Oct. 30, 2008
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News
By Anna Gawel
The Washington Diplomat
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Foreigners Get Window into U.S. Election
The Meridian International Center recently partnered with the State Department to bring nearly 100 up-and-coming political leaders from 76 nations around the world to the United States from Oct. 26 to Nov. 8 to get a firsthand look at one of the most riveting presidential elections in recent memory...Read More
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Taipei’s Changing of the Guard
Taiwan’s annual National Day reception in Washington was a crowded affair as in past years, but this year there was a decidedly different political overtone amid the celebrations as the island adjusts to its new president, Ma Ying-jeou...Read More
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Korea’s Hanok: Houses with Seoul
Special to the Diplomatic Pouch by Larry Luxner
On Oct. 23, some 200 other guests attended the gala opening of “Stepping into Hanok for the New Millennium” — the first overseas exhibition of hanok architecture...Read More
Plus: "Hanok" is just one of several embassy exhibits...Read More
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Lifestyle
By Gail Scott
The Washington Diplomat
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New Russian Envoy Hosts Tribute
For his first official black-tie event, newly arrived Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and his wife Natalia welcomed several hundred guests to the “Gala Tribute to Maestro Rostropovich” at the Russian Embassy on Oct. 14...Read More
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AFTA at OAS
To celebrate two decades of significant service to the community, Arts for the Aging (AFTA) staged its 20th-anniversary celebration with a benefit gala at the Organization of American States (OAS) that raised a record-breaking $143,000 to support this special arts programs designed by Lolo Sarnoff...Read More
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Rima’s Shower for Michelle
It wasn’t your normal baby shower. But then, no event that Rima Al-Sabah, the creative and powerful wife of Kuwaiti Ambassador Salem Al-Sabah, hosts is ever ordinary. This time around, it was a baby shower luncheon at the Kuwaiti Residence for Michelle Fenty, the very pregnant wife of D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty...Read More
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House of Sweden Transforms into TV Studio
Beginning Nov. 1, the Swedish Embassy will become a television studio when TV 4, a major Swedish television network, will broadcast live from this showcase embassy known as the House of Sweden as part of the network’s coverage of the U.S. presidential elections...Read More
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