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The most striking photo so far of the Boston Marathon tragedy?

Boston Globe photographer John Tlumacki catches Boston's finest, guns drawn, at the moment they hear the second explosion go off. The runner on the ground was knocked over by the force of the first blast. Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 15 2013 2:50 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Security

WikiLeaks hits back at documentary with 'annotated transcript'

Last week, I interviewed Alex Gibney, director of the new documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks . Gibney told me he found it ironic that Julian Assange and supporters like Oliver Stone were attacking his film without having seen it. "The...

Published Fri, May 24 2013 2:49 PM by FP Passport

Body of Cyprus president stolen from grave

Here's your freaky story for the day: Grave robbers stole the corpse of former Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos after digging up his coffin on the eve of the first anniversary of the statesmen's death, police said Friday. Papadopoulos was...

Published Fri, Dec 11 2009 7:40 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe

Sarkozy and Kouchner still not on the same page

French President Nicolas Sarkozy took to the pages of Le Monde yesterday with a partial defense of the Swiss minaret ban: "How can you not be amazed at the reaction that this decision has produced in certain media and political circles in our own...

Published Wed, Dec 09 2009 8:51 AM by FP Passport

Bill Burns defines U.S. role in the world

During the presidential election campaign, Mitt Romney and his supporters repeatedly criticized the Obama administration for "leading from behind." But this morning at the Newseum, Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns offered an alternative...

Published Thu, Nov 29 2012 6:38 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Car bomb hits French embassy in Tripoli

Car bomb hits French embassy in Tripoli Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Top news: A car bomb exploded outside the French embassy in Tripoli early Tuesday morning, injuring two French guards and causing one corner of the embassy building...

Published Tue, Apr 23 2013 5:19 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Your guide to the Tsarnaev family

The hunt for the men behind the Boston Marathon bombings appears to have concluded , but the investigation into why two seemingly well-adjusted young men would carry out such a gruesome attack in their adopted hometown has only just begun. One of the...

Published Tue, Apr 23 2013 9:50 AM by FP Passport

What Chinese officials have learned about crisis management since the last earthquake

There's debate about the size of the earthquake that struck a rural region of China's southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at least 188 people and injuring more than 11,000 (Chinese seismology officials measured the quake at 7.0...

Published Mon, Apr 22 2013 12:20 PM by FP Passport

What's the best way to detect chemical weapons?

If you're invested in the question of whether Syria has used chemical weapons on its own citizens, you've been exposed to a range of terms like "soil samples," "witness interviews," "dilated pupils," and "urine...

Published Tue, Apr 23 2013 12:30 PM by FP Passport

Ron Paul fans furious over Rand Paul's drone flip-flop

Ron Paul's vibrant fan base is in open rebellion today over Rand Paul's reversal on domestic drone strikes. The Kentucky senator, whose famous 13-hour Senate floor filibuster did much to strengthen his ties with his father's hardcore following...

Published Tue, Apr 23 2013 3:30 PM by FP Passport

Did Romania's president use the occult to get reelected?

President Obama has brought back his 2008 campiagn manager David Plouffe to help get his domestic agenda back on track ahead of the 2010 midterm elections, but if he really wants to throw the Republicans off their game, he may want to take a trip to the...

Published Mon, Jan 25 2010 2:39 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Eastern Europe, Fun Stuff

That's not how I remember the conversation...

I was surprised to see a UPI headline today reading , "ElBaradei Rules Out Presidential Bid." I had just spoken with the former IAEA Director General last Thursday, and he had given no indication that was the direction he was leaning -- if he...

Published Mon, Jan 25 2010 2:26 PM by FP Passport

How to cut inflation by 230 million percent

Nine months ago when the power-sharing government in Zimbabwe came into office, I must admit that I was pretty darn skeptical that they could meet their hyper-inflation-cutting goals. After a complete economic collapse, inflation last year about this...

Published Tue, Jan 26 2010 12:02 PM by FP Passport

For all the Davos junkies out there

Enjoy reading about global elites and their plans for saving and/or dominating the world? Check out FP blogger and Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer's insider dispatches from the hallways and impromptu salons of the World Economic Forum's annual...

Published Wed, Jan 27 2010 11:20 AM by FP Passport

Auschwitz's memory trap

President Obama recorded a video message today for the ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz: We have a sacred duty to remember the twisted thinking that led here—how a great society of culture and science succumbed to the...

Published Wed, Jan 27 2010 10:02 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Human Rights, History