A curated selection of public diplomacy-relevant news from a global cross-section of English-language media outlets, including independent, corporate-owned, and state-sponsored sources. The stories featured don't necessarily represent CPD's views nor have they been verified by CPD.

Kyrgyzstan: Washington Reaches Out To Bishkek

By all appearances, the United States faces a serious public diplomacy challenge in Kyrgyzstan. Washington’s sluggish initial response has enabled Russia to take the early lead in what is shaping up as a race to cultivate the goodwill of the Kyrgyz provisional government.

Tags: united states, russia, kyrgyzstan

Pak, Qatar businessmen urged to increase interaction

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Quaid Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has called for increasing interaction between the business communities of Pakistan and Qatar to explore areas of mutual cooperation between the two sides.

Tags: pakistan, qatar

Dept. of Culture to Launch Local Author’s Book

Director of the Department of Culture Mrs. Luce Hodge Smith told the Department of Information and Public Relations in a GIS Radio Report that the department is very proud to assist with the launching of the book. "The Department of Culture is very supportive of the literary arts and we are pleased to support and promote our local authors with their work."

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Portugal’s foreign minister looks East

The Portuguese economy, while not suffering from the same challenges that Greece is going through, does have problems that can worsen if its government does not step in to make big changes.Now, Portugal is looking toward Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Arab world for its future.

Tags: south korea, portugal

Celebs, shows may be saving grace for lacklustre Canadian Pavilion at Shanghai Expo

Everyone is an architecture critic. Why not? So many of the national pavilions at the Shanghai Expo are peacocks waiting to be admired — or not — and it would probably drive their creators nuts if everyone didn't have an opinion.

Tags: china, united states, canada, germany

Shanghai World Expo opportunity for Uganda to showcase tourism, trade potential

Uganda will use the forthcoming Shanghai World Expo to be held in China to show case its tourism and trade potential, a top official of the country's exports agency said on Saturday.

Tags: uganda

Kyrgyz Events Points To ‘High Level of Instability’ Across Post-Soviet Space

"The events in Kyrgyzstan have become yet another piece of evidence of the high level of instability” across the former Soviet space, according to one of Russia’s most thoughtful Muslim leaders. And other analysts are now debating in just which country a similar set of events might take place next.

Tags: kyrgyzstan

Putin Fails To Speak The Truth About Katyn, Moscow Analyst Says

Boris Sokolov suggests in an essay posted on Grani.ru today, shows that Putin not only was unprepared to acknowledge many aspects of that horrific act but openly lied about it to bring pressure on Poland to stop raising the issue either bilaterally or internationally.

Tags: russia, poland

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