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.

The Internet War

The Internet has produced a vast expansion of free speech and access to information around the world. But for China and Russia, it has also become a means for waging a covert war against other nations, including the United States -- a brazen effort to steal secrets and plant malware.

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Venezuela President Chavez orders TV station off the air

Venezuela President Hugo Chávez's government ordered cable providers on Sunday to stop showing the popular television station RCTV, which had violated regulations requiring broadcasters to televise the socialist leader's long speeches in their entirety.

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In From the Cold?

At an international conference in London on Afghanistan this week, President Hamid Karzai is expected to unveil a plan to try to bring low and midlevel Taliban fighters in from the cold. Any plan will need strong financial backing.

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From Hong Kong to Huntington to Learn

Students from Hong Kong are in Huntington (WV) to learn more about our culture and how we can help each other. They've come to teach as much as they've come to learn. Jane Kong and Pinkie Cheung are two of 10 students from Hong Kong on a cultural exchange in Huntington.

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To Obama’s Pile of Woes, Add a Failing Iran Policy

Obama faces the unpleasant reality that neither the engagement track nor the sanctions track appear to be going anywhere. His defenders at home and abroad say it was the right way to proceed, but skeptics of Obama's policy are emerging, even in his own party.

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Saudi Arabia Launches Initiative For Water Desalination By Solar Energy

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) announced here Sunday the launch of the first phase of the national initiative for water desalination by solar energy, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

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Top Emerging Nations Pledge Climate Aid for Poor States

Four rapidly developing countries — Brazil, South Africa, India and China (known as BASIC) — have vowed to boost climate science cooperation among themselves and other developing countries.

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Stay with us for long haul, Haiti asks donors

Haiti needs the world to stick with the Caribbean country for at least five to 10 years after its devastating earthquake, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said on Monday as he sat down to an aid conference.

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