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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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08TOKYO929 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/04/08
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2008-04-04 07:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO933JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/07/08
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2008-04-07 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO939TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-RUSSIA SUMMIT, NATO SUMMIT, AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included the disruption of the Olympic torch relay in London by a group of protestors opposing the Chinese crackdown in Tibet, as well as Sunday's summit in Sochi, Russia, between President Bush and Russian President Putin. They reportedly adopted a n [...]
2008-04-07 04:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO944 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/07/08
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2008-04-07 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO948JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/08/08
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2008-04-08 01:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO953TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-RUSSIA SUMMIT AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning include the disruption of the Olympic torch relay in Paris by demonstrators opposing the Chinese crackdown in Tibet. 2. "Outstanding Issues Remain" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (4/8): "The issue of MD deployment in Europe remains a ser [...]
2008-04-08 04:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO959 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/08/08
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2008-04-08 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO967JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/09/08
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2008-04-09 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO969TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND OLYMPIC TORCH
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave top play to the informal decision by the DPJ to reject the GOJ nomination of former Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Watanabe as deputy BOJ governor. 2. "U.S. Military Accepts Status Quo" On Gen. Petraeus's congressional testimo [...]
2008-04-09 02:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO975 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/09/08
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2008-04-09 08:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO979JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/10/08
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2008-04-10 01:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO983TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning included Wednesday's one-one-one Diet debate between Prime Minister Fukuda and DPJ President Ozawa. 2. "Don't Be Baited by North Korea" The conservative Sankei editorialized (4/10): "...Even after the U.S.-DPRK talks in Singapore, there is no cl [...]
2008-04-10 05:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO989 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/08
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2008-04-10 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO994JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/11/08
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2008-04-11 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TORONTO153Canadians May Be Beginning to Understand the Importance of
[...] (U) Summary: On May 9, Steven Mitchell, Vice President of Intellectual Policy at the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and Jason Kee, Director of Policy and Legal Affairs for the Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESAC),described the importance of protecting intellectual pro [...]
2008-05-15 20:00:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KCRM KIPR KPAO PGOV CA
08TRIPOLI372PD PROGRAMS FALL VICTIM TO BILATERAL TENSIONS
[...] (U) Summary: Since January, Post has experienced increasing difficulties in obtaining visas for incoming Public Affairs Section visitors, both for educational and cultural programs. The Government of Libya (GOL) has canceled some programs outright, and has simply not approved visas for others. [...]
2008-05-08 08:48:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO SCUL LY PREL OIIP OEXC CVIS PGOV
08TRIPOLI666LIBYAN REACTION TO CLAIMS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT POSITIVE,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-25 16:40:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER KPAO LY
08TRIPOLI679SAIF AL-ISLAM AL-QADHAFI CALLS FOR FURTHER REFORM, THREATENS TO WITHDRAW FROM POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary: In a lengthy, much-anticipated speech at an annual youth forum gathering, Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi, son of Muammar al-Qadhafi, implicitly criticized past decisions of his father's regime, called for dramatic changes to Libya's system of governance, claimed that much of his program of s [...]
2008-08-28 15:12:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KPRV LY
08TRIPOLI917HEAD OF LIBYA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD: U.S.-LIBYA RELATIONS NOT JUST ABOUT OIL REF: TRIPOLI 227
[...] (C) Summary: The head of Libya's national economic planning apparatus and the effort to implement Muammar al-Qadhafi's vision for government restructuring and privatization told the visiting NEA/MAG Director that a new, commonly agreed frame of reference for U.S.-Libya relations that took into a [...]
2008-11-26 14:53:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN KPAO SCUL KMPI EAID EPET LY
08TRIPOLI921LIBYA SEEKS TO DOWNPLAY TRIBAL VIOLENCE IN KUFRA
[...] (C) Summary: In an apparent response to persistent reports by opposition and international media about tribal violence in Kufra, an oasis town located in southeastern Libya, the Government of Libya (GOL) recently staged a meeting in which tribal leaders pledged loyalty to Muammar al-Qadhafi and or [...]
2008-11-30 14:52:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER CASC ASEC PHUM PREF SOCI KPAO LY
08TRIPOLI925RELEASED REGIME CRITIC IDRISS BOUFAYED TO TRAVEL TO SWITZERLAND FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT REF: A) TRIPOLI 472, B) TRIPOLI 819, C) NEA/MAG OI 12/01/2008
[...] (C) Summary: Self-described regime critic Dr. Idriss Boufayed has decided to travel to Switzerland for specialized medical treatment for his lung cancer, a trip he had not undertaken sooner after his release in October because he was weak from chemotherapy. Boufayed has obtained his passport and [...]
2008-12-02 17:00:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO LY
08TRIPOLI969REGIME CRITIC IDRISS BOUFAYED IN SWITZERLAND FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT REF: A) TRIPOLI 960, B) TRIPOLI 472, C) TRIPOLI 819
[...] (C) Geneva-based opposition website Libya al-Youm reported on December 12 that recently released regime critic Dr. Idriss Boufayed had arrived in Geneva for medical treatment. Saleh Abdulsalam Saleh, Director of the Qadhafi Development Foundation's (QDF) Human Rights Committee, told the CDA on Dec [...]
2008-12-18 17:52:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO LY
08TUNIS1076TUNISIA:NEW REPORTS OF HARRASSMENT OF JOURNALISTS
[...] (C) Despite GOT claims that it permits freedom of expression, the Embassy has received three new reports of harassment and mistreatment of journalists and activists. The reports are from: -- journalist Slim Boukhdhir, who reports he was forcibly driven to an isolated area and threatened by th [...]
