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Obama Gets Good Grades at the United Nations

Stephen Schlesinger | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Susan Rice, Barack Obama, Unesco, Goldstone Report, Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations, Obama One Year Later, Unicef, UN Security Council, World News
Stephen Schlesinger

Obama has compiled an extraordinary list of accomplishments already at the UN. Let's begin with his decision to appoint a new ambassador, Susan Rice, who actually believes in the UN.

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Tango on UNESCO world heritage list

AP | BARBARA SURK | Posted 09.30.2009 | World

Read More: Argentina, Tango Unesco, Uruguay, Tango, Unesco, Unesco Tango, United Nations, World News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Tango was declared part of the world's cultural heritage by the United Nations on Wednesday and granted the intern...

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Farouk Hosny: UNESCO Loss Due To Jewish Conspiracy "Cooked Up In New York"

AP | HADEEL AL-SHALCHI | Posted 09.23.2009 | World

Read More: Farouk Hosny Anti-Semitism, Farouk Hosny, Irina Bokova, Farouk Hosny Jews, Unesco, Farouk Hosny Unesco, United Nations, Farouk Hosni Unesco, Farouk Hosni Unesco Election, Irina Bokova Jew, Hosni Jews, World News

CAIRO — Egypt's culture minister on Wednesday blamed a conspiracy "cooked up in New York" by the world's Jews for keeping him from becoming the ...

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Media Literacy 101: Of Toilets, UNESCO and Demand-Side News

Susan Moeller | Posted 10.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Unesco, Youtube, Obama, Twitter, Media News, Media Literacy, Facebook, Media News
Susan Moeller

UNESCO wants to teach teachers the world over to incorporate media literacy training in their classrooms, and the Paris workshop is an early step in its launch.

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22 Girls from Slum in Delhi, India Enroll in School with Help from Fathers

Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 09.22.2009 | World

Read More: Deepalaya, Illiteracy, Paraya Dhan, Slums, Fada, Chief Minister Delhi, Unesco, Father and Daughter Alliance, Fathers' Association for Daughters' Advancement, Girls Education, Fathers, World News
Pedro C. Moreno

There are close to 3,000 girls who are not attending school in three slums alone, and Father and Daughter Alliance intends to bring them all to school as its work in Delhi expands.

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Irina Bokova Wins UNESCO Race, Defeats Controversial Egyptian Farouk Hosny

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 09.22.2009 | World

Read More: Irina Bokova, Foreign Affairs, Egypt, Bulgaria, Unesco, Farouk Hosny Unesco, Farouk Hosny, Irina Bokova Unesco, Irina Bokova Bulgaria, Bokova, Bokova Unesco, Irina Bokova Israel, Irena Bokova, Irina Bukova, World News

PARIS — A Bulgarian diplomat on Tuesday became the first woman to lead the U.N.'s agency for culture and education, beating out a controversial ...

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Will UNESCO Be Faithful to Its Values?

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

Read More: Farouk Hosni Unesco, Farouk Hosni, Unesco, World News
Bernard-Henri Lévy

This week, the UNESCO voters will have a choice between two women with nothing to disqualify them and a man whose entire past speaks against the institution's ideals.

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Band-e-Amir Pictures: Photos Of Afghanistan's First National Park

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Kabul, Slideshow, Hindu Kush, Unesco, Afghanistan, Us, Band-E-Amir, National Park, Afghanistan War, World News

Afghanistan designated it's first national park this year, Band-e-Amir. The 228-square-mile park is a group of six lakes situated high in the Hindu Ku...

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Egyptian Minister Forced to Apologize for Threatening to Burn Books About Israel

Joseph Freeman | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Elie Wiesel, Farouk Hosny, New York Times, Unesco, Bernard Henri Levy, Serena Williams, Joe Wilson, Kanye West, Egypt, Roger Cohen, World News
Joseph Freeman

Hosny publicly said that he would burn all the books in Alexandria's library that had anything to do with Israel. He also called Israeli culture "racist."

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An Appeal to World Leaders: Protest the Election of Farouk Hosni

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 11.14.2009 | World

Read More: Farouk Hosni Unesco, Unesco, Farouk Hosni, Unesco World Heritage, Egpyt, Farouk Hosny, Farouk Hosni Protest, World News
Bernard-Henri Lévy

Farouk Hosni, Egypt's minister of culture and candidate for director-general of UNESCO, threatens the organization's legitimacy, competence and means of action.

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Let's Not Put UNESCO in the Hands of a Culture Cop

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Farouk Hosni Unesco, Farouk Hosni, Unesco, World News
Bernard-Henri Lévy

Will UNESCO designate as its head a man who is now famous for having promised to burn with his own hands books written in Hebrew?

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U.S. Conservatives Attack UNESCO's Sex Ed Guidelines

Yahoo! News | BRUCE CRUMLEY / PARIS | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Abortion, Unesco, Sex, American Conservatives, Conservatives Sex Education, Sex Education Conservatives, Comprehensive Sex Education, Us Conservatives, Unesco Sex Education, Sex Education, World News

Any attempt to decrease the number of unwanted pregnancies and slow the spread of sexually transmitted diseases like HIV around the world has to be a ...

