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How Voice of America gets around the Great Firewall of China - by Brian Fung

For Chinese citizens, accessing information that Beijing hasn't screened beforehand is hard enough. For blacklisted "subversive organizations," though, drawing an audience in the first place can be infinitely more difficult. Take Voice of...

Published Wed, Aug 04 2010 6:52 AM by FP Passport

Does Nigeria have the best Somalia policy?

From the first moment that an African Union peacekeeping mission shipped to Somalia in 2007, backers of the force have engaged in an unrequited courtship with the continent's peacekeeping powerhouse: Nigeria. At first, it looked like the country would...

Published Wed, Aug 04 2010 12:15 PM by FP Passport

Huntsman backtracks on trust in climate science

Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman turned heads today when he declared at a Heritage Foundation event that there are "questions about the validity of" climate science and "not enough information right now to be able to formulate...

Published Tue, Dec 06 2011 1:11 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, 2012 Election Poster 1

Bachmann: 50 percent of Mexico's population has moved north of the border

Michele Bachmann is taking some flack for this Bill O'Reilly interview in which she raises no objections to the notion of "dragging [illegal immigrants] out, putting them on a bus with their children’s crying," but she also makes one whopper...

Published Wed, Dec 07 2011 8:38 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, Michele Bachmann

Attack on Science Journalist in China

Last weekend, one of China's most prominent science writers and watchdog journalists, Fang Shimin was brutally attacked. Fang -- who writes under the pen name Fang Zhouzi and is known for his droll wit, anti-fraud crusades, and exposés on scientific...

Published Wed, Sep 01 2010 8:21 AM by FP Passport

The antibiotic road to poverty

Think you pay too much for prescription drugs? An interesting study released today in PLoS Medicine, an online journal, offers a bit of global perspective: For tens of millions of people around the world, buying a basic drug like the antibiotic amoxicillin...

Published Wed, Sep 01 2010 3:24 PM by FP Passport

A sticky situation

Law enforcement agencies are buzzing over the news of the largest food smuggling case in U.S. history: US authorities have indicted 11 German and Chinese executives for conspiring to illegally import $40m (£52m) worth of honey from China. The executives...

Published Thu, Sep 02 2010 12:24 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Drugs & Crime, China, Trade

France condemns teacher for educating students about the Holocaust

A history teacher has been suspended in France for spending "too much" class time on teaching the Holocaust. Here's a classic example of where France goes wrong. A July report condemned Catherine Pederzoli for "lacking distance, neutrality...

Published Fri, Sep 03 2010 2:07 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, France, Culture, History, Religion, Education

Morning Brief: Two weeks later, Gillard wins Australian election

Two weeks later, Gillard wins Australian election Top story: After two weeks of political deadlock following inconclusive parliamentary elections, incumbent Julia Gillard gained enough to support to form a minority government and remain as Australia's...

Published Tue, Sep 07 2010 5:43 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Boycotts, bikinis, and ElBaradei

With presidential elections a year away and parliamentary elections around the corner, the political scene in Egypt is heating up quickly. The most recent developments have Mohammad ElBaradei, Nobel Laureate, opposition leader and potential presidential...

Published Tue, Sep 07 2010 12:50 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Elections, Middle East, Egypt

Study: Australians and New Zealanders are the world's most generous people

The Charities Aid Foundation has launched the World Giving Index , an interesting tool for measuring generosity. The index uses Gallup survey data on the percentage of a population that has given money or time to charity or helped a stranger to rank countries...

Published Wed, Sep 08 2010 9:20 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Foreign Aid, Development

Looted treasures returned to Iraq - By Mohammad Sagha

In a rare a bit of good news for the country, Iraq announced on Tuesday the return "of hundreds of looted antiquities that had ended up in the United States," according to the New York Times . The Associated Press reported that "5,000 items...

Published Wed, Sep 08 2010 10:36 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Iraq

Morning Brief: Putin accuses U.S. of meddling in election protests

Putin accuses U.S. of meddling in election protests Top story: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that the United States had helped orchestrate the protests in Russia over the results of the recent parliamentary election. Secretary of State Hillary...

Published Thu, Dec 08 2011 5:03 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Next Year in Jerusalem?

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The Israel Primary: The main foreign-policy event of the campaign week was a forum hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition, during which six of the GOP candidates attacked the administration's policies...

Published Fri, Dec 09 2011 9:37 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, 2012 Report, 2012 Election Poster 1

Morning Brief: Syria holds local elections as violence escalates

Syria holds local elections as violence escalates Top news: The Syrian government is holding local elections today as a sign of its commitment to democratic reform, as the opposition calls for a boycott of the polls and launches a general strike. The...

Published Mon, Dec 12 2011 5:14 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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How Voice of America gets around the Great Firewall of China - by Brian Fung

Does Nigeria have the best Somalia policy?

Huntsman backtracks on trust in climate science

Bachmann: 50 percent of Mexico's population has moved north of the border

Attack on Science Journalist in China

The antibiotic road to poverty

A sticky situation

France condemns teacher for educating students about the Holocaust

Morning Brief: Two weeks later, Gillard wins Australian election

Boycotts, bikinis, and ElBaradei

Study: Australians and New Zealanders are the world's most generous people

Looted treasures returned to Iraq - By Mohammad Sagha

Morning Brief: Putin accuses U.S. of meddling in election protests

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Next Year in Jerusalem?

Morning Brief: Syria holds local elections as violence escalates