2008-10-05 18:26:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1092CITIZENS NOT SUBJECTS: OPPOSITION PARTY TIRED OF
[...] (C) Leaders from the opposition at-Tajdid party opined that Tunisia is ready for, and needs, more freedom of expression during an October 6 meeting with the Ambassador. The party opposed the ruling party's presidential candidacy requirements proposal, and has not yet decided whether to conte [...]
2008-10-14 15:47:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1093SOCIAL DEMOCRATS SEEK INCREASED ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Ismail Boulahia, Secretary General of the Social Democratic Movement (MDS) and MDS political bureau member Taieb Mohsni, discussed the prospects for economic cooperation with the Ambassador on October 7. Boulahia explained his party's support of the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rall [...]
2008-10-14 15:49:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1124OPPOSITION PARTIES TOSSES THEIR HATS INTO
[...] (C) Two Tunisian opposition parties represented in parliament will present candidates during the 2009 presidential elections, bringing the total number of eligible candidates to four. Of the candidates, Popular Unity Party (PUP) head Mohamed Bouchiha and Democratic Unionist Union (UDU) Secr [...]
2008-10-29 16:38:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1132TUNISIA DEFENDS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, BUT CAUTIOUSLY
[...] (C/NF) During the mid-October visit of Warren Cofsky, from DRL's Office of International Religious Freedom, Embassy officials met with a series of government officials and religious leaders involved in religious freedom issues. Though those affiliated with the government stuck closely to GOT [...]
2008-11-03 12:49:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KPAO TS
08TUNIS1144LEAD BY EXAMPLE: TUNISIA REACTS TO AMERICAN
[...] (C) From GOT officials to the man on the street, the Tunisian reaction to Barak Obama's win in the presidential elections is overwhelmingly positive. Tunisians seem to be taking this exercise in political participation to heart, with Embassy officials hearing many variations of how Tunisia [...]
2008-11-06 17:24:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1145JOURNALIST, LAWYER POSSIBLE TARGETS OF GOT
[...] (C) Journalist Neziha Rejiba, better known by her pen name Om Zied, and her husband attorney Mokhtar Jallali have both had recent legal difficulties, giving rise to speculation that they are the targets of GOT harassment. As is common in Tunisia, Jallali remains in prison following a car ac [...]
2008-11-06 17:26:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1149GOT RELEASES PRISONERS AHEAD OF NATIONAL HOLIDAY
[...] (C) In the two weeks preceding November 7, the anniversary of the day President Ben Ali took power, the GOT released two large groups of prisoners. The government frequently releases prisoners before major national holidays; such was the case with journalist Slim Boukhdhir, who was released [...]
2008-11-10 14:41:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1153BEN ALI'S "YOUTH PACT" MORE ABOUT BEN ALI THAN
[...] (C) The GOT's youth initiative (reftel) culminated with the November 7th signing of a "Pact with Tunisian Youth." The agreement is the result of a year long "Dialogue with Youth" sponsored by the government. Though members of government and civil society have at other times dwelt on the iss [...]
2008-11-12 17:34:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1192INDEPENDENT OPPOSITION PARTY'S PROBLEMS WORSEN
[...] (C) On November 12 the opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) learned that a legal decision could result in all of the furniture and equipment in its national headquarters being auctioned off without warning. In addition, lawsuits brought by five vegetable-oil companies against PDP l [...]
2008-12-02 17:25:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1196EUROPEAN DELEGATION VISITS TUNISIA, FOCUSES ON
[...] (C) The trials stemming from the January to June unemployment protests in Gafsa and Redeyef have begun to attract high level international attention. A European delegation visited Tunisia November 26-28. While in-country, they met with civil society representatives to discuss human rights, [...]
2008-12-03 17:57:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1199GOT SEEKS TO "STRANGLE" PRIVATE TV STATION
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, the owner and director general of Tunisia's only private TV channel recounted several examples of GOT efforts to "strangle" his business. He sought to strengthen his ties to the Embassy and Ambassador to try to shield the station from further GO [...]
2008-12-04 11:34:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECPS KPAO PGOV PREL PHUM PREF TS
08TUNIS120 TUNIS FY 2008 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH PROPOSAL
[...] Summary: Embassy Tunis is pleased to submit a proposal to further the advancement of agricultural biotechnology (agbiotech) research and awareness in Tunisia. The GOT is currently drafting regulations on biotechnology and we would like them to be trade-friendly. Given that the European Union [...]
2008-02-07 16:34:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO TS
08TUNIS1238STORM CLOUDS GATHER: GAFSA TRIAL EMBODIES
[...] (C) Thirty-eight protestors, arrested in coQunction with the January to June unemployment protests in the southwestern mining towns of Redeyef and Gafsa, were given sentences ranging from six to ten years on December 11. According to one defense attorney, the verdict was not unanimous. The [...]
2008-12-22 11:43:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1244MEPI SMALL BUSINESS INITIATIVE FOR WOMEN PROJECT
[...] (SBU) The goals of the MEPI Small Business Initiative for Women are in line with Embassy and GOT economic development goals. In the face of chronic unemployment, particularly among university graduates, promoting the growth of entrepreneurship and building a supportive infrastructure for sm [...]
2008-12-24 07:46:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS126TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS UNION - PUPPET THEATER?
[...] (C) The January 14, 2008 evolution of the Tunisian Journalists Association in favor of the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists was viewed by some observers, including the General Secretary of the International Federation of Journalists, as "historic reform." To other observers, the new [...]
2008-02-08 14:55:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALELAB KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL TS
08TUNIS130BEYWATCH: TUNISIAN BLOGGERS CENSORED BY STATE AND
[...] (U) While blogging may have lost its novelty (though not its popularity)in the United States and much of the rest of the world, it is still a nascent phenomenon in Tunisia. Only in the past year or so has the Tunisian "blogosphere" begun to take shape, and its creators and contributors seem to [...]
