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Radio Free Benghazi

Revolutionaries in Benghazi, Libya's second largest city, have taken over a radio station and are broadcasting their message on the Internet. Benghazi has long been a center of dissent against the rule of Muammar al-Qaddafi, who has ruled Libya with...

Published Fri, Feb 18 2011 11:00 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Libya

Morning Brief: Libya dissolves into chaos

Libya dissolves into chaos Top story : Libyan leader Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi used brutal force in an attempt to crush a growing threat to his rule from anti-government protesters. In the capital of Tripoli, witnesses reported on Tuesday that neighborhoods...

Published Tue, Feb 22 2011 5:14 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Ukraine's ex-President Pledges to Keep Fighting

Ukraine's ex-President Pledges to Keep Fighting Top News : Ukraine's ex-President Viktor Yanukovych made his first public appearance since being ousted on Saturday. Speaking at a news conference in Russia, Yanukovych said he intends to "keep...

Published Fri, Feb 28 2014 6:30 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Who Was Right on Ukraine: Sarah Palin or FP?

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In late October 2008, in the heat of the U.S. presidential campaign, Sarah Palin took to a stage in Reno, Nevada, and announced that if Barack Obama were elected president of the...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2014 2:38 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Russia, Politics, U.S. Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy magazine, National Security

Morning Brief: EU Offers Cash-Strapped Ukraine $15 Billion in Aid

EU Offers Cash-Strapped Ukraine $15 Billion in Aid Top news: With Russian forces holding Crimea and the Ukrainian economy in desperate need of financial assistance, the European Union announced Wednesday that it would offer a $15 billion aid package to...

Published Wed, Mar 05 2014 6:07 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

RT Journalist Resigns On-Air In Protest of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

What's the point of having a government-funded propaganda network if your journalists refuse to accept the party line? That's a question Russian President Vladimir Putin is probably asking himself right about now. On Thursday, Liz Wahl, an anchor...

Published Wed, Mar 05 2014 3:55 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Russia, Media

Handicapping the North Korean Elections

North Korea is holding parliamentary elections. Well, sort of. Three days ahead of Sunday's vote, the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland looks set to complete yet another clean sweep of the 687-seat Supreme People's Assembly...

Published Thu, Mar 06 2014 8:26 AM by FP Passport

State: CIA or not, Davis still has immunity

As was widely reported today, it has been revealed that Raymond Davis, the American detained in Lahore for shooting two Pakistanis, worked as a contractor for the CIA. As I discussed in last week's Explainer , the U.S. has been arguing that Davis...

Published Tue, Feb 22 2011 9:59 AM by FP Passport

Libya's refugee crisis

As a measure of how bad violence has gotten inside Libya, look to the borders, where tens of thousands have already fled -- and the further 300,000 who might be on their way. "It is a biblical exodus," Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini...

Published Wed, Feb 23 2011 7:19 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa

FP nominated for three Digital National Magazine Awards

It's a big day here at FP . Not only is our new eBook available for download, but we just learned that we've been nominated for three Digital Ellie s from the American Society of Magazine Editors. And the nominees are… The AfPak Channel for Best...

Published Thu, Feb 24 2011 10:20 AM by FP Passport

Vogue's ridiculous puff piece on Syria's ruling family

It's hard to imagine that a Vogue editor woke up this morning and decided it wouldn't be hugely embarrassing to publish a puff piece today, at the moment of the greatest upheaval in the Middle East in two generations, about Syria's ruling...

Published Fri, Feb 25 2011 9:10 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East

Who depends the most on Libyan oil?

Irish voters head to the polls today for a national election that is expected to bring to an end to the rule of the Fianna Fail party, which has been in power for 60 of the last 80 years. (See Alex Massie's preview on the site today.) The vote comes...

Published Fri, Feb 25 2011 11:14 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Libyan rebels consolidate gains

Libyan rebels consolidate gains Top news: Libya's anti-Qaddafi rebels continue to hold the refinery town of Zawiyah despite sustained government attack and claim to have shot down a military aircraft. Rebels says that 2,000 pro-Qaddafi troops have...

Published Mon, Feb 28 2011 5:56 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

How the Venezuelan Government Made the Media into Its Most Powerful Ally

When former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was briefly deposed in a 2002 coup, the country's press reacted with unbridled enthusiasm. The daily newspaper El Nacional welcomed the day's events with the headline "One step forward." But...

Published Mon, Mar 10 2014 5:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Latin America, Media

Don't Laugh at North Korea's Drones!

A downed drone believed to belong to North Korea has become an object of international ridicule since its discovery on a disputed South Korean border island this week. Variously described as " toy-like " and " a model airplane ," the...

Published Wed, Apr 02 2014 4:34 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Security, North Korea, East Asia, Military, Nukes

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Radio Free Benghazi

Morning Brief: Libya dissolves into chaos

Morning Brief: Ukraine's ex-President Pledges to Keep Fighting

Who Was Right on Ukraine: Sarah Palin or FP?

Morning Brief: EU Offers Cash-Strapped Ukraine $15 Billion in Aid

RT Journalist Resigns On-Air In Protest of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

Handicapping the North Korean Elections

State: CIA or not, Davis still has immunity

Libya's refugee crisis

FP nominated for three Digital National Magazine Awards

Vogue's ridiculous puff piece on Syria's ruling family

Who depends the most on Libyan oil?

Morning Brief: Libyan rebels consolidate gains

How the Venezuelan Government Made the Media into Its Most Powerful Ally

Don't Laugh at North Korea's Drones!