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••• FRIDE: SARKOZY'S CLEAN SLATE - A NEW FRENCH COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS? - BY METSA RAHIMI 18/02/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FRIDE: THE STABILISATION AND ASSOCIATION PROCESS - ARE EU INDUCEMENTS FAILING IN THE WESTERN BALKANS? - BY SOFIA SEBASTIAN 18/02/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FRIDE: SARKOZY - UN NUEVO COMPROMISO CON LA DEMOCRACIA Y LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS? - POR METSA RAHIMI 18/02/2008 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• FRIDE: EL PROCESO DE ESTABILIDAD Y ASOCIACION - ESTAN FALLANDO LOS INCENTIVOS DE LA UE EN LOS BALCANES OCCIDENTALES? - POR SOFIA SEBASTIAN 18/02/2008 (MaximsNews Network) 

STANLEY FOUNDATION: ENERGY, SECURITY AND SOCIETY: RUSSIAN NUCLEAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE PLANNED: 13/02/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FRIDE: NATO STRUGGLES WITH AN OPIUM-FUNDED WAR IN AFGHANISTAN - BY ROBERT MATTHEWS: 05/02/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FRIDE: BRAZIL, INDIA, AND SOUTH AFRICA, POWERS FOR A NEW ORDER - BY SARAH-LEA JOHN DE SOUSA: 04/02/08 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• FRIDE: IS DIALOGUE BETWEEN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA USEFUL? - BY PUBLICACIONES FRIDE: 04/02/08 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• FRIDE: BOOK PRESENTATION "LA GUERRA Y LA PAZ" - BY PUBLICACIONES FRIDE: 04/02/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FRIDE: THE NICARAGUA CHALLENGE - UPHOLDING THE PARIS AGENDA IN AN AGITATED SETTING - BY CLAUDIA PINEDA AND NILS-SJARD SCHULZ : 04/02/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• U.S. PUBLIC OPINION POLL: GREAT CONCERN ABOUT AMERICAN REPUTATION IN WORLD: WORLD LEARNING & ASPEN INSTITUTE: 28/01/2009 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FRIDE: COLOMBIA: ESTADO PARADOJICO - POR KEES KOONINGS, DIRK KRUJIT 22/01/08 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• FRIDE: STATEBUILDING - CAN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY GET IT RIGHT? BY MEGAN BURKE: 21/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FRIDE: THE DEMOCRATISATION OF A DEPENDENT STATE - THE CASE OF AFGHANISTAN BY ASTRI SUHRKE: 21/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• FRIDE: THE WAR AND THE PEACE - A CONTEMPORARY FOCUS ON SECURITY AND STRATEGY - BY PUBLICACIONES FRIDE 21/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FRIDE: COLOMBIA - A PARADOXICAL STATE BY KEES KOONINGS, DIRK KRUJIT 21/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FRIDE: AFGANISTAN - LA OTAN LUCHA EN UNA GUERRA FINANCIADA POR EL OPIO - POR ROBERT MATTHEWS: 11/02/08 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• FRIDE: BRASIL, INDIA, Y SUDAFRICA, POTENCIAS PARA UN NUEVO ORDEN: POR SARAH-LEA JOHN DE SOUSA 11/02/08 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• FRIDE: PRESENTACION DEL LIBRO "LA GUERRA Y LA PAZ" - POR PUBLICACIONES FRIDE: 11/02/08 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• FRIDE: SIRVE EL DIALOGO POLITICO ENTRE LA UNION EUROPEA Y AMERICA LATINA - POR PUBLICACIONES FRIDE: 11/02/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FRIDE: EL RETO NICARAGUENSE - COMO SOSTENER LA AGENDA DE PARIS EN UN ESCENARIO AGITADO -  POR CLAUDIA PINEDA, NILS-SJARD SCHULZ 11/02/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FRIDE: COLOMBIA: ESTADO PARADOJICO - POR KEES KOONINGS, DIRK KRUJIT 22/01/08 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• UN: GROWTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ONLY PLUS IN IMF OUTLOOK by KHALIL HAMDANI: 10/02/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UN: WORLD EMPLOYMENT UP BUT DEPENDS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH by KHALIL HAMDANI: 03/02/2008 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UN: U.S. DRAG ON WORLD ECONOMY BY KHALIL HAMDANI: 12/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UN: PUTTING DEVELOPMENT GOALS BACK ON TRACK by KHALIL HAMDANI: 27/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)

