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...report, which was posted on the ADG’s Web site last Tuesday, detailed the University’s public improvement work, local educational partnerships, and workforce development programs...
Fears of political violence were rife in Thailand on Tuesday one day before an anti-government protest that organizers promised would be massive. The mounting tensions prompted Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to warn opposition groups during a sternly delivered televised address that his government would take "decisive action" against demonstrators if they incited rioting or broke the law, vowing that the country would not descend into civil...
...everyone approach appears to have worked. While anti-American sentiment among Turks rose to historic highs under President George W. Bush, polls show Obama with an approval rating in Turkey above 50%. Even the typically antagonistic Turkish press - left, right, secularist and Islamist - were united in their praise on Tuesday. "He won our hearts," read the banner headline on the mainstream daily Vatan. More important, all referred to Obama's message urging democratic progress. "We must all change," said the top-selling Hurriyet...
...Only time will tell whether Ankara has accepted that in order to be a "model partner," in Obama's words, it must also implement democratic reforms and address the murkier aspects of its history. On Tuesday, a nationalist Turkish leader said he wouldn't "tolerate the U.S. President's lack of courtesy" in calling on Turkey to reckon with its past, resolve its dispute with neighbor Armenia and reopen their shared border. But for now, "this is the best foreign policy opportunity Turkey has had in years," says Rusen Cakir, a Turkish expert in Islamic affairs...
Amid all the images of rubble and heartbreak from Italy's worst earthquake in decades, the nation's nickname, bel paese (beautiful country), strikes a bittersweet chord. On Tuesday, the aesthetic was one of both gloom and determination as the scale of destruction came more fully into focus. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi received additional calls of condolences and offers of support from world leaders, though he made a point of stating that Italy was equipped to respond to the crisis on its own. Berlusconi said he got an offer of help from President Obama, and the Italian leader suggested that...