2008-02-12 08:38:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALKPAO SOCI TS
08TUNIS139PROTAGONIST WHO BLOCKED PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) As his legal dispute with the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) stretches into its eighth year, Chedli Ben Younes seems both disillusioned with the GOT, on whose behest he is purported to have filed the suit, and regretful that his former colleagues on the left see him as a "sellout" fo [...]
2008-02-13 12:40:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS144OPPOSITION LEADER DECLARES CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) In a February 13 press conference, the opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) announced its former Secretary General Nejib Chebbi would be the party's candidate SIPDIS for president for the 2009 presidential elections. Chebbi's candidacy was supported by a number of prominent [...]
2008-02-14 17:41:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS169ACTIVISTS SAY TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR
[...] (C) Tunisian activists and international NGOs are denouncing the recent convictions of a journalist and a comedian, saying that they are being prosecuted for criticizing the government. On January 18, a Sfax court of appeal upheld journalist Slim Boukhdhir's sentence of one year in prison f [...]
2008-02-22 15:55:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS210HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ASSAULTED BY SECURITY FORCES
[...] (C) On March 3, human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine was assaulted by security forces upon her arrival in Tunisia at the port of La Goulette. Bensedrine, a longstanding critic of Tunisia's human rights situation, had just returned from Denmark where she received the 2008 Danish Peace Foun [...]
2008-03-06 15:59:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS256TUNISIANS PUBLICLY CONDEMN AQIM KIDNAPPING OF
[...] (SBU) In the wake of the March 10 claim by Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) that it had kidnapped two Austrian tourists in southern Tunisia (reftels),political activists and intellectuals have condemned the targeting of civilians and the spread of extremist ideologies. The [...]
2008-03-13 15:22:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PREL KPAO TS
08TUNIS257THE MFA'S CONTROL ISSUES
[...] (S/NF) Although the Tunisian MFA is titularly responsible for coordinating bilateral cooperation, under the leadership of FM Abdallah, the Ministry has become controlling to the point of being obstructionist. Almost every demarche, program, travel or other diplomatic activity must be requeste [...]
2008-03-13 15:51:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS258TUNISIA/DEMOCRATIC REFORM I: PROMOTING A MORE
[...] (C) Tunisia's 2009 presidential and legislative elections represent an important opportunity to promote the President's Freedom Agenda and to press for tangible political reform. We have long focused on promoting greater freedom and expression and association in Tunisia. In the months lead [...]
2008-03-13 15:54:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS273TUNISIA/DEMOCRATIC REFORM II: VOTER APATHY
[...] (C) Despite official voter registration and presidential election participation rates of almost 90 percent, most Tunisians say they prefer not to vote. Lack of transparency, allegations of fraud, and the sense that election results are a foregone conclusion are all major causes of voter apat [...]
2008-03-17 10:49:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS278TUNISIA/DEMOCRATIC REFORM III: AN UPHILL STRUGGLE
[...] (C) Tunisian opposition parties face an uphill battle in their fight for free and fair elections. Despite a multi-party system, civil society activists credibly alleged that the outcomes of the 2004 presidential and legislative elections were predetermined, highlighting a number of procedu [...]
2008-03-18 10:15:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS337OPPOSITION REJECTS PROPOSED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY
[...] (C) Leaders of Tunisia's two most credible independent opposition parties told the Ambassador on March 28 that President Ben Ali's March 21 announcement regarding candidacy requirements (Ref A) was specifically designed to exclude his strongest opponents from running for president in 2009. N [...]
2008-04-04 07:18:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS345JAILED TUNISIAN COMEDIAN PARDONED ON INDEPENDENCE
[...] (SBU) On March 20 (Tunisian Independence Day),Tunisian President Ben Ali pardoned comedian Hedi Oula Baballah, after he served six weeks of his one-year prison term. Baballah was sentenced to prison and fined 1,000 TD (833 USD) on February 4 for possession of narcotics (Ref A),after police [...]
2008-04-04 15:40:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS349CALL ON CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
[...] (C) Salah Tabarki, President of the Commission of Political Affairs and External Relations in the Chamber of Deputies, told the DCM April 2 that there were strong debates in the Chamber of Deputies, notably within the commissions. In plenary sessions, party discipline is the rule. Although a [...]
2008-04-07 15:38:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL TS
08TUNIS364EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW PROGRAM REQUEST
[...] Embassy Tunis submits the following proposal for an Embassy Science Fellow (ESF). Our request for an ESF from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the field of engineering is a resubmission of our 2007 proposal (Ref B). Due to difficulties with timing, the ESF selected for Embassy Tunis w [...]
2008-04-14 09:52:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL SENV KSCA KPAO TS
08TUNIS373MEPI UPDATE FOR TUNISIA
[...] (SBU) Tunisia remains a difficult environment for MEPI programs and activities, particularly in the area of political reform, and some organizations remain reticent about receiving MEPI, or USG, funding. We have continued, however, to look for new ways to reach out to the community and active [...]
2008-04-16 14:41:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM PGOV KMPI KIPR KPAO TS
08TUNIS39SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR AWAY: TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) President Mokhtar Trifi on January 8 told PolOffs that while discussions with GOT officials had initially left him optimistic about prospects for resolving the almost eight year-long standoff between the GOT and the LTDH, the GOT has failed to deliver [...]
