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Liveblogging the White House press conference

2:03 pm: John Brennan, the White House's chief counterterrorism advisor, is asked whether the mission was to capture or kill Osama bin Laden. He says that the forces were prepared for "all contingencies," but if the forces had an opportunity...

Published Mon, May 02 2011 11:05 AM by FP Passport

Was killing bin Laden legal?

My explainer from last summer -- "Is it legal to kill Osama bin Laden" -- is back up on the homepage for obvious reasons. Obviously, the situation is not a perfect parallel since that piece was written in response to the case of Gary Faulkner...

Published Mon, May 02 2011 9:09 AM by FP Passport

Panetta to staff: "A promise has been kept"

Here's CIA director and Defense Secretary nominee Leon Panetta's message to CIA staff this morning: Today, we have rid the world of the most infamous terrorist of our time. A US strike team stormed a compound in Abottabad, Pakistan and killed...

Published Mon, May 02 2011 8:43 AM by FP Passport

Bin Laden's Kenyan victims react with relief

As Americans rushed to Ground Zero and to the White House gates last night in joy at the news that Osama bin Laden had finally been killed, across the world, Kenyans were gathering at the site of another al Qaeda attack: The old U.S. embassy, bombed in...

Published Mon, May 02 2011 8:11 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa

Morning Brief: Osama bin Laden killed

Osama bin Laden killed Top news: Nearly 10 years after the 9/11 attacks, President Barack Obama announced the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a dramatic late-night televised address. "Justice has been done," Obama said, disclosing...

Published Mon, May 02 2011 5:25 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Does Osama's death matter?

U.S. President Barack Obama has just announced that Osama bin Laden, the world's most wanted terrorist, is dead. This is obviously a huge deal symbolically -- Bin Laden was the face of global terror, and an inspiration to thousands of wanna-be jihadis...

Published Sun, May 01 2011 8:36 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: al Qaeda

Friday photo: Unreal wedding

A lookalike of Kate Middleton poses in Rojales, near Alicante, on April 29, 2011, during a special day of festivities to celebrate the wedding of Britain's Prince Wiliam and Kate Middleton. Prince William and Kate Middleton exchanged wedding vows...

Published Fri, Apr 29 2011 2:21 PM by FP Passport

Paraguay VP: I'll shoot the president if he tries to run again

Well this is one way to get yourself dropped from the ticket in a hurry: Paraguay's vice president [left] is urging his boss not to seek re-election in the most forceful way: He says he'll personally shoot Fernando Lugo [center] down if he tries...

Published Fri, Apr 29 2011 1:57 PM by FP Passport

Gazprom looking to get in on Islamic finance market

Two of Russia's largest banks are looking to become the country's first institutions to offer Islamic-compliant financial products, the Moscow Times reports: VTB, Russia's second-largest bank, aims this year to raise about $200 million selling...

Published Fri, Apr 29 2011 9:43 AM by FP Passport

French media being all French about the royal wedding

With the Irish seemingly not interested in venting anti-monarchist sentiments today and the Australians apparently legally barred from doing so, it falls to France's media commentators to treat today's festivities with the appropriate air of ironic...

Published Fri, Apr 29 2011 9:36 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Protests held throughout Syria, defying government ban

Protests held throughout Syria, defying government ban Top news: Syrian security forces have reportedly opened fire against protesters in the coastal city of Latakia as antigovernment demonstrators in several cities defied government warnings against...

Published Fri, Apr 29 2011 5:27 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The return of European borders?

Nicolas Sarkozy and Silvio Berlusconi issued a joint statement calling on the European Commission to “examine the possibility of temporarily establishing internal border controls in the case of exceptional difficulties" in response to an influx of...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2011 11:31 AM by FP Passport

Guest post: Will Uganda's protests play out like Egypt or Libya?

FP alum Michael Wilkerson on the latest from Uganda: The government response to Uganda's ongoing "Walk to Work" protests took a sinister turn today when opposition leader Kizza Besigye was violently dragged from his car and arrested . Security...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2011 10:41 AM by FP Passport

China publishes foreign aid strategy

Over at Xinhua you can check out the full text of the Chinese government's new "white paper" on foreign aid strategy. Claire Provost has a good write-up at the Guardian, suggesting that the paper is aimed at dispelling the notion that China's...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2011 10:28 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Palestinian factions announce reconciliation deal

Palestinian factions announce reconciliation deal Top story : Fatah and Hamas, the two largest Palestinian parties, announced that they had reached a deal to create an interim unity government and hold elections within a year. The reconciliation agreement...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2011 4:39 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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Liveblogging the White House press conference

Was killing bin Laden legal?

Panetta to staff: "A promise has been kept"

Bin Laden's Kenyan victims react with relief

Morning Brief: Osama bin Laden killed

Does Osama's death matter?

Friday photo: Unreal wedding

Paraguay VP: I'll shoot the president if he tries to run again

Gazprom looking to get in on Islamic finance market

French media being all French about the royal wedding

Morning Brief: Protests held throughout Syria, defying government ban

The return of European borders?

Guest post: Will Uganda's protests play out like Egypt or Libya?

China publishes foreign aid strategy

Morning Brief: Palestinian factions announce reconciliation deal