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JAN 26, 2012
Screening jazz greats
Jerusalem Post
If you’re looking to get a user-friendly visual handle on a wide range of cultural fields, Epos Festival is your package...The documentary and feature films, which include a number of debut screenings, come from more than 20 countries...
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JAN 26, 2012
Kwan on Kwan: Longevity hallmark of Hall of Fame caree
Chicago Tribune
I have said that in at least a half-dozen Globetrotting entries about her becoming a U.S. Public Diplomacy envoy, a graduate of Denver University and of the master's degree program at the prestigiouus Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University.
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JAN 25, 2012
#january25 One Year Later: Social Media & Politics 3.0
Huffington Post
While Twitter and other social media had become a megaphone disseminating information about the uprisings to the outside world, Marks said, "a comprehensive study of Tweets about the Egyptian and Libyan uprisings" found that more than 75 percent of people who clicked on embedded Twitter links related to the uprisings were from outside the Arab world.
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JAN 25, 2012
Republic Day: Bollywood, curry, yoga & all that
The Times of India
...economists and political scientists of the India Shining variety have often pitched the billion plus nation as a potential soft superpower . From the curry takeover of Britain to the global yoga industry to the Booker-winning skills of its literati -- every success story has been lauded to underline India's growing clout as a soft superpower.
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JAN 20, 2012
Inaugural Meeting of Secretary Clinton’s International Council on Women’s Business Leadership
U.S. Department of State
The Council serves the United States government in an advisory capacity on major issues in international business and economic policy, including the effective integration of business interests and women’s economic empowerment into overall foreign policy...
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JAN 17, 2012
Israel-Diaspora dynamic a two-way street
Jerusalem Post
Israel has changed its attitude toward the Diaspora and is more interested in a relationship of equals than it was before. Speaking at the Women’s International Zionist Organization’s Enlarged General Meeting, the Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Minister boasted that the government not only accepts donations from Jews living abroad but also invests in them.
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JAN 14, 2012
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Present the 2011 Awards for Corporate Excellence
U.S. State Department
The prestigious ACE recognizes the important role of U.S. businesses in advancing good corporate governance and democratic principles worldwide. The award honors exemplary business practices, corporate social responsibility, and innovation in a company’s overseas operations.
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JAN 14, 2012
Can Jennifer Lopez Solve Iran’s Nuclear Crisis?
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is a group that says it is working to prevent Iran from "fulfilling its ambition to obtain nuclear weapons"...It has now called on Jennifer Lopez to end her partnership with the car manufacturer Fiat, if the company refuses to terminate its business with Iran.
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JAN 13, 2012
US official named Taiwan cultural ambassador
Taiwan Today
Frank Villani, manager of the cultural affairs department of San Antonio, Texas, received the title for his continued efforts in facilitating cultural exchanges between Taiwan and the U.S. over the past five years, the CCA said.
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JAN 12, 2012
Journey of faith
The Economist
Neil MacGregor, the director of the British Museum (BM), flew to Saudi Arabia, his first visit to the heart of the Islamic world...Mr MacGregor and Venetia Porter, the BM’s keeper of Islamic art, spoke to the chairman of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities...
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