THE STANLEY FOUNDATION: ARAB MEDIA AND U.S. POLICY: A PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESET by MARWAN KRAIDY: 16/01/2008

••• WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION CAN TAKE TIME: 26/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: WATER AS CRITICAL AS CLIMATE CHANGE: 26/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: 3 MILLION DOLLAR CARNEGIE CORPORATION INVESTMENT SUPPORTS CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT'S CHINA POLICY RESEARCH PROGRAM: 26/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: CHINA'S INFLATION LINKED TO DOMESTIC PROBLEMS — NOT TRADE SURPLUS; UNDERMINES VIEWS OF CHINA AS CURRENCY MANIPULATOR: 26/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERT JOINS CARNEGIE: 25/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: DRY RUN FOR LEGITIMACY - THE EGYPTIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S POLITICAL PARTY PLATFORM: 25/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: COSMETIC REFORM IN ARAB WORLD LEGITIMIZES AUTHORITARIAN RULE, SAYS NEW CARNEGIE BOOK: 25/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERT JOINS CARNEGIE: 25/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP: CRISIS WATCH NUMBER 53: 06/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP: AFTER BHUTTO'S MURDER - A WAY FORWARD FOR PAKISTAN: 06/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• CLUB OF MADRID: THE CLUB OF MADRID ENCOURAGES SIERRA LEONE'S PRESIDENT TO SUPPORT WOMEN POLITICIANS - INAUGURATES RESOURCE CENTRE IN PARLIAMENT FOR WOMEN MPS: 06/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• CLUB OF MADRID: SHARED SOCIETIES PROJECT - DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP FOR DIALOGUE, DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL COHESION: 06/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• CLUB OF MADRID: NEW NEGOTIATIONS TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE: 06/01/08 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• CARTER CENTER: THE CARTER CENTER URGES RESTORATION OF JUDICIARY IN ADVANCE OF PAKISTANI ELECTIONS: 06/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK: TO BUILD SCIENTIFIC CAPACITY IN AFRICA, CARNEGIE CORPORATION FUNDS REGIONAL NETWORKS TO "TEACH THE TEACHERS": 06/01/08 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FRIDE: ANNAPOLIS - THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY: 31/12/07 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FRIDE: THE EU-AFRICA SUMMIT - STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIP: 31/12/07 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FRIDE: EU DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN NIGERIA: BETWEEN REALPOLITIC AND IDEALISM: 31/12/07 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• FRIDE: THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES - SHOULD EUROPE ENGAGE?: 31/12/07 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE: OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE DECRIES DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ROMA CHILDREN: 31/12/07 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• FRIDE: FRIDE IN CASA DE GALICIA "EUROPE'S ROLE IN GLOBALISATION": 31/12/07 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE: OSI WELCOMES NEW LAW ON GENOCIDE PROSECUTION: 31/12/07 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CHATHAM HOUSE: POLITICAL RENAISSANCE FOR KURDS AS TURKEY TAKES FIGHT TO PKK IN IRAQ: 31/12/07 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• FRIDE: EL ISLAM POLITICO Y LA POLITICA EXTERIOR EUROPEA: BY MICHAEL EMERSON, RICHARD YOUNGS 17/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• FRIDE: LA ESTRATEGIA DE LA UE PARA ASIA CENTRAL - PROMOVER LA DEMOCRACIA Y LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS: POR PUBLICACIONES FRIDE 17/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FRIDE: LA DERROTA DE CHAVEZ ABRE UN NUEVO HORIZONTE POLITICO EN VENEZUELA: POR SUSANNE GRATIUS, LAURA TEDESCO: 17/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• GATES FOUNDATION: NEW EFFORT TO UNLEASH EXPERTISE OF AFRICAN WOMEN IN THE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES: 17/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

