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Friday Photo: Dog Songs

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 05: 'Darwin' the Basset Hound sits with his owner at the 'Music for Dogs' concert for canines as part of the Vivid LIVE festival at the Sydney Opera House forecourt on June 5, 2010 in Sydney, Australia. The concert...

Published Fri, Jun 11 2010 2:59 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Friday Photo

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

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

A presidential pat on the head for Uribe

Evidently, a congratulations from Hillary Clinton wasn't enough, and Alvaro Uribe is now getting presidential kudos for not trying to illegally seize power: President Barack Obama is applauding Colombian President Alvaro Uribe for accepting a court...

Published Thu, Mar 11 2010 11:57 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Latin America

Goodluck Jonathan promises credible elections in 2011

One of the great ironies of reporting overseas is that it's often much easier to hear a political leader speak candidly here in Washington than in an interview back home. Such was the case today, as Nigerian Acting President Goodluck Jonathan spoke...

Published Mon, Apr 12 2010 10:41 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa

Meet the new, less anti-Semitic Malaysia

Mohammed Najib Abdul Razak, the prime minister of Malaysia, is in town this week for Barack Obama's nuclear summit, and this afternoon the two leaders met to discuss nonproliferation A State Department readout of the meeting was nothing but gumdrops...

Published Mon, Apr 12 2010 3:53 PM by FP Passport

Where no Iranian turtles, rats, or worms have gone before

In case you just thought that Iran launched a rocket today just to remind everyone about their rockets, they also sent up some unfortunate animals on a scientific mission: On Wednesday, Press TV said, the Iranian Aerospace Organization said live video...

Published Wed, Feb 03 2010 9:52 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Science & Technology, Iran

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

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

Morning Brief: Pakistan flooding deaths top 1,300

Pakistan flooding deaths top 1,300 Top story: Pakistani authorities said that the country's worst flooding in years has claimed the lives of 1,313 people so far, and that the final figure could exceed 1,500. The flooding originated in Pakistan's...

Published Wed, Aug 11 2010 5:31 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Berlusconi: Well at least I'm not gay

Abusing the power of the office of the presidency to bust a teenage girl out of prison and bring her to the "bunga-bunga" parties at your estate is generally frowned upon, even in Italian politics. But hey, it could be worse, right? Right? Read...

Published Tue, Nov 02 2010 11:43 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe

Morning Brief: ICC prosecutor seeks to indict Kenyan leaders for 2008 violence

ICC prosecutor seeks to indict Kenyan leaders for 2008 violence Top news: The International Criminal Court's Prosecutor has named six Kenyan leaders as the orchestrators of the 2008 post-election violence that left more than 1,000 people dead and...

Published Wed, Dec 15 2010 6:34 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Obama and Netanyahu confer on Iran

Obama and Netanyahu confer on Iran Top story: President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in the Oval Office on Monday to try to coordinate their policies toward Iran. However, according to a White House official, it failed...

Published Tue, Mar 06 2012 5:11 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: U.S. soldier's attack on Afghan civilians sparks outrage

U.S. soldier's attack on Afghan civilians sparks outrage Top story: A U.S. Army sergeant killed at least 16 civilians, including nine children, in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, stoking outrage among Afghans already angered by the burning of a Koran...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2012 5:15 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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Friday Photo: Dog Songs

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

Video: Massive Fireball Rocks Homs

Morning Brief: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Rejects Election Timetable

A presidential pat on the head for Uribe

Goodluck Jonathan promises credible elections in 2011

Meet the new, less anti-Semitic Malaysia

Where no Iranian turtles, rats, or worms have gone before

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

Europe's inflation fundamentalism

Morning Brief: Pakistan flooding deaths top 1,300

Berlusconi: Well at least I'm not gay

Morning Brief: ICC prosecutor seeks to indict Kenyan leaders for 2008 violence

Morning Brief: Obama and Netanyahu confer on Iran

Morning Brief: U.S. soldier's attack on Afghan civilians sparks outrage