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May 21, 2008
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News
By Anna Gawel
The Washington Diplomat

Anna Gawel is on vacation. Her column will return in June.

Washington Says Goodbye to PLO’s Safieh
Special to the Diplomatic Pouch by Larry Luxner
It was a sendoff to remember. On May 14, more than 250 people showed up at the Washington Club on Dupont Circle to bid farewell to Afif Safieh — one of the most visible Arab diplomats ever to work the corridors of power in this nation’s capital...Read More
Cuba’s New Envoy Lashes Out at U.S.
Special to the Diplomatic Pouch by Larry Luxner
Jorge Alberto Bolaños Suárez isn’t giving interviews to the press just yet, but that hasn’t stopped Havana’s top diplomat in the United States from expressing outrage at the Bush administration’s continued hard-line Cuba policy...Read More


Lifestyle
By Gail Scott
The Washington Diplomat

Mosaic ‘Inspiring Women, Expanding Horizons’
The Mosaic Foundation’s 11th Annual Benefit Dinner, titled “Inspiring Women, Expanding Horizons,” at the National Building Museum on May 6 was once again a great testimony to what women can do when they work together...Read More
See ‘Before the Rains’ Before It’s Too Late
Indian director-cinematographer Santosh Sivan’s “Before The Rains” is a stunning film starring Indian favorite Nandita Das and British actor Linus Roache (you might recognize him from NBC’s “Law & Order”), but hurry because it has a very limited run in a few Washington-area cinemas...Read More
Summer in Scandinavia - Without Leaving Home
The House of Sweden’s current “Discover Sweden!” series of events is a wonderful way to enjoy Sweden’s summer days and long summer nights, while Finland’s latest exhibit takes summer reverie to a whole new level with “My Paradise: A Hundred Years of Finnish Architects’ Summer Homes”...Read More


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