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Is there a relationship between more women in government and happier mothers?

Save the Children's " Mother's Index 2013 ," released less than a week before Mother's Day, generated buzz on Tuesday for its ranking of the best countries in the world to be a mother. Out of the 176 nations on the list -- 46 developed...

Published Tue, May 07 2013 2:30 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Women, Health

Rumor Mill on the Nile

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Only six months ago in Egypt, speculating about President Mubarak's health could land you in prison. Now it is a national pastime...

Published Thu, Jul 28 2011 1:29 PM by FP Passport

Does Amy Chua Understand China?

The Triple Package , the book released Feb. 4 by "Tiger Mom" author and provocateur Amy Chua and her husband, constitutional law expert and novelist Jed Rubenfeld, is unsurprisingly controversial. The authors, both professors at Yale Law School...

Published Tue, Feb 04 2014 5:26 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: East Asia, China, Politics, Race/Ethnicity

What We're Reading

Back by popular demand is Passport 's weekly feature, What We're Reading. Thanks to all the readers who wrote in asking for WWR's return. We're counting on all of you to participate as well. Preeti Aroon: Half the Sky: Turning Oppression...

Published Mon, Nov 30 2009 5:52 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: What We're Reading

Why Is Edward Snowden on a PR Blitz?

Edward Snowden has a problem: The revelations for which he abandoned his country, his girlfriend, and his career have -- so far, at least -- failed to inspire meaningful Congressional or White House efforts to rein in the National Security Agency. Since...

Published Fri, Jan 24 2014 10:00 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: North America, Intelligence, Barack Obama, National Security, NSA

Italian scientists charged with manslaughter for failing to predict earthquake

ScienceInsider reports : Enzo Boschi, the president of Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), will face trial on charges of manslaughter with six other scientists and technicians for failing to alert the residents of L'Aquila...

Published Fri, May 27 2011 11:35 AM by FP Passport

Bibi's UN speech puts pressure on presidential candidates

During his speech at the U.N. General Assembly this afternoon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu busted out a diagram of a cartoonish bomb and a red marker to indicate where he would draw a red line for taking preemptive military action against...

Published Thu, Sep 27 2012 12:02 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Election 2012, 2012 Election Poster 1, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama

The D-list condolences for Kim Jong Il

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Although Americans haven't cried over the passing of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, funeralized today with great showmanship in Pyongyang , it has been a sad time for groups...

Published Wed, Dec 28 2011 8:10 AM by FP Passport

What’s good for the goose is good for the Chancellor

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Above, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will give the keynote address at Davos tomorrow, receives an effigy of a golden goose during Germany's annual carnival season. What...

Published Tue, Jan 24 2012 11:36 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Germany, Economics

Morning Brief: Obama to extend drilling moratorium as BP waits for news of "top kill"

Obama to extend drilling moratorium as BP waits for news of "top kill" Top news: BP officials say they may know today whether their latest attempt to stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was successful. As part of the procedure known as...

Published Thu, May 27 2010 5:39 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief, Oil / Energy Disaster / Problem / Shennanigans

Counting the Votes for Syria

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed a resolution this afternoon to authorize the use of U.S. military force against Syria. The resolution will be voted on by the full Senate next week, but since before this afternoon's committee decision...

Published Wed, Sep 04 2013 3:59 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Britain, Politics, Middle East, Obama Administration, U.S. Foreign Policy, International Relations, U.S. Congress, Syria

How Does a Country Develop a 60 Percent Rape Rate?

The shocking findings of a study on sexual assault in Asia , published Tuesday in the Lancet Global Health journal, have been generating a lot of buzz , particularly the figures on Papua New Guinea, where 59 percent -- yes, more than a majority -- of...

Published Wed, Sep 11 2013 2:35 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Human Rights, Women, South Asia, Pacific, Public Health, India, Health

WikiLeaked: How to handle a walk-in

If your saw the movie Salt , you already know that one of the most intriguing intelligence conundrums that comes up is how to handle a 'walk-in' -- a foreign national who literally walks into a U.S. embassy (or other agency) and wants to talk...

Published Mon, Nov 29 2010 11:32 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Senegalese election remains too close to call

Senegalese election remains too close to call Top story: Early reports from Senegal's presidential election over the weekend suggest that neither incumbent Abdoulaye Wade nor former prime minister Macky Sall has gained the 50 percent of votes needed...

Published Mon, Feb 27 2012 5:30 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Greece cuts way back on defense

Greece's new austerity measures, which will include cuts in public sector salaries, pensions, as well as tax increases, have provoked widespread, and occasionally violent, protests. But the country's military is taking a big hit as well: Defense...

Published Fri, Apr 30 2010 8:43 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Military, Economics