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Music Role-Playing Games OK With Teens, Adults
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 8:51 am | US Information Service
For classical musician Monica Cho, 14, who is preparing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat Major for a piano competition and Mendelssohn's Concerto in E Minor for Violin for a recital, there is little time on school nights to relax. More >>
Improvements In Flu Surveillance Goal Of Meeting
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 8:50 am | US Information Service
Strengthening procedures for sharing samples of potentially pandemic viruses and increasing developing-nation access to the resulting vaccines were the focus of an international meeting hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva November ... More >>
Bangladesh Gets Aid From U.S. Marines, Sailors
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 8:50 am | US Information Service
Twenty-four hundred U.S. Marines and sailors are helping the Bangladeshi government provide clean water, medical aid, food and other relief supplies to victims of Cyclone Sidr, the most severe storm to hit the country since 1991. More >>
Different Voters Targeted In Primary, Elections
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 8:49 am | US Information Service
To win primary elections in the United States, presidential candidates must convince members of their own political party that they share the party's political views. More >>
Religion In Workplace Is Diversity Issue In U.S.
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 8:49 am | US Information Service
"A lot of companies haven't figured out what to do, but they know they need to do something," says David Miller, executive director of Yale University's Center for Faith and Culture. More >>
Photo Exhibition: African Americans' Struggles
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 8:48 am | US Information Service
An exhibition of 100 striking black-and-white photographs evokes the personal stories and hard-won victories of influential African Americans who helped shape the life of their nation over the past 150 years. More >>
Time For Mideast Peace Is Now, Says Pres. Bush
Wednesday, 28 November 2007, 10:06 am | US Information Service
The time has come for a Palestinian state and peace in the Middle East, but Israelis and Palestinians will need international help, President Bush told representatives from nearly 50 countries and international organizations at a one-day conference ... More >>
Iraqi Political Factors Improve, Drawdown Begins
Wednesday, 28 November 2007, 10:04 am | US Information Service
"The redeployment without replacement reflects overall improved security within Iraq, as well as improved capabilities of the Iraqi security forces and the emergence of concerned local citizens," Navy Rear Admiral Gregory Smith said. More >>
Historic Annapolis Hosts Mid East Peace Conference
Wednesday, 28 November 2007, 8:54 am | US Information Service
Annapolis is home to two remarkable but quite different institutions of higher learning. The U.S. Naval Academy, founded in 1845 and with a current enrollment of 4,400, is the undergraduate school for training officers for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. More >>
Many Sign Up For Global Entrepreneurship Week '08
Wednesday, 28 November 2007, 8:52 am | US Information Service
Economic leaders in other countries recognize that entrepreneurs are a sustaining force for U.S. economic growth. But they do not always understand that the enabling environment that fosters U.S. entrepreneurs as they start businesses includes more ... More >>
Int'l Engagement At Annapolis Cause For Optimism
Wednesday, 28 November 2007, 8:52 am | US Information Service
As President Bush met with Palestinian and Israeli leaders at the White House before the start of a U.S.-sponsored Middle East conference, officials highlighted broad international support as essential to move the peace process forward. More >>
Faculty Key To Internationalizing The US Campus
Tuesday, 27 November 2007, 10:32 am | US Information Service
"The major focus should be about producing globally competent graduates" who are "ready to live and work in a global, multicultural world," says Madeleine Green, vice president for international initiatives at the American Council on Education. More >>
Annapolis Talks Foster Int'l Support For Peace
Tuesday, 27 November 2007, 9:57 am | US Information Service
"I think that the success of this meeting is really in the launch of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians for the establishment of a Palestinian state and therefore a two-state solution," Rice said during a recent press round ... More >>
Palestinian Activists Hone Advocacy Skills
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 3:37 pm | US Information Service
Palestinians traditionally value education as the way forward, so it is not surprising that the West Bank has dozens of articulate, home-grown advocacy groups. But even the most seasoned civic activists constantly seek new strategies to communicate their ... More >>
Iranian American Wins Entrepreneur Of Year Award
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 3:32 pm | US Information Service
Born in Kashan, Iran, in 1954, Larian came to the United States when he was 17. He said that when he came he had two priorities: "to survive and to get an education." He graduated from California State University, Los Angeles, with an engineering degree ... More >>
U.S. Announces Annapolis Conference On Mid East
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 10:20 am | US Information Service
Forty nine nations, organizations and individuals have been invited to attend the U.S.-sponsored international Middle East conference November 26-28 in Annapolis, Maryland, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack says. More >>
Thanksgiving Prompts Americans To Help Communities
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 10:18 am | US Information Service
On Thanksgiving Day, when most Americans enjoy a holiday meal with friends and family and give thanks for the good things in their lives, many also take time to prepare and serve meals to the needy. More >>
Peace Conference Sets Stage For Formal Talks
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 10:15 am | US Information Service
Creation of a Palestinian state and resolution of long-standing Arab-Israeli issues are the focal points of a U.S.-sponsored international conference November 26-28. More >>
Innovation Changes Corporate, Social Landscapes
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 3:13 pm | US Information Service
Some companies view such projects as part of corporate responsibility, also known as corporate stewardship or citizenship, for the impact of their activities on stakeholders and the environment that goes beyond their statutory obligations. More >>
Young People Run For Office, Seek To Affect Policy
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 3:10 pm | US Information Service
"I tell them I am running for Congress because I am young," Rasoul told USINFO in a recent interview. "I have more invested in the future than the people sitting up there on Capitol Hill right now." More >>
