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Agent Orange in Vietnam Program
On May 16, 2012, The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced that it is developing a “comprehensive, multi-year plan for Agent Orange-related activities in Vietnam.”...
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Agent Orange in Vietnam Program
Blog Post | January 24, 2013 | Anonymous
Russia sent two Emergency Services planes to Lebanon this week to evacuate around 200 Russian citizens from Syria. Although Russia denied this was an evacuation, observers took this to be a sign that...
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Blog Post | January 24, 2013 | Anonymous
Lebanon is again home to the top-rated think tank in the Middle East, according to the 2012 Global Go To Think Tank Report, published by the University of Pennsylvania International Relations Program...
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Video | January 14, 2013
The Information Economy Report 2012: The Software Industry and Developing Countries is the seventh edition in the flagship series published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (...
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Blog Post | January 23, 2013 | Dan Glickman
According to a report published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 50 percent of all global food production is thrown out. That is nearly two billion tons of food wasted each year. The...
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Event | January 29, 2013 |
Washington, DC
Roundtable featuring the Honorable Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs, in conversation with New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger.The...
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Blog Post | January 17, 2013 | Anonymous
The introduction of one of the most controversial electoral proposals has started a heated debate in Lebanon over how the upcoming parliamentary elections should be governed. A proposal that emerged...
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Blog Post | January 17, 2013 | Anonymous
Lebanon became a less free country in 2012, according to Freedom in the World 2013, the annual report on political rights and civil liberties worldwide published by Freedom House. While Lebanon clung...
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