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Americans have been more interested in the Benghazi hearings than the Benghazi attacks

Liberal commentators have dismissed today's hearings on the Obama administration's response to the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi as a purely political exercise aimed at scoring points against the Obama adminsitration rather...

Published Wed, May 08 2013 10:10 AM by FP Passport

Iran unveils new drone, names it 'Epic'

Faithful readers of Iran's state-run news outlets might have noticed a lot of hype this week about President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's plans to unveil a new Iranian-made surveillance and combat drone -- the country's "most advanced"...

Published Thu, May 09 2013 1:40 PM by FP Passport

Have other countries experienced kidnap cases like Cleveland's?

Held captive in a dilapidated house in Cleveland for a decade, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight were allegedly raped and beaten by Ariel Castro , who now faces multiple charges of kidnapping and rape. The harrowing story of the women's...

Published Thu, May 09 2013 10:20 AM by FP Passport

Kerry retreats from U.S. stance that Assad must go

Even as Washington debates whether suspected chemical weapons use in Syria should provoke direct intervention, Secretary of State John Kerry stepped back from the Obama administration's longstanding position that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad needs...

Published Wed, May 08 2013 7:20 AM by FP Passport

Did Petraeus mistress reveal new Benghazi details?

So here is a bizarre twist in the David Petraeus resignation saga. Paula Broadwell, the biographer revealed as the woman having a secret affair with the now-former CIA director, gave a talk at the University of Denver on Oct. 26 in which she appeared...

Published Sun, Nov 11 2012 6:56 PM by FP Passport

Is it a copout to blame Japanese culture for the Fukushima disaster?

Imagine, for a moment, that 9/11 Commission Report Chairman Thomas Kean had begun his group's historic 2004 report by blaming the country's inability to prevent the attack on the "ingrained conventions of American culture" -- perhaps...

Published Mon, Jul 09 2012 12:03 PM by FP Passport

Weather: the lowest form of news

Here in D.C. this week, the big topic of conversation this week isn't healthcare reform, terrorism policy, or even Sarah Palin. It's the fact that -- heavens to Betsy -- it's snowing! Yes, the snowpocalypse/snowmageddon/snOMG/Snowtorious B...

Published Tue, Feb 09 2010 1:45 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Nawaz Sharif scores resounding win in Pakistan

Nawaz Sharif scores resounding win in Pakistan Top news: With initial returns indicating Nawaz Sharif secured a resouding majority in parliamentary elections Saturday, the former prime minister, who was ousted in a coup in 1999, has begun discussions...

Published Mon, May 13 2013 5:40 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Justice Department subpoenas journalists' phone records

Justice Department subpoenas journalists' phone records Top news: The U.S. Justice Department secretly obtained two months' worth of phone records for Associated Press journalists and editors, the AP announced on Monday. The seizures -- which...

Published Tue, May 14 2013 5:23 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

North Korea bans other people from being named Kim Jong Un

The rollout of Kim Jong-un as North Korea's new leader continues , with South Korean sources reporting that an official portrait of the heir apparent has been prepared for distribution. Then there's this: Last month, the Radio Free Asia also reported...

Published Tue, Mar 16 2010 8:37 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North Korea, East Asia

Morning Brief: BP accused of cutting corners, leading to Gulf oil spill

BP accused of cutting corners, leading to Gulf oil spill Top story: Two House Democrats released a letter accusing BP of making a series of decisions that sacrificed safety in order to save time and money, and ultimately resulted in the oil rig explosion...

Published Tue, Jun 15 2010 5:08 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

China blocks IMDB

Chinese media über-blog Danwei.org reports that access to the popular Internet Movie Database has now been blocked in China. Presumably it's considered a major threat to public safety and national security for Chinese citizens to find out the name...

Published Thu, Jan 07 2010 7:20 AM by FP Passport

Buried bin Laden boffo for book business!

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 World opinion seems to be divided on the propriety of America's sometimes-raucous celebration in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death. Hopefully, though, we can all agree...

Published Thu, May 05 2011 2:50 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: al Qaeda, Middle East

Former Afghan intel chief to Pakistan: Told you so

Amrullah Saleh, until last year the director of Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security tells the Guardian he had a pretty good idea of where bin Laden had been hiding for years and tried to tell the Pakistani government: He said they believed...

Published Thu, May 05 2011 2:14 PM by FP Passport

Does Sweet Mickey's election mean Baby Doc is off the hook?

When Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier was arrested shortly after returning to Haiti in January, it seemed to suggest that the former dictator would finally face justice for the corruption and economic crimes committed under his reign, if not...

Published Tue, May 10 2011 9:23 AM by FP Passport

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Americans have been more interested in the Benghazi hearings than the Benghazi attacks

Iran unveils new drone, names it 'Epic'

Have other countries experienced kidnap cases like Cleveland's?

Kerry retreats from U.S. stance that Assad must go

Did Petraeus mistress reveal new Benghazi details?

Is it a copout to blame Japanese culture for the Fukushima disaster?

Weather: the lowest form of news

Morning Brief: Nawaz Sharif scores resounding win in Pakistan

Morning Brief: Justice Department subpoenas journalists' phone records

North Korea bans other people from being named Kim Jong Un

Morning Brief: BP accused of cutting corners, leading to Gulf oil spill

China blocks IMDB

Buried bin Laden boffo for book business!

Former Afghan intel chief to Pakistan: Told you so

Does Sweet Mickey's election mean Baby Doc is off the hook?