2008-01-11 16:45:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS408PART II: BAD NEWS FOR TUNISIAN PRESS: OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Since March, the distribution of five editions of al-Mowqif has been blocked, putting the paper in a financially precarious situation. Opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) leaders held a press conference on April 16 to announce that the editors of its Arabic-weekly al-Mowqif [...]
2008-04-24 08:47:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS434TUNISIA SHINES, SARKOZY STUMBLES DURING APRIL
[...] (C) French President Nicolas Sarkozy concluded a 48-hour visit to Tunisia on April 30, which was dominated by big business deals and strong criticism from Tunisia's human rights community. The visit paved the way for Sarkozy's planned July summit to launch the Mediterranean Union and economic [...]
2008-05-02 12:02:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS440HIGHER COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: INDEPENDENT,
[...] (C) During a May 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Higher Commission for Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties (HCHR) President Moncer Rouissi outlined the progress of new legislation giving the HCHR greater independence. The changes, however, look good on paper but may end up being mostly co [...]
2008-05-02 16:08:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS443REPLY TO "MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN
[...] (U) We plan to distribute an IIP-prepared package of appropriate written materials on the topic to the local press and other key contacts. 2. (SBU) Tunisia has no known exiled Cuban community and the topic of Cuba in general has no resonance with the Tunisian public, except in the context o [...]
2008-05-05 16:17:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PHUM PREL
08TUNIS514PRESS FREEDOM CASE DRAGS ON, BUT HUNGER STRIKE ENDS
[...] (C) At a May 10 hearing, libel cases filed by five Tunisian companies against Rachid Khachana and Mongi Ellouz, editor-in-chief and staff-writer for the opposition Arabic-weekly al-Mowqif respectively, were postponed for May 31. Tunisian civil society has deemed the cases politically motiva [...]
2008-05-12 16:50:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS54FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES: TUNISIAN OPPOSITION PARTY
[...] (C) Secretary General of the opposition Popular Unity Party (PUP) Mohamed Bouchicha acknowledged to the Ambassador Jan. 15 the need to improve freedom of expression and association, but said progress should be made "without interference" by foreigners. Bouchicha added that solutions would b [...]
2008-01-17 14:44:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS540CODEX CANDIDATE AND 31ST SESSION OF THE CODEX
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-20 14:04:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO
08TUNIS569ANNUAL JEWISH PILGRIMAGE PROCEEDS PEACEFULLY
[...] (C) Summary: From May 22-23, between five and six thousand Jewish pilgrims visited the island of Djerba as part of an annual pilgrimage. The center of the pilgrimage is the El-Ghriba synagogue, the oldest synagogue in North Africa. The event was characterized by a visible police presence a [...]
2008-05-28 15:46:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM KPAO IS TS
08TUNIS580TUNISIA CONTINUES TO EXPAND INTERNET CENSORSHIP
[...] (C) While publicly promoting the internet as an economic tool, the Government of Tunisia is privately blocking an increasing portion of the web. Officially, only sites that promote violence or pornography are blocked in Tunisia, but in practice, sites with content critical of the GOT, such a [...]
2008-05-30 14:22:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS595PRESS FREEDOM TRIAL DRAGS ON, OPPOSITION CANDIDATE
[...] (C) In the ongoing libel cases against the editors of opposition newspaper al-Mowqif, the defense presented its argument at a May 31 hearing; no trial date has been set for the plaintiffs to present their rebuttal. In a separate court case, al-Mowqif Editor-in-Chief Nejib Chebbi is also bei [...]
2008-06-03 16:09:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS596UNEMPLOYMENT PROTESTS SPREAD TO NEW TOWN
[...] (C) Following several weeks of relative calm, demonstrations have again broken out near the Tunisian border with Algeria, this time in Feriana. There have been periodic demonstrations in the region since January, stemming from poverty, high levels of unemployment, and claims of governmental [...]
2008-06-03 16:50:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS650AMBASSADOR PROVIDES FM WITH NON-PAPER ON IMPROVING
[...] (C) In a tete-a-tete meeting with the Foreign Minister on June 16, the Ambassador delivered a non-paper on steps the GOT could take to improve freedom of expression in Tunisia. Noting the White House statement on World Press Freedom Day that referenced Tunisia's problems with freedom of expres [...]
2008-06-17 05:50:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPAO TS
08TUNIS759CODEL MCCOLLUM TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (C) Over the course of a four day visit, Congresswoman Betty McCollum and Congressional Staff Member Brooke Bennett met with an impressive number of Tunisian government and civil society representatives, carrying a message of US engagement and interest in pursuing shared objectives. The gov [...]
2008-07-09 15:27:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS78EXTREMISM IN TUNISIA: FERTILE GROUND?
[...] (S) This is the first cable of a two part series on extremism in Tunisia; it addresses the forces behind increasing popular support for violent ideologies. Tunisia's general trend toward increased religious identification and conservatism has been marked over the past year by a relative incre [...]
2008-01-25 11:05:00Embassy TunisSECRETPTER PGOV KISL SOCI PREL KPAO TS
08TUNIS79EXTREMISM IN TUNISIA: GETTING AT THE ROOTS
[...] (S) This is the second cable of a two part series on extremism in Tunisia; it addresses GOT efforts to combat rising extremism, what threat it represents, and how the USG should respond. The GOT regularly points out that it has been fighting terrorism since the 1980s and note it has invested [...]
2008-01-25 11:07:00Embassy TunisSECRETPTER PGOV KISL SOCI PREL KPAO TS
08TUNIS825AMBASSADOR PRESSES EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS
[...] (C) In a meeting Friday, July 18, Ambassador pressed Tunisian External Communications Agency Director General Oussama Romdhani on the release of imprisoned journalist Slim Boukhdhir. Romdhani acknowledged that the continued imprisonment of Boukhdhir is a problem for Tunisia internationally, [...]
