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Mauritanian Snowshoe Team Leaves Sandy Dunes for Snowy Peaks
Posted by Heather Carlin Fabrikant on Feb 06, 2009 - 10:59 AM
What do the arid dunes of Mauritania have to do with the snowy mountains of Idaho?
The Mauritanian National Special Olympics Snowshoeing team, of course!
Busy preparing his team for the February 7-13, 2009, Special Olympics World Winter Games in Boise, Idaho, Coach Eyde Ould Sidi Mohamed took a few minutes to reflect on the team’s upcoming trip and explain how a team in Mauritania trains for a winter…
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Posted by DipNote Bloggers on Feb 06, 2009 - 04:14 PM
How ought the international community engage national regimes to transform from pariahs to partners?
Category: Question of the Week More entries by DipNote Bloggers | Comments (18)
Posted by DipNote Bloggers on Feb 05, 2009 - 10:41 AM
"On the security issue and on outreach and public diplomacy, we must figure out a way consistent with security to use these new tools. There is no doubt in my mind that we have barely scratched the surface as to what we can use to communicate with people around the world, and in fact, to use them [new technologies] as tools ...to further our own work and to be smart about it. … If people have ideas about how better to use these tools, please let me know because…
Category: Behind the Scenes More entries by DipNote Bloggers | Comments (10)
Posted by DipNote Bloggers on Feb 04, 2009 - 10:31 AM
January 1, 2009 marked the 30th anniversary of the establishment of U.S. diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. Several events here and in China commemorated this momentous event. Perhaps the most significant was a commemorative seminar held in Beijing on January 12-13 that featured Jimmy Carter, the former president who displayed courage and foresight in bringing the politically sensitive negotiations with Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping to a successful conclusion, and his…
Category: East Asia and the Pacific More entries by DipNote Bloggers | Comments (7)
Posted by DipNote Bloggers on Feb 03, 2009 - 05:04 PM
Today, Secretary Clinton also met with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and German Foreign…
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