STANLEY FOUNDATION: NEW REPORTS EXAMINE MIDDLE EAST SECURITY: 17/12/2007 

ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT: INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SANITATION 2008 LAUNCHED FOR THE REGION: 14/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT: REGION'S FRAGILE FRESHWATER RESOURCES THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE:  14/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

ASIA-PACIFIC HEADS OF STATE MEET TO SOLVE THE REGION'S WATER AND SANITATION PROBLEMS: 14/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS - RED CRESCENT: WORLD DISASTERS REPORT: DISCRIMINATION IN DISASTERS: 13/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• CARNEGIE COUNCIL FOR ETHICS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: THE ETHICAL BLOGGER PROJECT: 13/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: TOP-DOWN POLITICAL REFORM IN ARAB WORLD PROLONGS STAGNATION: 12/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• BIANCA JAGGER FOR WORLD FUTURE COUNCIL: "URGES WORLD LEADERS OF THE WEALTHIEST NATIONS TO  STOP PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH OUR FUTURE": 01/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UNITED NATIONS CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION (UNCA) AWARDS CITIZEN OF THE WORLD AWARD TO RICHARD BRANSON - HONOURS INTERNATIONAL  JOURNALISTS: 11/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• AMB. PIERRE SCHORI: FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE ERA OF GLOBALISATION: 08/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• NEW FRIDE FORUM IN CASA de GALICIA: 08/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• SAVE THE CHILDREN TO RECEIVE GATES FOUNDATION $500,000 U.S. TO HELP CYCLONE SURVIVORS IN BANGLADESH: 10/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: FINANCING ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN CHINA by WILLIAM CHANDLER: 10/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• Federación Mundial de Asociaciones de las Naciones Unidas: Declaración con ocasión del Día Internacional de los Derechos Humanos: 10/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• WORLD FEDERATION OF UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATIONS on HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: 10/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION: NOTHING BUT NETS DELIVERS 180,000 NETS TO PREVENT MALARIA IN GABON: 10/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• UNITED NATIONS CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION (UNCA) AWARDS CITIZEN OF THE WORLD AWARD TO RICHARD BRANSON AND HONOURS OTHER LEADING JOURNALISTS: 07/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• UN: STATEMENT BY IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL MOHAMED ELBARADEI ON NEW U.S. INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN: 05/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: URBANIZING RURAL INDIA: 04/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS’ “TABLE FOR TWO” INITIATIVE LAUNCHES FIRST CHAPTER IN INDIA AT THE INDIA ECONOMIC SUMMIT: 03/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• 48 COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES MEET IN UGANDA: GOVERNMENT LEADERS AND COMMONWEALTH BUSINESS COUNCIL OUTLINE COMPREHENSIVE AGENDA: 03/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

FRIDE: La fusión entre seguridad y desarrollo: ¿Otro estancamiento europeo? por Richard Youngs:02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

FRIDE: FUSING SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT: JUST ANOTHER EURO-PLATITUDE? BY RICHARD YOUNGS: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

FRIDE: La "tercera ola populista" de América Latina por Susanne Gratius: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

FRIDE: THE "THIRD POPULIST WAVE" OF LATIN AMERICA by SUSANNE GRATIUS: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

FRIDE: Dejando atrás a Dayton: La reforma constitucional en Bosnia-Herzegovina por Sofia Sebastián: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

