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New poll: Israeli Jews prefer Romney by large margin

As a recent BBC World Service poll suggested, Barack Obama would cruise to victory if countries ranging from France to Kenya to Canada could vote in the U.S. presidential election. But a new Peace Index poll reveals that Mitt Romney has a sizable advantage...

Published Sun, Oct 28 2012 10:00 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012

Morning Brief: Sandy batters eastern United States

Sandy batters eastern United States Top news: Hurricane Sandy made landfall on Monday night as a downgraded storm, claiming at least 16 lives across the United States and leaving more than seven million people without power in 10 U.S. states and the District...

Published Tue, Oct 30 2012 5:34 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Swiss army prepares for euro unrest

Switzerland is evidently planning for the worst, staging military drills last month to prepare for anarchy unleashed by the euro crisis. EUObserver reports : “It's not excluded that the consequences of the financial crisis in Switzerland can lead...

Published Tue, Oct 30 2012 10:52 AM by FP Passport

Al-Shabab weighs in on Sandy

Somalia's al Qaeda-linked militants are somewhat less generous than Pakistan's Hafiz Saeed : Allah imposes disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes & volcanic eruptions so as to punish the Kuffar who have rejected the call of Islam. — HSM...

Published Wed, Oct 31 2012 9:59 AM by FP Passport

Rumors swirl as Putin stays out of sight

Russia's vigorous-living, photo op-loving president has been lying low for the past few weeks. Putin reportedly rarely leaves his official residence, has postponed planned trips to Bulgaria, India and Turkey, and is sending Dmitry Medvedev in his...

Published Thu, Nov 01 2012 7:27 AM by FP Passport

WikiLeaks advises supporters to bet against Assange's freedom

From the site's official Twitter today: Paddy Power opens betting on the fate of Julian Assange paddypower.com/bet/novelty-be… (supporters: please bet *against* freedom inorder to hedge) — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) November 1, 2012 (i.e if he doesn't...

Published Thu, Nov 01 2012 3:26 PM by FP Passport

Where can 16-year-olds vote?

16- and 17-year-olds won't be able to vote in Tuesday's election. But if they really don't want to wait until 2016 to vote for a president, Argentinian citizenship is always an option. Argentina just lowered its voting age to 16 ahead of 2013's...

Published Fri, Nov 02 2012 2:02 PM by FP Passport

Is Libya trying to sell off its shipping fleet?

How desperate is Muammar Qaddafi to raise cash? According to a new report , the Libyan leader is trying to unload the country's fleet of 22 shipping vessels as economic sanctions and continued fighting take a toll on the regime. According to the report...

Published Thu, Jul 21 2011 9:57 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Middle East, Libya, Arab World

Doubts raised over al Qaeda-killing claim by Yemen

Yemen's defense ministry today claimed its forces killed a senior al Qaeda leader, Ayedh al Shabwani, in southern Yemen on Tuesday. In a statement on its website, the ministry said the man was killed during intense fighting in the largely lawless...

Published Thu, Jul 21 2011 3:10 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Arab World, Yemen

Why would Norway be a target?

To be clear -- no one has yet claimed responsibility for today's blasts in central Oslo. But Norway has not been immune from terror threats in the past. Al Qaeda's new chief, Ayman al Zawahri, has called for attacks on the country. After an audio...

Published Fri, Jul 22 2011 10:21 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, Europe

Morning Brief: Brennan and Hagel to round out Obama national security team

Brennan and Hagel to round out Obama national security team Top News: President Obama is expected to announc e Monday that he will nominate Chuck Hagel, the former Democratic senator from Nebraska, as secretary of defense and that he will tap his chief...

Published Mon, Jan 07 2013 6:29 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Leader of British anti-immigrant group arrested after illegally entering U.S.

The English Defense League is a far-right extremist group devoted to keeping undesirable immigrants -- Muslims in particular -- out of Britain. But one of it's leaders, Stephen Lennon, found himself on the other side of the immigration divide when...

Published Tue, Jan 08 2013 10:38 AM by FP Passport

Trillion-dollar COIN

There's a ridiculous debate going on in the wonkosphere about an outlandish idea: minting a trillion-dollar coin so that President Obama can avoid the upcoming debt ceiling, which Republicans are threatening to use as leverage to extract major entitlement...

Published Tue, Jan 08 2013 8:23 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Afghanistan

FP's new ebook goes inside Mali

There are major developments in Mali's civil war today after Islamist fighters reportedly took the central town of Konna. The BBC calls it the most serious fighting the country has seen since government forces were routed from Northern Mali in April...

Published Thu, Jan 10 2013 1:54 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: France launches strikes in north Mali to halt Islamists' advance

France launches strikes in north Mali to halt Islamists' advance Top news: French fighter jets struck targets in the north of Mali on Sunday as France launched a military intervention to halt the advance of Islamist rebels. France has deployed 400...

Published Mon, Jan 14 2013 6:14 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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New poll: Israeli Jews prefer Romney by large margin

Morning Brief: Sandy batters eastern United States

Swiss army prepares for euro unrest

Al-Shabab weighs in on Sandy

Rumors swirl as Putin stays out of sight

WikiLeaks advises supporters to bet against Assange's freedom

Where can 16-year-olds vote?

Is Libya trying to sell off its shipping fleet?

Doubts raised over al Qaeda-killing claim by Yemen

Why would Norway be a target?

Morning Brief: Brennan and Hagel to round out Obama national security team

Leader of British anti-immigrant group arrested after illegally entering U.S.

Trillion-dollar COIN

FP's new ebook goes inside Mali

Morning Brief: France launches strikes in north Mali to halt Islamists' advance