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Opinion: The global newsgatherer
A few years ago, I was told by the OpEd editor of The Baltimore Sun that his newspaper would no longer publish guest columns addressing international topics.
Tunisia, Canada to strengthen partnership opportunities in trade, economic and scientific sectors
The Foreign Affairs Minister reviewed with his Canadian counterpart, Mr. Lawrence Cannon, the long-standing friendship and co-operation relations tying Tunisia and Canada and means to reinforce and hoist them to the level of active partnership, in the service of the two countries' interests.
U.S. Revises Tack on Mideast Arms
The U.S. is negotiating with Egypt a proposal to make the Middle East a region free of nuclear weapons, as the U.S. seeks to prevent Iran from derailing a monthlong U.N. conference on nuclear nonproliferation that begins Monday.
Phuket’s Letter to the Leery World of Diplomats
From outside Thailand, looking in, it may even seem that the travel alerts are a realistic assessment. After all, there have been more than 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries in the red rumpus in Bangkok.
Chaos at the Broadcasting Board of Governors
The BBG, an independent federal agency with a budget of more than $750 million, is tasked with overseeing U.S. government information services including Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and Radio Free Asia.
Turkey’s soft power in the Arab world
I, on the other hand, am quite happy with this Turko-Arab rapprochement. It is not just because that I don’t share the Arabophobia of the Turks that I mentioned. It is also because that I see that the values that will be transmitted in the course of this relation will be mostly from the Turkish side to the Arabs, and not the other way around.
Korean NGOs Reach Out to the World
KOICA was founded as a government agency in 1991 to maximize the effectiveness of Korea’s grant aid programs for developing countries. The agency manages grant aid and technical cooperation programs, as well as the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) through which concessional loans for development projects are provided to the governments of developing countries.
Standing Eight
Still, the fact that the Green Movement’s leaders are not backing down is an indication that they at least think their public is still behind them. That seems reason enough to conclude that popular support for the Green Movement persists.
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