2008-07-22 14:04:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KPAO TS
08TUNIS841BEN ALI ACKNOWLEDGES GAFSA UNREST -- FROM AFAR
[...] (C) For the first time, President Ben Ali has publicly acknowledged the unrest that has been troubling the southwestern mining region of Gafsa since January 2008 (reftels). In July 16 remarks to members of the Gafsa governing council, the President blamed the difficulties on improper recrui [...]
2008-07-24 16:14:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALELAB KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL TS
08TUNIS851PROMULGATION OF LAW RESTRICTING ELIGIBILITY OF
[...] (C) President Ben Ali on July 28 approved a law changing the criteria for presidential candidates. Among those potential candidates who will now be excluded by the new eligibility requirements are Nejib Chebbi, the announced candidate of the opposition Progressive Democratic Party. Politici [...]
2008-07-29 15:10:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS863SEMI-INDEPENDENT OPPOSITION PARTY SAYS RULING
[...] (C) In a July 30 meeting with A/DCM, Ahmed Brahim, First Secretary of the opposition at-Tajdid (Renewal) Party, argued that Tunisia's ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) Party needs to allow increased political participation and greater freedom of expression. Brahim outlined his par [...]
2008-07-31 16:06:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS864PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY: GOT SEEKS COVER WHEN
[...] (C) The Government of Tunisia has a deserved reputation for silencing its perceived opponents. At the same time, the GOT has perfected the art of plausible deniability, allowing it to deflect allegations of harassment. Often, the GOT works through intermediaries, using a broad range of tool [...]
2008-07-31 16:12:00Embassy TunisSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS868CIVIL SOCIETY STRIKES BACK, OR AT LEAST IT TRIES
[...] (C) Despite the harassment and intimidation of Tunisian opposition and civil society groups (Ref A),many groups persist in their activism. In spite of limits on their freedom of maneuver, several have managed to overcome government-imposed restrictions to attract attention to their causes, [...]
2008-08-01 12:13:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS879WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE RCD?: RULING PARTY WRAPS UP
[...] (C) The ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) held its congress, which takes place once every five years, from July 30 - August 2. The most notable development came on July 30, when President Ben Ali announced he would seek re-election for a fifth five year term in 2009. The RCD also [...]
2008-08-05 11:20:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS926FUN WHILE IT LASTED - FACEBOOK BLOCKED FROM TUNISIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. As of August 18, access to popular social networking web site Facebook has been blocked from Tunisia. Facebook joins the long list of political, human rights and social networking web sites blocked by the Tunisian authorities. End summary. 2. (SBU) Beginning on the evenin [...]
2008-08-19 14:57:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OEXC PHUM SCUL TS
08ULAANBAATAR138BABY STEPS FOR MONGOLIA'S FIU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Mongolia's (GOM) effort to establish an effective Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),as required under the nation's first Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism legislation (AML/CFT) passed in July 2006, has been slow going, but there hav [...]
2008-03-28 04:50:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER ECON PREL SCUL SNAR KPAO MG
08ULAANBAATAR192MONGOLIAN PRESS MOSTLY OR "PARTLY FREE," BUT FEELING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Mongolian media are "partly free," according to the latest Freedom House report, citing cases of intimidation of the press and the selective use of defamation lawsuits for this judgment. They note that these abuses present an obstacle to Mongolia's continuing demo [...]
2008-04-28 07:42:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OPRC KDEM KMDR KPAO MG
08ULAANBAATAR321MONGOLIAN MEDIA'S RUN-UP TO PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last few days before Mongolia's June 29 Parliamentary elections, the local media organizations continued to focus on political mud-slinging by parties and criticism of the General Election Commission (GEC). Prime fodder in the press and on TV has been recent promises mad [...]
2008-06-29 12:25:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OPRC KDEM KMDR KPAO MG
08ULAANBAATAR322VOTING GOES SMOOTHLY IN MONGOLIAQS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Voting in MongoliaQs Parliamentary elections went smoothly and ended on schedule at 10 pm on Sunday, June 29; election authorities then started the lengthy process of vote-counting. Preliminary returns were not expected to be available until well into June 30, at the earliest. [...]
2008-06-30 00:54:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO MG
08ULAANBAATAR332Flavor of Mongolian Democracy: Impressions of Distant
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable describes conditions at far-flung polling stations in Khovd province some 1,500 kilometers from Ulaanbaatar. The Embassy's election observation team was impressed with the highly organized, efficient and transparent processes of the local election committees as well [...]
2008-07-08 00:22:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO MG
08USEUBRUSSELS1949EULEX COMMITTEE OF CONTRIBUTORS PRAISES SUCCESSFUL
[...] (C) Summary: EULEX Head of Mission Yves de Kermabon briefed the Committee of Contributors on December 19 in Brussels, describing a successful deployment throughout Kosovo, the importance of close interaction with other international actors, and the challenges of implementing customs and cou [...]
2008-12-23 10:45:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL UNMIK PGOV EUN SR KV
08USEUBRUSSELS248P3 DISCUSSES 1540 COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 5
[...] (U) Summary. UK hosted a P3 discussion on continuation of the 1540 Committee on February 5 in response to REF A demarche at its EU Mission with U.S. 1540 Coordinator and French MFA reps. Both UK and Fance expressed their appreciation for the U.S in taking the lead to draft essential eleen [...]
2008-02-13 16:30:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KPAO UNSC UK FR
08USNATO231PAKISTAN: ALLIES SUPPORTIVE OF PROPOSALS TO DEEPEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Ambassador James Pardew briefed the NAC on his June 25-26 meetings in Islamabad (Reftels A and B) during a June 30 informal NAC "coffee" meeting. Pardew characterized his meetings as positive and productive, noting his interlocutors were [...]
