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By Anna Gawel
The Washington Diplomat

	Azerbaijan President Makes Long-Awaited U.S. Visit Ilham Aliyev’s high-profile meeting with President Bush on Friday will mark a major diplomatic coup for the 44-year-old president of Azerbaijan, who has been perennially dogged by charges of corruption and autocratic rule…Read More
	Former Polish President Honored For Improving Jewish Relations Although he is no longer president of Poland, Aleksander Kwasniewski got the presidential red-carpet treatment at an awards ceremony hosted by the Jan Karski Institute for Tolerance and Dialogue…Read More
	Fascinating Reads for Foreign Policy Buffs Although there’s no shortage of reading material and opinions on U.S. foreign policy and international affairs, the Diplomatic Pouch wanted to highlight a few notable books that offer some essential perspectives on the world around us…Read More
	April Marks Anniversaries of Two Tragedies This week, people around the world gathered to commemorate two indelible tragedies in modern history: the Holocaust and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster…Read More

	The Washington Ballet is Back! The innovative Washington Ballet, sidetracked by a union dispute this winter, is back again with “The Bach/Beatles Project” in May, as well as a festive spring gala on June 1…Read More
	Arabian Tales Enrich Easter and Passover As part of the 30th anniversary season of the Kennedy Center’s “Imagination Celebration” series for children, the culture center on the Potomac River teamed up with the Performing Arts Center of Amman, Jordan, for the world premiere musical “Walking the Winds: Arabian Tales”…Read More
	Junior League Gets Taste and Glimpse of India Kalpana Sen, wife of distinguished Indian Ambassador Ronen Sen, recently dazzled the members of the Junior League of Washington with an elaborate Indian fashion show…Read More
	‘Divine and Human: Women in Ancient Mexico and Peru’ If you haven’t been “Divine and Human: Women in Ancient Mexico and Peru, then be sure to go to this terrific exhibit at the National Museum for Women in the Arts before it closes on May 28…Read More