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• United States and European Union Finance Israel Apartheid Wall

  
  Pragmatic Witness — Authority: 100
  On Nov 10 2009, two days after the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the war criminal in Iraq, the envoy of the “Middle East Quartet”,  Tony Blair, opened the occupational apartheid checkpoint “Jalama”, similar to and far greater than the Berlin Wall, which is built inside the Palestinian ...
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• Gates On Military’s Role In Development

  
  Conflict Health — Authority: 119
  L ast week, at the National Guard Joint Senior Leadership Conference, Defense Secretary Gates was asked about the military’s role in development. His answer is telling. It offers an insider’s view of the military’s vision of itself in development. His response will likely be cited by policymakers and academics ...
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• US & EU finance Israel Apartheid Wall

  
  Kawther Salam The Daily Life of Kawther Salam — Authority: 121
  On Nov 10 2009, two days after the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the war criminal in Iraq, the envoy of the “Middle East Quartet”, the filthy Tony Blair, opened the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Local treasure winners

  
  Andy's Cambodia: www.andybrouwer.co.uk — Authority: 436
  First thing this morning was a working breakfast at the Cambodiana Hotel as part of the award ceremony organised by USAID/Cambodia MSME and others to identify 6 winners from 14 eco-tourism/cultural initiatives that submitted their applications in this inaugural Hidden Treasures ccontest. The local community-based ...
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• ‘Aggressive’ development must to prevent return of terror in FATA: Zardari

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Islamabad, Nov.21 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that it is important to follow the military action in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with an ‘aggressive’ development programme to prevent extremism from raising its head once again and bring a visible change in the ...
  3 days ago

• Ethiopian Diaspora Business Forum – Invest in Ethiopia

  
  MyBerryTree Sucks So Find Better Business Opportunities Forum — Authority: 148
  The Forum was held to discuss “Diaspora Trade & Investment in Ethiopia: Exploring opportunities and overcoming challenges”.Duration : 0:2:13 addthis_url = http%3A%2F%2Fwww.berrytree.in%2Fbusiness-opportunities-forum%2Fethiopian-diaspora-business-forum-invest-in-ethiopia; addthis_title = ...
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• Why Not Paul Farmer at US-AID

  
  Wade Rathke: Chief Organizer Blog — Authority: 128
  New Orleans After endless delays and speculation the Administration announced that Dr. Rajiv Shah, currently an Department of Agriculture official and formerly an executive with the Gates Foundation, would become the head of the United States Agency for International Development (US-AID) last week.  From all reports ...
  4 days ago

• Gates Foundation issues statement on USAID Administrator nominee

  
  ONE — Authority: 535
  The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has just issued a statement regarding Dr. Rajiv Shah, President Obama’s selection to be the next USAID Administrator. You can read ONE’s take on the pick here.Gates Foundation statement:The selection of Dr. Rajiv Shah as the next administrator of the United States Agency for ...
  4 days ago

• Yasser Bagesh- Ethiopian Diaspora Business Forum

  
  MyBerryTree Sucks So Find Better Business Opportunities Forum — Authority: 148
  The Forum was held to discuss “Diaspora Trade & Investment in Ethiopia: Exploring opportunities and overcoming challenges”.Duration : 0:4:7 addthis_url = http%3A%2F%2Fwww.berrytree.in%2Fbusiness-opportunities-forum%2Fyasser-bagesh-ethiopian-diaspora-business-forum; addthis_title = ...
  5 days ago

• Afghanistan as a Patronage Machine

  
  Antiwar.com Original — Authority: 135
  It’s now a commonplace of the Afghan War. Western leaders in London, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Washington, as well as on flying visits to Kabul or even Kandahar, excoriate Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the “corruption” of his government. In return for their ongoing support, they [...]
  6 days ago

• A Question for Raj Shah: How to bring Order to U.S. Support for Business Climate Reforms?

  
  Global Development: Views from the Center — Authority: 484
  Given his background, Raj Shah is well placed to lead U.S. development efforts in the already-big areas of global health and agriculture. But I hope that a small portion of his attention can bring some strategic focus to another set of issues that may be even more critical to the long-term fight against poverty: ...
  1 week ago

• S. 1524: USAID Reform Bill Scheduled for Mark Up

  
  Diplopundit — Authority: 482
  The Kerry-Lugar foreign aid reform bill is scheduled for mark up today at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. John Rogin of The Cable has some background on this here. Rogin reports that the State Department leadership “has been asking Kerry to slow-walk the bill, not wanting the legislation to preempt States ...
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• Bob Rabatsky – Ethiopian Diaspora Business Forum

  
  MyBerryTree Sucks So Find Better Business Opportunities Forum — Authority: 148
  The Forum was held to discuss “Diaspora Trade & Investment in Ethiopia: Exploring opportunities and overcoming challenges”.Duration : 0:6:39 addthis_url = http%3A%2F%2Fwww.berrytree.in%2Fbusiness-opportunities-forum%2Fbob-rabatsky-ethiopian-diaspora-business-forum; addthis_title = ...
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• Sri Lanka Schools Open Following USAID-PACOM Partnership

  
  U.S. Pacific Command Blog — Authority: 115
  A pair of schools rebuilt in Sri Lanka by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) – with funding from U.S. Pacific Command – opened last week. As reported by the Sri Lanka Sunday Times , U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Patricia A. Butenis presided over the opening ceremony for the two ...
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• Zemedneh Negatu – Ethiopian Diaspora Business Forum

  
  MyBerryTree Sucks So Find Better Business Opportunities Forum — Authority: 148
  The Forum was held to discuss “Diaspora Trade & Investment in Ethiopia: Exploring opportunities and overcoming challenges”.Duration : 0:6:15 addthis_url = http%3A%2F%2Fwww.berrytree.in%2Fbusiness-opportunities-forum%2Fzemedneh-negatu-ethiopian-diaspora-business-forum; addthis_title = ...
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• Elizabeth Chacko, PhD – Ethiopian Diaspora Business Forum

  
  MyBerryTree Sucks So Find Better Business Opportunities Forum — Authority: 148
  The Forum was held to discuss “Diaspora Trade & Investment in Ethiopia: Exploring opportunities and overcoming challenges”.Duration : 0:9:36 addthis_url = http%3A%2F%2Fwww.berrytree.in%2Fbusiness-opportunities-forum%2Felizabeth-chacko-phd-ethiopian-diaspora-business-forum; addthis_title = ...
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• Rajiv Shah Sounds Good to Me

  
  Matthew Yglesias — Authority: 804
  Spencer Ackerman reports on considerable internal disgruntlement with Barack Obama’s choice of Rajiv Shah as new head of USAID. You can see where the complaints are coming from, but they also seem pretty unconvincing to me: Another USAID contractor, in an email forwarded to TWI, had a mixed reaction. The ...
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• USAID Finally Gets Its Czar

  
  Conflict Health — Authority: 119
  After more than three months of waiting, USAID might have an administrator. Yesterday President Obama nominated former Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics Dr. Rajiv Shah as USAID Czar . But this is only the beginning of the fight. If Shah is confirmed, he takes over an ...
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• Did we legally adopt Afghanistan while we were asleep?

  
  Diplopundit — Authority: 482
  In addition to building power plants in Afghanistan at a total cost of $305.5 million, US taxpayer funds have also been expended to purchase fuel because the host country could not afford to buy it.The USAID/OIG had just released its audit of USAID/Afghanistan’s power sector activities under its Afghanistan ...
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• Hyphen Lynks: Inflating Boobs Edition

  
  Hyphen Blog — Authority: 501
  This is SOOOO apt, because the past week has been all about inflating boobs! Observe:
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