2008-07-02 16:26:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR KPAO AF PK
08USOSCE219U.S. 1540 COORDINATOR CONSULTS WITH OSCE, UNODC,
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. coordinator for UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 Thomas Wuchte met with OSCE, IAEA, and UNODC officials to discuss next steps in gaining their support for further implementation of UNSCR 1540 and 1810, particularly in the OSCE region. Wuchte met with the chief o [...]
2008-09-19 15:51:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OSCE AORC KPAO PTER UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK2571540: NEGOTIATIONS ON MANDATE RENEWAL RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Russian and Chinese experts provided initial reactions to the consolidated P-3 comments on Russia's draft resolution to renew the 1540 Committee's mandate (ref A) at a P-5 experts' meeting on March 19. Both emphasized their preference for a simple, technical resolution [...]
2008-03-20 22:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK3031540: RUSSIANS SHOW NO FLEXIBILITY ON RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Amb. Wolff raised U.S. objectives (consistent with ref A) for the resolution to renew the mandate of the Security Council Committee established by resolution 1540 (2004) with Russian Deputy PermRep Constantin Dolgov on April 3. Dolgov responded that he has firm instructions from "high l [...]
2008-04-04 21:43:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK3141540: RUSSIANS QUESTION U.S. PROPOSALS FOR
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: On the margins of the Security Council 1540 Committee's meeting on April 4, Russia's 1540 expert, Dmitry Feoktistov, advised USUN that Moscow has reviewed the UK, French, and U.S. amendments to Russia's draft resolution to renew the Committee's mandate for two years. Reit [...]
2008-04-07 23:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK3221540: JOINT P-3 DEMARCHE TO RUSSIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-09 20:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK3231540: INDONESIA EXPRESSES RESERVATIONS ABOUT U.S.
[...] (SBU) Indonesia's representative to the Security Council's 1540 Committee told USUN on April 8 that Indonesia will support Russia's technical resolution to renew the 1540 Committee's mandate, arguing that the Council should not seek to expand the Committee's mandate or introduce "controversia [...]
2008-04-09 20:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK3261540: COMMITTEE AT LOGGERHEADS OVER REPORT
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The 1540 Committee met again on April 4 to seek to complete negotiations on its draft report to the Security Council, which resolution 1673 requires the Committee to submit by no later than April 27. Despite multiple Committee meetings, extensive changes requested by Ru [...]
2008-04-10 00:04:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK3451540: NAM SECURITY COUNCIL PERMREPS CONSOLIDATE
[...] (C) USUN has learned that the PermReps of Non-Aligned Movement states on the Security Council (Indonesia, Panama, South Africa, Libya, Burkina Faso, and Vietnam) have agreed to support only a two-year renewal of the mandate of the Security Council Committee established by resolution 1540 (2004 [...]
2008-04-12 00:21:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK549UNSCR 1540: EU MEMBERS BRAINSTORM ON COOPERATION
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: USUN Legal Officer met with UK and French representatives to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee") on June 18 to share information concerning U.S.-European Union coordination to promote implementation of resolution [...]
2008-06-23 14:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KPAO UNSC KNNP UK FR
08USUNNEWYORK569UNSCR 1540: COMMITTEE NEARS AGREEMENT ON REPORT
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 ("1540 Committee") agreed ad referendum on June 25 on revisions to the Committee's draft report to the Security Council on States' compliance with resolution 1540 (2004). Per ref (C),USUN also proposed th [...]
2008-06-27 17:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK5921540 COMMITTEE: RUSSIANS SEEK TO REPLACE RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Russian Deputy Permanent Representative Shcherbak approached USUN on June 25 to request U.S. support for a Russian candidate to replace the Russian national currently serving on the 1540 Committee's Group of Experts, Viktor Slipchenko. Shcherbak said the Russian Federation wants to handl [...]
2008-07-03 18:17:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK6011540 COMMITTEE ADOPTS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 22:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK6841540 COMMITTEE - REPORT, LETTER TO G8
[...] (U) Per reftel A, USUN has advised the Costa Rican delegation that the U.S. would like to see the UN issue a press release and hold a press event in connection with the release of the 1540 Committee's report to the Security Council pursuant to resolution 1810 (2008). The Costa Ricans respond [...]
2008-07-30 23:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK7241540 COMMITTEE: RUSSIANS INSIST ON ADDING NINTH
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Security Council's 1540 Committee remains divided over Russia's proposal to add a ninth member to its Group of Experts. Many members support Russia's initiative, the unstated goal of which is to guarantee that a new Russian expert (Antonin Litavrin) [...]
2008-08-12 23:02:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK7291540 COMMITTEE REMAINS BLOCKED OVER EXPERTS
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At its August 12 meeting, the Security Council's Committee established by resolution 1540 (2004) remained deadlocked over Russia's proposal to add a ninth member to its Group of Experts (ref A),with the P-3 opposing the proposal. A representative of the UN Office of Di [...]
2008-08-13 21:57:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK93UNSCR 1540: DEMARCHES ON MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Per reftel, Mission delivered the demarche providing U.S. objectives for the renewal of the 1540 Committee's mandate to the UK and French representatives to the Committee. While emphasizing that they did not have reactions from Paris or London, both welcomed the U.S. in [...]
2008-01-31 23:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KPAO UNSC OAS KNNP UK FR
08VALLETTA213EMBASSY VALLETTA MARKS DAY OF SOLIDATIRY WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-21 14:45:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO MT CU
08VALLETTA216MALTA: RESPONSE TO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS DEMARCHE
[...] DCM conveyed reftel objectives and CV of Dr. Hulebek to Mr. Simon Pullicino at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Mr. John Attard Kingswell, Director of Public Health Regulation Division. 2. Kingswell informed post that he plans to attend the Codex Alimentarius meeting in June. He said th [...]
