 British ambassador to the United States Sir Nigel Sheinwald usually writes about climate change policy and the difficulties in Afghanistan on his blog , but today he chose to write...

Published Tue, Nov 17 2009 1:47 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Culture

Bearing up well

It seems the very adorable Asiatic black bears of Kashmir are one group that is pleased by all the conflict there. Authorities estimate that their population has gone from 800 in 1990 to 3,000 now. They (and other endangered species in the area, presumably...

Published Tue, Nov 17 2009 1:45 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: South Asia, Cute, India

What's in an EU anthem?

Today, The Telegraph reported that Herman Van Rompuy, current Prime Minister of Belgium and "the new front-runner to be the first EU President," is looking to institute a European anthem. Van Rompuy could pull ideas from the EU's website...

Published Tue, Nov 17 2009 1:08 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Culture

Salt-buying spree in China

Fears of spreading radiation from Japan are sowing panic in China : China tried to quell panic buying of iodized salt Thursday after grocery stores across the country were emptied of the seasoning by hordes of people hoping to ward off radiation poisoning...

Published Thu, Mar 17 2011 10:27 AM by FP Passport

Pakistan to buy bulletproof buses for foreign cricketers

I wonder how reassuring this is actually going to be: Pakistani cricket chiefs on Wednesday approved the purchase of bulletproof buses as part of efforts to persuade foreign teams to return after a long suspension over security fears. No international...

Published Thu, Oct 25 2012 10:30 AM by FP Passport

The day embassy politics stopped

The political news cycle on Wednesday was dominated by fiery exchanges between the Romney and Obama campaigns over the attacks on U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya, with Mitt Romney denouncing Obama's Middle East policy, the president calling his challenger...

Published Thu, Sep 13 2012 5:14 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, 2012 Election Poster 1, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama

The Deutsche mark lives

Apparently, as the Wall Street Journal reports , Germans still haven't quite given up on the Deutsche mark: As defunct currencies go, "die gute alte D-mark," or "the good old D-mark," as it is still affectionately called, is far...

Published Wed, Jul 18 2012 9:24 AM by FP Passport