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Are war crimes trials worth the price?
Justin Sandefur has a thought-provoking post on the Center for Global Development's blog running some numbers on the recent war crimes conviction of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, which took approximately 9 years and $250 million: The entire...
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Wed, Jun 06 2012 1:34 PM
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What We're Reading
Back by popular demand is Passport 's weekly feature, What We're Reading. Thanks to all the readers who wrote in asking for WWR's return. We're counting on all of you to participate as well. Preeti Aroon: Half the Sky: Turning Oppression...
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Mon, Nov 30 2009 5:52 PM
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FP Passport
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What We're Reading
Iran's latest hostages
With Iran holding five British yachtsmen, who were en route to a sailing race in Dubai, for the last five days to determine if they have "evil intentions," it's worth revisiting Karim Sadjadpour's recent FP piece on why Iran keeps arresting...
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Tue, Dec 01 2009 7:41 AM
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FP Passport
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Obey's tax would only fund a sliver of the Afghanistan war
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Today, U.S. President Barack Obama is announcing his plan to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. This is, he says, the endgame; the White House press secretary has...
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Tue, Dec 01 2009 11:25 AM
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Central Asia
Morning Brief: The world reacts to Obama's new plan
The world reacts to Obama's new plan Top story: In a nationally televised speech from the U.S. military academy at West Point last night, U.S. President Barack Obama pledged 30,000 additional U.S. troops for the war in Afghanistan but promised to...
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Wed, Dec 02 2009 6:08 AM
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Manny Pacquiao returns to politics
Manny "Pac Man" Pacquiao has suffered four losses in his career. Three were to rival boxers and the fourth was to Philippine congresswoman Darlene Antonino-Custodio for the congressional seat in the First District of South Cotabato, home to...
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Wed, Dec 02 2009 9:49 AM
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Southeast Asia
Legislature smackdown: Argentina edition
Things got a little out of hand in a legislative session in Argentina's Chaco province when the governing party tried to keep opposition lawmakers out of the room during while they were choosing a new president: In September, FP looked a five of the...
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Thu, Dec 03 2009 10:41 AM
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Morning Brief: Settlers tell Netanyahu they will defy construction freeze
Settlers tell Netanyahu they will defy construction freeze Top story: West Bank settler leaders have rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pleas for order and have vowed to continue to resist his 10-month moratorium on construction. In an effort...
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Fri, Dec 04 2009 5:55 AM
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Shooting threatens India-Kashmir talks
Fazal Haque Qureshi, the senior-most Kashmiri separatist leader and an executive member of the moderate separatist Hurriyat Conference, has been shot in the head today by guerrillas and is in "very critical" condition. The shooting comes just...
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Fri, Dec 04 2009 11:32 AM
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Morning Brief: Copenhagen kicks off
Copenhagen kicks off Top story: Around 15,000 delegates from 192 nations have gathered in Copenhagen to attempt to reach an international agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions. "The clock has ticked down to zero. After two years of negotiations...
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Mon, Dec 07 2009 6:03 AM
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Bashir forced to cancel travel plans
An outstanding ICC warrant for his arrest hasn't prevented Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir from traveling over the last couple years. The globetrotting accused war criminal has visited countries including China, Chad, Qatar, Libya, Saudi Arabia...
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Thu, Jun 07 2012 1:24 PM
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How to criticize the government on Chinese social media
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The blog Tea Leaf Nation has written about a fascinating Harvard study that shows what posts get censored in Chinese cyberspace and why. The blog post (and the study itself ) are...
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Fri, Jun 08 2012 10:55 AM
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When the young women of Egypt need answers, they turn to Tom Friedman
Here's how the New York Times ' Thomas Friedman began his column on April 12: When I was in Cairo during the Egyptian uprising, I wanted to change hotels one day to be closer to the action and called the Marriott to see if it had any openings...
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Mon, Jun 11 2012 7:13 AM
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Soccer fans behaving badly in Poland
There were fears before the Euro 2012 tournament kicked off that political tensions in Ukraine would spill over into the tournament. But so far, most of the drama seems to be in co-host Poland. Black players on the Netherlands team were taunted with monkey...
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Tue, Jun 12 2012 10:55 AM
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Global public souring on Obama, not that interested in election
A new report from the Pew Global Attitudes Project shows that confidence in Barack Obama's leadership has fallen in pretty much every country polled since 2009. While he remains pretty popular in Western Europe and similarly unpopular in the Middle...
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Wed, Jun 13 2012 1:58 PM
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