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Libyans Rail Against American Raid on Facebook and IRL

CAIRO, Egypt - "We will begin kidnapping Americans wherever they are found in Libya, God willing." For the United States, the capture of al Qaeda leader Nazih al-Ruqai, a longtime operative of the terror organization, was an unvarnished victory...

Published Mon, Oct 07 2013 9:26 AM by FP Passport

Why the Bestselling Chinese Book of All Time Is Out of Print

During the disastrous decade-long Cultural Revolution, The Quotations of Chairman Mao , a slender volume of the leader's sayings, replaced literature and learning. People would sometimes greet each other using quotes from the book, or give the books...

Published Wed, Oct 09 2013 2:30 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Believed Iranian Cyberwar Official Dead in Apparent Assassination

Believed Iranian Cyberwar Official Dead in Apparent Assassination Top News: Mojtaba Atabi, an official in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps who was widely believed to be the head of the organization's cyberwarfare division, has been shot and killed...

Published Thu, Oct 03 2013 4:29 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Dispatch from China: Debate rages after school attacks

Last week, a series of three horrifying attacks on children and teachers carried out by unemployed middle-age men rocked China. At least four children died last week, after eight children had died in an earlier school attack in March. Violent crime is...

Published Wed, May 05 2010 8:12 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: China

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

Morning Brief: Norway arrests three men linked to al Qaeda

Norway arrests three men linked to al Qaeda Top story: Three alleged al Qaeda members were arrested Thursday morning in a joint U.S. and Norwegian counterterrorism effort. They are believed to have been plotting a terrorist attack using portable bombs...

Published Thu, Jul 08 2010 5:39 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: U.S. and Russia swap spies in Vienna

U.S. and Russia swap spies in Vienna Top news: In the largest operation of its kind since the end of the Cold War, the United States exchanged 10 people convicted of spying for Russia for four convicted in Russia of spying for the United States. The exchange...

Published Fri, Jul 09 2010 5:45 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Lula's latest dodgy friend

As part of what seems like a quest to get in a good photo-op with every one of the world's most despotic leaders before the end of his presidency, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva stopped in Equatorial Guinea yesterady for a meeting with...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2010 8:43 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Latin America

Video: Massive Fireball Rocks Homs

A huge fireball rises above the jagged, shelled-out skyline of Homs. The explosion looks almost too large to be real -- and when it began circulating across social media this morning, it drew skepticism -- but now, multiple videos are emerging and the...

Published Thu, Aug 01 2013 11:20 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Syria

Morning Brief: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Rejects Election Timetable

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Rejects Election Timetable Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Top news: Interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour laid out a timetable for new elections and a constitutional referendum...

Published Tue, Jul 09 2013 6:20 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Europe's inflation fundamentalism

FP Editor in Chief Moisés Naím and the Carnegie Endowment's Uri Dadush have an op-ed in today's Financial Times arguing that Europe's excessive fear of inflation is preventing it from taking the action necessary to prevent a potentially catastrophic...

Published Fri, Mar 05 2010 8:21 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Economics

Russian official proposes fingerprinting entire population of North Caucasus

Give Aleksandr Bastrykin points for ambition : A Russian official has proposed compiling a database containing the fingerprints of the entire population of Russia's volatile North Caucasus region, RFE/RL's North Caucasus Service reports. Aleksandr...

Published Fri, Mar 05 2010 11:58 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia

Morning Brief: Turkey recalls U.S. ambassador after House genocide vote

Turkey recalls U.S. ambassador after House genocide vote Over strong Turkish objections, the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee narrowly approved a resolution yesterday recognizing the 1915 massacre of Armenian civilians as "genocide." An...

Published Fri, Mar 05 2010 5:45 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Quiz: The world's wind-power generation capacity increased how much in 2009?

For those of you who don't subscribe to the bimonthly print edition of Foreign Policy , you're missing a great feature: the FP Quiz. It has eight intriguing questions about how the world works. The quiz question I'd like to highlight this...

Published Thu, Jun 03 2010 2:02 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Israel begins deporting flotilla activists

Israel begins deporting flotilla activists Top Story: Israel has begun deporting the hundreds of activists it detained after last weekend's botched raid on a flotilla breaching the blockade of Gaza. More than 600 people were detained from nearly a...

Published Wed, Jun 02 2010 5:53 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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Libyans Rail Against American Raid on Facebook and IRL

Why the Bestselling Chinese Book of All Time Is Out of Print

Morning Brief: Believed Iranian Cyberwar Official Dead in Apparent Assassination

Dispatch from China: Debate rages after school attacks

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

Morning Brief: Norway arrests three men linked to al Qaeda

Morning Brief: U.S. and Russia swap spies in Vienna

Lula's latest dodgy friend

Video: Massive Fireball Rocks Homs

Morning Brief: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Rejects Election Timetable

Europe's inflation fundamentalism

Russian official proposes fingerprinting entire population of North Caucasus

Morning Brief: Turkey recalls U.S. ambassador after House genocide vote

Quiz: The world's wind-power generation capacity increased how much in 2009?

Morning Brief: Israel begins deporting flotilla activists