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Morning Brief: Yanukovych Wins Ukraine Election

Yanukovych Wins Ukraine Election Top Story: Viktor Yanukovych has appeared to beat his rival, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, in Ukraine's run-off presidential election held this weekend. His lead is now just 2.4 points, with 96 percent of votes...

Published Mon, Feb 08 2010 6:03 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Friday Photo: Genuine Parts

The Toyota logo is displayed on a box of auto parts at City Toyota February 5, 2010 in Daly City, California. Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda issued an apology today for saftey issues that have prompted the recall of nearly 4 million Toyota cars...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 2:26 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, East Asia, Fun Stuff, Business

China flexes its muscles in Munich

China wasted no time in heating up the 46th Munich Security Conference. In the opening address Friday, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi strongly asserted Chinese policy, and took more than a few swipes at the United States. Yang is the first Chinese...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 2:15 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: China

Requiem for Le Journal Hebdomadaire

The slow death of one of Morocco's sole independent publications, Le Journal Hebdomadaire , came to its inevitable conclusion this past week. The proximate cause for the magazine's closure was financial: A Moroccan court declared the magazine's...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 1:00 PM by FP Passport

Sen. Richard Shelby and the horrible hold

The big news in Washington -- aside from Snowpocalpyse Part II/#snOMG/Snowmageddon 2/panic caused by relatively common weather -- comes from the office of Sen. Richard Shelby, Republican of Alabama. Yesterday, TPM reported, Shelby slapped a hold on all...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 12:56 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: U.S. Congress

Putin on Georgia's mind

Georgia just can't get Vladimir Putin out of its mind. A new cartoon of extremely poorly-drawn yellow characters on Georgian TV called The Samsonadzes -- an obvious knock-off of The Simpsons -- is rising high in the ratings chart. Creator Shalva Ramishvili...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 10:03 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Russia, Media, Fun Stuff

Uganda: The collapse of democracy?

Uganda's Chief Magistrate's court dismissed a landmark case on Wednesday that had been filed by two Ugandan journalists, Angelo Izama and Charles Mwanguhya Mpagi. The file was introduced by the two journalists as an attempt to use Uganda's...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 9:57 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Politics, Media, Oil

What would Muhammad say?

A "prophet row" has emerged in Turkey after Emine Erdogan, wife of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was denied access to a military hospital because of her headscarf. Heated exchanges in the Grand National Assembly followed, as opposition...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 9:17 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Culture, Middle East

Stephen Colbert wags his finger at Foreign Policy

For FP contributor Jeff Stein spoiling a surprise in former CIA operative John Kiriakou's upcoming book. Our bad, Colbert. The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Tip/Wag - Waterboarding & Canada's History www.colbertnation.com Colbert...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 7:17 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Media

Morning Brief: Toyota Chief Apologizes

Toyota Chief Apologizes Top Story: The president of the giant carmaker Toyota apologized for the design and manufacturing errors that led to the global recall of more than 9 million cars. Akio Toyoda, the grandson of the Japanese company's founder...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 6:02 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

US, China, and Too Much Fuss

The onslaught of recent commentary on U.S.-China disagreements has come so fast and furious over the last two weeks that one could be forgiven for thinking startling tectonic shifts had just reshaped the surface of the Earth. But the funny thing about...

Published Thu, Feb 04 2010 3:03 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, China

Forget debt, let's talk rice

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE David Roodman of the Center for Global Development has a thoughtful response to my blog post (responding in turn to his initial post ) on the growing calls to cancel Haiti's debt. To summarize, David...

Published Thu, Feb 04 2010 2:20 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, Food/Agriculture, International Relations, Foreign Aid, International Organizations

Filed under: Morning Brief

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Morning Brief: Yanukovych Wins Ukraine Election

Friday Photo: Genuine Parts

China flexes its muscles in Munich

Requiem for Le Journal Hebdomadaire

Sen. Richard Shelby and the horrible hold

Putin on Georgia's mind

Uganda: The collapse of democracy?

What would Muhammad say?

Stephen Colbert wags his finger at Foreign Policy

Morning Brief: Toyota Chief Apologizes

US, China, and Too Much Fuss

Forget debt, let's talk rice

DIY deportation: Amazingly easy

Who's afraid of big, bad Hezbollah?

Morning Brief: China escalates trade spats with U.S. and E.U.