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Morning Brief: Greek PM pleas for German help in debt crisis

Greek PM pleas for German help in debt crisis Top news: Speaking at a gathering of business leaders in Germany, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou made an impassioned plea to help his country out of its current debt crisis. Papandreou said his country...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2011 5:25 AM by FP Passport

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Morning Brief: Libyan government forces tighten grip around Sirte

Libyan government forces tighten grip around Sirte Top news: While forces loyal to ousted Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi remain in control of most of Sirte, transitional government fighters claim to have captured the city's port. A senior military...

Published Wed, Sep 28 2011 5:27 AM by FP Passport

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Morning Brief: U.S. accuses Iran of plot to kill Saudi ambassador

U.S. accuses Iran of plot to kill Saudi ambassador Top news: The United States plans to seek additional international sanctions against Iran following allegations of a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. on American soil. "This really,...

Published Wed, Oct 12 2011 5:38 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Ayatollah Khamenei says Occupy Wall Street could mark the fall of the west

More news about Iran comes today with comments made by Ayatollah Khamenei. In a speech broadcast on Iranian state television, he claimed that the Occupy Wall Street movements would be the end of capitalism in America. From The Guardian : Ayatollah Ali...

Published Thu, Oct 13 2011 12:19 PM by FP Passport

Decline Watch: Ivy League universities are now India's safety schools

In its seamless blending of globalization, "rise of the rest," and the gnawing anxieties of upper middle-class American parents, the New York Times piece which arrives just in time for college admissions season comes pretty close to hitting...

Published Fri, Oct 14 2011 10:08 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Decline Watch

Decline Watch: No more fluoridation in Florida

In the 1964 dark comedy Dr. Strangelove , Gen. Jack D. Ripper describes water fluoridation as "the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist we have ever had to face." Almost five decades later, Ripper's wish to rid the country...

Published Mon, Oct 17 2011 2:06 PM by FP Passport

Introducing the 2013 Gelber Award finalists: first up, Daron Acemoglu

Each year, Foreign Policy partners with the the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto to present the Gelber Prize, a literary award for the world's best non-fiction book in English on foreign affairs that seeks to deepen public...

Published Thu, Feb 07 2013 7:16 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Brennan defends drone program at confirmation hearing

Brennan defends drone program at confirmation hearing Top news: CIA Director Nominee John Brennan defended the Obama administration's drone program in his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, saying attacks are only carried out "as a last...

Published Fri, Feb 08 2013 5:33 AM by FP Passport

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Blowing up Tokyo with Chinese fireworks

Normal 0 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 China's 2-week New Year festivities kick off this weekend. Hundreds of millions of Chinese people will travel home and an obscene number of fireworks will be set off, causing...

Published Fri, Feb 08 2013 10:55 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, China

Introducing the 2013 Gelber Prize finalists: today's contender, Fredrik Logevall

Over the next few weeks, we're going to be featuring one interview per day with the authors of the books nominated for this year's Lionel Gelber Prize, a literary award for the year's best non-fiction book in English on foreign affairs. The...

Published Mon, Feb 11 2013 9:01 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: North Korea conducts third nuclear test

North Korea conducts third nuclear test Top news: North Korea confirmed Tuesday that it has carried out a third nuclear test in defiance of U.N. resolutions. According to the state-run KCNA news service, authorities tested a "miniaturized and lighter...

Published Tue, Feb 12 2013 5:25 AM by FP Passport

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Morning Brief: Obama lays out modest foreign policy vision

Obama lays out modest foreign policy vision Top news: President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he will withdraw 34,000 troops from Afghanistan within a year, seek aggressive action to combat climate change, and negotiate a trade deal with Europe...

Published Wed, Feb 13 2013 6:08 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

China's spectacularly awful Spring Festival Gala

Normal 0 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Seen by as many as 1 billion people annually since 1983, China Central Television's Spring Festival Gala is one of the most watched non-sports TV events in history. And it's...

Published Wed, Feb 13 2013 9:27 AM by FP Passport

Not a fan of Valentine's Day? Neither is Pakistan

As far as holidays go, Valentine's Day seems innocuous enough. But for some Muslim groups, it's a lot more sinister than hearts and flowers. In Pakistan, for example, the Electronic Media Regulatory Authority wrote a letter this week requiring...

Published Thu, Feb 14 2013 2:10 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Pakistan, Culture, Islam, Religion

NASA study finds that Middle East's water is disappearing fast

A Dead Sea's worth of water has disappeared from the Middle East. It sounds like something out of Carmen Sandiego , but it's actually the finding of a joint study by scientists from NASA, the University of California, Irvine, and the National...

Published Fri, Feb 15 2013 11:05 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Environment, Diplomacy, Middle East, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria

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Morning Brief: Greek PM pleas for German help in debt crisis

Morning Brief: Libyan government forces tighten grip around Sirte

Morning Brief: U.S. accuses Iran of plot to kill Saudi ambassador

Ayatollah Khamenei says Occupy Wall Street could mark the fall of the west

Decline Watch: Ivy League universities are now India's safety schools

Decline Watch: No more fluoridation in Florida

Introducing the 2013 Gelber Award finalists: first up, Daron Acemoglu

Morning Brief: Brennan defends drone program at confirmation hearing

Blowing up Tokyo with Chinese fireworks

Introducing the 2013 Gelber Prize finalists: today's contender, Fredrik Logevall

Morning Brief: North Korea conducts third nuclear test

Morning Brief: Obama lays out modest foreign policy vision

China's spectacularly awful Spring Festival Gala

Not a fan of Valentine's Day? Neither is Pakistan

NASA study finds that Middle East's water is disappearing fast