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Saudis Struggle With How to Treat Pre-Islamic Artifacts Unearthed in Saudi Arabia

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Madain Saleh, Judaism, Sultan Bin Salman, Unesco, Saudi Arabia, Christianity, Muslims, Churches, Archeology, Unesco World Heritage, Sheikh Mohammed Al Nujaimi, World News
Sabria Jawhar

The discoveries at Madain Saleh pose something of a dilemma for Saudis.

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UNESCO: Bablyon Historic Site Damaged By US In Iraq

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

Read More: World Heritage, Iraq Archaeology, Babylon, US Damage, World Heritage Sites, US in Iraq, US Troops, Iraq History, Unesco, Bablyon Historic Site, Historic City, Historic Iraq Site, Historic Preservation, Historic Iraq Site of Bablyon, Iraq Architecture, Iraq, Bablyon, War Wire, World News

BAGHDAD — Iraq's U.S.-led invaders inflicted serious damage on Babylon, driving heavy machinery over sacred paths, bulldozing hilltops and diggi...

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G8 in Italy Should Launch Global Fund for Education

Desmond Bermingham | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Education for All Fast Track Initiative, Education, Unesco, Global Fund for Education, Climate Change, United Nations, World Bank, Financial Crisis, G8 Summit, FTI Catalytic Fund, Food Security, World News
Desmond Bermingham

Despite repeated pledges to help, donors and international funding agencies are not doing enough to help. National economies recover but kids will have lost the opportunity of a lifetime.

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Fathers: Give Up Your Day for Your Daughters

Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Fada, Unesco, Father and Daughter Alliance, India, Education, Father's Day, Daughters, Living News
Pedro C. Moreno

When girls abroad are treated as objects or animals, our own daughters' dignity is diminished. Ultimately, all of them are our daughters.

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Where Poverty and Culture Intersect: Embracing Local Traditions to Better Fight Poverty

Ivonne A-Baki | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: United National Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, Poverty, Unesco, World Poverty, Arts, Global Poverty, Culture, Millennium Challenge Corporation, World News
Ivonne A-Baki

If the world's poor are to pull themselves out of extreme poverty and onto the path of development, culture is both a means and ends for doing so.

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Farouk Hosni Is Tying Himself in Knots

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Farouk Hosni, Bernard-Henri Levy, Israel, Unesco, Egypt, Farouk Hosny, World News
Bernard-Henri Lévy

An open call to Barack Obama, to Nicolas Sarkozy, and to others: Before October, the date of his already claimed victory, we must block Mr. Farouk Hosni from becoming the Director General of UNESCO.

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UNESCO: The Shame of a Disaster Foretold

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

Read More: Egyptian Minister of Culture, Unesco World Heritage, Egypt, Unesco, Farouk Hosny, Naguib Mahfouz, World News
Bernard-Henri Lévy

We must, without delay, appeal to everyone's conscience to keep UNESCO from falling into the hands of a man, who when he hears the word "culture," responds with a book burning.

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UN World Digital Library Goes Live Online

CBC News | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

Read More: World Digital Library, Paris France, France, United Nations, UN World Digital Library, Unesco, Un, Paris, World News

The World Digital Library went live on Tuesday, aiming to provide a one-stop shop for researchers, teachers and schoolchildren seeking to find items o...

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Fathers: Bring Your Daughters to School

Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 04.04.2009 | World

Read More: Bolivia, New Delhi, Women's Rights, Women, Kiran Walia, Women's Health, Unesco, Fathers and Daughters, Fatherhood, International Women's Day, Fathers, Deepalaya, Fada, World News
Pedro C. Moreno

We absolutely need to work together, women and men, fathers and mothers, in the education and protection of all children -- especially girls.

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Iraq National Museum Restored, Dedicated 6 Years After Looting (PHOTOS)

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq National Musuem, Iraq Us Invasion Museum, Iraq Us Invasion, Unesco, Iraq Museum, National Museum Iraq, Iraq, Baghdad Museum, Iraq National Museum Photos, Iraq Museum Photos, World News

** See photos from the museum below ** BAGHDAD — Iraq's restored National Museum was formally dedicated on Monday, nearly six years after loot...

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Where is Obama on Social Media and E-Government?

Ari Herzog | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Media, Kazakhstan, E-Government, Bulgaria, Unesco, Ecuador, World Bank, East Africa, New Media, Vietnam, Technology, Barack Obama, Politics News
Ari Herzog

At a time when the World Bank describes the Obama Administration as embracing e-government themes, why does the President-elect's own tech roadmap fail to mention it by name?

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Greening Hollywood: W.I.N.

Paige Donner | Posted 11.03.2008 | Green

Read More: Global Warming, Danny Way, Rob Machado, Action Sports Stars, Bob Burnquist, Tavarua Fiji, Erm, Unesco, Rochelle Ballard, X Games, Students, Quiksilver, Fuel TV, Greening Hollywood, Frank Scura, Disney Environmentality, Water Innovation Now, William M. Habermehl, Ocean Institute, Orange County Department of Education, Water Crisis, W.I.N., Uci, Volcom, Asec, Element, Bmx, Recycle Your Brain, Environment, Green News
Paige Donner

Water Innovation Now Contest 2008 is a win-win program for Southern California students. Not only will they participate and have a voice in coming up ...

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