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To Qatar and back
The Jerusalem Post Late last month, 12 students, six from the Walworth Barbour American International School and six from other schools around the country, flew to Qatar, which has no formal diplomatic relations with Israel, for a three-day Model UN conference with local schools from Doha as well as international ones.
U.S. Image Suffers in Germany
NPR
A recent survey found that the United States' image across the world continues to suffer, even among close allies.
Trampling on the Olympics’ Wounded Ideals
Deutsche Welle
The ideals on which the modern Olympics were built have been betrayed, says DW's Nick Amies. Turning a blind eye to China's human rights abuses ahead of the Beijing Games is just adding insult to injury.
Africa’s sports leaders to produce a blueprint for the continent’s development
AfricaNews
The convention is the second in the series, after the first one held last year in Dakar, Senegal. The participants are drawn from Sports International Federations, national sports associations and the international Olympic committee.
Bush, Feeling Appreciated Abroad
The Washington Post
They proclaimed George W. Bush Day in Benin, thronged streets by the tens of thousands in Tanzania and christened the George Bush Motorway in Ghana....Despite the crowds he generates in Africa, Bush remains a deeply unpopular figure in many other parts of the globe, where he is viewed as a cowboy bent on imposing his own views.
Ghana: Kufuor names road after Bush
AfricaNews
Kufuor said that the move was to immortalise Mr Bush for his contribution towards the development and warefare of the people of Ghana and Africa at large.
A Seasoned Troubleshooter In International Conflicts, Focuses on Sri Lanka Issue
Asian Tribune
Despite the United States and European Union have designated the Tamil Tigers as a terrorist organization the effective Tamil Tiger lobby in the West and the inability of Sri Lanka's overseas diplomatic posts in Western nations to successfully launch a public diplomacy campaign have contributed to create a ‘mind-set’ in the West that Sri Lanka is engulfed in a civil war between the Sinhalese and Tamils making LTTE terrorism a secondary issue.
Olympians weigh politics
The Denver Post
U.S. Olympic Committee officials this year instituted mandatory "ambassador" seminars that teach about China and encourage athletes to think carefully about how best to represent their country.
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