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Did Russia's Libya ambassador call Medvedev a traitor?

Russia's ruling tandem are playing down the importance of their brief public spat over Vladimir Putin's description of the international mission in Libya as a "crusade," and as Julia Ioffe points out , there was probably less to the...

Published Thu, Mar 24 2011 9:51 AM by FP Passport

World Bank: China can grow at 8% for 20 years

World Bank Chief Economist Justin Lin says China will be able to maintain is magic growth number of 8 percent over the next two decades and may eventually be double the size of the U.S. economy: The nation can continue to exploit a “latecomer” advantage...

Published Thu, Mar 24 2011 10:40 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Obama defends Libya intervention in national speech

Obama defends Libya intervention in national speech Top story: President Barack Obama, speaking at the National Defense University in Washington yesterday evening, said that the U.S. intervention in Libya had been necessary to prevent a massacre of Libyan...

Published Tue, Mar 29 2011 5:17 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Does the "Obama doctrine" apply to the Ivory Coast?

Not 30 minutes after Barack Obama had finished speaking last night, the pundits on CNN, the Tweetosphere, and the blogosphere, were abuzz with talk of a new "Obama doctrine" defined by the notion that the United States -- unlike some countries...

Published Tue, Mar 29 2011 8:13 AM by FP Passport

It's official: You don't need good politics to host a good sports event

Remember when political demonstrations over democracy, Tibet, and Sudan turned the Beijing Olympics into an embarrassment for the Chinese government? Or when South Africa's treatment of Zimbabwean refugees, high levels of violent crime, and construction...

Published Mon, Jul 02 2012 10:37 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: High Turnout in Afghanistan's Presidential Election

High Turnout in Afghanistan's Presidential Election Afghanistan : An estimated seven million voters turned out on Saturday to vote in Afghanistan's presidential elections, defying threats of Taliban attack and bad weather. The higher than expected...

Published Mon, Apr 07 2014 5:57 AM by FP Passport

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Morning Brief: Pena Nieto appears poised for victory in Mexico's presidential election

Pena Nieto appears poised for victory in Mexico's presidential election Top news: Preliminary results suggest that the 45-year-old Enrique Pena Nieto won Mexico's presidential election on Sunday with just under 40 percent of the vote, though his...

Published Mon, Jul 02 2012 5:12 AM by FP Passport

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Morning Brief: Ukraine Prime Minister Offers More Power to Eastern Regions

Ukraine Prime Minister Offers More Power to Eastern Regions Top news: Interim Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Friday offered to devolve additional powers to the country's eastern regions in a bid to diffuse the deepening crisis there...

Published Fri, Apr 11 2014 6:35 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Ramadan becomes the newest front in Syria's civil war

0 0 1 221 1265 Foreign Policy magazine 10 2 1484 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE This weekend marks the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan - a time of fasting, prayer, and self-reflection throughout the Muslim world. But every...

Published Fri, Jul 20 2012 8:12 AM by FP Passport

How to get rich from the global obesity crisis

The worldwide rate of obesity more than doubled between 1980 and 2008 and over 500 million people are obese around the world today. Once confined only to wealthy countries, obesity rates are skyrocketing in developing powers like Brazil and China as well...

Published Fri, Jul 20 2012 9:26 AM by FP Passport

Is this China's new stealth fighter?

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Another close-up picture (above) has emerged via the Alert5 Internet forum showing what might be China's second stealth fighter. Pictures of the mystery plane first appeared about a month ago, depicting...

Published Fri, Jul 20 2012 12:31 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Ukrainian Government Retakes Buildings Occupied by Secessionists

Ukrainian Government Retakes Buildings Occupied by Secessionists Top News: The Ukrainian government in Kiev said this morning that they had regained control over government buildings seized yesterday by pro-Russian separatists in Kharkiv. Government buildings...

Published Tue, Apr 08 2014 4:45 AM by FP Passport

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Did Russia's Libya ambassador call Medvedev a traitor?

World Bank: China can grow at 8% for 20 years

Morning Brief: Obama defends Libya intervention in national speech

Does the "Obama doctrine" apply to the Ivory Coast?

It's official: You don't need good politics to host a good sports event

Morning Brief: High Turnout in Afghanistan's Presidential Election

Morning Brief: Pena Nieto appears poised for victory in Mexico's presidential election

Morning Brief: Ukraine Prime Minister Offers More Power to Eastern Regions

Ramadan becomes the newest front in Syria's civil war

How to get rich from the global obesity crisis

Is this China's new stealth fighter?

Morning Brief: Ukrainian Government Retakes Buildings Occupied by Secessionists

Belarusian KGB '100 percent' sure foreign Islamists behind bombing

Assange seeks asylum in Ecuador

Africa thinks twice about nuclear power