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Korean Idol singers get their G-20 on

I don't believe that anyone in history has ever used the phrase "Y'all ready for this" in reference to a debate on exchange rates and monetary policy... until now. The South Korean Presidential Commission for the G-20 Summit is currently...

Published Thu, Oct 21 2010 2:37 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: WikiLeaks: Maliki rivals call for torture investigation

WikiLeaks: Maliki rivals call for torture investigation Top news : The release of 400,000 classified Iraq war documents by whistleblower site WikiLeaks, including graphic descriptions of torture by Iraqi forces, are further complicating Prime Minster...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 5:54 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

China's Ann Coulter

I don't advise anyone to willingly dive into the fever swamps of the opinion pages of the Chinese state-run press, but sometimes it's good fun. Take, for instance, this recent offering by People's Daily columnist Li Hongmei, who writes like...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 3:02 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, China, Media

Japocalypse Watch: Rise of the metrosexuals

Chico Harlan's long Washington Post trend piece on Japan's "herbivores" -- young men who prefer shopping and hanging out with friends to working 14 hour days before getting blackout drunk -- is the latest entry in the increasingly popular...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 8:16 AM by FP Passport

British Airways chairman: U.S. airport security 'completely redundant'

The inevitable international pushback against the United States' snowballing airport security regime seems to have begun , with British Airways Chariman Martin Broughton leading the charge: In remarks at the annual conference of the UK Airport Operators...

Published Wed, Oct 27 2010 7:58 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Security, Britain

Syria spins out of control

As the U.N. Security Council meets today to discuss how to halt Syria's descent into civil war, the available statistics show a country more violent than ever -- and increasingly defined by armed conflict. In mid-November, I charted the rising bloodshed...

Published Tue, Jan 31 2012 10:51 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East Editors Blog

Morning Brief: Panetta says U.S. combat role in Afghanistan to end in 2013

Panetta says U.S. combat role in Afghanistan to end in 2013 Top story: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Wednesday that the United States could end its combat mission in Afghanistan as early as mid-2013, more than a year before the deadline President...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2012 4:46 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Tymoshenko's daughter: Ukraine becoming a 'Stalinist regime'

"The conditions of the Soviet Union and the Stalinist regime are back in Ukraine," said Yevgenia Tymoshenko in a meeting with reporters in Washington today. The daughter of imprisoned former Ukrainian prime minister and opposition leader Yulia...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2012 3:13 PM by FP Passport

Iran isn't amused by Israeli Samsung ad

Israel isn't having much luck with commercials these days. First there was the government-sponsored ad campaign late last year to persuade Israelis living in the United States to return home, which was yanked when it caused an uproar in the American...

Published Fri, Feb 03 2012 10:08 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Israel/Palestine, Iran

Morning Brief: Senegalese election remains too close to call

Senegalese election remains too close to call Top story: Early reports from Senegal's presidential election over the weekend suggest that neither incumbent Abdoulaye Wade nor former prime minister Macky Sall has gained the 50 percent of votes needed...

Published Mon, Feb 27 2012 5:30 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Francis Fukuyama builds a drone

Foreign Policy 's new War Issue shows how drones have transformed the war against the Taliban and fueled President Barack Obama's counterterrorism strategy. But it's not only the cutting-edge technology that's evolving -- the tools to...

Published Mon, Feb 27 2012 12:42 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: U.S.: North Korean nuclear facility increases weapons risk

U.S.: North Korean nuclear facility increases weapons risk Top story: Top Pentagon officials say a newly discovered nuclear facility could substantially increase the risk of North Korea obtaining additional nuclear weapons. The facility, which was toured...

Published Mon, Nov 22 2010 5:59 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Fiji Water at center of junta's political crisis

The Fijian government has expelled Fiji Water's top executive in the country over vague allegations that he was interfering in local politics, the island nation's military leader says : Speaking from China, Commodore Frank Bainimarama said American...

Published Mon, Nov 22 2010 11:59 AM by FP Passport

Some light Thanksgiving humor

What better way to bring the family together around the turkey than a joke or two ... about corrupt politicians in distant countries? I've read the following joke now in a number of forms, about a number of countries. Reader Mgcarbeezy sends us the...

Published Tue, Nov 23 2010 7:46 AM by FP Passport

Only one Chinese activist RSVPs for Nobel Prize ceremony

Of the 140 Chinese activists and dissidents invited by Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo to attend next month's cerermony in Oslo, it appears that only one is planning to attend, and he's not even in China: Wan Yanhai, who fled to the United...

Published Wed, Nov 24 2010 10:03 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Human Rights, China

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Korean Idol singers get their G-20 on

Morning Brief: WikiLeaks: Maliki rivals call for torture investigation

China's Ann Coulter

Japocalypse Watch: Rise of the metrosexuals

British Airways chairman: U.S. airport security 'completely redundant'

Syria spins out of control

Morning Brief: Panetta says U.S. combat role in Afghanistan to end in 2013

Tymoshenko's daughter: Ukraine becoming a 'Stalinist regime'

Iran isn't amused by Israeli Samsung ad

Morning Brief: Senegalese election remains too close to call

Francis Fukuyama builds a drone

Morning Brief: U.S.: North Korean nuclear facility increases weapons risk

Fiji Water at center of junta's political crisis

Some light Thanksgiving humor

Only one Chinese activist RSVPs for Nobel Prize ceremony