MAR 16, 2010
Military power cannot win UK any friends
Gulf News
The UK's main area of success and influence is actually in the cultural sphere, where institutions like the British Council provide a degree of soft power. But military misadventures like Iraq, far from enhancing Britain's reputation in the Arab world, serve to undermine the soft power that these institutions have spent decades acquiring.
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MAR 15, 2010
Panic in Georgia After a Mock News Broadcast
The New York Times
Some people placed emergency calls reporting heart attacks, others rushed in a panic to buy bread and residents of one border village staggered from their homes and dashed for safety — all after a television station in Georgia broadcast a mock newscast on Saturday night that pretended to report on a Russian invasion of the country.
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MAR 15, 2010
EU vice-president’s visit aims to ‘deepen ties’ with Arab world
The Daily Star
The European Union Vice-President will visit Lebanon Tuesday as part of her first tour of the Middle East aimed at stimulating dialogue in the region.
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MAR 15, 2010
Former McDonald’s boss ruffles feathers as Italy’s head of culture
Deutsche Welle
When Mario Resca, the former head of McDonald's Italy, was appointed by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to manage the country's 450 museums and archeological sites, he began by launching a bold - and controversial - campaign.
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MAR 15, 2010
Rediscovering Russia
The Hindu
Broadly speaking, New Delhi and Moscow have both tended to calibrate the bilateral thermostat with an eye on the temperature in Washington. When the U.S. tries to cosy up to either power, India and Russia are quite happy to take for granted, if not forget, each other.
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