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Somali insurgents announce their allegiance to al Qaeda

Al Shabaab, the Islamist militia wreaking havoc in Somalia, has long been rumored to be harboring al Qaeda ties. Some of the group's main leaders -- including several killed by U.S. drone strikes -- probably trained with the organization abroad. And...

Published Mon, Feb 01 2010 2:19 PM by FP Passport

Iran: We're not murderers, just incompetent

Gary Sick brings up a good point about the Iranian governments's dubious claims that U.S. and Israeli agents are behind the recent assassination of a prominent nuclear scientist in Tehran yesterday. Even if this were true, wouldn't that just make...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 12:01 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: U.S. considers providing lethal aid to Syrian rebels

U.S. considers providing lethal aid to Syrian rebels Top news: The Obama administration is once more considering supplying rebels in Syria with lethal aid, a policy reversal that would firmly inject the United States into a conflict that has claimed the...

Published Wed, May 01 2013 5:36 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Aristide wants to return

Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the former Haitian president who was ousted in a 2004 coup and now lives in exile in South Africa, says he wants to return to his country: ''As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 10:16 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Haiti's Disaster

Actually, food riots might not be the 'new normal'

This week, Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed warned in the Guardian that food riots, spurred on by increasing prices and volatility, are going to make social unrest like the Arab Spring the "new normal." We now know that the fundamental triggers for the...

Published Fri, Mar 08 2013 1:15 PM by FP Passport

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

Friday Photo: The world's first 'Zero Star Hotel'

Daniel Charbonnier, co-founder of Minds in Motion, an international hospitality advisory and services company, has recently partnered with concept artists Frank and Patrik Riklin to transform the 'Zero-Star Hotel' into a worldwide business opportunity...

Published Fri, Mar 05 2010 3:11 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Fun Stuff

Kim Jong Il's Austrian fetish

The thing about wacky Kim Jong Il stories is that they're generally impossible to prove or disprove so it's gnereally best to treat them as little more than curiosities. That's certainly true of Kim's apparent taste for all things Austrian...

Published Mon, Mar 08 2010 7:47 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North Korea, East Asia

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

British Conservatives endorsed by... Robert Mugabe!

Ever eager to criticize the sitting British government, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe piped in today with an endorsement of the Conservative party's David Cameron in the British election. This is, to be sure, more of an indictment (if that's...

Published Thu, Mar 04 2010 1:42 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Pants bomber to appear in court today

Pants bomber to appear in court today Top news: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who attempted to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner on Christmas day, is due to appear in Federal Court in Detroit today to be arraigned on six charges, including attempted murder and...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2010 5:52 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The best part of Obama's speech today

I thought Obama really nailed his appearance today. This bit was right on: Here at home, we will strengthen our defenses, but we will not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties and values that we cherish as Americans...

Published Thu, Jan 07 2010 4:38 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Security

Brazilians explore banning "offensive" and violent videogames

New reports of 11,000 people killed by Brazilian police over the past six years are perhaps one indication that violence in the super-star Amazon country has gotten a wee bit out of hand. Never fear, there is a long term solution already under consideration...

Published Wed, Dec 09 2009 9:54 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Science & Technology, Drugs & Crime, South America

East meets Westeros in Chinese 'Game of Thrones' commercial

With the much-anticipated third season of HBO's Game of Thrones just getting underway, lots of people are rushing to capitalize on the show's roaring success. One of the more bizarre attempts recently surfaced on China's CCTV, which aired...

Published Tue, Apr 02 2013 4:00 PM by FP Passport

Bending to popular anger, Putin installs helipad at Kremlin

Vladimir Putin has finally decided to make a concession to his critics. But he isn't exactly bending over backwards. Instead, he's having a helipad installed at the Kremlin. Sure, it may not be the most meaningful reform. But it does cater to...

Published Thu, May 16 2013 3:30 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia

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Somali insurgents announce their allegiance to al Qaeda

Iran: We're not murderers, just incompetent

Morning Brief: U.S. considers providing lethal aid to Syrian rebels

Aristide wants to return

Actually, food riots might not be the 'new normal'

Europe's inflation fundamentalism

Friday Photo: The world's first 'Zero Star Hotel'

Kim Jong Il's Austrian fetish

Morning Brief: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Rejects Election Timetable

British Conservatives endorsed by... Robert Mugabe!

Morning Brief: Pants bomber to appear in court today

The best part of Obama's speech today

Brazilians explore banning "offensive" and violent videogames

East meets Westeros in Chinese 'Game of Thrones' commercial

Bending to popular anger, Putin installs helipad at Kremlin