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Mapped: The Sites of the World's 200 Scariest Horror Movies

"The Geography of Horro r ," a Halloween-themed interactive map by the software company Esri, plots the locations of 200 horror movies, from Psycho (which evidently took place along California's interstate 10, somewhere between Blythe and...

Published Thu, Oct 31 2013 9:15 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, Culture

Thaksin advisor: Red Shirts could demonstrate again

The streets of Bangkok may be quiet again after the Red Shirt protests earlier this year that resulted in more than 80 deaths and thousands of injuries, but the country's politics are still highly unstable. A state of emergency remains even as Prime...

Published Tue, Jun 29 2010 2:38 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Southeast Asia

GOP candidates: American exceptionalists, most of the time

Much has been written about how American exceptionalism -- and President Obama's alleged lack of faith in it -- has become a rallying cry for this year's batch of Republican presidential candidates, even as the American public grow less convinced...

Published Tue, Dec 27 2011 5:07 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman

The ElBaradei phenomenon

Mohamed ElBaradei, the former IAEA chief, has been shaking up a stagnant Egyptian political scene ever since he returned to Cairo for a 10-day visit earlier this month. Today, he warned that Egypt's government could face a revolutionary uprising if...

Published Sun, Feb 28 2010 7:10 AM by FP Passport

Did John Kerry Just Make the Case for Military Action in Syria?

If the bombs start falling on Damascus, Monday afternoon will be cited as the moment when the Obama administration laid out the moral case for military action in Syria. In a stern statement , Secretary of State John Kerry presented the White House's...

Published Mon, Aug 26 2013 2:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Syria

Thaksin lawyer suspects fraud in Thai election

I spoke this week with Robert Amsterdam, a Canadian lawyer whose made a name for himself in recent years representing prominent business and political leaders who've fallen afoul of authoritarian regimes, including Russia's Mikhail Khodorkovsky...

Published Wed, Jun 29 2011 8:50 AM by FP Passport

Syria's guerrilla pollsters

Syria may be the most difficult country in the world to conduct a public opinion poll. But a "guerrilla polling" team did just that, publishing a survey today that attempted to gauge national opinion in the country - and it's bad news for...

Published Wed, Sep 28 2011 1:16 PM by FP Passport

Islamic State Beheadings Beget Beheadings

Morning Brief: Zuma: Qaddafi will not step down

Zuma: Qaddafi will not step down Top news: After a meeting with Muammar al-Qaddafi, South African President Jacob Zuma said the Libyan leader is not willing to leave power , but is willing to negotiate a political solution to the conflict. A similar offer...

Published Tue, May 31 2011 5:37 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Why does James Inhofe support Ivory Coast's Gbagbo?

As the situation in the Ivory Coast rapidly deteriorates, Sen. James Inhofe (Okla. - R) has written to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling for new elections in the Ivory Coast, a signal of support for outgoing president Laurent Gbagbo who...

Published Wed, Mar 30 2011 2:12 PM by FP Passport

Bye Bye Bluefin: Navy Drone Sub Yanked from Hunt for MH370

A 17-foot-long drone submarine the United States dispatched to help trawl the Indian Ocean for signs of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 has been pulled out of the hunt, at least temporarily, which means that the Pentagon no longer has any major military...

Published Thu, May 15 2014 3:51 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: South Asia, Military, Southeast Asia

North Korea, Wrestling, and Rodman-Free Diplomacy

Morning Brief: Karzai Tries to Renegotiate Security Agreement During Rice's Visit to Kabul

Karzai Tries to Renegotiate Security Agreement During Rice's Visit to Kabul Top News: With U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice in Kabul, Afghan President Hamid Karzai continued to try to renegotiate the bilateral security agreement he and his...

Published Tue, Nov 26 2013 5:13 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Here’s How the British Government Is Planning to Come After the Guardian

Every day, the National Security Agency's massive surveillance apparatus hoovers up nearly 5 billion records drawn from the location data of cell phones around the world. That's according to the Washington Post 's latest installment in their...

Published Wed, Dec 04 2013 6:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Britain, Freedom, Intelligence, Democracy

30 Years After Martial Law, Poland's Blundering Hero Comes to the Big Screen

Thirty years ago this week, an unassuming mother of seven (later eight), wearing a modest black blazer and white blouse stood in front of an audience of international dignitaries gathered in Oslo, Norway. She had come to accept the Nobel Peace Prize on...

Published Fri, Dec 13 2013 11:00 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Culture, Eastern Europe, Democracy, 1989