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You know who else had development goals? Hitler!

U.N. Dispatch 's Mark Leon Goldberg, reporting on today's House subcommittee hearings of the U.N. Millenium Development Goals, quotes a very strange argument made by California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher: Does progress on the Millennium Development...

Published Tue, Jul 27 2010 2:31 PM by FP Passport

Xinhua chief missing in Britain?

The Telegraph reports that Wan Wuyi, director of China's main domestic news service, has gone missing after a training course at Britain's Oxford University: He is said to have gone missing after telling colleagues he was suffering a bad back...

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 11:24 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: U.S. military fears that Wikileaks may have endangered Afghan allies

U.S. military fears that Wikileaks may have endangered Afghan allies Top story : The U.S. military is digging through the over 90,000 classified documents that were released by WikiLeaks last Sunday to determine if they revealed the identity of the NATO...

Published Thu, Jul 29 2010 5:28 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Tsereteli's Columbus monstrosity may finally be built

For controversial Georgian/Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli (shown left with another of his creations), who even the Associated Press feels comfortable describing as "widely disliked" and who was featured prominently on our world's ugliest...

Published Thu, Jul 29 2010 9:48 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Culture

Morning Brief: Militants plant al Qaeda flag after deadly attack in Baghdad

Militants plant al Qaeda flag after deadly attack in Baghdad Top news: In a brazen challenge to Iraqi authorities, militants killed 23 members of the country's security forces in coordinated attacks on Thursday, then planted an al Qaeda flag in a...

Published Fri, Jul 30 2010 5:51 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Friday Photo: Kite flyers of Gaza

A rocket attack from Gaza on the Israeli city of Ashkelon has damaged buildings and rattled nerves today, but earlier in the week, the skies over the troubled region played host to a much happier sight. About 6,200 Gazan children taking part in a U.N...

Published Fri, Jul 30 2010 1:07 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Friday Photo, Middle East, Fun Stuff, Israel/Palestine

UAE follows through on BlackBerry threat

Following the UAE's recent admonition of BlackBerry smartphones, the country will prohibit three of BlackBerry's web operations starting on Oct. 11 -- e-mail, instant messaging between BlackBerry phones, and the web-browsing program -- citing...

Published Mon, Aug 02 2010 10:34 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Science & Technology, Middle East, Internet, Intelligence, Saudi Arabia

Bloodshed on the Blue Line

The Lebanese-Israeli border has been largely quiet since the 2006 war. No longer: Israeli and Lebanese forces exchanged artillery and gunfire across the border this morning, resulting in the deaths of at least three Lebanese soldiers and one Lebanese...

Published Tue, Aug 03 2010 7:39 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: U.N.: Disputed tree was in Israel

U.N.: Disputed tree was in Israel Top news: The U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, has concluded that Israeli forces were cutting trees on the Israeli side of the border yesterday when they were engaged by Lebanese troops in a firefight that...

Published Wed, Aug 04 2010 5:56 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Are actors better at politics than musicians?

In announcing his candidacy for the presidency of Haiti in an interview with Time magazine, rapper Wyclef Jean cited Ronald Reagan and Vaclav Havel as precedents for the artist-to-head of state transition. Nevermind the fact that, unlike Wyclef, both...

Published Wed, Aug 04 2010 12:51 PM by FP Passport

Bad news BRICs: 10 years on, which country is the most overhyped?

Last Wednesday marked the 10th anniversary of Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill coining the term BRICs, to describe the four countries that he believed would drive economic growth in the coming years -- a designation that was turned into a formal...

Published Tue, Dec 06 2011 11:48 AM by FP Passport

Who made the worst predictions for 2011?

The clock is winding down on 2011, which means it's time to take a look back at who got it very, very wrong this year. Consider this a call for nominations for the 10 Worst Predictions for 2011 list. You can check out last year's list here, which...

Published Wed, Dec 07 2011 7:43 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Obama declares the end of combat operations in Iraq in prime-time speech

Obama declares the end of combat operations in Iraq in prime-time speech Top story: President Barack Obama gave a prime-time speech delivered from the Oval Office last night to mark the end of combat operations in Iraq. He praised the sacrifices of U...

Published Wed, Sep 01 2010 5:38 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

RT @KremlinRussia_E

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev may be on Twitter , but he was not amused when Kirov's regional governor Nikita Belykh decided to post his thoughts during yesterday's State Council session. (Many thanks to the Wall Street Journal for translating...

Published Wed, Sep 01 2010 10:24 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Science & Technology, Russia, Internet

Integration by inertia

The members of the European Union like to disagree about internal policy. A lot. Foremost among these disputes -- besides the Common Agricultural Policy , anyway -- is the existence and allocation of "structural funds." There are essentially...

Published Thu, Sep 02 2010 7:45 AM by FP Passport

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You know who else had development goals? Hitler!

Xinhua chief missing in Britain?

Morning Brief: U.S. military fears that Wikileaks may have endangered Afghan allies

Tsereteli's Columbus monstrosity may finally be built

Morning Brief: Militants plant al Qaeda flag after deadly attack in Baghdad

Friday Photo: Kite flyers of Gaza

UAE follows through on BlackBerry threat

Bloodshed on the Blue Line

Morning Brief: U.N.: Disputed tree was in Israel

Are actors better at politics than musicians?

Bad news BRICs: 10 years on, which country is the most overhyped?

Who made the worst predictions for 2011?

Morning Brief: Obama declares the end of combat operations in Iraq in prime-time speech

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