2008-05-23 14:18:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO MT
08VALLETTA250MALTA: SUPPORTS US CANDIDATE FOR CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
[...] On June 19, MFA Desk Officer for the Americas Simon Pullicino told Charge' that Malta would support the U.S. candidate, Dr. Karen Hulebek, for the post of Chairperson of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. 2. Malta will be represented at the upcoming conference by John Attard Kingswell, Dire [...]
2008-06-19 14:17:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO MT
08VATICAN40CUBA SOLIDARITY - EMBASSY VATICAN ACTIVITY
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Vatican reports that Ambassador Glendon hosted an important and well-attended conference this month commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the crucial role of Latin American countries in creating that document. W [...]
2008-05-16 16:21:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU VT
08VATICAN47EMBASSY CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS LATIN AMERICAN AND CATHOLIC
[...] Summary. Ambassador Glendon recently hosted a substantive and well-attended conference commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the critical contributions of Latin American countries and Catholic social teachings to the creation of that documen [...]
2008-07-02 12:16:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL KPAO KIRF SOCI XM XL CU VT
08VATICAN62THE POPE'S MEGAPHONE: A SURVEY OF HOLY SEE MEDIA
[...] (U) Media coverage of the Holy See is as global as the Catholic Church itself. The international dimension of the Holy See's own communication efforts, as well as that of the media covering it, provides Embassy Vatican with a unique platform to reach linguistically and geographically diverse [...]
2008-08-13 18:32:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO KIRF VT
08VIENNA106AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 24, 2008
[...] Austria's Economics Minister Martin Bartenstein from the OeVP says he is committed to clearly defined climate protection goals. However, he told Austrian radio, he is opposed to the climate guidelines put forward by Brussels, which call for the share of renewable energies to be increased to 34 [...]
2008-01-24 13:43:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA122AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 25, 2008
[...] Right-wing opposition party BZOe leader Peter Westenthaler has called for an end to immigration to Austria. He made an exception, though, for needed skilled workers, who should be allowed into Austria as holders of "green-card"-type permits similar to those used in the USA and Canada. Westentha [...]
2008-01-25 12:57:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA141AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 29, 2008
[...] A recent Gallup poll shows that the People's Party (OeVP) has jumped ahead of the Social Democrats (SPOe) in public opinion. The poll gives the OeVP 36 percent, an increase of one percentage point since the last poll, and the SPOe is at 33 percent, a decrease of one percentage point. The Greens [...]
2008-01-29 15:17:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA145AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 30, 2008
[...] Carinthian Governor Joerg Haider (BZOe) has said that he sees no legal obstacles to a provincial referendum on the new EU Reform Treaty in the wake of his party's collection of 15,000 signatures in support of such a move. Haider claims that ratification of the Treaty would affect the province i [...]
2008-01-30 14:44:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA1545AUSTRIA: PALESTINIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEE DISCUSSED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-17 10:29:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO AU
08VIENNA158AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 31, 2008
[...] The Austrian SPOe-OeVP coalition government's performance continues to be marked by massive tensions and quarrels between the two parties, Austrian media report. SPOe Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer accused his junior coalition partner, the OeVP, of "trying to make the Social Democrats look bad, w [...]
2008-01-31 13:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA1620GOA UNWILLING TO ACCEPT PALESTINIAN GUANTANAMO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-03 16:15:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO AU
08VIENNA1646"ELECTION 2008" PROGRAMS DIVERTED ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE
[...] (U) Summary: The 2008 presidential election proved to be an excellent and sustained opportunity for PAS Vienna to reach and influence audiences across Austria. Recognizing keen interest in this year's historic election, post utilized the full range of public diplomacy vehicles - speakers, vid [...]
2008-11-07 14:44:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDAGS KPAO IIP ECA AU
08VIENNA1674AMBASSADOR'S OPEN LETTER TO ORF-TV PROTESTING
[...] This afternoon, Embassy delivered the following letter to the head of Austria's public broadcaster, ORF. After delivery, we released the text publicly. The letter protests ORF-TV's failure to condemn racist statements made against President-elect Obama and American society during a nation-w [...]
2008-11-14 16:56:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO AU
08VIENNA182AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 05, 2008
[...] The opposition parties are having a field day with the coalition government over its decision to participate in the EU's EUFOR peacekeeping mission in African Chad and its dispatch of an advance team of 15 soldiers to the country last week, just before a rebel attack on the capital N'Djamena ov [...]
2008-02-06 08:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA1875AUSTRIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Per reftel, Post is submitting the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Austria. Embassy POC for this report is Political Unit Chief Phil Kaplan, office phone: 43-1-31339-2114; email: kaplanpw@state.gov. General Assessment ------------------ 2. According to Austria's Bureau for the Prot [...]
2008-12-22 13:38:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM KHLS EFIN KPAO AU
08VIENNA202AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 08, 2008
[...] In the controversy over allegations regarding a potential OeVP cover-up of shortfalls in the search for kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch, which may have prevented an earlier rescue of the girl, OeVP Secretary General Hannes Missethon told Austrian radio that late Interior Minister Liese Prokop ( [...]
2008-02-08 14:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA267WIREC 2008 - AUSTRIAN DELEGATION AND PLEDGE INFO
[...] On February 21, EmbOff contacted Elfriede More from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, to discuss the Austrian delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC),March 4-6, 2008. More, who is Austria's inter-ministerial coordinator for WIREC, confirmed t [...]
