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JUL 3, 2008
Ex-cultural adviser to military blasts Afghan diplomacy
The Chronicle-Herald
Military efforts in Afghanistan are being stalled by the perceived weakness of Canada’s diplomatic and aid agencies, says the former cultural adviser to Canada’s top soldier in Kandahar.
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JUL 3, 2008
U.S. to open Berlin embassy on symbolic land
The Christian Science Monitor
German critics have lambasted the building's design ahead of its festive July 4 inauguration. The July 4 inauguration of the United States Embassy in the heart of this city is the last stone in the postwar edifice of a whole and free Europe, diplomats say.
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JUL 3, 2008
Zimbabwe urged to miss ICC event
BBC
Cricket's top bosses are trying to persuade Zimbabwe to pull out of the ICC World Twenty20 following another long day of talks in Dubai. This was after Cricket South Africa broke off relations with their near neighbours because of the political situation in the country.
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JUL 3, 2008
Nigeria: NFVCB Cautions on Negative Effect of Home Videos
allAfrica.com
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), says films and home videos have the ability to impact negatively on the socialization process of Nigerians if not adequately censored. While acknowledging that films and video production have to some extent reduced the quest for foreign films by Nigerians and Africans in the diaspora, the NFVCB agreed that home videos can be used as a useful medium for national development.
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JUL 3, 2008
Summer School in Egypt
The Guilford Courier
This summer, Kiernan Norman trades the familiar streets of Guilford for the exotic sights of Cairo, Egypt, where she’ll attend a different kind of “summer school.”...AFS (formerly the American Field Service) awards more than $1.5 million in scholarships and financial aid to assist “the best and brightest” students with studies abroad in more than 40 countries
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JUL 3, 2008
Italy: Foreign ministry art show promotes ‘cultural diplomacy’
Adnkronos International
The Farnesina building in Rome, home to the Foreign Ministry, will open its doors on Saturday to the latest collection of Italian contemporary art that will also be part of a traveling exhibition to promote Italy abroad.
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JUL 3, 2008
Denmark ‘world’s happiest nation’
BBC News
Denmark is the happiest country in the world, according to the latest World Values Survey published by the United States National Science Foundation...Puerto Rico and Colombia completed the top three happiest nations. Zimbabwe was found to be the least happy, with Russia and Iraq also in the bottom 10.
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JUL 2, 2008
Great Parliamentarians Think Alike
Democracy Arsenal
When two key American and British progressive political leaders offer forward-looking ideas on today's urgent diplomatic challenges, it's probably worth taking note...Now, along come Jim Murphy, MP -- UK Minister for Europe, who blogs -- and Sen. Russ Feingold with excellent points about the importance of diplomacy that really clues into local realities elsewhere around the globe.
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JUL 2, 2008
Study abroad through Second Life
The Christian Science Monitor
Around the world, universities, and even the US Department of State, are turning to online virtual worlds to create cultural exchanges. In these immersive, 3-D environments, users from around the globe can collaborate in ways that were previously impossible.
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JUL 2, 2008
Rights advocates risk backfire in Olympic activism
The Guardian
Western activists trying to use Beijing's staging of the Olympic games as an opportunity to promote civil rights risk provoking resentment among the Chinese people, U.S. China analysts say.
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JUL 2, 2008
Sarkozy not welcome at Olympics - poll
The Australian
NEARLY 90 per cent of Chinese respondents to an online survey said they oppose French President Nicolas Sarkozy's attendance at the Beijing Olympics, results showed today. The poll, conducted by internet portal sina.com, was in response to Mr Sarkozy's threat to boycott the Games' opening ceremonies.
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JUL 2, 2008
Pakistan’s pendulum swings
The Washington Times
Where are public-diplomacy efforts today? The sorry truth is that they have failed in Pakistan just as they have in most Muslim-majority countries. Insofar as the United States can change this context, it creates room for Pakistan's government in the unpopular business of combating terrorism.
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