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If All Else Fails, Blame the Israelis

The Turkish indictment of Israeli officials for the Mavi Marmara raid looks like a cynical ploy by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to shore up his popularity. Read More...

Published Thu, May 29 2014 3:31 PM by Foreign Policy

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Belarusian KGB '100 percent' sure foreign Islamists behind bombing

The response of Belarus' KGB (yep, it's still called that) to yesterday's subway bombing in Minsk, which killed 12 people, doesn't exactly fill one with confidence that the perpetrators will be brought to justice. RFE reports:Vladimir...

Published Tue, Apr 12 2011 9:38 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Fighting in Syrian capital intensifies

Fighting in Syrian capital intensifies Top news: As U.N. and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan prepares to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the crisis in Syria, activists say Syrian government forces are clashing with rebel fighters in Damascus...

Published Tue, Jul 17 2012 5:32 AM by FP Passport

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Morning Brief: EU Imposes New Sanctions Over Ukraine

EU Imposes New Sanctions Over Ukraine Top News : Moscow said new European Union sanctions will undermine efforts to defuse the crisis in Ukraine. The EU announced sanctions on two Crimean companies and 13 people on Monday in response to Moscow's annexation...

Published Tue, May 13 2014 5:32 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

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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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Assange seeks asylum in Ecuador

Julian Assange's legal battle in Britain to overturn an extradition order to Sweden may have come to an end, but the Wikileaks founder isn't giving up. Assange is now seeking asylum from Ecuador, and has taken refuge in Ecuador's London embassy...

Published Tue, Jun 19 2012 12:56 PM by FP Passport

Greece to meet Germany on the pitch this Friday

We here at FP love a good geopolitically portentous competition , which is why we're pretty psyched to see Greece face off against Germany in a quarterfinal Euro 2012 match this Friday while " drachmail " continues to dominate the headlines...

Published Mon, Jun 18 2012 3:36 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Crimea Votes to Secede from Ukraine

Crimea Votes to Secede from Ukraine Crimea: The majority of Crimea's residents voted to secede from Ukraine on Sunday, with 95 percent of voters supporting the measure with half of the votes counted. Russia will discuss a bill that would create a...

Published Mon, Mar 17 2014 6:00 AM by FP Passport

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Morning Brief: Police kill 34 at South African mine strike

Police kill 34 at South African mine strike Top news: In one of the bloodiest police operations since the end of apartheid, heavily armed South African police officers shot and killed 34 miners at a wildcat strike about 62 miles north of Johannesburg...

Published Fri, Aug 17 2012 5:37 AM by FP Passport

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Duck, duck ... wolf

One thing that's been bugging me about the endless Washington parlor game "Will Israel attack Iran?" -- it's not a simple, binary question. It's actually a somewhat complicated series of interlocking questions, the answers to which...

Published Sat, Aug 18 2012 6:32 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: China's Gu Kailai receives suspended death sentence

China's Gu Kailai receives suspended death sentence Top news: A Chinese court in the eastern city of Hefei has sentenced Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, to death for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood but...

Published Mon, Aug 20 2012 5:34 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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If All Else Fails, Blame the Israelis

Belarusian KGB '100 percent' sure foreign Islamists behind bombing

Morning Brief: Fighting in Syrian capital intensifies

Morning Brief: EU Imposes New Sanctions Over Ukraine

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

Morning Brief: Ukrainian Government Retakes Buildings Occupied by Secessionists

Assange seeks asylum in Ecuador

Greece to meet Germany on the pitch this Friday

Morning Brief: Crimea Votes to Secede from Ukraine

Morning Brief: Police kill 34 at South African mine strike

Duck, duck ... wolf

Morning Brief: China's Gu Kailai receives suspended death sentence

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