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Morning Brief: Syria Reports Attacks on Chemical Weapons Sites

Syria Reports Attacks on Chemical Weapons Sites Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Top news: The Syrian government said Wednesday that rebel forces had attacked two of its chemical weapons storage facilities, a development that, if confirmed...

Published Thu, Jan 09 2014 6:20 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The Nine Lives of Pakistan's 'Dirty Harry'

Karachi's famed police investigator, Chaudhry Aslam Khan was a man for whom metaphors have been mixed. He was a divisive figure, sometimes called Karachi's " Dirty Harry " because of his controversial law enforcement tactics, which many...

Published Thu, Jan 09 2014 3:18 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, Pakistan, Taliban, South Asia

Kyrgyz Sex Video: You Can Leave Your Mufti Hat On

Here's a story you don't hear every day: the grand mufti of Kyrgyzstan -- the highest Islamic authority in the country -- resigned Tuesday over a sex-tape scandal. The mufti, Rakhmatulla-Hajji Egemberdiev, admitted that the man in a white tank...

Published Fri, Jan 10 2014 12:48 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Central Asia, Religion

Is outer space big enough for the U.S. and China?

When U.S. President Barack Obama visited China last December, he and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao issued a joint statement promising "the initiation of a joint dialogue on human spaceflight and space exploration, based on the principles of transparency...

Published Mon, Jan 03 2011 3:20 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Science & Technology, China

Morning Brief: Tensions high for Punjab governor's funeral

Tensions high for Punjab governor's funeral Top story: Pakistani security forces were on high alert ahead for the burial of the Punjab governor who was assassinated by his own bodyguard on Tuesday. 66-year-old Salman Taseer was reportedly killed because...

Published Wed, Jan 05 2011 6:09 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

CPAC: Agent of Sharia

Turns out that the Conservative Political Action Conference, the annual right-wing gathering which will take place in Washington next month, hasn't just been infiltrated by the gay agenda , it's unwittingly furthering the Islamist takeover of...

Published Wed, Jan 05 2011 11:40 AM by FP Passport

Belgium lumbers on

Belgium has reached another milestone of political dysfunction as the mediator assigned to resolve the crisis that has left the world's cushiest failed state without a government for the last seven months, resigned in failure : Johan Vande Lanotte...

Published Thu, Jan 06 2011 11:16 AM by FP Passport

Prestowitz: William Daley is not a businessman

The New York Times and others are portraying the appointment of William Daley to the post of chief of staff as a matter of a widely-experienced corporate executive bringing badly needed business experience to the White House. The notion is that as a top...

Published Fri, Jan 07 2011 7:56 AM by FP Passport

"Doomsday machine" scientist linked to al-Qaeda

Near Geneva, Switzerland sits a 27-kilometer particle accelerator, the largest the world has ever seen. When it is finally switched on and makes it past the warm-up stages, it will create conditions that haven't existed since the beginning of the...

Published Fri, Oct 09 2009 1:11 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, Disasters, al Qaeda, Europe

Morning Brief: Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize Top story: In a stunning upset, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded U.S. President Barack Obama the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, only nine months into his presidency. The committee cited Obama's efforts at nuclear nonproliferation...

Published Fri, Oct 09 2009 6:05 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

If Mbeki's shoe fits...

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has been implicated in the corruption trial of former police chief -- and former Interpol President -- Jackie Selebi. Convicted drug trafficker named Glenn Agliotti alleges that Selebi warned him about a British...

Published Thu, Oct 08 2009 11:26 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa, Corruption

Is Medvedev finding his voice?

There's some interesting Kremlinology in Charles Clover's Financial Times piece today about President Medvedev's decision to hire two new speechwriters: Mr Medvedev’s new head speechwriter, Eva Vasilevskaya, previously worked with him when...

Published Thu, Oct 08 2009 8:30 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia

Does Pervez Musharraf know anything about al Qaeda?

Noted terrorism expert and FP contributor Jarret Brachman had dinner with former Pakistani dictator President Pervez Musharraf last Friday, and wrote about it here (welcome to the world of new media, Pervez). For the record, Brachman describes Musharraf...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 2:45 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: al Qaeda, Pakistan

Morning Brief: Obama rules out troop reduction

Obama rules out troop reduction Top story: At a bipartisan meeting with congressional leaders on Tuesday, President Barack Obama indicated that he has ruled out substantial troop reductions in Afghanistan but remains undecided on Gen. Stanley McChyrstal's...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 6:00 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

One Great Recession benefit: a decrease in global carbon emissions.

Today, the International Energy Agency said that global carbon emissions shrank 3 percent in 2009, due to the Great Recession. The Guardian reports that for only the fourth time in the past 50 years, the world emitted less of the greenhouse gas than it...

Published Tue, Oct 06 2009 10:50 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Financial crisis, Environment

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Morning Brief: Syria Reports Attacks on Chemical Weapons Sites

The Nine Lives of Pakistan's 'Dirty Harry'

Kyrgyz Sex Video: You Can Leave Your Mufti Hat On

Is outer space big enough for the U.S. and China?

Morning Brief: Tensions high for Punjab governor's funeral

CPAC: Agent of Sharia

Belgium lumbers on

Prestowitz: William Daley is not a businessman

"Doomsday machine" scientist linked to al-Qaeda

Morning Brief: Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

If Mbeki's shoe fits...

Is Medvedev finding his voice?

Does Pervez Musharraf know anything about al Qaeda?

Morning Brief: Obama rules out troop reduction

One Great Recession benefit: a decrease in global carbon emissions.