FRIDE: Leaving Dayton Behind: Constitutional Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Sofia Sebastián: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION: ROTARY INTERNATIONAL AND GATES FOUNDATION TOGETHER COMMIT $200 MILLION TO ERADICATE POLIO: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION: MAJOR COMMITMENT TO EXPAND HIV PREVENTION IN CHINA: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• U.S. COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: COUNCIL REPORT ARGUES FOR NEW POLICIES TO PROTECT NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS FROM CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CM: CLUB OF MADRID CALLS ON A DEEP REFORM OF INTERNATIONAL ENERGY GOVERNANCE: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• CM: CLUB OF MADRID JOINS MINISTERS TO DISCUSS DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• CHATHAM HOUSE: CHINA FEELS EUROPE NEEDS STRATEGIC VISION AND A UNIFIED VOICE TO PROSPER: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CARTER CENTER: STATEMENT BY FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER IN NEPAL: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: STRENGTHENING COUNTERTERRORISM IN PAKISTAN: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE: "MAJOR SHIFT" IN AIDS RESPONSE, COALITION DEMANDS HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTIONS IN HIV EFFORTS: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: TO RESTART IRAQI  HUMANITARIAN AID: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP: CRISIS WATCH 52: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP: DARFUR'S NEW SECURITY REALITY: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP: ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT: ANNAPOLIS AND AFTER: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• WORLD AIDS DAY by SAVE THE CHILDREN'S CHARLES MacCORMACK: 01/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• SAVE THE CHILDREN: THOUSANDS OF CYCLONE SURVIVORS STILL AT RISK IN BANGLADESH: 30/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: DEVELOPING ASIAN COUNTRIES MUST RETHINK WATER MANAGEMENT TO AVOID CRISIS: 29/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

  FRIDE: La OSCE y la promoción de la democracia: ¿Una misión en punto muerto? Por Jos Boonstra: 25/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

  FRIDE: OSCE Democracy Promotion: Grinding to a Halt? by Jos Boonstra: 25/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

FRIDE: Nicaragua: Un duro despertar en el laboratorio de la eficacia de la ayuda por Nils-Sjard Schulz: 25/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

FRIDE: NICARAGUA: A RUDE AWAKENING FOR THE PARIS DECLARATION by NILS-SJARD SCHULZ: 25/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

FRIDE: Guatemala: Seguridad, derechos humanos y el Estado después de las elecciones:25/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

  FRIDE: GUATEMALA: SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE STATE AFTER THE ELECTIONS: 25/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• WORLD AIDS DAY by SAVE THE CHILDREN'S CHARLES MacCORMACK: 01/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• SAVE THE CHILDREN: THOUSANDS OF CYCLONE SURVIVORS STILL AT RISK IN BANGLADESH: 30/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: DEVELOPING ASIAN COUNTRIES MUST RETHINK WATER MANAGEMENT TO AVOID CRISIS: 29/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

THE STANLEY FOUNDATION: NEW ANALYSIS EXAMINES NUCLEAR DANGERS: 28/11/2007 

••• NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ACQUIRES PAPERS OF HISTORIAN AND KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER, JR: 08/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• JORDAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER BASHIR TO HEAD DELEGATION AT ANNAPOLIS: 26/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• TIMOR-LESTE: OPEN LETTER [FULL TEXT & SIGNERS] TO UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: 26/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• TIMOR-LESTE: OPEN LETTER TO U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE: 25/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

• UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION: NEW OPINION RESEARCH SHOWS AMERICAN VOTERS REJECT "GOING IT ALONE" AND EMBRACE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION: 25/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• UNFPA: PREVENTION PROGRAMMES AND OTHER FACTORS BEHIND THE DROP IN GLOBAL HIV PREVALENCE: 25/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• THORAYA AHMED OBAID: INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: 25/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• STEPHEN SCHLESINGER: KUDOS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES:  25/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

THE STANLEY FOUNDATION: NEW POWER IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, ISSUES FACING ASEAN SUMMIT IN SINGAPORE: 24/11/2007 

ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT: INDIA: LACK OF WATER, LACK OF EDUCATION by KALINGA SENEVIRATNE: 24/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT: CHINA'S LIAO RIVER PEOPLE CRY OUT FOR CLEAN UP by JIE CAO: 23/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

UN: ASIA-PACIFIC REGION NEEDS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH: ENVOY HAN SEUNG-SOO: 24/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

WHY THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SANITATION IS NO MATTER FOR PRUDERY by PETER NEWBORNE: 21/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

