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Morning Brief: Nigeria backs down on fuel subsidy

Nigeria backs down on fuel subsidy Top story : Following a week-long general strike that paralyzed Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan partially restored the fuel subsidy whose removal had triggered popular anger. Under the deal agreed to with union...

Published Tue, Jan 17 2012 4:53 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Romney Rising

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Romney rolls through New Hampshire, Gingrich unloads the kitchen sink Mitt Romney enjoyed a decisive victory in the New Hampshire primary, taking 39.2 percent of the vote to second-place finisher Ron Paul...

Published Fri, Jan 13 2012 11:21 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, 2012 Report

Borderlands: Call for Proposals

The modern national border is a European invention that has been exported around the globe, providing a ready source of conflict and bloodshed. In Africa and the Middle East, borders drawn by imperial hands no longer make sense -- they are wars waiting...

Published Fri, Jan 13 2012 8:53 AM by FP Passport

Wait...doesn't Newt speak French too?

This new ad from the Gingrich campaign is making the rounds: If you don't feel like watching, it compares Romney to previous Massachusetts wusses Michael Dukakis and John Kerry and ends with the narrator snarking, "Just like John Kerry, he speaks...

Published Fri, Jan 13 2012 7:47 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, Newt Gingrich

Morning Brief: Tensions rising in the Gulf

Tensions rising in the Gulf Top news: The Obama administration claims it is using a secret channel of communication to warn Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that cutting off access to the Strait of Hormuz is a "red line" that the...

Published Fri, Jan 13 2012 5:23 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Things Vladimir Putin is not too busy for

Russian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin will not be debating his opponents this election season. He's just too busy : Taking time off for debates would "undoubtedly impede his ability to duly carry out his duties"...

Published Thu, Jan 12 2012 9:30 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Myanmar signs ceasefire with rebel group

Myanmar signs ceasefire with rebel group Top story: The Myanmar government signed a cease-fire deal with ethnic Kachin rebels that it had been fighting for over six decades, paving the way for broader international engagement with the regime. An end to...

Published Thu, Jan 12 2012 4:49 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

It's winter again for Chinese dissidents

Earlier this evening eight police raided the home of prominent Chinese dissident Hu Jia, confiscated two computers, and told him to report to a police station for further questioning on Thursday , in a move that potentially presages a further crackdown...

Published Wed, Jan 11 2012 8:54 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia

Do Americans really hate Europe that much?

Back in June, shortly after Mitt Romney's entry into the race, I wrote a short piece noting the anti-European rhetoric in Mitt Romney's announcement of his candidacy, and predicting that Republicans would try to pain the president as a Brussels...

Published Wed, Jan 11 2012 8:51 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012

Morning Brief: Iran reports killing of another nuclear scientist

Iran reports killing of another nuclear scientist Top news: In the latest sign of escalating tensions between Iran and the West over the Iranian nuclear program, Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency is reporting that a "terrorist bomb blast"...

Published Wed, Jan 11 2012 5:20 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Is Obama really trying to overthrow the Iranian regime?

In a bombshell revelation sure to reverberate around the world, the Washington Post quotes a senior U.S. intelligence official seeming to suggest that the United States goal is now the collapse of the Iranian regime. The story's headline: "Goal...

Published Tue, Jan 10 2012 2:31 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Obama Administration, Iran, Thumbs

Failure to Launch?

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 When space programs have some sort of setback, it's usually tied to an arithmetic error , or because of the sheer complexity of launching something into outer space. For Russian...

Published Tue, Jan 10 2012 11:51 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Eastern Europe

Five minutes to midnight

At a press conference in Washington today, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that it is moving its famous "Doomsday Clock," which measures how close the world is to global catastrophe, one minute closer to midnight. The clock now...

Published Tue, Jan 10 2012 11:40 AM by FP Passport

Fidel thinks Americans should vote for a robot over Obama

First Fidel Castro came out against fracking . Now, only days later, he's come out against Barack Obama. In his latest " reflection " in state-run media on Monday, the former Cuban leader declared that a "robot" would do a better...

Published Tue, Jan 10 2012 8:34 AM by FP Passport

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

Will Assad's supporters flee to Israel?

Reuters has a small, strange story today about Israeli preparations to offer refuge to members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's sect in the event that his regime falls. "We are preparing to take in Alawite refugees on the Golan Heights,"...

Published Tue, Jan 10 2012 8:09 AM by FP Passport

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Morning Brief: Nigeria backs down on fuel subsidy

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Romney Rising

Borderlands: Call for Proposals

Wait...doesn't Newt speak French too?

Morning Brief: Tensions rising in the Gulf

Things Vladimir Putin is not too busy for

Morning Brief: Myanmar signs ceasefire with rebel group

It's winter again for Chinese dissidents

Do Americans really hate Europe that much?

Morning Brief: Iran reports killing of another nuclear scientist

Is Obama really trying to overthrow the Iranian regime?

Failure to Launch?

Five minutes to midnight

Fidel thinks Americans should vote for a robot over Obama

Will Assad's supporters flee to Israel?