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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

Morning Brief: Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize

Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize In a relatively brief ceremony is Oslo today, President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. In his remarks , he acknowledged the controversy around his selection, saying, "Compared to some of the giants of...

Published Thu, Dec 10 2009 5:47 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Keeping America safe from Latin Klezmer bands

U.S. immigration authorities are apparently not big fands of musical fusion: When Jordan Peimer booked an Argentine band that fuses Jewish Klezmer music with tango, he thought he had the perfect act to headline his "Fiesta Hanukkah" concert...

Published Thu, Dec 10 2009 8:49 AM by FP Passport

Russian meteor gets meme-ified

It didn't take long for Friday's Chelyabinsk meteor explosion to turn into a meme. Russians pounced on the opportunity, and jokes about the event began appearing on the Internet nearly as soon as the news broke this morning. Of course, there's...

Published Fri, Feb 15 2013 1:50 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Obama lays out modest foreign policy vision

Obama lays out modest foreign policy vision Top news: President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he will withdraw 34,000 troops from Afghanistan within a year, seek aggressive action to combat climate change, and negotiate a trade deal with Europe...

Published Wed, Feb 13 2013 6:08 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

How does the U.S. minimum wage compare to those around the world?

In his State of the Union address last night, President Barack Obama announced that he would seek to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour, a measure that would form the centerpiece of an agenda aimed at reducing incoming inequality in the United...

Published Wed, Feb 13 2013 11:39 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Syrian troops bombard rebel strongholds in Damascus

Syrian troops bombard rebel strongholds in Damascus Top news: Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad intensified their bombardment of Sunni Muslim districts in and around Damascus Wednesday in an attempt to reverse recent rebel gains. Syrian...

Published Thu, Feb 14 2013 5:41 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

7 things you need to know about Marco Rubio's foreign policy

This evening, President Barack Obama will appear before Congress to deliver the first State of the Union address of his second term, outlining an agenda and the likely Washington battle lines for the coming four years. But thus far that agenda has been...

Published Tue, Feb 12 2013 8:25 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: India and Pakistan hold first meeting since Mumbai attack

India and Pakistan hold first meeting since Mumbai attack Top story: India and Pakistan held their first talks since the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack today. No formal breakthroughs were achieved, or expected, in the four-hour meeting in New Delhi between...

Published Thu, Feb 25 2010 5:54 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

@hujintao gives up on tweeting

Chinese President Hu Jintao has mysteriously given up on micro-blogging before ever really getting started. China’s President startled the internet at the weekend by opening a micro-blog – the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. Fascinated netizens began signing...

Published Tue, Feb 23 2010 8:29 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: China, Internet

Great moments in public relations

How clueless can you be? U.S. military spokesman John Redfield says he doesn't see a problem with American troops using gun sights that have the numbers of Bible verses inscribed on them: "The perfect parallel that I see," said Maj. John...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 1:24 PM by FP Passport

Obama is focusing too much on the bad stuff

Everyone's weighing in on Barack Obama's first year, and I suppose I can't resist -- with the caveat that it's far too early to judge his presidency, etc., etc. I'm worried, frankly, but perhaps not for the same reasons as some other...

Published Thu, Dec 24 2009 10:47 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Obama in Copenhagen: You can't always get what you want

Obama in Copenhagen: You can't always get what you want Top story: A frustrated U.S. President Barack Obama addressed U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen on Friday and urged countries to accept an agreement, even if imperfect, though he stopped short...

Published Fri, Dec 18 2009 6:30 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

A brief history of terrorist attacks in Boston

If confirmed as an act of terrorism, the two explosions that struck the Boston Marathon's finish line on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens more, would represent the first such attack to strike the city in recent history. Authorities...

Published Mon, Apr 15 2013 5:30 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, North America

Egypt's Christians are under fire

In a Jesuit-run magazine in 1957, Rev. J.J.W. Murphy recalled a meeting with a Christian priest in Egypt ten years prior. "I was surprised then at what he told me of Muslim hostility to Christianity and of the possibility that persecution would break...

Published Mon, Apr 08 2013 3:55 AM by FP Passport

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Sarkozy and Kouchner still not on the same page

Morning Brief: Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize

Keeping America safe from Latin Klezmer bands

Russian meteor gets meme-ified

Morning Brief: Obama lays out modest foreign policy vision

How does the U.S. minimum wage compare to those around the world?

Morning Brief: Syrian troops bombard rebel strongholds in Damascus

7 things you need to know about Marco Rubio's foreign policy

Morning Brief: India and Pakistan hold first meeting since Mumbai attack

@hujintao gives up on tweeting

Great moments in public relations

Obama is focusing too much on the bad stuff

Morning Brief: Obama in Copenhagen: You can't always get what you want

A brief history of terrorist attacks in Boston

Egypt's Christians are under fire