March 2012 - Foreign Policy Public Health Blog

Passport on the Daily Show

Michael Wilkerson's guest post from last week made a cameo appearance in Jon Stewart's segment on the Kony 2012 campaign last night. Watch for it around 3:05: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes , Political Humor...

Published Tue, Mar 13 2012 6:29 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: U.S. officials consider speeding Afghan withdrawal

U.S. officials consider speeding Afghan withdrawal Top story: Senior White House officials are considering whether to accelerate the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. While these discussions have been going on for weeks, the countrywide protests...

Published Tue, Mar 13 2012 5:06 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Iran Watch: The bratwurst effect

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is making headlines for declaring over the weekend that Tehran does not fear Western military action. "You say to Iran all options are on the table," he noted. "Leave them there until they rot."...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2012 2:22 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Iran, Iran Watch

Qaddafi-Sarkozy finance allegations resurface in French election

Almost exactly a year ago, Saif al-Qaddafi made this puzzling accusation about French President Nicolas Sarkozy: “Sarkozy must first give back the money he took from Libya to finance his electoral campaign. We funded it and we have all the details and...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2012 2:00 PM by FP Passport

Kristof on Kony

Released last week by the NGO Invisible Children, the 30 minute film KONY 2012 has already been viewed more than 70 million times on YouTube and made the eponymous Ugandan militia leader a household name, at least for now. (For more information on Kony...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2012 1:45 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Africa

In his heart, Rick Santorum knows that Dutch people are forcibly euthanized

A few weeks ago, a video circulated online of Rick Santorum claiming that 1 in 20 deaths in the Netherlands are caused by involuntary euthanasia. According to Santorum, elderly Dutch wear bracelets that say "do not euthanize me" and "don't...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2012 11:08 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: 2012 Report

Morning Brief: U.S. soldier's attack on Afghan civilians sparks outrage

U.S. soldier's attack on Afghan civilians sparks outrage Top story: A U.S. Army sergeant killed at least 16 civilians, including nine children, in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, stoking outrage among Afghans already angered by the burning of a Koran...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2012 5:15 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Iran Watch: Bibi's Iran stopwatch

The debate over whether Israel will strike Iran's nuclear facilities is awash in deadlines , some of which have already come and gone . On Thursday night, Benjamin Netanyahu added his voice to the debate. "We're not standing with a stopwatch...

Published Fri, Mar 09 2012 2:41 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Iran, Iran Watch

Faith on the move

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A new Pew Research Center study released yesterday, Faith on the Move, attempts to flesh out patterns of faith, origin and destination among international migrants, and piece together...

Published Fri, Mar 09 2012 2:30 PM by FP Passport

NAACP takes U.S. to U.N. Human Rights Council over voting laws

Next week, the NAACP is taking the unusual step of bringing a complaint to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva over voter identification laws, passed in several states, which they say constitute voting rights violations. As William Douglas reports...

Published Fri, Mar 09 2012 12:11 PM by FP Passport

Pakistan advertises for web censor

Any of our tech-savvy readers looking for work ? How about censoring free expression in Pakistan? Few nations have so publicly revealed their plans to censor the Web as Pakistan is doing, however. Last month, the government took out newspaper and Web...

Published Fri, Mar 09 2012 11:50 AM by FP Passport

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Romney pulls away

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Super Tuesday shakeout Mitt Romney solidified his front-runner status in the all-important Super Tuesday contests this week, narrowly eking out a crucial win in Ohio, as well as Alaska, Idaho, Vermont, his...

Published Fri, Mar 09 2012 11:33 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, 2012 Report

The return of World Leader March Madness

It's back! Last year's March Madness: Democrats vs. Dictators tournament of champions ended with a dramatic knife fight on the edge of an active Icelandic volcano between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin. The tournament will return next week, setting...

Published Fri, Mar 09 2012 11:26 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Syrian opposition rejects Annan's call for talks

Syrian opposition rejects Annan's call for talks Top news: The leader of Syria's main opposition group rejected U.N. envoy Kofi Annan's suggestion that the country's conflict could be solved through mediated talks. In Cario on Thursday...

Published Fri, Mar 09 2012 5:30 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Introducing 'Iran Watch'

These days, news about the international crisis over Iran's nuclear program is coming at us at a rapid and often bewildering pace. In the last month alone, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called Israel a "cancer tumor"...

Published Thu, Mar 08 2012 4:41 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Iran

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Passport on the Daily Show

Morning Brief: U.S. officials consider speeding Afghan withdrawal

Iran Watch: The bratwurst effect

Qaddafi-Sarkozy finance allegations resurface in French election

Kristof on Kony

In his heart, Rick Santorum knows that Dutch people are forcibly euthanized

Morning Brief: U.S. soldier's attack on Afghan civilians sparks outrage

Iran Watch: Bibi's Iran stopwatch

Faith on the move

NAACP takes U.S. to U.N. Human Rights Council over voting laws

Pakistan advertises for web censor

The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Romney pulls away

The return of World Leader March Madness

Morning Brief: Syrian opposition rejects Annan's call for talks

Introducing 'Iran Watch'