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Does America have a global sport?

The start of the new baseball season and Washington's never-ending debate about American decline offer an opportunity to address a perplexing question: Given America's sports obsession, why haven't its marquee sports had more success in establishing...

Published Mon, Apr 01 2013 5:30 PM by FP Passport

How fast can North Korea 'restart' its nuclear plant?

On Tuesday, North Korea vowed to restart a nuclear reactor capable of making one bomb's worth of plutonium per year in an act of brinksmanship even China called " regretful ." But the Yongbyon reactor, a Soviet-era relic that has been idle...

Published Tue, Apr 02 2013 12:30 PM by FP Passport

State Department to Cody Wilson: Take your gun blueprints off the Internet

The State Department isn't too happy about Cody Wilson's 3-D printed gun . In a letter to Wilson dated May 8, the department asked the University of Texas law student to take down 10 designs -- including one for the first fully functional 3-D...

Published Thu, May 09 2013 4:20 PM by FP Passport

How do you investigate North Korean human rights abuses from afar?

Normal 0 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 On Tuesday, the U.N. Human Rights Council announced the three individuals who will lead the body's first-ever human rights investigation into North Korea. In an interview with...

Published Wed, May 08 2013 1:50 PM by FP Passport

Requiem for Le Journal Hebdomadaire

The slow death of one of Morocco's sole independent publications, Le Journal Hebdomadaire , came to its inevitable conclusion this past week. The proximate cause for the magazine's closure was financial: A Moroccan court declared the magazine's...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 1:00 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Turkey's deputy prime minister apologizes for crackdown

Turkey's deputy prime minister apologizes for crackdown Top news: Turkey's main public sector trade union threw its weight behind the ongoing anti-government demonstrations on Tuesday, announcing a two-day strike to protest the "fascism"...

Published Tue, Jun 04 2013 5:40 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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

Morning Brief: China escalates trade spats with U.S. and E.U.

China escalates trade spats with U.S. and E.U. Top news: One day after U.S. President Barack Obama promised to "get much tougher about enforcing existing rules" on trade with China and said he would pressure Beijing to let the Yuan appreciate...

Published Thu, Feb 04 2010 5:46 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Counting underway in Iraqi election

Counting underway in Iraqi election Top story: Counting is underway in Iraq's second parliamentary election since the ouster of Saddam Hussein. Turnout was reported to be high around the country yesterday despite scattered violence. The results will...

Published Mon, Mar 08 2010 5:33 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

Report: Women's rights make uneven advance in Middle East

The status of Middle Eastern women has improved over the last five years, contradicting common perceptions of cloaked, powerless individuals, according to Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Progress Amid Resistance , a study released...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2010 4:12 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Human Rights, Middle East

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

First-person accounts from Haiti

First-person accounts of the "biblical" disaster in Haiti, in the words of U.S. Secretary Hillary Clinton, are starting to filter out, 24 hours after it occurred. From The Guardian : "Please take me out, I am dying. I have two children...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 1:35 PM by FP Passport

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Does America have a global sport?

How fast can North Korea 'restart' its nuclear plant?

State Department to Cody Wilson: Take your gun blueprints off the Internet

How do you investigate North Korean human rights abuses from afar?

Requiem for Le Journal Hebdomadaire

Morning Brief: Turkey's deputy prime minister apologizes for crackdown

Somali insurgents announce their allegiance to al Qaeda

Morning Brief: China escalates trade spats with U.S. and E.U.

Morning Brief: Counting underway in Iraqi election

Europe's inflation fundamentalism

Russian official proposes fingerprinting entire population of North Caucasus

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

Report: Women's rights make uneven advance in Middle East

Morning Brief: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Rejects Election Timetable

First-person accounts from Haiti