PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN THE NEWS

MAR 13, 2008
Iran to investigate MP over Voice of America interview
The Daily Star (Lebanon)
"This has definitely been treason and an appaling act," Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie told state-run news agency IRNA. "The law bans people in such positions from interviews with foreign radios and television," he said.  Read more...

MAR 13, 2008
Israel raises the ante against Iran
Asia Times
Coinciding with the ominous news that US CENTCOM chief Admiral William Fallon has resigned - or been sacked - for his opposition to a war with Iran, [Israeli Foreign Minister] Livni hopes to harvest a blowing wind of war against another Middle Eastern country that dares to challenge Israel's regional hegemony. It is a familiar story with a recent precedent in Iraq and a script for action, requiring high-pitched public diplomacy with the help of a vast network of sympathetic media pundits, that Israel has fully mastered.  Read more...

MAR 12, 2008
Virtual demos over net censorship
BBC
Thousands of people are taking part in "virtual protests" against countries accused of censoring the internet.  Read more...

MAR 12, 2008
RUSSIANS FOR HILLARY CLINTON!
VCIOM
If respondents had an opportunity to take part in the presidential elections in the USA, 19% would vote for Hillary Clinton, 4% for Barack Оbama; any other candidate would not obtain more than 1% of the vote.  Read more...

MAR 12, 2008
‘Magic is over’ for U.S., says French foreign minister
International Herald Tribune
Bernard Kouchner, the foreign minister of France and a longtime humanitarian, diplomatic and political activist on the international scene, says that whoever succeeds President George W. Bush may restore something of the United States' battered image and standing overseas, but that "the magic is over." Kouchner began the 90-minute event with a speech that emphasized that "there is not just a new diplomacy; there is a new world."  Read more...

MAR 12, 2008
Prominent Pakistani-American Shares Thoughts With Barack Obama on Ways to Curb Anti-American Sentim
The Earth Times
According to Bokhari, the majority of Pakistanis, including the moderates, do not recognize that the war against terrorism is a global problem and instead consider it to be an American war in which they are unnecessarily involved and have become an unintended victim.   Read more...

MAR 12, 2008
Analysis: Stay in the ring with Al-Jazeera
The Jerusalem Post
An analysis, divided into two sections outlining the issues both for and against Israel's decision to boycott Al-Jazeera.  Read more...

MAR 12, 2008
United States Welcomes Two Million Fewer Overseas Visitors in 2007 Than in 2000
Hospitality 1st
The "Travel Promotion Act" would help reverse the decline in overseas travel by establishing a nationally coordinated travel promotion campaign at no cost to the American taxpayer. The program would better communicate complex travel policies and assure foreign travelers that they are welcome to visit the United States.  Read more...

MAR 12, 2008
‘Brand Mandela’ – how to control the value of a legend
The Christian Science Monitor
In South Africa, Nelson Mandela is everywhere. His smiling face is on T-shirts and coasters and handbags and wall clocks....Call it Brand Mandela – a label that a Mandela attorney once estimated was second only to Coca Cola in global recognition.  Read more...

MAR 12, 2008
Tibetans join anti-Olympics chorus
The Christian Science Monitor
In a graphic illustration of the pitfalls for China in hosting the Olympics, a few hundred Tibetan exiles launching a six-month march to their homeland grabbed international headlines despite being stopped within hours by Indian police.  Read more...

MAR 11, 2008
Brand Cuba
Wall Street Journal
The Cuban Revolution is and always has been a brand. Its face has changed over time -- from the "barbudo" rebels of the Sierra Maestra to Che Guevara's piercing stare, from Cuba's graying salsa legends to its globe-trotting medics -- but incredibly, its essence has survived.  Read more...

MAR 11, 2008
CNN Unveils Bulgaria Campaign
Sofia News Agency
CNN International will deliver Bulgaria Tourism's first multimedia advertising campaign, using its innovative Sights & Sounds solution to combine a rich-media online push with traditional TV vignettes.  Read more...

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