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Annapolis Meeting Aims To Boost M. East Moderates
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 9:53 pm | US Information Service
An upcoming U.S.-sponsored meeting in the United States of Israeli and Palestinian leaders aims to lay the groundwork for a Palestinian state and enhance long-term Middle East stability. More >>
Palestinian Benefits From US Student Experience
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 9:52 pm | US Information Service
With perseverance, Nasser completed her master's degree on time, earning the highest possible marks. She returned to the West Bank, and soon was hired by CARE International, which administers a U.S. grant to fund medical aid. More >>
Microsoft, US Partner To Expand Computer Globally
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 9:50 pm | US Information Service
The U.S. public and private sectors have joined to promote the use of computer technology in development around the world, especially in such areas as economic growth, governance, education and youth employment. More >>
Give2asia Helps Direct Contributions Effectively
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 9:05 pm | US Information Service
Give2Asia and its founder, the Asia Foundation, have found a way to help thousands of U.S. donors each year use their contributions to help specific, targeted recipients across the continent. More >>
U.S. Biz Urged To Invest In African Infrastructure
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 9:04 pm | US Information Service
Opportunities are being missed due to excess caution, experts say : U.S. and African business leaders and officials are encouraging U.S. companies to take a bolder approach to investment opportunities created by rapid economic growth in Africa. More >>
US Supports World Cultural Heritage Preservation
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 9:03 pm | US Information Service
Restoration of mosques, artwork in Central Asia among U.S.-funded projects : A rare wooden mosque from the 1600s was brought back from oblivion in 2004, and now 1,000 Muslims in Kabul, Afghanistan, are able to pray there. More >>
Proposed US Shield Law For Press Gets OK Reviews
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 9:02 pm | US Information Service
The U.S. Congress is considering what would be the nation's first federal "shield" law to protect journalists from being forced to reveal confidential news sources. More >>
Shuttle Continue Space Station Construction
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 9:02 pm | US Information Service
Space shuttle Discovery blasted into Florida's morning sky October 23, beginning a 14-day STS-120 mission to continue construction of the International Space Station. More >>
Int'l Collaboration Can Improve Product Safety
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 9:01 pm | US Information Service
"We must work with our trading partners to share best practices and agree on common standards of science-based approaches for food safety," Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said October 1. More >>
U.S., U.K. Try To Stabilize Iraq-Turkey Border
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 9:00 pm | US Information Service
Stepped-up diplomatic efforts to reduce tensions along Iraq's northern border with Turkey after cross-border attacks by the terrorist group Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were the focus of an October 22 meeting between Secretary of State Condoleezza ... More >>
Using Children As Suicide Attackers Is Barbaric
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 8:59 pm | US Information Service
"When they first put the vest on my body I didn't know what to think, but then I felt the bomb," recalls 6-year-old Juma, who says he was tricked into wearing an explosive vest by a Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan. More >>
Mystic Sufi Poet Rumi Remains Compelling Reading
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 8:58 pm | US Information Service
New translations of Rumi's voluminous works continue to appear; scholarly studies of his life and work proliferate; and renditions of his poems are being set to music on stages, CDs and the Internet in the United States and around the world. More >>
Mongolia's Success Earns Millennium Grant
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 8:57 pm | US Information Service
Improvements to Mongolia's rail transportation, property rights, vocational education and health care systems are the focus of a nearly $285 million foreign-assistance package from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). More >>
Islamic Dev Bank Joins Global Anti-Poverty Effort
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 8:57 pm | US Information Service
An ambitious $10 billion anti-poverty program launched by the 56-member Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will focus on the basic needs of some of the world's poorest people through job creation, education and prevention of diseases like malaria and AIDS, according ... More >>
Louisiana Elects First Indian-american US Governor
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 8:56 pm | US Information Service
Bobby Jindal made history on October 20 when Louisiana voters chose him, the son of Indian immigrants, as their next governor. He is the first Indian American to be elected as a state's chief executive. More >>
Amber Chand Creates Opportunities For Women
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 8:55 pm | US Information Service
An American woman who was uprooted by conflict during her childhood is focusing her business acumen on marketing gifts made by women in war zones in the Middle East, Central America, Asia and Africa. More >>
Profile Of Suicide Terrorist Defies Stereotypes
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 8:55 pm | US Information Service
Suicide terrorists defy stereotypes. They may be young or middle-aged or even children, married or single, men or women, educated, religious or not, according to a growing body of information, experts say. More >>
Policy Reforms Boost Women's Participation In Biz
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 8:54 pm | US Information Service
Countries around the world increasingly are reforming their policies to make it easier to start a business, changes that are benefiting women significantly, the World Bank reports. More >>
U.S. Helping To End Abusive Child Labor In Africa
Saturday, 27 October 2007, 8:53 pm | US Information Service
Three African countries -- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Togo and Uganda -- will receive $16 million from the United States for projects to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. More >>
Nuclear Threat, Conflict Reduction Top US Priority
Friday, 12 October 2007, 10:54 pm | US Information Service
The United States has been a leader in promoting gradual nuclear disarmament and garnering broad support for international efforts to destroy dangerous stockpiles of small arms and light artillery. More >>
