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Where do the world's Catholics live?

Here's some context for the chatter today about the region of the world that could produce Pope Benedict XVI's successor. According to a 2011 study by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, 40 percent of the world's...

Published Mon, Feb 11 2013 11:10 AM by FP Passport

7 things you need to know about Marco Rubio's foreign policy

This evening, President Barack Obama will appear before Congress to deliver the first State of the Union address of his second term, outlining an agenda and the likely Washington battle lines for the coming four years. But thus far that agenda has been...

Published Tue, Feb 12 2013 8:25 AM by FP Passport

How does America's nuclear arsenal stack up against North Korea's?

President Barack Obama has taken some heat over the news that his administration may cut America's nuclear arsenal by " at least a third ," according to FP contributor R. Jeffrey Smith of the Center for Public Integrity. As Republican operative...

Published Wed, Feb 13 2013 7:54 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North Korea, Obama Administration, Nukes

How does the U.S. minimum wage compare to those around the world?

In his State of the Union address last night, President Barack Obama announced that he would seek to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour, a measure that would form the centerpiece of an agenda aimed at reducing incoming inequality in the United...

Published Wed, Feb 13 2013 11:39 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: GOP delays vote on Hagel nomination

GOP delays vote on Hagel nomination Top news: Senate Republicans blocked an effort Thursday to move to a final vote on President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the defense department, former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), delaying the confirmation process...

Published Fri, Feb 15 2013 5:43 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Crazy conspiracy theories are already taking root after Russia's meteor

If a meteor falls in the forest, and there's no one there to see it ... you can count on there being conspiracy theories for decades to follow. That was the case the last time something like this happened in Siberia. On June 30, 1908, something streaked...

Published Fri, Feb 15 2013 11:34 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Berlusconi’s main coalition ally calls on him to resign

Berlusconi’s main coalition ally calls on him to resign Top story: Umberto Bossi, the head of the Northern League, said that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should step down from office. His comments come on the eve of a crucial vote that has...

Published Tue, Nov 08 2011 4:53 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Australia passes landmark carbon legislation. Who's next?

Australia's government this week approved the world's most comprehensive legislation so far regarding global greenhouse gas emissions, including a new tax on carbon emissions. From Reuters : "Today Australia has a price on carbon as the law...

Published Wed, Nov 09 2011 8:39 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Environment, Australia

Morning Brief: Italy debt sale helps quell investors’ fears

Italy debt sale helps quell investors’ fears Top story: Italy raised $6.8 billion in a successful sale of one-year securities, causing European markets to rise on the news. However, Italy's deteriorating economic and political conditions resulted...

Published Thu, Nov 10 2011 5:06 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Inspiring role models for disgraced leaders

As his premiership winds down, Silvio Berlusconi is taking wisdom from a surprising source : “I am tired of not being able to impose my will and not being able to push the policy that I would like. I am more powerful as a free citizen than as prime minister...

Published Thu, Nov 10 2011 11:06 AM by FP Passport

Greece's other crisis: An HIV outbreak

As Europe continues to be roiled by the ongoing effects of the debt crisis, another situation is quietly gripping Greece. Reuters reports that the number of new cases of the virus detected in the first five months of this year was 50 percent higher than...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2011 9:04 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Flash Points

Morning Brief: Kenyatta scores narrow victory in disputed Kenya election

Kenyatta scores narrow victory in disputed Kenya election Top news: Uhuru Kenyatta, indicted by the International Criminal Court for bankrolling election-related violence in 2007, won a narrow victory in Kenya's presidential election, securing 50...

Published Mon, Mar 11 2013 5:43 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Cardinals gather to select next pope

Cardinals gather to select next pope Top news: The Roman Catholic cardinals who have gathered in Rome to elect the next pope filed into St. Peter's Basilica on Tuesday for the final Mass before the conclave. There, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of...

Published Tue, Mar 12 2013 5:26 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The Great Graphics Glut of the 2013 papal conclave

Catholic cardinals may be voting for the next pope this week in a process shrouded in secrecy , but the papal conclave is still a fantastic media spectacle -- as thousands of people wait with bated breath to learn the identity of God's new representative...

Published Tue, Mar 12 2013 12:40 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Karzai again suggests U.S.-Taliban cooperation after deadliest day for American forces this year

Karzai again suggests U.S.-Taliban cooperation after deadliest day for American forces this year Top news: In a speech to tribal leaders and elders on Tuesday, Afghan President Hamid Karzai repeated his assertion that the Taliban is working in cooperation...

Published Wed, Mar 13 2013 5:30 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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Where do the world's Catholics live?

7 things you need to know about Marco Rubio's foreign policy

How does America's nuclear arsenal stack up against North Korea's?

How does the U.S. minimum wage compare to those around the world?

Morning Brief: GOP delays vote on Hagel nomination

Crazy conspiracy theories are already taking root after Russia's meteor

Morning Brief: Berlusconi’s main coalition ally calls on him to resign

Australia passes landmark carbon legislation. Who's next?

Morning Brief: Italy debt sale helps quell investors’ fears

Inspiring role models for disgraced leaders

Greece's other crisis: An HIV outbreak

Morning Brief: Kenyatta scores narrow victory in disputed Kenya election

Morning Brief: Cardinals gather to select next pope

The Great Graphics Glut of the 2013 papal conclave

Morning Brief: Karzai again suggests U.S.-Taliban cooperation after deadliest day for American forces this year