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.
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Viewed as “terrorists” for their contact with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, by the government of Alvaro Uribe, the indigenous peoples risk their lives in the crossfire between the rebels, army and paramilitary groups. And yet, their plight goes ignored by large media.
British Council: Words That Make the World Go Round – ‘Love’ Tops the Class
Over 10,000 people voted love as their favourite English word in an international online poll conducted by the British Council, the UK’s cultural relations body. From Cameroon to Colombia, love was deemed the word closest to the hearts of English language learners around the world, with god and peace following in second and third places respectively.
America’s Special Muslim Representative
Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith said elements of her role are not new but said part of her plan was to build on foundations created in her previous post: "We're putting a focal effort on people to people and really trying to build a sustained way of creating partnerships that marry great ideas, that bring in partners that may not be on the table."
New Arts Festival will Showcase Rich Cultural Life of London Universities
Organised by the London Centre for Arts and Cultural Exchange (LCACE), an initiative which promotes better links between the capital’s higher education institutions and its cultural sector, Inside Out will showcase the exciting, unexpected and sometimes unsung contribution to the arts made by Universities such as Goldsmiths, University of London, University of the Arts and The Courtauld Institute.
Chinese Teens Seek Business, Cultural Knowledge
Xiaoqian Zhou says his home country, China, is expanding rapidly and increasingly doing business with other countries, so the 10 months he is to spend in the United States attending school and learning about business and technology in Oakland County seemed like a good fit for him.
Preparing Arab Women for the Digital Future
Women professionals from the Information Technology (IT) sector in the Arab world and the UK will participate in a networking event to be held from 4-5 September in Beirut. This initiative is part of the Women at Work programme developed by the British Council with the local support of the Women in IT organisation in Lebanon and Equalitec from the UK.
Pakistanis Evidently Think We’re Bloodthirsty
Last week, during a visit to Pakistan by Richard C. Holbrooke, Mr. Obama's special envoy, Pakistanis told his entourage that America was widely despised in their country because, they said, it was obsessed with finding and killing Osama bin Laden to avenge the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Peace Will Help Keep Obama Popular
Two international opinion polls released this summer indicate that global views toward the US are improving – in no small part due to the election of Barack Obama as president. The polls, by the Pew Global Attitudes Project and worldpublicopinion.org, both stress that Obama is viewed positively in most of the countries surveyed, but questions remain in the Middle East about the direction of US policies.
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