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Nobel Peace Prize as warning

I'd like to be able to boast about having included the European Union on my " Handicapping the Nobel Peace Prize " list earlier this week, but given that I put it in the longshot category alongside WikiLeaks and Willie Nelson, I can't...

Published Fri, Oct 12 2012 7:35 AM by FP Passport

Why did this year's Nobel prize-winning economist write about dwarf-tossing and horse meat?

Alex Tabarrok has a good layman's explanation of the work of Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley, this year's winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics. (Yes, yes, the Sveriges Riksbank etc. etc. ) Their work on matching algorithms has been used to more...

Published Mon, Oct 15 2012 8:15 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Peace envoy appeals to Iran for Syria cease-fire

Peace envoy appeals to Iran for Syria cease-fire Top news: Lakhdar Brahimi, the new U.N. and Arab League peace envoy, appealed to top Iranian officials for assistance on Monday to broker a cease-fire in Syria in advance of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha...

Published Tue, Oct 16 2012 5:54 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The '13 Days' began today -- what has the world learned 50 years later?

Fifty years ago today, President John F. Kennedy learned that the Soviet Union had deployed nuclear missiles to Cuba, thereby beginning the most dangerous nuclear standoff the world has ever known. Popularly known as the "13 days in October,"...

Published Tue, Oct 16 2012 2:23 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Diplomacy, History

Barack Obama's awkward debate references to Osama bin Laden

Anyone who watched the Democratic convention knows that the Obama campaign is championing the killing of Osama bin Laden as one of the administration's signature achievements -- a strategy best summed up by Vice President Joe Biden's reminder...

Published Tue, Oct 16 2012 10:43 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012

Morning Brief: Iran and Turkey back Syria envoy's peace plan

Iran and Turkey back Syria envoy's peace plan Top news: On Wednesday, Iran's state-run press quoted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying he supported U.N. and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi's plan to implement a ceasefire in Syria during...

Published Thu, Oct 18 2012 4:24 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Burnley: The new Mumbai?

Is the end nigh for Indian tech support? A British telecommunications company is moving one of its call centers from Mumbai to Burnley, 21 miles north of Manchester, to cut costs. New Call Telecom chief executive Nigel Eastwood explains the decision:...

Published Tue, Jul 05 2011 10:52 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Britain, Economics, India

The year’s most disturbing media story: British tabloid hacked dead girl’s phone messages

The British tabloid media is known for its hold-your-nose-and-admit-you-like-it tastelessness. But even by its own standards, the bombshell revelations that Rubert Murdoch's News of the World allegedly hacked into the phone of a murdered 13-year-old...

Published Tue, Jul 05 2011 3:40 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Britain

Nigeria to Washington: Take Your Military Aid and Shove It

The Proposal to Redesign the Dollar That’s Weirdly Blowing Up the Internet

Meat Loaf, Naked Cowboy endorse Romney's foreign policy

As Election Day nears, the Romney campaign is busy publicizing the newspaper endorsements that the former governor is racking up. But the Republican candidate also received support from two unlikely figures on Thursday -- rock legend Meat Loaf and New...

Published Fri, Oct 26 2012 8:25 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, Mitt Romney

Connie Mack declares war on U.N. over its nonexistent election monitors

Florida Rep. Connie Mack has called for the United Nations to be defunded and "kicked off U.S. soil.". The source of his outrage ? “The very idea that the United Nations – the world body dedicated to diminishing America’s role in the world Read...

Published Fri, Oct 26 2012 11:51 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Ceasefire in Syria collapses

Ceasefire in Syria collapses Top news: Syrians are reporting air raids by military jets outside Damascus while Syrian state television is reporting a deadly car bomb in the capital -- on the fourth day of a nominal ceasefire arranged by U.N. and Arab...

Published Mon, Oct 29 2012 5:11 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

PressTV uses 'Day After Tomorrow' photo for Sandy article

Things are pretty bad in lower Manhattan right now, but the image of New Yorkers fleeing a massive tsunami on this article from Iran's PressTV still didn't look quite right. Likely, because it's a still from the 2004 eco-disaster move The...

Published Tue, Oct 30 2012 8:32 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Syrian rebels assassinate air force commander as fighting resumes

Syrian rebels assassinate air force commander as fighting resumes Top news: Syrian state television reported that rebel fighters assassinated Gen. Abdullah Mahmud al-Khalidi, a top air force commander, on Monday in Damascus. The Free Syrian Army claimed...

Published Wed, Oct 31 2012 5:53 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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Nobel Peace Prize as warning

Why did this year's Nobel prize-winning economist write about dwarf-tossing and horse meat?

Morning Brief: Peace envoy appeals to Iran for Syria cease-fire

The '13 Days' began today -- what has the world learned 50 years later?

Barack Obama's awkward debate references to Osama bin Laden

Morning Brief: Iran and Turkey back Syria envoy's peace plan

Burnley: The new Mumbai?

The year’s most disturbing media story: British tabloid hacked dead girl’s phone messages

Nigeria to Washington: Take Your Military Aid and Shove It

The Proposal to Redesign the Dollar That’s Weirdly Blowing Up the Internet

Meat Loaf, Naked Cowboy endorse Romney's foreign policy

Connie Mack declares war on U.N. over its nonexistent election monitors

Morning Brief: Ceasefire in Syria collapses

PressTV uses 'Day After Tomorrow' photo for Sandy article

Morning Brief: Syrian rebels assassinate air force commander as fighting resumes