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Greek far-right spokesman assaults rival on TV

If Greece's Golden Dawn party is looking to change its prevailing image as a cadre of neo-Nazi thugs, spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris evidently didn't get the memo : What was a heated debate over the June 17 elections descended into chaos when Kasidiaris...

Published Thu, Jun 07 2012 7:21 AM by FP Passport

Liz Cheney: chicken, hawk, or both?

I've been enjoying the public back-and-forth between Rachel Maddow, host of the eponymous MSNBC show, and Liz Cheney, daughter of the former vice president and founder of Keep America Safe , a hawkish PAC. In the past weeks and months, Cheney has...

Published Wed, Oct 21 2009 2:34 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Media

Morning Brief: Iranian negotiators agree to uranium enrichment deal

Iranian negotiators agree to uranium enrichment deal Top story: The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iranian negotiators have agreed to a draft proposal to ship most of its uranium to Russia for enrichment. The deal must still be accepted by Tehran...

Published Wed, Oct 21 2009 6:12 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Italian anarchists shoot nuclear executive

This would certainly seem to be an escalation : An anarchist group claimed responsibility on Friday for kneecapping an Italian nuclear engineering executive and warned it would strike another seven times at the firm's parent company, Finmeccanica...

Published Fri, May 11 2012 2:53 PM by FP Passport

Did Sarkozy really ban cheese from the Elysee Palace?

This Telegraph story has been making the Internet rounds today: It is an admission that is verging on sacrilegious for a French president. But Nicolas Sarkozy's top chef has revealed that the French head of state has banned cheese from the table at...

Published Fri, Apr 06 2012 9:40 AM by FP Passport

FP's corn rocket needs you

When selecting the 2011 best covers of the year , the Food Issue 's "Corn Rocket" was a staff favorite. Turns out, we aren't the only ones enamored by our cosmo-cob. The print version of the cover has been nominated for a "Cover...

Published Tue, Apr 03 2012 11:40 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Food/Agriculture, Foreign Policy magazine

Pakistan buys tons of guns too

I see that Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, has approvingly tweeted my post yesterday on India being identified by SIPRI as the world's largest arms imported. I appreciate the plug though to be fair, it should be pointed...

Published Tue, Mar 15 2011 12:16 PM by FP Passport

Fidel's odd musings on plants, yoga, and dead communists

Fidel Castro has never really been into the whole brevity thing. This is, after all, the man who gave the longest speech in the history of the U.N. General Assembly. But since June 11, Castro has dedicated his semi-regular newspaper column " Reflections...

Published Thu, Jun 21 2012 9:08 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Ukraine's Justice Minister Threatens State of Emergency

Ukraine's Justice Minister Threatens State of Emergency Top News : Ukraine's justice minister has threatened to call a state of emergency if anti-government protesters occupying her ministry do not leave. The justice ministry became just the latest...

Published Mon, Jan 27 2014 5:45 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

And the winner is... no one

It's not a good sign when your leadership prize runs out of eligible candidates to honor after a whopping two years. Welcome to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation's Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, whose winner was meant to be announced in...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 9:20 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Corruption

Iran Watch: Is the United States waivering?

The United States is betting that increasingly biting sanctions against Tehran -- including new penalties for foreign institutions that continue to buy Iranian oil through its central bank -- can compel Iranian leaders to make concessions on their nuclear...

Published Wed, Mar 21 2012 4:09 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Iran, Iran Watch

The revenge of Tora Prison

If, as Dostoyevsky once said, the degree of civilization of a society can be judged by entering its prisons, Hosni Mubarak's sons and top lieutenants will now get a chance to reflect on the impact they left on Egypt. Gamal and Alaa Mubarak have reportedly...

Published Wed, Apr 13 2011 1:38 PM by FP Passport

Gingrich calls Obama the E-word

After Mitt Romney announced his campaign for president, I noted his repeated use of "European" as an epithet to describe Barack Obama's economic and foreign policies. I surmised that it's a way of suggesting there's something not...

Published Mon, Jun 20 2011 8:49 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Prophet cartoons in French paper stir controversy

Prophet cartoons in French paper stir controversy Top news: The French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, whose headquarters were firebombed last year after the weekly ran images of the Prophet Mohammed, stoked controversy again on Wednesday by publishing...

Published Thu, Sep 20 2012 5:08 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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Greek far-right spokesman assaults rival on TV

Liz Cheney: chicken, hawk, or both?

Morning Brief: Iranian negotiators agree to uranium enrichment deal

Italian anarchists shoot nuclear executive

Did Sarkozy really ban cheese from the Elysee Palace?

FP's corn rocket needs you

Pakistan buys tons of guns too

Fidel's odd musings on plants, yoga, and dead communists

Morning Brief: Ukraine's Justice Minister Threatens State of Emergency

And the winner is... no one

Iran Watch: Is the United States waivering?

The revenge of Tora Prison

Gingrich calls Obama the E-word

Morning Brief: Prophet cartoons in French paper stir controversy

Trash Talk: Angry Ukrainians Throw an MP in a Dumpster