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Morning Brief: U.S. to suspend $800 million in aid to Pakistan

U.S. to suspend $800 million in aid to Pakistan Top news: White House Chief of Staff William Daley announced on Sunday that the United States is suspending nearly a third of the $2 billion in annual military aid it gives to Pakistan. Pakistan officials...

Published Mon, Jul 11 2011 5:36 AM by FP Passport

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Evo Morales: Climate Power to the People

Every failure presents an opportunity, for someone. On the heels of the disappointing Copenhagen climate summit, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced on Tuesday that he will convene an alternative climate summit. As he told a press conference in La...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2010 11:20 AM by FP Passport

First Romney, next Bibi?

It would be hard -- perhaps impossible -- to find someone who believes Benjamin Netanyahu is happy with the re-election of Barack Obama. Not only did the Israeli premier publicly butt heads with Obama over settlement expansion in the West Bank and the...

Published Wed, Nov 07 2012 7:43 AM by FP Passport

DIY deportation: Amazingly easy

It turns out that deporting someone from the United States, even if you're not a federal official or law enforcement officer, is not all that hard: Wearing a fake badge and a shirt imprinted with "U.S. Federal Agent," Gregory Denny, 37,...

Published Thu, Feb 04 2010 11:12 AM by FP Passport

When it comes to ethics, why do consumers care more about coffee than clothes?

The death toll from the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh has now surpassed 1,000 , intensifying international scrutiny on the labor and safety conditions of garment workers in the country. And while some have called for boycotts of major...

Published Fri, May 10 2013 8:00 AM by FP Passport

A Cliff's Notes guide to Pakistan’s Dickensian side

On Saturday, Pakistanis will vote in historic general elections -- the first transition from one elected government to another in the country's tumultous history. For this and several other reasons, Mosharraf Zaidi argues in Foreign Policy that Pakistan...

Published Fri, May 10 2013 5:20 PM by FP Passport

Is this the most insane sport in the world?

There are a lot of crazy sports out there -- the Ironman triathlon, volcano boarding , and crocodile bungee jumping all come to mind -- and then there's this: The New York Times has a story today about the Battle of the Nations, an insane, full-contact...

Published Wed, May 08 2013 4:00 PM by FP Passport

How jihadists schedule terrorist attacks

On Friday, the Boston Police Department announced plans to beef up security during the city's Fourth of July festivities in the wake of new remarks from Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev that he and his brother originally scheduled a bombing...

Published Fri, May 03 2013 11:45 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Assad offensive continues as U.S. mulls response

Assad offensive continues as U.S. mulls response Top news: Opposition groups say at least 50 people were killed when Syrian government forces stormed the coastal town of Baida on Thursday. The raid came in response to a rebel attack on a bus carrying...

Published Fri, May 03 2013 5:45 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Britain burnishes Bahrain's record on press freedom

In an article for FP this week, Freedom House Vice President Arch Puddington laid out the 10 worst countries in the world to be a journalist. The list contained well-known dictatorships such as North Korea, Syria, and Cuba -- and also the tiny island...

Published Fri, May 03 2013 6:10 AM 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

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

PRISM continues U.S. government tradition of death by PowerPoint

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 With the revelation that the Obama administration has continued a Bush-era program at the National Security Agency to directly access the servers of nine leading tech companies...

Published Fri, Jun 07 2013 11:44 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: National Security

Is the enemy of Assad the friend of the Syrian opposition?

Reported Israeli airstrikes in Syria have left the Syrian opposition in a bit of a PR bind. As FP 's Blake Hounshell wrote on Saturday: The regime will seek to exploit the raids to tie the rebels to the Zionist entity, after spending two years painting...

Published Mon, May 06 2013 1:00 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Pentagon accuses China of cyberattacks against the U.S. government

Pentagon accuses China of cyberattacks against the U.S. government Top news: In its annual report to Congress on Monday, the Pentagon accused the Chinese military of mounting cyber attacks on the U.S government and various defense contractors, marking...

Published Tue, May 07 2013 5:39 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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Morning Brief: U.S. to suspend $800 million in aid to Pakistan

Evo Morales: Climate Power to the People

First Romney, next Bibi?

DIY deportation: Amazingly easy

When it comes to ethics, why do consumers care more about coffee than clothes?

A Cliff's Notes guide to Pakistan’s Dickensian side

Is this the most insane sport in the world?

How jihadists schedule terrorist attacks

Morning Brief: Assad offensive continues as U.S. mulls response

Britain burnishes Bahrain's record on press freedom

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

Why are Congolese rebels praising Nelson Mandela on Twitter?

PRISM continues U.S. government tradition of death by PowerPoint

Is the enemy of Assad the friend of the Syrian opposition?

Morning Brief: Pentagon accuses China of cyberattacks against the U.S. government