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MAY 15, 2010
Ban urges support for migrant families in message marking International Day
UN News Centre
Focusing on the social and cultural contributions of migrants, as well as on the challenges they face, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged governments to implement policies that help migrants adapt and prosper in their host countries.
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MAY 14, 2010
Question Box brings rural India online, one village at a time
Deutsche Welle
A basic device is helping Indians get online without being in front of a computer. The Question Box lets users tap into the Web via telephone operators. Its founders say it could help bridge the world's digital divide.
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MAY 14, 2010
Ecumenical event in Germany aims to instill trust in churches
Deutsche Welle
Still reeling from scandals, both the Protestant and Catholic Churches have much to make up for in their fall from grace. The Second Ecumenical Kirchentag, a conference being held from May 12-16 in Munich, looks to soften the blow of the scandals.
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MAY 14, 2010
Jerry Seinfeld donates all proceeds from comedy show to Nashville flood relief
The Christian Science Monitor
Jerry Seinfeld isn't kidding — he's going to donate all the proceeds from one of his Nashville shows to help flood victims in the city and throughout Tennessee.The proceeds from Friday's show at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, just a few blocks from the scene of widespread flood damage, will be split between the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
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MAY 13, 2010
Preacher Power
The Wall Street Journal
Billed as the biggest center of faith and worship in Asia, the sprawling 10,000-hectare complex in Parañaque is El Shaddai's global headquarters. A lay Catholic group, El Shaddai—God in Hebrew—is among the largest of the new-generation Christian movements in the Philippines. It claims a fast-growing membership of more than eight million...
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MAY 12, 2010
Why Isn’t the Expo a Media Event?
CPD Blog
According to Media Tenor, a Zurich-based research institute, like other recent world expositions, Expo Shanghai only received scant attention in the international media prior to its grand opening on May 1. This is hardly surprising. The Expo, as it is currently conceived and presented, is simply not a media magnet to start with.
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MAY 10, 2010
U.S.-Iran Feud Hits L.A.
Wall Street Journal
Amid the ongoing war of words between the U.S. and Iran, one of the more unusual broadsides from Tehran is that a terrorist organization bent on overthrowing its government has for years used America's second-largest city as a safe haven.
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MAY 10, 2010
A Report on the AUD-USC Exchange
CPD Blog
In late March, twelve students from the Masters in Public Diplomacy (MPD) program at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism participated in a weeklong conference in Dubai as part of a student exchange with the American University in Dubai's (AUD) Mohammed Bin Rashid School for Communication (MBRSC).
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MAY 10, 2010
Social media brings power to the people
The Local
Building respectful relationships with the Middle East continues to be important, and while cultural barriers and common misconceptions still exist, social media tools provide great opportunities to create and enhance respectful and long-lasting relationships.
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MAY 9, 2010
32 South Asian artists showcase power of art in Delhi
Thaindian News (IANS)
Thirty-two artists from eight SAARC countries and Myanmar showcased the soft power of art at a day-long exhibition titled "Puducherry Blues" here Saturday. The artists had met in a camp at the Dune Eco beach resort in Puducherry for a South Asian artists' camp in early March.
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