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How One Beirut Street Found Itself on the Front Lines of a Regional War

BEIRUT — At first glance, there is not much that distinguishes al-Areed St., in the Beirut suburb of Haret Hreik, from any other neighborhood in the Lebanese capital. It is lined with small clothing shops, hole-in-the-wall restaurants, and modest apartment...

Published Tue, Jan 21 2014 10:49 AM by FP Passport

If Scotland goes, will the Queen lose Australia too?

In a three-part series this week , Tim Judah assesses the very real chance that Scotland could vote for independence from the United Kingdom in a planned 2014 referendum -- or at least a kind of semi-separation called "devo max" under which...

Published Thu, Apr 05 2012 10:50 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: U.S. and Afghanistan Agree to Draft for Cooperation After 2014

U.S. and Afghanistan Agree to Draft for Cooperation After 2014 Top News: The U.S. and Afghan governments have agreed on the draft of an agreement that lays out the framework for cooperation between U.S. counterterrorism forces and Afghan National Security...

Published Thu, Nov 21 2013 4:49 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Libya dissolves into chaos

Libya dissolves into chaos Top story : Libyan leader Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi used brutal force in an attempt to crush a growing threat to his rule from anti-government protesters. In the capital of Tripoli, witnesses reported on Tuesday that neighborhoods...

Published Tue, Feb 22 2011 5:14 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Friday photo: Welcome to Mars

Journalists watch on February 18, 2011 a mock walk on Mars of volunteers of the Mars500 experiment, Van Yue of China and Alexander Smoleyevsky of Russia, at the Korolev Space Mission Control Center outside Moscow. Two members of a group of volunteers...

Published Fri, Feb 18 2011 3:31 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Friday Photo

Report: Healthcare horror stories from North Korea

Given how stubbornly Kim Jong-Il appears to be weathering his reportedly grave illness, you might think North Korean healthcare is more or less intact -- even the Great Leader must get a boost from modern medicine. But a chilling report released today...

Published Thu, Jul 15 2010 8:25 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North Korea, Human Rights, Health

Novelist Arundhati Roy could be charged with sedition

The Indian Home Ministry has given Delhi police the go-ahead to arrest bestselling novelist andactivist Arundhati Roy on charges of sedition. The charges relate to a recent event at which Roy appeared with Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelan...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 8:59 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: India

Egypt's shark week: Mossad to blame?

Five tourists have been attacked by sharks (with one killed) over the past week in the waters off Egypt's Red Sea coast, a vacation area especially popular with snorkelers and scuba divers. And nobody knows what to do. Despite the frequent depiction...

Published Mon, Dec 06 2010 2:31 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Science & Technology, Middle East, Egypt

What is life like in a Chinese megacity?

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The more time one spends in China, and the more one travels within the country, the harder it is to describe "China" as a single entity. The country is far more geographically...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 9:22 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, China

Indian lawmakers unhappy with 313 percent raise - by Brian Fung

Members of India's parliament will see their salary more than tripled in the coming weeks, bringing their annual income to a high of $12,854 a year. But for some lawmakers, evidently, that's still not enough : The Lok Sabha [the lower house of...

Published Fri, Aug 20 2010 9:42 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: India

Morning Brief: Rescuers suspend Costa Concordia search

Rescuers suspend Costa Concordia search Top story: The Italian coast guard has suspended rescue efforts for the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship, which crashed into rocks on Friday off the Italian island of Giglio in the Mediterranean. The death toll...

Published Wed, Jan 18 2012 5:07 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The *** truck driver who speaks for Sweden (this week)

Sweden's tourism board has launched a unique program where each week they turn the official @Sweden twitter feed over to a different citizen. Users have so far included a female priest, and advertising executive and an organic sheep farmer. The feed...

Published Wed, Jan 18 2012 12:43 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Malaysian reformer acquitted of sodomy charges

Malaysian reformer acquitted of sodomy charges Top news: Citing unreliable DNA evidence, a Malaysian judge has acquitted opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy -- a crime in the Muslim-majority country -- after a closely watched trial. Anwar was accused...

Published Mon, Jan 09 2012 5:35 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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

Ethnic cleansing in the kingdom of happiness

Often overlooked in all the attention received by the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan's much-touted "Gross National Happiness" program is that the government's version of happiness includes being free of any unwelcome ethnic minorities...

Published Mon, Dec 13 2010 7:59 AM by FP Passport

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How One Beirut Street Found Itself on the Front Lines of a Regional War

If Scotland goes, will the Queen lose Australia too?

Morning Brief: U.S. and Afghanistan Agree to Draft for Cooperation After 2014

Morning Brief: Libya dissolves into chaos

Friday photo: Welcome to Mars

Report: Healthcare horror stories from North Korea

Novelist Arundhati Roy could be charged with sedition

Egypt's shark week: Mossad to blame?

What is life like in a Chinese megacity?

Indian lawmakers unhappy with 313 percent raise - by Brian Fung

Morning Brief: Rescuers suspend Costa Concordia search

The *** truck driver who speaks for Sweden (this week)

Morning Brief: Malaysian reformer acquitted of sodomy charges

Five minutes to midnight

Ethnic cleansing in the kingdom of happiness