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Morning Brief: Bangladesh factory toll passes 900 amid news of new tragedy

Bangladesh factory toll passes 900 amid news of new tragedy Top news: The death toll from last month's building collapse in Bangladesh topped 900 Thursday, amid news that the country had been hit with a fresh industrial disaster. Shortly after midnight...

Published Thu, May 09 2013 5:27 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

State Department to Cody Wilson: Take your gun blueprints off the Internet

The State Department isn't too happy about Cody Wilson's 3-D printed gun . In a letter to Wilson dated May 8, the department asked the University of Texas law student to take down 10 designs -- including one for the first fully functional 3-D...

Published Thu, May 09 2013 4:20 PM 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

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

Responding to He Yafei: Who's to blame for the downturn in U.S.-Chinese relations?

Just how bad are U.S.-Chinese relations these days, and who's to blame for the downturn? China's former Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei has published an essay in Foreign Policy today on the worrying state of the world's most important relationship...

Published Mon, May 13 2013 1:20 PM by FP Passport

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

A close reading of the recruitment letter Russia allegedly captured from a CIA agent

On Tuesday, Russia's FSB -- the successor organization to the KGB -- announced that it had captured a U.S. spy who was trying to recruit a Russian official. The American, who was later asked to leave the country, has been identified as Ryan Fogle...

Published Tue, May 14 2013 2:00 PM by FP Passport

A new use for Gaza's smuggling tunnels: KFC delivery

Cement, cigarettes, and sugar are just a few of the goods transported through the many underground tunnels connecting Egypt and the blockaded Gaza Strip, which have often been described as a " vital lifeline ." Now, thanks to an entrepreneurial...

Published Wed, May 15 2013 8:20 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Israel/Palestine, Borders

The Guardian tries to explain Americans and Brits to one another

The good folks over at the Guardian embarked on an ambitious project this week: trying to explain Brits and Americans to one another. That project -- dubbed English to English -- comes in the form of a Tumblr that provides translations of Britishisms...

Published Wed, May 15 2013 4:00 PM by FP Passport

Where should you take shelter during a cyclone? There's a map for that.

In the latest example of crisis-mapping during natural disasters, the World Food Program's GIS Coordinator, Fabrice Recalt, has charted out the trajectory and intensity of Cyclone Mahasen and also made a map of available storm shelters, with detailed...

Published Thu, May 16 2013 10:50 AM by FP Passport

Syria’s lung-eating rebel explains himself

The shocking video of a Syrian rebel eating the lung of a pro-Assad fighter spread like wildfire across the Internet earlier this week. The rebel, who goes by the nom de guerre Abu Sakkar, has filmed a Youtube video explaining his actions. "I am...

Published Fri, May 17 2013 1:46 AM by FP Passport

Does the Arab world still care about Nakba Day?

In much of the Middle East, Wednesday was Nakba Day, commemorating the 65th anniversary of the exodus of Palestinian refugees in the war that resulted in the establishment of Israel in 1948 -- an event known in Arabic as "al-Nakba," or "the...

Published Fri, May 17 2013 12:50 PM by FP Passport

It's official: America's mental-health professionals are getting more culturally sensitive

You may not have heard of koro -- a mental syndrome in which a person has an overwhelming belief that his or her genitals are disappearing -- or zar-- a condition that generates dissociative episodes characterized by intense laughter and singing -- but...

Published Fri, May 17 2013 4:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Culture, Health

Caption Contest: What's happening in this photo of Kim Jong Un?

What is happening in this photo that is making these children so emotional? (Real caption after the jump) [[BREAK]] Kim Jong Un is visiting the Myohyangsan Children's Camp in North Phyongan Province on Sunday, where, according to KCNA, he told the...

Published Mon, May 20 2013 11:43 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North Korea, East Asia

Chávez propagandist in leaked recording: 'We are in a sea of shit, my friend'

The Venezuelan opposition on Monday released a recording of what it says is a conversation between Mario Silva, a prominent Venezuelan television host and a favorite of the late Hugo Chávez, and a Cuban intelligence officer, in which Silva details a feud...

Published Mon, May 20 2013 3:08 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Venezuela

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Morning Brief: Bangladesh factory toll passes 900 amid news of new tragedy

State Department to Cody Wilson: Take your gun blueprints off the Internet

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

Morning Brief: Nawaz Sharif scores resounding win in Pakistan

Responding to He Yafei: Who's to blame for the downturn in U.S.-Chinese relations?

Morning Brief: Justice Department subpoenas journalists' phone records

A close reading of the recruitment letter Russia allegedly captured from a CIA agent

A new use for Gaza's smuggling tunnels: KFC delivery

The Guardian tries to explain Americans and Brits to one another

Where should you take shelter during a cyclone? There's a map for that.

Syria’s lung-eating rebel explains himself

Does the Arab world still care about Nakba Day?

It's official: America's mental-health professionals are getting more culturally sensitive

Caption Contest: What's happening in this photo of Kim Jong Un?

Chávez propagandist in leaked recording: 'We are in a sea of shit, my friend'