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Morning Brief: Pope Benedict XVI announces he will resign

Pope Benedict XVI announces he will resign Top news: Pointing to an ailing "mind and body," Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign, the first leader of the Roman Catholic Church to do so since 1415. “In today’s world, subject...

Published Mon, Feb 11 2013 5:48 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: North Korea conducts third nuclear test

North Korea conducts third nuclear test Top news: North Korea confirmed Tuesday that it has carried out a third nuclear test in defiance of U.N. resolutions. According to the state-run KCNA news service, authorities tested a "miniaturized and lighter...

Published Tue, Feb 12 2013 5:25 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morsi flees presidential palace amid a spark of violent protest

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi retreated from the presidential palace Tuesday night as protesters clashed with security forces . Tens of thousands of people were demonstrating outside the palace , located in the Cairo suburb of Heliopolis, against Morsi's...

Published Wed, Dec 05 2012 5:47 AM by The Middle East Channel

Filed under: Middle East, North Africa, Arab World, Mideast Brief

Syria's opposition gets organized

Over the past six months, Syria has erupted into chaos. As protesters took to the streets to demand the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian army and police responded with deadly force: The United Nations now estimates 2,600 people have perished...

Published Wed, Sep 14 2011 7:29 PM by FP Passport

Is Bernard-Henri Lévy having the best week ever?

Last spring, it seemed like everyone was hating on French philosopher/public intellectual/serial chest-hair exhibitionist Bernard-Henri Lévy. It was bad enough that he had helped push President Nicolas Sarkozy's government into an intervention in...

Published Mon, Aug 22 2011 12:13 PM by FP Passport

Why Middle Earth is so precious for New Zealand

New Zealand is once again going hobbit-wild, thanks to the new Peter Jackson epic , which opens in the United States tonight. A 13-meter Gollum statue greets visitors in the Wellington airport, and the country's mint has issued commemorative coins...

Published Thu, Dec 13 2012 9:38 AM by FP Passport

Self-immolation in Bulgaria isn't as new as you might think

For the fourth time in one month, a Bulgarian citizen has self-immolated in an apparent protest against economic hardship and political corruption. The BBC reports: The man, 52, threw petrol over himself outside the presidential palace in Sofia, police...

Published Thu, Mar 14 2013 11:25 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Financial crisis, Politics, Eastern Europe, Economics

Is Pope Francis just another great 'reformer'?

Yesterday's papal announcement has been followed by headlines heralding Pope Francis I as an agent of change within the Catholic Church: Pope Francis the Reformer? ; Pope Francis has mandate to reform Church ; Election of Pope Francis fuels hope for...

Published Thu, Mar 14 2013 2:28 PM by FP Passport

Who cares about the %#&@#% $16 muffins?

The latest tempest in a teapot in this season of austerity? Congressional outrage over the Justice Department's spending on food and beverages at one of its conferences in 2009. An inspector general's audit report found that the department paid...

Published Thu, Sep 22 2011 8:35 AM by FP Passport

Watch the UNGA speeches

As of 10:22, President Barack Obama is currently speaking. You can watch all today's speeches in the stream below: The schedule of speeches is here . Update: Here's the text of Obama's speech. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 21 2011 7:23 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Abbas to make statehood bid at U.N.

Abbas to make statehood bid at U.N. Top news: Against the urging of U.S. President Barack Obama as well as a threatened veto, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will formally request that the United Nations recognize Palestine as a state today...

Published Fri, Sep 23 2011 5:07 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Fighting continues in Yemen

Fighting continues in Yemen Top story: Fighting broke out for a third straight day in Yemen, as government forces clashed with soldiers who joined the anti-government opposition. At least 10 people have been killed so far in the fighting on Tuesday, bringing...

Published Tue, Sep 20 2011 5:17 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Argentina blasts Britain over islands and Antarctica

In a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron published in the British media today, Argentine President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner attacks Britain's claim on the Falklands, known in Argentina as the Malvinas: One hundred and eighty years ago on...

Published Wed, Jan 02 2013 11:19 AM by FP Passport

Never-before-seen photos from the Qaddafi files

Today, FP is featuring a never-before-seen collection of photos of Colonel Muammar Qaddafi and his family, taken from the late libyan leader's private homes and state ministries. The photos feature young images of the man himself, and his sons, along...

Published Thu, Oct 20 2011 10:00 AM by FP Passport

China: We just gave Cambodia $1.2 billion because we're nice

China is denying that the $1.2 billion in aid that Vice President Xi Jinping pledged during a visit to Cambodia yesterday had anything to do with the fact that just hours earlier, the country deported 20 Uighur asylum speakers -- a move that Xi praised...

Published Tue, Dec 22 2009 7:41 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Human Rights, China, Foreign Aid, Southeast Asia

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Morning Brief: Pope Benedict XVI announces he will resign

Morning Brief: North Korea conducts third nuclear test

Morsi flees presidential palace amid a spark of violent protest

Syria's opposition gets organized

Is Bernard-Henri Lévy having the best week ever?

Why Middle Earth is so precious for New Zealand

Self-immolation in Bulgaria isn't as new as you might think

Is Pope Francis just another great 'reformer'?

Who cares about the %#&@#% $16 muffins?

Watch the UNGA speeches

Morning Brief: Abbas to make statehood bid at U.N.

Morning Brief: Fighting continues in Yemen

Argentina blasts Britain over islands and Antarctica

Never-before-seen photos from the Qaddafi files

China: We just gave Cambodia $1.2 billion because we're nice