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Dec. 4, 2009

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News
By Anna Gawel
The Washington Diplomat

Preparing for Copenhagen
Special to the Diplomatic Pouch by Larry Luxner
Days before the start of the long-awaited U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen, experts acknowledge that COP-15 won’t immediately save the planet from the potentially disastrous consequences of global warming... Read More

History Influences New U.S. Envoy to Iran
One of the men who was held hostage in Iran for more than a year after the U.S. embassy takeover of 1979 is urging patience — “a lot of patience” — in negotiating with Iran, while keeping the bar of expectations high and the cloud of preconceptions low... Read More

Ecuador Envoy Pushes for Human Rights
Special to the Diplomatic Pouch by Larry Luxner
Ecuador’s widely traveled ambassador to the United States — who’s served his country in places as diverse as Australia, Bulgaria and El Salvador — was honored Tuesday night for his work in helping disabled people around the globe... Read More

Slovak Envoys Mark Velvet Revolution
A long line of Slovak dignitaries — including many former Slovak ambassadors to the U.S. and their American counterparts — came together in Washington recently to honor the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution... Read More

Africare Honors Soulful Legend
It was an appropriately rousing and soulful tribute for this year’s honoree at the annual Africare dinner: six-time Grammy Award-winning singer John Legend, who was given the Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award for his Show Me Campaign to improve life in Tanzania... Read More

Scholar Explores Israel’s India Diaspora
Special to the Diplomatic Pouch by Larry Luxner
Dr. Maina Chawla Singh — a non-Jewish scholar and diplomat’s wife — tells the story of the tens of thousands of Jews who left India in the 1950s and 60s in “Being Indian, Being Israeli: Migration, Ethnicity and Gender in the Jewish Homeland”... Read More

Lifestyle
By Gail Scott
The Washington Diplomat

The ‘Other’ Indian Encounter
While everyone is still wondering how “that couple” crashed the Obamas’ first state dinner, a far more authentic and interesting story of U.S.-Indian engagement took place days earlier across the street at Blair House... Read More

Embassies Get Into Marketing Spirit
As diplomacy has become more trade oriented, today’s top diplomats recognize the advantages of lobbying and marketing skills. And nothing gets people’s attention like a strong drink or sumptuous feast of traditional favorites... Read More

When Countries Share the Same Artist
Marouan Benabdallah is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning pianist. In a private concert in mid-November, he garnered a standing ovation from the dinner guests gathered at the Moroccan Residence. But Moroccan Ambassador Aziz Mekouar and his wife Maria Felice were not the only proud diplomats in the room... Read More

Norway’s Bright Lights at Union Station
Washingtonians and visitors alike have always flocked to see the lighting of the official Christmas Tree on the Ellipse, just south of the White House, but some Washington families enjoy another Christmas tree lighting ceremony to kick off their holidays: the annual Norwegian Christmas at Union Station... Read More

Honoring Women, Power and Peace
Special to the Diplomatic Pouch by Hazami Barmada
On Nov. 11, members of the diplomatic corps joined international peacebuilders at the Carnegie Institution for the Peace X Peace’s “Inaugural Women, Power and Peace Awards”... Read More

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