UN: INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SANITATION LAUNCHED TODAY FOR 2.6 BILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT ADEQUATE FACILITIES: 21/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• AI: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: UN ADOPTS LANDMARK DECISION ON GLOBAL MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS: 16/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• EPI: EARTH POLICY INSTITUTE - IS WORLD OIL PRODUCTION PEAKING?: 16/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• WEF: PARTNERSHIP TARGETS ENERGY POVERTY IN AFRICA - WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM AND WORLD ENERGY COUNCIL JOIN FORCES TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SUPPLY AND USE IN AFRICA: 15/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• WEF: FORMER UN SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN JOINS WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM FOUNDATION BOARD: 15/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• BC: BREAKING DOWN DIGITAL BARRIERS - INTERNATIONAL STUDY EXAMINES THE ISSUE OF INTEROPERABILITY: 15/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• JEFF McCAUSLAND: IRAQ AFTER  THE "SURGE" (CARNEGIE COUNCIL) 

••• JEFFREY D. McCAUSLAND: BIO (MaximsNews Network)

HIH THE CROWN PRINCE OF JAPAN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 1ST ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT: 13/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT: PHNOM PENH'S WATER CHAMPION: 11/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• EUROPE SPEAKS!!! (MaximsNews Network)

••• EUROPEAN UNION PRESIDENT STATEMENT ON U.N. HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES REPORT: 08/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• EUROPEAN UNION PRESIDENT DECLARATION ON PAKISTAN EMERGENCY RULE: 11/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• CHATHAM HOUSE RELEASES CURRENT ISSUE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: 11/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CHATHAM HOUSE: POOR STRATEGY UNDERMINES COALITION EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN: 11/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• U.S. COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS ISSUES REPORT URGING U.S. PREPARATION FOR A POST-MUGABE ZIMBABWE: 11/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: IAEA MUST NOT FALTER ON NEW IRAN REPORT SAYS FORMER IAEA DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL: 11/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• CLUB OF MADRID: DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE: 11/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• ECFR: EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: EU-RUSSIA RELATIONS "POWER AUDIT": 11/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• ECFR: EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: GLOBAL SURVEY ON THE BALANCE OF INTERNATIONAL POWER: 11/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• ECFR: EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS LAUNCHED: 11/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• OSI: OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE CONDEMNS PAKISTAN'S DECLARATION OF "EMERGENCY" AND CALLS FOR RELEASE OF ASMA JAHANGIR AND OTHER  DETAINEES: 11/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• WBCSD: COMPANIES UNITE FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS DAY DURING BALI CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE TO ADVOCATE NEW GLOBAL FRAMEWORK:
10/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• U.S. Council on Foreign Relations: PAUL STARES JOINS COUNCIL AS SENIOR FELLOW AND DIRECTOR OF CENTER FOR PREVENTIVE ACTION:
10/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• CMLP: CITIZEN MEDIA LAW PROJECT LAUNCHES LEGAL THREATS DATABASE: 10/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• UN Foundation: Vh1 AND NOTHING BUT NETS PRODUCE NEW MALARIA ANNOUNCEMENT: 10/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• UN Foundation, WORLD HERITAGE ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM PARTNER TO PROTECT JORDAN'S HERITAGE SITES: 10/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• THE CHRONICLES GROUP AND WESTERN WATER LEADERS PRESENT: THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST: ARE WE RUNNING DRY? PBS SPECIAL WITH JANE SEYMOUR: 09/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• AMB. PIERRE SCHORI: FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE ERA OF GLOBALISATION: 08/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• NEW FRIDE FORUM IN CASA de GALICIA: 08/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• NEW ANALYSIS QUESTIONS TRADITIONAL VIEWS OF EAST ASIAN REGIONAL COMMUNITIES (THE STANLEY FOUNDATION): 09/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• BOROUGE AND BOREALIS LAUNCH WATER FOR THE WORLD: 05/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UN: HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS THE CROWN PRINCE OF JAPAN TO SERVE AS HONORARY PRESIDENT OF ADVISORY BOARD ON WATER AND SANITATION: 05/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• KOFI ANNAN JOINS CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES: 05/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• AUSBREITUNG DER HIV/TB-KOEPIDEMIE IN AFRIKA ERSCHWERT DIE WELTWEITEN BEMUEHUNGEN UM DIE BEKAEMPFUNG DER BEIDEN TOEDLICHSTEN INFEKTIONSKRANKHEITEN

