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Why Letting Foreigners Invest in Mexico’s State-Run Energy Giant Is About More Than Oil

It was not shocking news, exactly, when Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto proposed Monday that foreign companies like ExxonMobil and Shell be able to invest in Petróleos Mexicanos, the troubled national oil company more commonly known as Pemex. Peña...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2013 4:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Latin America, Energy, Oil, Business, Trade

It's Not Just Hyperloop: The World's 5 Wackiest Transportation Projects

Serial entrepreneur Elon Musk is at it again . Having already revolutionized electric cars and space exploration, the 42-year-old Musk unveiled on Monday his latest flight of fancy: a super-fast train that would whisk passengers from Los Angeles to San...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2013 11:20 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Israel Prepares for Prisoner Release, Approves New Settlements in Advance of Talks

Israel Prepares for Prisoner Release, Approves New Settlements in Advance of Talks Top News: Israel has transferred 26 Palestinian prisoners to a facility in central Israel in preparation for their release on Wednesday morning. The release will take place...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2013 4:43 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Clueless in Gaza - By Abdalla Khader

It’s time for the Palestinians to change the discourse from reconciliation to elections. Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 12 2013 4:07 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Diplomacy, Politics, Elections, Israel/Palestine, Default, Free, Web Exclusive, Democracy, Argument, Democracy Lab, Democracy Lab Top Story

Watch: Pakistani Comic Turns Burka Into Symbol of Women's Lib

Can a burka be a symbol of women's liberation? That provocative question is at the heart of a new Pakistani children's cartoon, of all things. Burka Avenger stars a girls' school teacher who dons a burka to combat a cast of Taliban-esque villains...

Published Mon, Aug 12 2013 3:55 PM by FP Passport

The Best Twitter Snark From Monday's Hyperloop Announcement

Serial entrepreneur Elon Musk rolled out his latest too-good-to-be-true design Monday: a train that would rocket its passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in under an hour. But God forbid that anyone take it seriously. The self-referential, meta...

Published Mon, Aug 12 2013 3:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Fun Stuff

Al Qaeda-Trained Terrorists in New Zealand, Prime Minister Says

Earlier this month, as the United States rushed to shutter embassies in response to a terrorist threat, New Zealand's prime minister made a remarkable but largely overlooked assertion. According to John Key, there are al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula...

Published Mon, Aug 12 2013 2:20 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, al Qaeda, Middle East, Intelligence, International Relations, Pacific, Yemen

Norway's Prime Minister Moonlights as Cabbie, Redefines Political Desperation

In an effort to get closer to his people and hear out their concerns, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg apparently spent a Friday afternoon in June driving a cab around Oslo incognito. The stunt was captured on video, and his disguise does not...

Published Mon, Aug 12 2013 9:30 AM by FP Passport

So You Want to Disperse a Large Islamist Sit-In

CAIRO -- Egypt's new rulers have a problem: Tens of thousands of supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsy are camped out in two large sit-ins across Cairo. The new government doesn't want them there -- in fact, it has been so insistent on...

Published Mon, Aug 12 2013 8:33 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: U.S. Embassies Reopen, Yemen Outpost Remains Locked Down

U.S. Embassies Reopen, Yemen Outpost Remains Locked Down Top news: The United States reopened a long list of embassies and consulates across a wide swath of the Middle East that it had shuttered amidst warnings of an imminent terror strike. American officials...

Published Mon, Aug 12 2013 5:53 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The 5 Nastiest Things the White House Has Said About Snowden

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 If there were any doubts as to how President Obama feels about Edward Snowden, he laid them all to rest in a Friday news conference, dismissing the NSA whistleblower as no patriot...

Published Fri, Aug 09 2013 5:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Intelligence, AIDS, National Security

The New Cocaine War: Peru Overtakes Colombia as World's Top Coca Grower

With the declaration by the United Nations on Thursday that Colombia has reduced its coca crop by 25 percent, meaning Peru has likely passed the country as the world's largest cultivator of coca, Colombians can breathe a sigh of relief. Ravaged by...

Published Fri, Aug 09 2013 2:40 PM by FP Passport

Making You "Comfortable" with Spying Is Obama's Big NSA Fix

Barack Obama held a press conference on Friday afternoon, supposedly to announce reforms of the NSA's far-flung surveillance programs. In reality, the White House briefing was the start of a marketing campaign for the spy programs that have turned...

Published Fri, Aug 09 2013 2:26 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: U.S. Evacuates Diplomats from Lahore in Response to New Terror Threat

U.S. Evacuates Diplomats from Lahore in Response to New Terror Threat Top News: The U.S. State Department ordered all non-essential personnel to leave the U.S. consulate in Lahore, Pakistan, yesterday. "We are taking undertaking this drawdown due...

Published Fri, Aug 09 2013 5:15 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Iran's Not-So-Shocking Exposé of American Frat Boys

American college life is often depicted as a four- (or five-, or six-) year suspension of reality, in which the normal rules of society cease to apply and the nation's youth indulge their baser instincts. Social media-inflected binge drinking , no...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2013 5:30 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, Culture, Fun Stuff, Iran

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Why Letting Foreigners Invest in Mexico’s State-Run Energy Giant Is About More Than Oil

It's Not Just Hyperloop: The World's 5 Wackiest Transportation Projects

Morning Brief: Israel Prepares for Prisoner Release, Approves New Settlements in Advance of Talks

Clueless in Gaza - By Abdalla Khader

Watch: Pakistani Comic Turns Burka Into Symbol of Women's Lib

The Best Twitter Snark From Monday's Hyperloop Announcement

Al Qaeda-Trained Terrorists in New Zealand, Prime Minister Says

Norway's Prime Minister Moonlights as Cabbie, Redefines Political Desperation

So You Want to Disperse a Large Islamist Sit-In

Morning Brief: U.S. Embassies Reopen, Yemen Outpost Remains Locked Down

The 5 Nastiest Things the White House Has Said About Snowden

The New Cocaine War: Peru Overtakes Colombia as World's Top Coca Grower

Making You "Comfortable" with Spying Is Obama's Big NSA Fix

Morning Brief: U.S. Evacuates Diplomats from Lahore in Response to New Terror Threat

Iran's Not-So-Shocking Exposé of American Frat Boys