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Dynastic Dirges, Part Deux

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 This is a guest post from Nick Frisch, a writer based in Hong Kong: "The outside world got a listen at North Korea's curious soundscape during yesterday's widely-covered...

Published Thu, Dec 29 2011 2:45 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia

Morning Brief: North Korea readies rockets in response to U.S. bomber drill

North Korea readies rockets in response to U.S. bomber drill Top News: North Korea has readied its missile units targeting U.S. military bases in response to a U.S. bombing drill. On Thursday two nuclear-capable B-2 Spirit stealth bombers carried out...

Published Fri, Mar 29 2013 5:45 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Memo to Cain campaign: The names aren't the point

My colleague Josh Rogin profiles Herman Cain's emerging foreign-policy brain-trust and discusses how Team Cain is regrouping in the wake of the Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan incident: And after Cain famously announced this month he did not know the...

Published Wed, Oct 26 2011 11:30 AM by FP Passport

North Koreans in Libya banned from returning home

Can North Koreans living and working abroad possibly have it worse than those citizens who stay home? From waitresses who work in government-run restaurants across Asia to seamstresses essentially enslaved in the Czech Republic to the well-documented...

Published Thu, Oct 27 2011 2:25 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: North Korea, Libya

Politicizing Egypt’s economic reform

While the gradual meltdown of the Egyptian constitution-drafting process has been at center stage in Cairo over the past few months, the negotiations between the Egyptian government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a $4.8 billion loan have...

Published Thu, Nov 29 2012 9:38 AM by The Middle East Channel

Filed under: Middle East, Foreign Aid, Economics, International Organizations, North Africa, Egypt, Arab World, Middle East Poster 4

What the international press is saying about the U.S. debt debacle

With just five days remaining for Congress and the White House to agree on a deal to solve the U.S. debt limit crisis, it's not just Americans who are frustrated and concerned about the prospects of a government default. The most strident commentary...

Published Fri, Jul 29 2011 1:29 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Media

Countries where you could go to jail for calling the president a ***

Just in case you've been wasting your morning reading about actual important things, journalist Mark Halperin has been indefinitely suspended from his gig as a commentator on MSNBC for referring of President Obama as a "***" on television...

Published Thu, Jun 30 2011 9:33 AM by FP Passport

South Korean floods carry a new threat

A deep freight train rumble struck South Korea's capital as a series of landslides engulfed entire villages. Screams resounded from buildings as they were dragged down mud rivers. Drivers scrambled to their car roofs as entire portions of the highway...

Published Thu, Jul 28 2011 11:51 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Disasters, East Asia

New poll: Israeli Jews prefer Romney by large margin

As a recent BBC World Service poll suggested, Barack Obama would cruise to victory if countries ranging from France to Kenya to Canada could vote in the U.S. presidential election. But a new Peace Index poll reveals that Mitt Romney has a sizable advantage...

Published Sun, Oct 28 2012 10:00 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012

China's expensive love affair with Jeep

Mitt Romney's latest ad in Ohio, which alleges that the president "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" has been torn apart by fact-checkers. The claim appears to be based largely on a misreading of the lede a...

Published Wed, Oct 31 2012 11:21 AM by FP Passport

Iran warns citizens of the dangers of travel to Canada

A through-the-looking-glass moment form Iran's foreign ministry, as reported by the CBC : Iran's foreign ministry says "Islamphobia" and "Iranophobia" are growing in Canada and Iranians who come to Canada could face possible...

Published Thu, Sep 27 2012 8:43 AM by FP Passport

Taliban Releases POW Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in Trade for Five Detainees

Russian Human Rights Report Casts Europe as Land of *** and Gay Propaganda

According to an annual report on human rights in the European Union issued by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Europe is a dark, dark place, filled with *** and xenophobes. The massive, 153-page "unofficial translation" of the report...

Published Wed, Jan 15 2014 3:18 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Russia, Human Rights, Politics, Germany

Morning Brief: Pakistan charges seven for Mumbai attack

Pakistan charges seven for Mumbai attack Top story: Pakistan has charged seven men with involvement in last year's Mumbai terrorist attacks. The indictments come just before the first anniversary of the attacks. The seven suspects -- all alleged members...

Published Wed, Nov 25 2009 5:53 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Vogue's ridiculous puff piece on Syria's ruling family

It's hard to imagine that a Vogue editor woke up this morning and decided it wouldn't be hugely embarrassing to publish a puff piece today, at the moment of the greatest upheaval in the Middle East in two generations, about Syria's ruling...

Published Fri, Feb 25 2011 9:10 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East