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Turkey's top generals retire en masse

Turkey's military brass has a long history of involvement in their country's politics: The self-appointed defenders of Turkish secularism launched coups in 1960, 1971, 1980, and 1997 (the latter a so-called " post-modern " coup). But...

Published Fri, Jul 29 2011 2:31 PM by FP Passport

Reprieve for Saudi woman sentenced to lashing for driving

Saudi King Abdullah has had a busy week. First was his slow-motion legalization of women's suffrage this past Monday. Today, there's news that the sentence of 10 lashes for a woman convicted of the crime of driving while female has been revoked...

Published Thu, Sep 29 2011 8:52 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Saudi Arabia, Arab World

Four Huge Immigration Problems Obama Likely Won't Fix Tonight

Morning Brief: Greek PM pleas for German help in debt crisis

Greek PM pleas for German help in debt crisis Top news: Speaking at a gathering of business leaders in Germany, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou made an impassioned plea to help his country out of its current debt crisis. Papandreou said his country...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2011 5:25 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: U.N. envoy calls for transitional government in Syria

U.N. envoy calls for transitional government in Syria Top news: After meeting with President Bashar al-Assad and other top Syrian officials in Damascus, international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi called for the establishment of a transitional government in accordance...

Published Thu, Dec 27 2012 5:37 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Rauch auf dem Wasser

Question: What do you call 1,802 guitarists rocking out to the opening riff from Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water"? Answer: (a) An incredible waste of time and energy (b) A Guinness world record (c) An artistic travesty (d) Just another...

Published Mon, Jun 25 2007 11:54 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Culture, Fun Stuff, Germany

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

Morning Brief: Ceasefire in Syria collapses

Ceasefire in Syria collapses Top news: Syrians are reporting air raids by military jets outside Damascus while Syrian state television is reporting a deadly car bomb in the capital -- on the fourth day of a nominal ceasefire arranged by U.N. and Arab...

Published Mon, Oct 29 2012 5:11 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Venezuelan TV spot shows Chávez meeting Che and Simón Bolívar in heaven

When Peter Wilson wrote in Foreign Policy that Hugo Chávez is still casting a shadow over Venezuela's upcoming presidential election, he wasn't kidding. Annointed successor Nicolás Maduro has already suggested that the deceased comandante persuaded...

Published Thu, Mar 28 2013 6:00 PM by FP Passport

Turkmenistan's president won a horse race in the most embarrassing way possible

During a race on Sunday to mark the Day of the Turkmen Racehorse, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov and his horse Berkarar (Mighty), of the national Akhal-Teke breed, were the first to stride across the finish line, claiming an $11 million...

Published Tue, Apr 30 2013 1:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Culture, Fun Stuff, Central Asia

EU regulators set sights on new target: pictures of babies on baby formula

On Wednesday, a European Parliament committee approved a rule to keep an unlikely image off packaging for ***-milk substitutes: pictures of babies. According to the Parliament, images of infants "idealise" the use of ***-milk substitutes and...

Published Thu, May 30 2013 8:50 AM by FP Passport

What Does the Manning Verdict Mean for Edward Snowden?

Watching the verdict handed down against Bradley Manning Tuesday, Edward Snowden had his worst fears confirmed. With a litany of guilty verdicts, the judge, Col. Denise Lind, all but certainly condemned Manning, the man accused of providing WikiLeaks...

Published Tue, Jul 30 2013 12:24 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Intelligence, National Security

'Gingin au Congo'

Last week, I blogged some excerpts from Newt Gingrich's 1971 doctoral thesis on Belgian Colonial education policy in the Congo. I was delighted to see that Mother Jones 's Dave Gilson was inspired to create a mash-up of Gingrich's text and...

Published Mon, Nov 28 2011 8:41 AM by FP Passport

Pandagate: Sweetie appears among the BBC's female faces of the year

Yes, those pesky giant pandas from Sichuan province are causing trouble again. Earlier this month, we noted that the media was hailing the arrival of Sweetie and Sunshine at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland as the latest chapter in China's grand tradition...

Published Wed, Dec 28 2011 10:03 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: UN debate on Syria shifts to humanitarian aid

UN debate on Syria shifts to humanitarian aid Top story: Following two vetoes by Russia and China of U.N. Security Council resolutions condemning the Syrian regime's crackdown, France and the United States are now drafting a resolution to provide...

Published Wed, Feb 29 2012 5:18 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

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Turkey's top generals retire en masse

Reprieve for Saudi woman sentenced to lashing for driving

Four Huge Immigration Problems Obama Likely Won't Fix Tonight

Morning Brief: Greek PM pleas for German help in debt crisis

Morning Brief: U.N. envoy calls for transitional government in Syria

Rauch auf dem Wasser

Swiss army prepares for euro unrest

Morning Brief: Ceasefire in Syria collapses

Venezuelan TV spot shows Chávez meeting Che and Simón Bolívar in heaven

Turkmenistan's president won a horse race in the most embarrassing way possible

EU regulators set sights on new target: pictures of babies on baby formula

What Does the Manning Verdict Mean for Edward Snowden?

'Gingin au Congo'

Pandagate: Sweetie appears among the BBC's female faces of the year

Morning Brief: UN debate on Syria shifts to humanitarian aid