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Is the Obama campaign taking commercial ideas from Vladimir Putin?

I see the Obama campaign has a new YouTube ad featuring Girls star (and fellow Oberlin alum!) Lena Dunham: "Your first time shouldn't be with just anybody. You want to do it with a great guy," she says, referring to casting your first ballot...

Published Thu, Oct 25 2012 1:14 PM by FP Passport

Argentina's war with the vulture funds

Most of the crew of the Argentina navy ship Libertad has returned home , leaving behind their a skeleton crew to man the three-masted sailing ship in Ghana. The Libertad was prevented from leaving Ghana have a local court ruled in favor of the U.S. "vulture...

Published Fri, Oct 26 2012 10:52 AM by FP Passport

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Into the homestreach

Closing argument Mitt Romney and Barack Obama met on Monday night for the final debate before the election. The showdown in Boca Raton, hosted by Bob Schieffer of CBS, was supposed to focus exclusively on foreign policy, though both candidates frequently...

Published Fri, Oct 26 2012 2:41 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, 2012 Report

On Sandy and climate change

As seawater floods into lower Manhattan, seeping into subway stops and tunnels, many are talking up the link between climate change and severe storms. But this is a tricky link to make. As Brad Plumer notes over at WonkBlog , "trying to attribute...

Published Mon, Oct 29 2012 6:43 PM by FP Passport

Could China use the Singapore strategy on the New York Times?

In February, 2010, the International Herald Tribune published an article by then columnist Philip Bowring about Asian political dynasties in Asia, in which he included Singapore. A month later The New York Times , which owns the IHT , published a very...

Published Tue, Oct 30 2012 12:43 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, China

Bolivia asks Sean Penn to help get its coast back

Worth a shot , I guess: Evo Morales, the socialist president of the arid nation high in the Andes, on Tuesday asked the US actor to help its campaign to press Chile to overhaul treaties that ended a 19th-century war that cost Bolivia its coast and gave...

Published Wed, Oct 31 2012 7:08 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Clinton calls for overhaul of Syrian opposition

Clinton calls for overhaul of Syrian opposition Top news: Speaking from Croatia on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for an overhaul of the Syrian opposition, saying that the current leadership body, the Syrian National Council (SNC...

Published Thu, Nov 01 2012 5:55 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Tracking Mexico's cartels with Google

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 For the vast majority of us, who don't have access to high-level law enforcement data, the best way to keep track of Mexican drug cartel activity is by reading the newspaper...

Published Thu, Nov 01 2012 2:39 PM by FP Passport

China and the case of the missing ping pong balls

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Starting Nov, 8, Beijing will convene the 18thParty Congress -- a mass meeting of Communist Party leaders -- where President Hu Jintao will begin to officially yield power to leader...

Published Fri, Nov 02 2012 10:01 AM by FP Passport

Our favorite election articles of 2012

While we count down the hours until the polls open, relive 2012 with the best of FP 's coverage: Blue Planet What if the world could vote in the U.S. election? By Uri Friedman, Oct. 31 Meet Sandy, the Game Changer The storm could upend American politics...

Published Mon, Nov 05 2012 6:59 AM by FP Passport

New threat for Ghana's gay community

While gay Americans have a lot to celebrate lately -- the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and New York becoming the sixth state to legalize gay marriage, among them -- 76 countries still consider being gay a crime. Homosexuality has long been...

Published Thu, Jul 21 2011 1:38 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Human Rights, Freedom

Huge explosion rocks central Oslo

At least one bomb went off outside the offices of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and several other government buildings earlier today. The prime minister was unharmed. Just within the hour, there were reports of a second blast in central Oslo...

Published Fri, Jul 22 2011 7:44 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, Europe, Flash Points

Chinese province takes baby steps to change one-child policy

In a challenge to China's controversial one-child policy, a regional leader has asked for permission from the central government to relax the policy in his area. Earlier this month, Zhang Feng, the head of Guangdong's population commission, requested...

Published Fri, Jul 22 2011 2:45 PM by FP Passport