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Morning Brief: WikiLeaks cables document U.S.-Pakistan tension

WikiLeaks cables document U.S.-Pakistan tension Top news: Diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks reveal the extent to which the United States was concerned about Pakistani nuclear material falling into the hands of terrorists, a fear that had been kept...

Published Wed, Dec 01 2010 5:51 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

FP honors Richard Holbrooke

I've already written a bit about the fascinating panel discussion at last night's Global Thinkers event, and we'll have much more content, including photos and video, up soon. But the evening's other highlight was a special award given...

Published Wed, Dec 01 2010 11:10 AM by FP Passport

Did a U.S. ambassador accuse Sri Lanka's president of war crimes? - By Charles Homans

Are we surprised to learn, via WikiLeaks, that American diplomats in Colombo blame Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his top officials for the massacre of tens of thousands (by most estimates) of Tamil civilians during the final months of Sri...

Published Wed, Dec 01 2010 11:30 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Human Rights, Race/Ethnicity, U.S. Foreign Policy, South Asia, Military, State Department, WikiLeaks

Russia and Qatar to host World Cup

FIFA today announced that Russia would host the 2018 World Cup and … Qatar … would host the 2022 Cup. Obviously this is shocking news across the sporting and football worlds. So why Russia and Qatar? Russia, actually, makes a certain amount of sense....

Published Thu, Dec 02 2010 12:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Corruption, Russia, Middle East, Sports, World Cup

Brazil recognizes Palestinian state

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his transformative Foreign Minister Celso Amorim are still making new s in their last month in office, announcing today that Brazil would recognize the Palestinian state along the 1967 borders. Here's...

Published Fri, Dec 03 2010 11:54 AM by FP Passport

Evading a shutdown, WikiLeaks mobilizes Twitter supporters

In a bid to stay one step ahead of the governments, companies , freelance hackers trying to shut down its operations, WikiLeaks mobilized its vast base of online support Saturday by asking its Twitter followers to create copies of its growing archive...

Published Sat, Dec 04 2010 5:58 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: WikiLeaks

The Case against a unity government in Cote D'Ivoire

It's all the rage. Got a contested election in a fragile African country? Send in the elderly statesmen, make the warring parties sit down, and force them both into an uncomfortable but face-saving unity government. It happened in Zimbabwe, where...

Published Mon, Dec 06 2010 2:57 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Elections