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Morning Brief: Thousands flee violence in southern Kyrgyzstan

Thousands flee violence in southern Kyrgyzstan Top story: Three days of ethnic violence in Southern Kyrgyzstan have left at least 117 dead and set around 100,000 Uzbek refugees to seek safety across the border in neighboring Uzbekistan. Gangs of Kyrgyz...

Published Mon, Jun 14 2010 5:55 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Your daily Yar'Adua death-watch update

For the last five months, it has been pretty much anyone's guess whether the Nigerian president, Umaru Yar'Adua, was alive , dead , or somewhere ambiguously in between . No one has seen him in public since November. But in the latest odd twist...

Published Fri, Apr 02 2010 10:56 AM by FP Passport

How much is "Brzezinski" on a triple-word score?

Huge news for foreign policy and international affairs junkies: a new version of Scrabble to be released in the U.K. this July allows the playing of proper nouns (among other rule changes). Many are outraged , but I couldn't be more excited. Finally...

Published Tue, Apr 06 2010 11:56 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Culture, Fun Stuff

A WikiLeaks Family Feud Erupts on Twitter

As revelations about the National Security Agency's intelligence gathering activities continue to trickle out , the ghost of Julian Assange has begun to haunt the activists and journalists fighting back against the all-mighty NSA. On Thursday, a Twitter...

Published Thu, Oct 03 2013 11:30 AM by FP Passport

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

Quiz: What percentage of Americans are isolationists?

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 question I'd like to highlight this week...

Published Wed, Mar 10 2010 3:24 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, U.S. Foreign Policy, International Relations

Morning Brief: Talks with China and a deal with Ukraine at nuke summit

Talks with China and a deal with Ukraine at nuke summit Top news: The massive U.S. -rganized international summit on nuclear nonproliferation continues in Washington today and President Barack Obama is continuing to seek agreements on securing nuclear...

Published Tue, Apr 13 2010 5:48 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Israel seals off West Bank

Israel seals off West Bank Top story: Israeli authorities have sealed off the West Bank for 48 hours, preventing Palestinians from entering Israel, over fears of unrest. The government is concerned about violence this weekend in reaction to Israel's...

Published Fri, Mar 12 2010 6:02 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Shooting refocuses U.S. attention on Mexican drug war

Shooting refocuses U.S. attention on Mexican drug war Top news: Gunmen believed to be linked to Mexican drug cartels killed a pregnant U.S. consulate worker and her husband as well as the Mexican husband of another consulate worker in an ambush on their...

Published Mon, Mar 15 2010 5:58 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Thailand: There might be blood

Here's a novel (and disgusting) political tactic from Thailand's "red-shirt" protesters: Organizers of the demonstrations in the Thai capital said they're requesting that each protester donate between two and 20 teaspoons of blood...

Published Mon, Mar 15 2010 8:59 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Southeast Asia

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

Why are Congolese rebels praising Nelson Mandela on Twitter?

Nelson Mandela is back in the news this week with the announcement that he's once again in the hospital and in fragile condition . And while the legacy of the former South African president and anti-apartheid revolutionary leader is open to debate...

Published Tue, Jun 11 2013 11:30 AM by FP Passport

Russian TV claims FSB intercepted American spy's phone calls

Ryan Fogle is having a very bad week. First the American diplomat in Moscow was arrested on charges of espionage while carrying a ludicrous collection of what might generously be called spy gear. Then Russian authorities expelled Fogle from the country...

Published Wed, May 15 2013 2:30 PM by FP Passport

Egypt's Media War Is Almost as Nasty as the One in the Streets

A leaflet distributed outside Al Jazeera's offices in Cairo, reading "the lies and the other lies" -- a play on the station's slogan, "the opinion and the other opinion." CAIRO — As the Cairo press corps gathered for a press...

Published Mon, Jul 08 2013 11:25 AM by FP Passport

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Morning Brief: Thousands flee violence in southern Kyrgyzstan

Your daily Yar'Adua death-watch update

How much is "Brzezinski" on a triple-word score?

A WikiLeaks Family Feud Erupts on Twitter

Libyans Rail Against American Raid on Facebook and IRL

Quiz: What percentage of Americans are isolationists?

Morning Brief: Talks with China and a deal with Ukraine at nuke summit

Morning Brief: Israel seals off West Bank

Morning Brief: Shooting refocuses U.S. attention on Mexican drug war

Thailand: There might be blood

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

Kim Jong Il's Austrian fetish

Why are Congolese rebels praising Nelson Mandela on Twitter?

Russian TV claims FSB intercepted American spy's phone calls

Egypt's Media War Is Almost as Nasty as the One in the Streets