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Morning Brief: Syria violence claims lives of aid worker and priest

Syria violence claims lives of aid worker and priest Top story: The violence in Syria continued to spiral out of control , claiming two prominent victims on Wednesday. The secretary-general of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, Abd-al-Razzaq Jbeiro, was shot...

Published Thu, Jan 26 2012 4:56 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Australian PM flees Aboriginal protest

Things got very ugly between Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's entourage and a group of Aboriginal protesters at an Australia Day even in Canberra today. The Sydney Morning Herald reports : Violent scenes were seen outside the Lobby restaurant...

Published Thu, Jan 26 2012 2:01 PM by FP Passport

Did the United States use the Kashmir earthquake to send intelligence operatives into Pakistan?

That's the charge the National Journal 's Marc Ambinder makes in his very interesting new book on Joint Special Operations Command, coauthored with D.B. Grady. They write: The U.S. intelligence community took advantage of the chaos to spread resources...

Published Mon, Feb 13 2012 8:05 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: China’s vice president begins U.S. visit

China’s vice president begins U.S. visit Top story: Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, who is likely to become his country's next leader, began a much-anticipated visit to the United States on Monday. He is set to meet with President Barack Obama...

Published Tue, Feb 14 2012 4:56 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Nicaragua cites Google Earth to justify 'invading' Costa Rica

Costa Rica and Nicaragua are in the midst of a highly tense standoff after Nicaraguan troops crossed into a contested border region and set up camp, taking down a Costa Rican flag. Costa Rica, which has no standing military, has called for an emergency...

Published Fri, Nov 05 2010 8:08 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America

Obama still winning in Twitter power - By Andrew Swift

President Barack Obama may be hurting from midterm electoral defeats, but he should take solace that he is, in international relations Twitter circles, by far the most popular kid on the block. In fact, for International Relations Twitter Theorists, Obama's...

Published Fri, Nov 05 2010 1:15 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Internet, International Relations

Japan does away with "silly shirt" photo for APEC

Especially after his awkward Bhangra dancing experience in Mumbai, this will probably come as welcome news to President Barack Obama: Over the years, one of the most memorable moments of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit has been what's...

Published Mon, Nov 08 2010 8:02 AM by FP Passport

France mulls whether to attend Liu Xiaobo's Nobel ceremony

The Chri s tian Science Monitor reports that France is planning hold a meeting in Brussels to develop a common European policy on whether to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for imprisoned Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo: China's G20 negotiator Cui...

Published Tue, Nov 09 2010 10:10 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: France, Human Rights, China

Morning Brief: Obama to Muslim world: "Much more work remains to be done"

Obama to Muslim world: "Much more work remains to be done" Top news: In a highly-anticipated speech at the University of Indonesia, U.S. President Barack Obama described the country where he spent four years of his childhood as "part of...

Published Wed, Nov 10 2010 5:24 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Pentagon report finds little risk to ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Pentagon report finds little risk to ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Top story : A Pentagon study group is prepared to find that the military can end its ban on openly gay service members without significant ill effects to the U.S. war efforts in Iraq...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2010 5:32 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Guest blog: Good outcome for a bad deal - By Clyde Prestowitz

Napoleon always said he liked lucky generals. He would have loved Barack Obama. The president is so lucky that he now has the South Koreans doing the dirty work of saving him from committing political suicide by signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2010 2:28 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, Obama Administration, Trade

Currency Wars rap battle

The Taiwanese animators strike again , taking on the currency wars and the Nobel Peace Prize controversy: The scary panda even has a cameo, unleashing a "smorgasbord of pain" on some Norwegian beauty queens. Hat tip: Matt Yglesias Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 12 2010 8:51 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Fun Stuff, Finance

Bush: Mubarak wanted me to invade Iraq

In his new book , George W. Bush writes that he was under pressure not just from hawks in the United States to invade Iraq, but from Arab statesmen as well. In a revealing passage, Bush writes that President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt "told Tommy Franks...

Published Fri, Nov 12 2010 12:30 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, Middle East, Israel/Palestine, Obama Administration, Intelligence, Nukes, Iraq, International Relations, Iran

Xi drives me crazy: Your definitive list of bad Xi headline puns

As pundits debate whether or not Xi Jinping will follow in the footsteps of current President Hu Jintao, we at FP would like to point out something he does share with his predecessor: a dangerously enticing name for Anglophone headline writers to abuse...

Published Wed, Feb 15 2012 7:01 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, China

Putin 'arrest' video goes viral

Someone in the Russian opposition has some impressive video editing skills. The video above, which uses some digital trickery to show Prime Minister Vladimir Putin being indicted on corruption and terrorism charges, has been viewed over 2 million times...

Published Wed, Feb 15 2012 1:41 PM by FP Passport

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Morning Brief: Syria violence claims lives of aid worker and priest

Australian PM flees Aboriginal protest

Did the United States use the Kashmir earthquake to send intelligence operatives into Pakistan?

Morning Brief: China’s vice president begins U.S. visit

Nicaragua cites Google Earth to justify 'invading' Costa Rica

Obama still winning in Twitter power - By Andrew Swift

Japan does away with "silly shirt" photo for APEC

France mulls whether to attend Liu Xiaobo's Nobel ceremony

Morning Brief: Obama to Muslim world: "Much more work remains to be done"

Morning Brief: Pentagon report finds little risk to ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Guest blog: Good outcome for a bad deal - By Clyde Prestowitz

Currency Wars rap battle

Bush: Mubarak wanted me to invade Iraq

Xi drives me crazy: Your definitive list of bad Xi headline puns

Putin 'arrest' video goes viral