••• CO-EPIDEMIC OF HIV-TB SPREADING IN AFRICA, UNDERMINING GLOBAL CONTROL OF WORLD'S TWO DEADLIEST INFECTIOUS DISEASES

••• LA CO-EPIDEMIE VIH/TB SE PROPAGE EN AFRIQUE, RENDANT TRES DIFFICILE LE CONTROLE AU NIVEAU MONDIAL DE DEUX DES MALADIES INFECTIEUSES MORTELLES LES PLUS DANGEREUSES: 02/11/2007

••• ADLAI STEVENSON'S LASTING LEGACY, BOOK LAUNCH AT NYU, NOV. 7:  (MaximsNews Network) 

••• DE NOUVELLE ETUDES AVERTISSENT QUE LA PREFERENCE POUR LES FILS EN ASIE AURA DE GRAVES CONSEQUENCES SUR LE PLAN SOCIAL: UN RAPPORT DESEQUILIBRE ENTRE LE NOMBRE D'HOMME ET DE FEMME RISQUE AUSSI D'APPARAITRE AU NEPAL ET AU VIET NAM A MOINS DE REMEDIER A L'INEGALITE DES SEXES: 31/10/2007

••• LIVE FROM THE NYPL PRESENTS A SYMPOSIUM ON POLITICS AND PROPAGANDA: 31/10/2007

••• WOMEN'S MEDIA CENTER FIGHTS FCC PLAN TO RELAX MEDIA OWNERSHIP RULES: 31/10/2007

••• HANDS OFF CAIN: DEATH PENALTY: NEW YORK MARATHON, RUNNING FOR A MORATORIUM ON CAPITAL EXECUTIONS : 31/10/2007

••• POST-IRAQ U.S. DEMOCRACY PROMOTION EFFORTS REQUIRE NEW MULTILATERAL STRATEGY (THE STANLEY FOUNDATION): 31/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• U.S. PUSH FOR PROMPT GLOBAL MILITARY STRIKES POSE STRATEGIC CONSEQUENCES (THE STANLEY FOUNDATION): 31/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• UNFPA: DIVERSE PARTNERS COMMIT TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS IN ASIA: 31/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

•••  GROWING NUCLEAR STOCKPILES REQUIRE NEW SECURITY MEASURES (THE STANLEY FOUNDATION): 31/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

•••  Guy Laliberté, fondateur du Cirque du Soleil, lance une fondation mondiale pour l’accès à l’eau: 30/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

•••  The founder of Cirque du Soleil Guy Laliberté launches a global foundation to deal with access to water issues : 30/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• U.S. COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, CFR.ORG, WINS TWO AWARDS FOR ONLINE JOURNALISM: 30/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• SAVE THE CHILDREN AND AMERICAN RED CROSS PARTNER TO SERVICE CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES: 30/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• ASIA SOCIETY: CELEBRATING THE RICH ARTISTIC TRADITION OF KASHMIR: OCTOBER 3, 2007 THROUGH JANUARY 6, 2008

••• ASIA SOCIETY: Photographs of Kashmir by Javeed Shah: October 3, 2007–January 6, 2008

••• UN FOUNDATION: TERRESTAR SUPPORTS EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS MISSIONS: 28/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• OSI: OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE ON TB EPIDEMIC IN EUROPE AS INFECTION RATES RISE: 27/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• OSI: OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE ON HIV, DRUG USE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT: 28/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

UNESCO: PRESIDENT BRANKO CRVENKOVSKI ON THE WORLD'S POOR WATER MANAGEMENT: 28/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• PALME PRIZE WINNERS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY: 26/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

1ST ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT, WATER SECURITY: LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT (3-4 DECEMBER): (MaximsNews Network)

••• KOFI ANNAN JOINS THE UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS: 24/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

ASIA SOCIETY GARDEN COURT CAFÉ AWARDED COVETED “THREE STARS” IN MICHELIN GUIDE: 24/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• NEW GLOBAL WATER INITIATIVE LAUNCHED IN RESPONSE TO  CRISIS FOR WORLD'S POOREST PEOPLE: 23/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• THE U.N. AND IRAQ by JAMES TRAUB (THE STANLEY FOUNDATION): 22/10/2007  

