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Morning Brief: EU ends arms embargo against Syrian opposition

EU ends arms embargo against Syrian opposition Top news: EU foreign ministers failed to renew the arms embargo against Syria on Monday, potentially paving the way for Britain and France to supply weapons to the opposition. Neither country has immediate...

Published Tue, May 28 2013 5:38 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Maduro scores narrow victory in Venezuelan elections

Maduro scores narrow victory in Venezuelan elections Top news: Venezuelans narrowly re-elected Nicolas Maduro to serve out the remainder of Hugo Chavez's term as president, but with about 230,000 votes separating Maduro and his opponent, opposition...

Published Mon, Apr 15 2013 5:45 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Banksy Spoofs Syrian Rebels, Al Jazeera, and Disney

The British graffiti artist who goes by the pseudonym Banksy has delved into the world of Middle Eastern politics, posting a video on his website that spoofs both the Syrian rebels and a beloved animated Disney character. The fabricated video, which features...

Published Mon, Oct 07 2013 9:46 AM by FP Passport

Friday photo: iDdiction

NEW YORK - APRIL 02: People wait in line (facing camera) outside the flagship Apple store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan to purchase the iPad when it debuts tomorrow morning April 2, 2010 in New York City. Around ten people were already waiting in line...

Published Fri, Apr 02 2010 2:57 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Friday Photo

With Obama heading to Prague, still no U.S. ambassador

Next week, President Obama will head to the Czech Republic to sign the new nuclear arms reduction treaty with President Dmitry Medvedev. The location and date were chosen to mark the one-year anniversary of Obama's famous Prague speech calling for...

Published Fri, Apr 02 2010 10:41 AM by FP Passport

Pirates choose the wrong boat to pick on

As if yesterday's insight into capturing pirates were an eerie premonition, the U.S. Navy today did exactly that: scooped up five pirates in a firefight . The pirates fired on the U.S. Ship, the USS Nicholas, and imagine the pirates' surprise...

Published Thu, Apr 01 2010 11:47 AM by FP Passport

Chile revises earthquake casualties down

As announcements of government screw-ups go, this is a pretty welcome one: The death toll from last weekend's earthquake in Chile has been revised sharply downwards, generating further criticism of the muddled official response to the crisis. As powerful...

Published Fri, Mar 05 2010 1:30 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Latin America

Women's Day in Afghanistan

This afternoon in Washington, I met with Suraya Pakzad, an Afghan women's rights activist who was named one of Time magazine's most influential people last year. She's in town to meet with Washington's top policymakers, and her message...

Published Mon, Mar 08 2010 12:51 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Bombings hit Baghdad as early voting starts

Bombings hit Baghdad as early voting starts Top story: Twelve people were killed by suicide bombers in Baghdad today as early voting began in Iraq's parliamentary elections. 25 soldiers were also wounded in an attack on a polling station where security...

Published Thu, Mar 04 2010 6:37 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Michelle Obama: Americans getting too fat to fight

The first lady argues that the U.S. obesity epidemic is becoming a national security problem: “A recent study put the health care cost of obesity-related diseases at $147 billion a year,” Mrs. Obama said. “This epidemic also impacts the nation’s security...

Published Wed, Feb 10 2010 8:24 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Health

X-Keyscore: The NSA Tool So Secret It's Advertised on Job Boards

If the National Security Agency wants to lower its public profile, it should probably start by telling some of its biggest contractors to stop advertising the names of agency programs in their job listings. Take, for example, the most recently revealed...

Published Fri, Aug 02 2013 1:50 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: NSA

Morning Brief: U.S. Expresses Disappointment Over Snowden Asylum

U.S. Expresses Disappointment Over Snowden Asylum Top news: The White House says it is " extremely disappointed " by Russia's decision to grant temporary asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden. The decision ends Snowden's 39 day in the...

Published Fri, Aug 02 2013 5:30 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Will China Ever Purchase a U.S. Media Company?

In May 2010, when the Washington Post Company put Newsweek up for sale, it called for bids from interested parties. One surprising entry into the race was Southern Media Group, a Chinese media conglomerate that publishes the relatively liberal newspaper...

Published Tue, Aug 06 2013 10:50 AM by FP Passport

No, Al Qaeda Is Not About to Blow Up Your Blouse

The panic over an alleged al Qaeda plot went into overdrive Monday night, when ABC News reported that terrorists in Yemen were experimenting with a new and virtually undetectable bomb-making technique: dipping their clothes into liquid explosive that...

Published Tue, Aug 06 2013 11:50 AM by FP Passport

Climbing out of the climate bunker?

The recent storm of headlines aside, climate science has not changed radically in the last three months. The peer-reviewed journals are still the same, and the basic broad claims they support are the same. But what has changed in a techtonic manner is...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2010 12:06 PM by FP Passport

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Morning Brief: EU ends arms embargo against Syrian opposition

Morning Brief: Maduro scores narrow victory in Venezuelan elections

Banksy Spoofs Syrian Rebels, Al Jazeera, and Disney

Friday photo: iDdiction

With Obama heading to Prague, still no U.S. ambassador

Pirates choose the wrong boat to pick on

Chile revises earthquake casualties down

Women's Day in Afghanistan

Morning Brief: Bombings hit Baghdad as early voting starts

Michelle Obama: Americans getting too fat to fight

X-Keyscore: The NSA Tool So Secret It's Advertised on Job Boards

Morning Brief: U.S. Expresses Disappointment Over Snowden Asylum

Will China Ever Purchase a U.S. Media Company?

No, Al Qaeda Is Not About to Blow Up Your Blouse

Climbing out of the climate bunker?