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AUG 24, 2009
Fewer International Graduate Students Admitted by U.S. Universities
CPD Blog
For the first time in five years, the number of international graduate students admitted to U.S. universities has declined, according to a study by the Council of Graduate Schools. This is a potentially ominous sign. Over the years, education exchanges have been a cornerstone of U.S. public diplomacy. Even in countries where American foreign policy is not supported, U.S. higher education was highly valued. Think of it as the new jazz, the worldwide American currency of good will, just as American jazz and later rock music helped pull back the iron curtain of the cold war.
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AUG 19, 2009
New Global Public Opinion Survey Finds Water Issues Are the Top Environmental Concern Worldwide
Rush PR News
A comprehensive global public opinion survey on attitudes about fresh water sustainability, management and conservation finds that people around the world view water issues as the planet’s top environmental problem, greater than air pollution, depletion of natural resources, loss of habitat and climate change.
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AUG 18, 2009
Africa: U.S. Military Edging Out Diplomacy - Report
AllAfrica.com
A combination of leadership shortcomings and inadequate funding is undermining US diplomacy in Africa, an internal State Department review has found. "Embassy platforms are collapsing under the weight of new programmes and staffing without corresponding resources to provide the services required by new tenants and requirements," warns the report issued last week by the department's inspector general.
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AUG 12, 2009
ICRC Calls for Greater Compliance with Geneva Conventions
VOA News
The International Committee of the Red Cross is calling for greater compliance with the rules of war by states and armed groups around the world. As the ICRC marks the 60th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions on August 12, the Swiss humanitarian agency warns that many of the laws signed in 1949 to protect civilians and other vulnerable people caught in war are not being respected. The Conventions set out rules governing the conduct of international wars. But since 1949, these wars have increasingly given way to civil conflicts and few of the rules in the Conventions apply to them.
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AUG 10, 2009
US Aid to Middle East Mixed Blessing for Promoting Democracy
VOA News
An American non-profit organization dedicated to political reform in the Middle East concludes in a new report that proposed changes in U.S. foreign aid to the region could be a mixed blessing for those working to promote democracy in that troubled part of the world.
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