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Morning Brief: Qaddafi forces push back at key town

Qaddafi forces push back at key town Top news: Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi launched airstrikes on the key oil town of Ras Lanuf, which was recently taken by rebels. The nearby town of Bin Jawwad fell to pro-government forces. Heavy...

Published Mon, Mar 07 2011 5:29 AM by FP Passport

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Morning Brief: Greece's victorious pro-bailout party launches coalition talks

Greece's victorious pro-bailout party launches coalition talks Top news: Greece's center-right New Democracy party, which has supported the country's bailout by the European Union and International Monetary Fund but called for amending some...

Published Mon, Jun 18 2012 5:20 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Syrian opposition reports another massacre

Syrian opposition reports another massacre Top news: Opposition activists in Syria are claiming that Syrian forces, backed by tanks and helicopters, killed more than 200 people in the Sunni Muslim village of Tremseh near the city of Hama on Thursday,...

Published Fri, Jul 13 2012 5:08 AM by FP Passport

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After Months of Crackdowns, Is the U.S. Finally Going to Sanction Venezuela?

Obama to Announce 9,800 Troops to Remain in Afghanistan, All Out by 2016

Could an argument over the House of Lords bring down the British government?

Britain's ruling coalition of David Cameron's Conservatives and Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats seems seems to be nearing the breaking point over the government's failure to make headway on the least likely of issues: reform of the House...

Published Mon, Aug 06 2012 3:06 PM by FP Passport

Mikhail Khodorkovsky on *** Riot

Russia's most famous prisoner, Mikhail Khodorkovsk,y has released a statement on the trial of punk rock provocateurs *** Riot. The billionaire dissident recounts his own experience in the courtroom where the band members now sit: Segezha, 6 August...

Published Mon, Aug 06 2012 8:55 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Shooting continues in Ivory Coast as new president urges peace

Shooting continues in Ivory Coast as new president urges peace Top story : The BBC reports that the sound of gunfire can still be heard in the Ivory Coast capital, Abidjan, a day after former President Laurent Gbagbo was arrested, ending a bloody four...

Published Tue, Apr 12 2011 5:46 AM by FP Passport

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Reuters Twitter account hacked in Syrian tug-of-war

Reuters has been scrambling to tighten its Internet security since Friday, when one of its blogs started spontaneously featuring "inaccurate and unauthorized" reports of rebel forces gaining ground in Syria. As if that weren't enough, one...

Published Tue, Aug 07 2012 2:16 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Science & Technology, Middle East, Syria

Libya disconnects from the Internet

Monitoring firm Renesys reports that following sporadic outages throughout the week, Libya now appears to be completely disconnected from the Internet: After a quiet week, we received reports tonight that Libyans in Tripoli were suddenly unable to use...

Published Fri, Mar 04 2011 1:09 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Biden Warns Russia Against Further Provocation

Biden Warns Russia Against Further Provocation Top News : Vice President Joe Biden urged Russia to refrain from further "provocative behavior" during a joint press conference in Kiev with interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Biden pushed...

Published Tue, Apr 22 2014 5:58 AM by FP Passport

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Welcome to Azania/Jubaland: The world's newest pseudostate

In addition to Somaliland and Puntland, it appears Somalia may now be home to a brand new semiautonomous region , Azania -- confusingly also sometimes called Jubaland . Alex Thurston writes : Jubaland/Azania now has a president, former Somalia Defence...

Published Wed, Apr 06 2011 2:46 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Thai Court Removes Premier From Office

Thai Court Removes Premier From Office Top news: A Thai court ordered Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down from office, handing a major victory to the country's "yellow shirt" protest movement, which for the past several months...

Published Wed, May 07 2014 6:12 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Spain reacts to Romney's Spanish cautionary tale

It may be early morning in Spain right now, but news outlets in the country quickly seized on Mitt Romney's warning during the presidential debate on Wednesday night that if the United States didn't get its fiscal house in order, it could end...

Published Wed, Oct 03 2012 8:45 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012

Morning Brief: Karzai brother killed in Kandahar

Karzai brother killed in Kandahar Top story: Ahmed Wali Karzai, the half brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, was shot dead on Tuesday by a close family associate. The assassin, Sardar Mohammed, reportedly commanded a number of security posts south...

Published Tue, Jul 12 2011 5:02 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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Morning Brief: Qaddafi forces push back at key town

Morning Brief: Greece's victorious pro-bailout party launches coalition talks

Morning Brief: Syrian opposition reports another massacre

After Months of Crackdowns, Is the U.S. Finally Going to Sanction Venezuela?

Obama to Announce 9,800 Troops to Remain in Afghanistan, All Out by 2016

Could an argument over the House of Lords bring down the British government?

Mikhail Khodorkovsky on *** Riot

Morning Brief: Shooting continues in Ivory Coast as new president urges peace

Reuters Twitter account hacked in Syrian tug-of-war

Libya disconnects from the Internet

Morning Brief: Biden Warns Russia Against Further Provocation

Welcome to Azania/Jubaland: The world's newest pseudostate

Morning Brief: Thai Court Removes Premier From Office

Spain reacts to Romney's Spanish cautionary tale

Morning Brief: Karzai brother killed in Kandahar