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Morning Brief: Police Turn Back in Attempt to Clear Kiev Square

Police Turn Back in Attempt to Clear Kiev Square Top news: Ukrainian police abandoned an attempt to clear a central square in Kiev of anti-government protesters after clashes between riot police and those gathered in Maidan Nezalezhnosti overnight. Saying...

Published Wed, Dec 11 2013 5:21 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Israel's New Military Recruiters: Muscleheads, Old Men, Girl Drummers

The Israeli military, hard up for combat volunteers, has taken up an aggressive viral marketing campaign to attract new recruits for its most dangerous roles. And, if first impressions are any indication, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) may want to hire...

Published Wed, Dec 04 2013 6:06 AM by FP Passport

China turns on the star of its own prestige movie

Chinese cultural authorities may have thought they pulled off a coup by getting Christian Bale, the Dark Knight himself, to star in Zhang Yimou's epic retelling of the rape of Nanking, the Flowers of War , China's Oscar entry for best foreign...

Published Wed, Dec 21 2011 10:21 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Two journalists killed by shelling in Syria

Two journalists killed by shelling in Syria Top story: The French government and opposition activists are reporting that the American reporter Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed on Wednesday as Syrian forces shelled the flashpoint...

Published Wed, Feb 22 2012 5:40 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

A U.S. engagement success story on the outskirts of Paris

The United States doesn't always do the best job of promoting itself abroad. Lots of people in lots of different places like to burn American flags and chant anti-U.S. slogans. It's stock footage at this point. But yesterday the New York Times...

Published Thu, Sep 23 2010 2:58 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: France, U.S. Foreign Policy

British police seek Assange over Swedish rape charges

Interpol announced this morning that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been placed on international "Red Notice" status over rape and sexual molestation charges in Sweden. The red notice is not an arrest warrant, but are usually interpreted...

Published Wed, Dec 01 2010 10:03 AM by FP Passport

Attention WikiLeaks junkies

As you've probably noticed, Passport has turned into an essentially WikiLeaks-only zone over the last couple of days. In the interest of consolidating the massive amounts of WikiLeaks related content coming in -- and to allow Passport to cover some...

Published Thu, Dec 02 2010 7:33 AM by FP Passport

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: On to the Caucuses

Romney pulls away Mitt Romney decisively won Florida's primacy on Tuesday with 46 percent of the vote. Newt Gingrich came in second with a disappointing 32 percent. Trailing far behind were Rick Santorum with 13 percent and Ron Paul with 7 percent...

Published Fri, Feb 03 2012 10:45 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, 2012 Report, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum

Living on Mars in Moscow

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 If you're the type of commuter who starts to sweat inside a crowded subway car, just reading about the latest development of the Mars500 project may be enough to make your stomach...

Published Thu, Jun 03 2010 10:21 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Science & Technology, Russia, Eastern Europe

Morning Brief: Israel seems to reject international inquiry; navy kills militant divers in Gaza

Israel seems to reject international inquiry; navy kills militant divers in Gaza Top story: Israel has still not issued a formal reply to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's proposal that an international investigation be held into the Israeli raid...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 5:58 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief, Oil / Energy Disaster / Problem / Shennanigans

Morning Brief: Security Council to vote on Iran sanctions today

Security Council to vote on Iran sanctions today Top story: The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to vote today on a new round of sanctions against Iran's nuclear program. The new measures, which are the fourth round of sanctions imposed on Iran...

Published Wed, Jun 09 2010 5:41 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Michele Bachelet to South Sudan: figure out how to live together

Former Chilean President Michele Bachelet was in town today, taking time out from a whirlwind schedule of events at the Women Deliver conference to speak to an audience at the National Press Club. As Latin America's first female president and the...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 3:20 PM by FP Passport

Winston Churchill's close encounter - by Brian Fung

Either the tin hats were right all along, or Churchill was as crazy as the rest of 'em. Among the revelations made in files released this week by the British National Archives is the discovery that Winston Churchill had a UFO sighting covered up for...

Published Fri, Aug 06 2010 7:09 AM by FP Passport

Israeli tourism to Turkey down 90 percent since flotilla raid

Here's one dramatic sign of chilling relations between the onetime allies: The number of Israelis visiting Turkey fell 90 percent in June from a year earlier amid tensions over the death of nine Turks in Israel’s May 31 raid on an aid flotilla bound...

Published Fri, Aug 06 2010 8:21 AM by FP Passport

U.N. policy paper encourages farming insects for food

If you've ever considered paring a fresh garden salad with a hearty serving of mealworm quiche, you may be in luck. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization is reviewing a policy paper, written by a Dutch entomologist Arnold van Huis,...

Published Fri, Aug 06 2010 8:46 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, United Nations, Food/Agriculture

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Morning Brief: Police Turn Back in Attempt to Clear Kiev Square

Israel's New Military Recruiters: Muscleheads, Old Men, Girl Drummers

China turns on the star of its own prestige movie

Morning Brief: Two journalists killed by shelling in Syria

A U.S. engagement success story on the outskirts of Paris

British police seek Assange over Swedish rape charges

Attention WikiLeaks junkies

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: On to the Caucuses

Living on Mars in Moscow

Morning Brief: Israel seems to reject international inquiry; navy kills militant divers in Gaza

Morning Brief: Security Council to vote on Iran sanctions today

Michele Bachelet to South Sudan: figure out how to live together

Winston Churchill's close encounter - by Brian Fung

Israeli tourism to Turkey down 90 percent since flotilla raid

U.N. policy paper encourages farming insects for food