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Morning Brief: Ghana swears in new president

Ghana swears in new president Top news: Ghanaian Vice President John Dramani Mahama was sworn in as the country's new leader on Tuesday during an emergency parliamentary session, only hours after President John Atta Mills died at a military hospital...

Published Wed, Jul 25 2012 5:33 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief
Mexico is running out of eggs

The country with the world's highest per-capita egg consumption is running out of eggs , following a bird flu outbreak: President Felipe Calderon and members of his Cabinet have announced about $227 million in emergency financing and commercial measures...

Published Fri, Aug 24 2012 11:17 AM by FP Passport
Ukraine's Chocolate King to the Rescue

Ukrainians hope that Petro Poroshenko can lead them out of the current crisis. But can one man provide the solution to all the country's problems? Read More...

Published Thu, May 22 2014 8:06 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Argument
A few moments with the Articles of Confederation: The officering of the Army

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Published Tue, May 27 2014 7:46 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: The Best Defense
Introducing FP's Newest Channel: Tea Leaf Nation

We explain China a different way -- and it works. Read More...

Published Wed, May 21 2014 11:22 AM by Foreign Policy

Filed under: Tea Leaf Nation
Don't fall for the burning ring of fire

Author Simon Winchester has a piece in Newsweek under the terrifying subhed, "The tsunami that struck Japan was the third in a series of events that now put California at risk." I'll give Winchester the benefit of the doubt and assume his...

Published Mon, Mar 14 2011 11:53 AM by FP Passport
The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Dark Days

"Spiking the football" As expected, President Barack Obama 's campaign is fully capitalizing on the killing of Osama bin Laden in his reelection pitch. An ad released on the one-year anniversary of the Abbottabad raid features former President...

Published Fri, May 04 2012 12:03 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, 2012 Report, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama
Decline Watch: GM drops Super Bowl advertising for Manchester United

Last month, General Motors announced that it would not be advertising in this year's Super Bowl, because of the high prices charged by network CBS. But as the Detroit Free Press reports , the company isn't pulling out of sports advertising, it's...

Published Fri, Jun 08 2012 12:19 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Decline Watch
How to criticize the government on Chinese social media

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The blog Tea Leaf Nation has written about a fascinating Harvard study that shows what posts get censored in Chinese cyberspace and why. The blog post (and the study itself ) are...

Published Fri, Jun 08 2012 10:55 AM by FP Passport
No Miliband for Europe

Yesterday, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced not just that Foreign Secretary David Miliband was not in contention for the job of EU high representative for foreign policy -- a powerful new post created by the Lisbon Treaty -- but that he never...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2009 8:55 AM by FP Passport
Was NASA's moon bombing legal?

One small step for science, one giant step for international treaty lawyers. Or something like that anyway. Amateur astronomers squinted to see the anti-climactic " explosion " Friday morning, but others were far more concerned about the potential...

Published Fri, Oct 09 2009 8:08 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Science & Technology, North America, Security
The trouble with "amnesty"

If you've been following Nigeria for the past few weeks, you know that -- after years of foot-dragging -- the government finally pulled together an amnesty plan for fighters. You probably also heard that, just hours after the program began, rebel...

Published Thu, Oct 08 2009 9:00 AM by FP Passport
Spy on your neighbors for fun and profit

Say goodbye to your Wii, say hello to Internet Eyes , the novel new game which will allow you to spot crime in real life, and win up to 1,000 pounds in prize money. Vigilantism has never been easier. It's run by a private company, which will stream...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 8:39 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Science & Technology, Britain, Drugs & Crime
Italian court convicts CIA agents in absentia

Today, an Italian court convicted 23 U.S. citizens, 22 of them acknowledged as CIA agents, for the daylight abduction and "extraordinary rendition" of cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, better known as Abu Omar. The CIA snatched Abu Omar off...

Published Wed, Nov 04 2009 10:42 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, Europe
Is George Clooney helping?

George Clooney's "anti-genocide paparazzi" seems to be dominating nearly every transmission coming out of South Sudan this week. Clooney, along with the Enough Project, Harvard researchers, and some of his wealthier Hollywood friends have...

Published Mon, Jan 10 2011 10:35 AM by FP Passport

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Morning Brief: Ghana swears in new president

Mexico is running out of eggs

Ukraine's Chocolate King to the Rescue

A few moments with the Articles of Confederation: The officering of the Army

Introducing FP's Newest Channel: Tea Leaf Nation

Don't fall for the burning ring of fire

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Dark Days

Decline Watch: GM drops Super Bowl advertising for Manchester United

How to criticize the government on Chinese social media

No Miliband for Europe

Was NASA's moon bombing legal?

The trouble with "amnesty"

Spy on your neighbors for fun and profit

Italian court convicts CIA agents in absentia

Is George Clooney helping?