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British Reporters Might Be Covering the Royal Baby, But They Want You to Know They Don't Like It

Unless you've been living under a rock for the last few weeks, you've probably been exposed to the nearly wall - to - wall coverage of the impending birth of Kate and Will's Baby. And while the media frenzy is sure to provoke some earnest...

Published Mon, Jul 22 2013 11:07 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Britain, Culture, Fun Stuff

Commercial: It's lonely out there for a dictator

Chris Blattman flags this ad for global grilled-chicken chain Nando's Peri Peri, which features a lonely Robert Mugabe recalling his days of fun in the sun with Muammar al-Qaddafi, Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin and more. Grade-A Passport bait! (Qaddafi's...

Published Mon, Nov 28 2011 9:27 AM by FP Passport

Vladimir Putin hugs a polar bear

And for his next trick ... He has put a tiger to sleep, ridden bare-chested on horseback and even saved baby seals from being clubbed to death. Today it was the turn of polar bears to feature in Vladimir Putin’s latest animal adventure. The action-man...

Published Thu, Apr 29 2010 11:58 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia, Environment

The long twilight of the U.S.-Turkey alliance - By David Kenner

When Barack Obama took the podium before Turkey's parliament in April 2009, in his first overseas trip as president, he delivered a speech that echoed much of the happy talk that has characterized U.S. rhetoric toward Turkey over the past decade....

Published Mon, Nov 29 2010 5:52 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, U.S. Foreign Policy, Turkey, Democracy

Morning Brief: Clinton works to contain diplomatic fallout while U.S. investigates WikiLeaks for espionage

Clinton works to contain diplomatic fallout while U.S. investigates WikiLeaks for espionage Top news: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denied yesterday that the release of 250,000 secret diplomatic cables -- on a few hundred of which have been...

Published Tue, Nov 30 2010 6:09 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Mysterious 'Misha' identified: 'I wasn't Tamerlan's teacher'

Last week, the quest to understand the motives behind the Tsarnaev brothers' violent actions took a dramatic turn, as speculation centered on a shadowy Muslim convert in the Boston area who, as one uncle put it , "just took [Tamerlan's] brain"...

Published Sun, Apr 28 2013 6:00 PM by FP Passport

4 things to keep in mind about 'securing the border'

With President Barack Obama due to pitch his new immigration reform plan today -- a plan that is likely to include a number of new border security measures in addition to providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants -- the release of...

Published Tue, Jan 29 2013 9:23 AM by FP Passport

Ivory Coast ex-rebel forces close in on capital

Wires are reporting this morning that the ex-rebel forces who back president-elect Alassane Ouattara in the Ivory Coast are close to recapturing the country's capital, Yamoussoukro, from outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo this morning -- a win that...

Published Wed, Mar 30 2011 8:31 AM by FP Passport

Meet the Newest Anti-Fracking Activist: Pope Francis

Pope Francis has already become a favorite of progressives with his fairly open-minded statements on homosexuality and birth control. But that adoration may go into overdrive, now that the Pope has adopted a new role as an environmental crusader, too...

Published Wed, Nov 13 2013 9:32 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Environment, Culture, South America, Energy, Public Health, Religion, Health

While the World Is Watching Eastern Ukraine Is Anyone Still Watching Assad?

BEIRUT -- Amid opposition claims of new Syrian chemical weapons attacks, President Bashar al-Assad is fast approaching an important deadline for removing his stockpiles of the deadly armaments from from the country. It doesn't appear that he's...

Published Wed, Apr 09 2014 2:12 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, International Organizations, Syria

Bloggingheads chat with Issandr el-Amrani

Here's the video of a Bloggingheads discussion I had Friday with Issandr el-Amrani, an FP contributor who now writes for the Economist and various other outlets, about the wave of revolutions now sweeping the Arab world. Issandr is one of the most...

Published Sat, Feb 26 2011 8:49 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East

Morning Brief: Early Egyptian election results point to leading candidates for run-off

Early Egyptian election results point to leading candidates for run-off Top news: The ballots from Egypt's two-day presidential election are still being counted , and official results aren't expected until Tuesday. But independent vote counts...

Published Fri, May 25 2012 4:51 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Fat-Shaming Campaign Warns Israel's Kids: 'Obese Today... Ugly Tomorrow'

"When your child gains weight, his smile shrinks," read the caption under a cartoonishly ballooned head with a shrunken face beaming from the center. "One in four children in Israel is overweight," it continued. The picture hung on...

Published Fri, Jan 10 2014 2:07 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Health

Russian court strikes down Bhagavad Gita ban

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE As Dmitry Medvedev prepares to head to India next week to visit his Soviet era trade partner and fellow BRICS countries, a Russian court dismissed an appeal to ban a translated edition of the Bhagavad Gita...

Published Fri, Mar 23 2012 9:55 AM by FP Passport

Happy Thanksgiving

Most of my coworkers have already hit the road and I'm going to follow them shortly. Keep checking the main site for new features throughout the week and maybe even some blogging if news breaks. We'll be back to full capacity -- including Morning...

Published Wed, Nov 25 2009 4:33 PM by FP Passport