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May 29, 2009

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News
By Anna Gawel
The Washington Diplomat

Bargaining Over Bombs
With North Korea thumbing its nose at the world — and, for that matter, Iran possibly doing the same — Russia’s cooperation will be indispensable to any nuclear nonproliferation initiatives being pushed by President Barack Obama...Read More

Atlantic Council Awards Visionary Leaders
As in past years, the numbers from the Atlantic Council’s 2009 Annual Distinguished Leadership Awards Dinner speak to the leadership behind the council itself. Among the 900 guests were four former heads of state, nearly 50 ambassadors, and three dozen members of Congress and the Obama administration...Read More

IFE Bestows ‘Civility Award’ to Chinese Envoy
Special to the Diplomatic Pouch by Larry Luxner
The Institute for Education recently bestowed its Civility Award on Chinese Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong “in honor of China’s outstanding performance in the 29th Olympiad and, more importantly, its leadership on the world stage"...Read More

Baltic States Nervous as Ever
Special to the Diplomatic Pouch by Larry Luxner
On May 16, Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians gathered for a conference on Baltic regional security threats and challenges, but for most of the attendees, those threats and challenges could be neatly summed up in one word: Russia...Read More

HSBC Banks on Embassy Business
HSBC Bank, one of the largest companies in the world, is increasing its local presence with its newest branch in Georgetown in its pursuit to capture more global business — particularly the embassy market — in Washington...Read More

Lifestyle
By Gail Scott
The Washington Diplomat

Shortcut to the World
The embassies in Washington opened their doors for more than 150,000 visits as part of Cultural Tourism DC’s second annual Passport DC Open House on May 2 and then the European Union’s third annual EU Embassies’ Open House on the following Saturday, May 9...Read More

Taking Care of America’s Front Yard
With the simple goal of making the National Mall “the best park in the world,” the Trust for the National Mall held a festive spring benefit luncheon on May 7 for donors, congressional leaders and diplomats who can help make this dream come true...Read More

Cirque du Soleil Drops in for Mosaic Benefit
Although the 12th Annual Mosaic Foundation Benefit Dinner titled “Making Every Drop Count” was focused on the foundation’s serious worldwide water initiative, the event itself was not only entertaining but absolutely spectacular...Read More

Leaving Ladders Down
The Mexican Embassy’s official Cinco de Mayo celebration may have been less festive this year — as a gesture to the H1N1 flu outbreak — but the awards ceremony was that much more touching in what Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan called “the coming of age of the Latino community in this country"...Read More

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