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Photos: Qaddafi's end

Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters gather outside large concrete pipes where ousted Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi was allegedly captured in the coastal Libyan city of Sirte on October 20, 2011. An NTC commander had told AFP that Kadhafi...

Published Thu, Oct 20 2011 5:42 AM by FP Passport

How many big diamond heists can Antwerp afford?

Bank robber "Slick Willie" Sutton famously - maybe apocryphally -- said that he robbed banks because "that's where the money is." Sutton's principle is worth keeping in mind when considering the latest massive heist to hit...

Published Tue, Feb 19 2013 1:24 PM by FP Passport

Reporter finds Disney, Sears, and Wal-Mart products in wreckage of Bangladeshi factory

AP reporters sifted through the wreckage of the Tarzeen Fashions Ltd. factory in Bangladesh that burned to the ground last weekend killing 112 workers, and found merchandise from a number of popular western brands: Much of the clothing on the lower floors...

Published Wed, Nov 28 2012 9:20 AM by FP Passport

Petraeus testimony: nothingburger with cheese

Benghazi conspiracy theorists were hoping that David Petraeus, now that he's been unshackled by stepping down as director of the CIA, would finally drop a bombshell in congressional hearings today and expose the Obama administration's massive...

Published Fri, Nov 16 2012 12:07 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: France and Germany agree on plan for Greek bailout

France and Germany agree on plan for Greek bailout Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Top Story: After seven hours of talks last night, German...

Published Thu, Jul 21 2011 6:17 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Norway killer’s court hearing to be held behind closed doors

Norway killer’s court hearing to be held behind closed doors Top story: Anders Behring Breivik, the sole person accused of the terrorist attack in Norway that killed at least 93 people, will appear in court for the first time on Monday. But the court...

Published Mon, Jul 25 2011 5:10 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

North Korea's meta-satire

Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator is not the only political comedy to hit the screens recently. North Korean local TV has aired a "satire on the rat-like Lee Myung Bak for his high treason," according to an article last week from Korean Central...

Published Fri, May 18 2012 9:19 AM by FP Passport

Erdogan's Cairo speech

Nicholas Noe's MideastWire blog has a translation up of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's speech, delivered on Turkey's NTV network last night. It's probably the most forceful and unequivocal statement on the situation in Egypt made...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2011 8:18 AM by FP Passport

Zimbabwe media: We'll have none of this Egypt stuff here

Over the last few days we've been covering how democratic protesters in countries ranging from Yemen to Russia are trying to invoke the events in Egypt and Tunisia to bolster their cause. But one Robert Mugabe's government seems to be trying to...

Published Thu, Feb 03 2011 8:22 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Rallies continue as Mubarak digs in

Rallies continue as Mubarak digs in Top news: Tens of thousands of protesters held a "day of leaving" rally in Cairo's Tahrir Square, calling for President Hosni Mubarak to step down today. In contrast to the brutal violence of the last...

Published Fri, Feb 04 2011 6:06 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Who you calling a 'thug'?

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Today's crackdown in Tahrir Square is horrific, but can anyone truly claim it's surprising? Journalistic parlance seems to have settled on the word "thug" to describe...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2011 9:44 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Egypt

Sudan's Bashir vows to accept an independent south

It's been a good day for Southern Sudan: An incredible 98.83 percent of Southern Sudanese voters opted for secession last month, according to official results released today. But almost as incredible, Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir proclaimed...

Published Mon, Feb 07 2011 12:00 PM by FP Passport

Why the White House is not going to use the word "coup"

Earlier today, the Egyptian military announced that it had taken "necessary measures to protect the nation and support the legitimate demands of the people." It appears more and more likely that President Hosni Mubarak will leave power tonight...

Published Thu, Feb 10 2011 10:52 AM by FP Passport

Pharaoh’s still funny

We asked Issandr El Amrani, author of the prescient "Making Fun of Pharaoh" piece in our last issue, what new jokes were being told on Cairo's streets this week, as the political paradigm that enabled decades of mockery begins to shift....

Published Wed, Feb 09 2011 11:42 AM by FP Passport

ElBaradei calls for military intervention

Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei, who spoke with our own Blake Hounshell earlier today, seems to be calling for the military to oust President Mubarak in his two most recent Twitter messages. In English he writes : Egypt will explode. Army...

Published Thu, Feb 10 2011 2:30 PM by FP Passport

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Photos: Qaddafi's end

How many big diamond heists can Antwerp afford?

Reporter finds Disney, Sears, and Wal-Mart products in wreckage of Bangladeshi factory

Petraeus testimony: nothingburger with cheese

Morning Brief: France and Germany agree on plan for Greek bailout

Morning Brief: Norway killer’s court hearing to be held behind closed doors

North Korea's meta-satire

Erdogan's Cairo speech

Zimbabwe media: We'll have none of this Egypt stuff here

Morning Brief: Rallies continue as Mubarak digs in

Who you calling a 'thug'?

Sudan's Bashir vows to accept an independent south

Why the White House is not going to use the word "coup"

Pharaoh’s still funny

ElBaradei calls for military intervention