French Company Sets December Launch for 24-Hour News Channel (Added 11/4:...
"French News Channel to Challenge 'Anglo-Saxon' CNN, BBC: Boss," by Marc Burleigh - AFP (Paris), 31 October 2006PARIS (AFP) - A round-the-clock international news channel France is to launch in...
View ArticleSen. Biden Criticizes State Dept. for Skewing Speakers Program
"Project Screened Speakers for Dissenting Views," by Jonathan S. Landay - McClatchy Newspapers (Washington, DC), 2 November 2006, as carried in the Philadelphia InquirerWASHINGTON - U.S. officials...
View ArticleNewsweek: Visa Denials Huring US Image, Hughes Says
To head off any confusion about the clash of jurisdictions involved here: the visas that State Department officers issue to foreign nationals overseas allow the traveller to approach a U.S. port of...
View ArticleUK, Canadian, Mexican Publics Worry More About US Than About N. Korea
"Britons Wary of Bush More Than Kim Jong-Il: Poll" - Reuters (London), 3 November 2006LONDON (Reuters) - The United States is seen as a threat to world peace by its closest neighbors and allies, with...
View ArticleCSM Profiles US Exchange Program for German Muslim Youth
"German Muslims Laud US Diplomat's Style," by Ranty Islam - the Christian Science Monitor, 3 November 2006BERLIN – The last time high schoolers in Berlin's Neukölln district made headlines was this...
View ArticleMalaysia: Winning the World's Heart Through Its Stomach?
"Malaysia Dishes Out to Raise Profile," by Jonathan Kent (in Kuala Lumpur) - BBC News, 4 November 2006Malaysia has announced that it is hoping to find a short cut to the world's heart through its...
View Article"Karen's Rules," Redux
Another State Department memo on public diplomacy guidelines got into the media (overseas as well as in the US) earlier this year. See "Karen's Rules" for Public Diplomacy.I'm never thrilled to see...
View ArticleMichelle Kwan Named 'American Public Diplomacy Envoy'
Evidently there are more of these appointments to come. I cannot imagine a more superficial approach to public diplomacy."Secretary Rice Appoints Michelle Kwan Envoy for US Public Diplomacy" - press...
View ArticleAl-Jazeera International Goes Live
"Al-Jazeera Service in English Starts," by Jim Crane - AP (Dubai), 15 November 2006DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Ten years after it started Arabic-language broadcasts that angered leaders in the region...
View ArticleIranian President to Address US Public Directly, Report Says
"Paper: Iran Leader Writes to Americans," by Nasser Karimi - AP (Tehran), 30 November 2006TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written a letter to the American people that will be...
View ArticleGuantanamo Continues to Damage US Int'l Standing, Poll Suggests
"U.S. Image Around World Sharply Worsens: BBC Poll" - Reuters (London), 22 January 2007LONDON (Reuters) - The image of the United States has deteriorated around the world in the past year because of...
View ArticlePutin: US Making the World More Dangerous; US Responds
"Putin Accuses US of Sparking Arms Race," by Slobodan Lekic - AP (Munich, Germany), 11 February 2007MUNICH, Germany - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday blamed U.S. policy for inciting other...
View ArticleGates: Prisoner Abuse Scandals Have Hurt US Standing
For the context of the Gates speech described here, see Putin: US Making the World More Dangerous; US Responds."Gates: Prisoner Abuse Scandals Hurt US," by Lolita C. Baldor - AP (Munich, Germany), 11...
View ArticleUS Hopes Navy Port Call to Cambodia Will Build Good Will
As news reports note, the last time the US Navy entered Cambodian waters was the May 1975 Mayaguez incident, when US forces attempted to rescue the crew of a US merchant ship that had been seized by...
View ArticleUK Att'y Gen'l: Guantanamo Still Undermines War Against Terror
"Guantanamo 'Changes Too Little, Too Late,'" by Jane Sutton - Reuters (Miami), 12 February 2007MIAMI (Reuters) - New U.S. rules for war crimes tribunals at Guantanamo fail to correct fundamental flaws...
View ArticleN Korea, Cuba, Somalia, Venezuela In at VOA; Uzbekistan, Others Out
"Broadcasting Budget Strengthens Targeted Programming" - press release, Broadcasting Board of Governors (Washington, DC), 5 February 2007The proposed fiscal year 2008 budget for U.S. international...
View Article'Prince Pickles' Puts Friendly Face on Japan's Iraq Deployment
"Cuddly Characters Front Japan's Military Aspirations" - AP (Tokyo), as published by the International Herald Tribune (Paris), 16 February 2007TOKYO: Prince Pickles, a perky cartoon character with...
View ArticlePoll Finds Most People Reject 'Clash of Civilizations'
"Poll Sees Hope in West-Islam Ties" - BBC News, 19 February 2007Most people believe common ground exists between the West and the Islamic world despite current global tensions, a BBC World Service poll...
View ArticleVenezuelan Fuel Discounts a 'Charade,' FL Senator Says
"Kennedy Oil Program Blasted as 'Propaganda' for Chavez" - AP (Boston), 16 February 2007, as carried on the Boston Herald's website (BostonHerald.com)BOSTON - In a TV commercial, former Rep. Joseph...
View ArticleVisa & Entry Procedures Putting Bad Face on US (Newsweek's Zakaria)
"Hassle and Humilation," by Fareed Zakaria - Newsweek, 26 February 2007 print edition (dated 17 February on website)Feb. 26, 2007 issue - It was a great idea—a program to build bridges between young...
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