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Baguette breaks Large Hadron Collider

It's almost as if God doesn't want the scientists at CERN to fire up the Large Hadron Collider. The world's largest particle-collider, which cost around £4 billion to construct and, by the way, might destroy the world , has run into another...

Published Thu, Nov 05 2009 12:32 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Saudi Arabia attacks rebels inside Yemen

Saudi Arabia attacks rebels inside Yemen Top Story: The Saudi air force has launched attacks on rebel bases inside Yemen in response to a cross-border raid by the rebels, according to local media reports. The Saudi government has confirmed only that the...

Published Thu, Nov 05 2009 5:58 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: North and South Korean navies exchange fire

North and South Korean navies exchange fire North and South Korean vessels exchanged fire for several minutes on the countries' disputed sea border, today. The South Korean ship was lightly damaged with no casualties, but reports indicate that the...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2009 6:04 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

Egypt sacks top party bosses

In a seeming tactical victory for the thousands of protesters still occupying Cairo's Tahrir Square, top members of Egypt's ruling party resigned Saturday, according to Egyptian state television. Safwat el-Sherif, the widely reviled chief of the...

Published Sat, Feb 05 2011 10:23 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Egypt

A revolution brought to you by KFC?

Tarek Amr at Global Voices translates a post from the Egyptian blogger Ahmed Khaled Tawfi , describing a very troubling development from Tahrir Square: Tens of phone calls have been received by the television channel, whereby callers made the smart point...

Published Mon, Feb 07 2011 9:44 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: North and South Korea Open High-Level Talks

North and South Korea Open High-Level Talks Top news: Officials from North and South Korea sat down Wednesday for their first high-level meeting since 2007. The talks are expected to focus on plans for reunifying families spearated by the Korean War and...

Published Wed, Feb 12 2014 6:16 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Qaddafi forces go on the offensive

Qaddafi forces go on the offensive Top story: Momentum appears to be shifting toward pro-government forces in Libya as warplanes continue to pound rebel-held positions and pro-Qaddafi fighters regained several towns. Warplanes launched at least five airstrikes...

Published Tue, Mar 08 2011 5:22 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Is Romania's democracy in danger?

Romania's government today began impeachment proceedings against President Traian Basescu, who has been locked in a bitter feud with Prime Minister Victor Ponta. The move seems to be the latest in a move by Ponta and his allies to purge opponents...

Published Fri, Jul 06 2012 2:12 PM by FP Passport

Bashar al-Assad has some thoughts on the English language

WikiLeaks' document dump of emails from Syrian government officials has so far been light on scandalous details about either the Assad family or the opposition. But today's release did provide one unexpected revelation: Bashar al-Assad appears...

Published Mon, Jul 09 2012 10:27 AM by FP Passport

No Olympics for Kosovo

The fledgling country's EU-esque flag will not be making the rounds in London's Olympic Stadium on June 27, RFE/RL reports , a major diasppointment to athletes like table tennis player Azari Blerta, shown above: Kosovo had hoped to send a team...

Published Tue, Jul 10 2012 9:26 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Settlers tell Netanyahu they will defy construction freeze

Settlers tell Netanyahu they will defy construction freeze Top story: West Bank settler leaders have rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pleas for order and have vowed to continue to resist his 10-month moratorium on construction. In an effort...

Published Fri, Dec 04 2009 5:55 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The cost of war

Yesterday, I wrote about the brief life and presumed death of Rep. David Obey's "war tax," also known as the "Share the Sacrifice Act of 2010." Obey and his cosponsors hoped to make the Afghan war pay-go from here on out, with...

Published Wed, Dec 02 2009 8:30 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Central Asia, U.S. Foreign Policy, Foreign Aid, U.S. Congress

Morning Brief: Hackers in China gain access to U.S. officials' Gmail accounts

Hackers in China gain access to U.S. officials' Gmail accounts Top story: Google announced yesterday that the personal Gmail accounts of high-ranking U.S. government and military officials, including one Cabinet-level official, were accessed by hackers...

Published Thu, Jun 02 2011 4:23 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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Baguette breaks Large Hadron Collider

Morning Brief: Saudi Arabia attacks rebels inside Yemen

Morning Brief: North and South Korean navies exchange fire

Who you calling a 'thug'?

Egypt sacks top party bosses

A revolution brought to you by KFC?

Morning Brief: North and South Korea Open High-Level Talks

Morning Brief: Qaddafi forces go on the offensive

Is Romania's democracy in danger?

Bashar al-Assad has some thoughts on the English language

No Olympics for Kosovo

Morning Brief: Settlers tell Netanyahu they will defy construction freeze

The cost of war

Morning Brief: Hackers in China gain access to U.S. officials' Gmail accounts

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