March 13, 2008
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News
By Anna Gawel
The Washington Diplomat
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Burns Offers Departing Look at World Affairs
Iran, Kosovo, Russia, China, India, Afghanistan, Turkey, Cuba—
the discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations with outgoing Undersecretary of State R. Nicholas Burns was as wide-ranging as the foreign policy docket he’s managed over the past three years as the State Department’s number-three man...Read More
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Women from Alaska to Zambia
Leaders around the world paid tribute to International Women’s Day on Sat., March 8, as thousands of celebrations took place from Alaska to Zambia to honor this year’s theme of “shaping progress” and calling for global equity...Read More
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‘Every Citizen is a Diplomat’
Official diplomats reaching out to the public or famous actors engaging in what has become known as celebrity diplomacy certainly helps raise the profile of a country and its foreign policy goals, but sometimes ordinary citizens can be the most powerful messengers of all...Read More
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Lifestyle
By Gail Scott
The Washington Diplomat
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Women Political Activists Honored
During last week’s three-day conference on the State Department’s Middle East Partnership Initiative, 16 women from the Middle East and North Africa came to Washington to continue their fight for the political rights of women in their own countries...Read More
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Latino Student Fund: An Ambassador Favorite
The eighth annual Latino Student Fund (LSF) Gala was held March 6 under the diplomatic patronage of Ambassador of Paraguay James Spalding and his wife Cecilia at the Organization of American States...Read More
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Russia’s Mardi Gras
This time each year, Russian Ambassador Yuri V. Ushakov and his wife Svetlana open the mammoth silk-draped reception halls of their embassy for the annual Maslenitsa, or Mardi Gras, celebration on the eve of Russian Orthodox Lent...Read More
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Is Fashion Going to the Dogs?
D.C. may not rival New York anytime soon when it comes to fashion, but the nation’s capital isn’t all suits and blazers either. DC Fashion Week, which began on Feb. 28, is trying to change Washington’s stodgy image...Read More
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In Appreciation of Anders Ericson
On Sun., March 2, Sweden’s beloved press counselor, Anders J. Ericson, died instantly of a heart attack as he pedaled toward the finish line of a bike outing he had organized for more than 200 participants...Read More
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