••• MADAGASCAR AND GLOBAL PARTNERS LAUNCH MEASLES AND MALARIA PREVENTION CAMPAIGN: 22/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UNF, WHO, UNICEF, CDC, RED CROSS: SOME 31 MILLION INDONESIAN CHILDREN VACCINATED FOR MEASLES: 22/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• AMB. RICHARD HOLBROOKE: AIDS - WE ARE STILL LOSING THE FIGHT: 09/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE SCHOLAR PIERRE GOLDSCHMIDT (FORMER IAEA) AWARDED FOR NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION WORK: 22/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK GIVES $14 MILLION TO NEW ORLEANS' INTELLECTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE AFTER KATRINA : 22/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• ITT CORPORATION AND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PARTNER ON GLOBAL WATER ISSUES, NEW DOCUMENTARY AND EDUCATION PROGRAMME: 22/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UNESCO: KING CARL XVI GUSTAF OF SWEDEN CALLS CLIMATE CHANGE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THE WORLD FACES TODAY: 17/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• BWC: FORMER REP. JIM LEACH TO ADDRESS WORLD HUNGER SUMMIT: 17/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• FORD FOUNDATION SUPPORTS GLOBAL AWARENESS AND PUBLIC MEDIA PROGRAMMING: 13/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• MARY ROBINSON AND MADELEINE ALBRIGHT HOST FELLOW WORLD LEADERS IN SUPPORT OF THE GAVI ALLIANCE: (MaximsNews Network)

••• GLOBAL HIV VACCINE ENTERPRISE NAMES ALAN BERNSTEIN NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OPENS NEW SECRETARIAT: 12/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT: CORRUPTION THREATENS CHINA'S FUTURE: A NEW REPORT BY MINXIN PEI: 13/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT: RUSSIA-LOST IN TRANSITION: A NEW BOOK BY LILIA SHEVTSOVA: 13/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT: NEW CENTURY OF U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS: JOINT STATEMENT BY FORMER U.S. AND RUSSIAN AMBASSADORS TO U.S. & RUSSIA: 25/9/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• OSI: OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE CONDEMNS VIOLENT CRACKDOWN IN BURMA: 28/9/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• SAVE THE CHILDREN HONOURED FOR KATRINA HURRICANE RECOVERY WORK BY MSECA: 13/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• 1ST ASIA PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT: REMARKS BY MARGARET CATLEY-CARLSON AND FRANK R. RIJSBERMAN, WATER AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION INITIATIVES, GOOGLE.ORG: 13/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UNF: TAMARA KREININ JOINS UNF AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WOMEN AND POPULATION: 11/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

THE STANLEY FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: CONFERENCE, SECURING OUR SURVIVAL: 11/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UNF: SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY EMPOWERS HEALTHCARE DELIVERY IN AFRICA: 11/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• AMB. RICHARD HOLBROOKE: AIDS - WE ARE STILL LOSING THE FIGHT: 09/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

ASIA SOCIETY: EMERGENCY TOWN HALL MEETING ON BURMA - MONKS, MEDIA AND THE MILITARY: THE SAFFRON REVOLUTION: FRIDAY 6PM O.S.I.: 05/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• ASIA SOCIETY, SPECIAL EDITION OF ASIA SOCIETY'S PODCAST THE WEEKLY FIX ANNOUNCED TODAY: 01/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• MEDIA ADVISORY: ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT, EVENT MEDIA INVITATION WATER POLITICS: 01/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• U.S. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES JOINS ACADEMIES WORLDWIDE TO ADDRESS GLOBAL DRINKING WATER CRISIS (MaximsNews.com)

••• WBCSD LAUNCHES GLOBAL WATER TOOL TO HELP COMPANIES MANAGE WATER USE (MaximsNews.com)

••• SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY IN THE 21st CENTURY by MARGARET CATLEY-CARLSON: 01/9/2007

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