2008-02-26 13:28:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET SENV EAID SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA AU
08VIENNA305AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 03, 2008
[...] ... headlines one Austrian daily newspaper, summing up the media's assessment of the current mood in the SPOe-OeVP government. There is new cause for conflict, adding to the two parties' recent disputes ranging from tax reform to the allegations of abuse of office in the OeVP-led Interior Minis [...]
2008-03-03 14:30:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA311AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 04, 2008
[...] The two governing parties, the OeVP and the SPOe, are in free fall in the wake of new allegations of political scandals and continued failure to agree on important issues, the most recent polls have revealed. The latest Gallup poll gives the OeVP 31 percent and the SPOe 29 percent of support. S [...]
2008-03-04 14:39:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA317AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 04, 2008
[...] Austrian President Heinz Fischer has called on the SPOe-OeVP coalition to "live up to the expectations" people "have placed in it." His comments came in response to the ongoing dispute between the two government parties, which he, too, was "quite aware of," Fischer stressed. A government was "n [...]
2008-03-06 07:24:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA320AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 06, 2008
[...] The trial of two people on charges connected with terrorism threats will continue at a Vienna court today. Prosecutors are planning to show a video clip which one of the defendants, Mohamed M., allegedly took part in producing. The video was released on the internet last March and threatened at [...]
2008-03-06 15:38:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA335AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 07, 2008
[...] The parliamentary investigating committee created earlier this month to look into allegations of abuse of office in the Interior Ministry will meet for the first time today. At the inquiry's inaugural session, members will vote on a chairperson - a position sought by both the Freedom Party (FPO [...]
2008-03-07 14:52:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA349AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 11, 2008
[...] All Austrian media report that President Heinz Fischer invited the leaders of the government coalition, Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer (SPOe) and Vice-Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer (OeVP),to talks at the Hofburg yesterday, in an attempt to resolve the current political deadlock. Details of the mee [...]
2008-03-11 14:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA370AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 13, 2008
[...] Mohamed M. and Mona S., an Austrian Muslim couple accused of involvement in the production and posting on the internet of a video message threatening attacks against Austria, have been found guilty of membership of a terrorist organization, namely al Qaeda. A Vienna court sentenced Mohamed M. l [...]
2008-03-13 14:51:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA424AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 26, 2008
[...] Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer of the Social Democrats has received general approval from the SPOe party executive of his compromise position on tax reform at a special meeting on Tuesday. Gusenbauer said following the meeting that although he had not succeeded in bringing forward from 2010 to 20 [...]
2008-03-26 14:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA498AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 10, 2008
[...] The Austrian Parliament ratified the EU Reform Treaty on Wednesday after a heated and at times emotional debate. Along with the coalition partners OeVP and SPOe, the opposition Greens also supported the Treaty. The two other opposition parties, the FPOe and the BZOe, vehemently opposed ratifica [...]
2008-04-10 15:23:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA50WIREC 2008 - INVITATION DELIVERED
[...] On January 9, Post delivered reftel invitation to the WIREC conference to the Minister of Agriculture and Environment, and sent copies of the letter to the Chiefs of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economics, Labor, and Energy. We understand from the discussions [...]
2008-01-11 13:36:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET SENV EAID SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA
08VIENNA507AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 11, 2008
[...] Fears that Austria would receive a flood of asylum seekers after the enlargement of Europe's Schengen Zone appear to have been unfounded. The Interior Ministry in Vienna says there have been fewer applications for asylum in the three months since the borders opened in January 2008 than in the s [...]
2008-04-11 15:31:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA522AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 14, 2008
[...] A preliminary report of the Austrian Court of Audit sees considerable shortcomings in the climate policy during the past few years. Austria emits about one third more CO2 than allowed and the tendency is growing. Only half-hearted measures were taken in the sectors of transportation, industry a [...]
2008-04-15 14:10:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA527AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 16, 2008
[...] The parliamentary committee, which investigates charges of corruption against the Ministry of the Interior, has now issued a summons against Minister G|nther Platter to account for holding back files and documents that are needed to assess the charges. The minister had done so with reference to [...]
2008-04-16 12:31:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA532AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 17, 2008
[...] There is no end to the price surge that shocks Austrian consumers: According to the latest statistics, the costs of living went up by 3.5 percent in March - more than in January or February. This price increase was especially noticeable in the costs for food products, gasoline, housing, and en [...]
2008-04-17 14:27:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA634AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 07, 2008
[...] Austrian Airlines (AUA) and the Oesterreichische Industrie Holding AG (OeIAG) are desperately trying to get Sheikh Mohammed Bin Issa Al Jaber back on board, after the Saudi businessman said he would pull out of a deal to purchase a 20 percent stake in AUA. The results of an emergency meeting to [...]
2008-05-07 14:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA638AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 08, 2008
[...] Negotiations continue between Austrian Airlines (AUA) and Saudi businessman Sheikh Mohammed Bin Issa Al Jaber on a potential 150-million-Euro investment in the airline. There is still no agreement on whether Al Jaber, who has accused AUA of having been misled about its financial viability, will [...]
2008-05-08 14:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA721AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 27, 2008
[...] According to a new opinion poll, there is little public support for the strike Austrian doctors have threatened to hold in June. Three quarters of Austrians believe a doctors' strike is not justified, and most say they believe the doctors' real concern in the matter is their own financial posit [...]
2008-05-27 15:09:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA726AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 28, 2008
[...] The Austrian government, under pressure to act against rising fuel prices, has said it will respond by introducing a series of countermeasures. Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer (OeVP) told ORF radio this morning that both commuter and mileage allowances will be raised "cons [...]
2008-05-28 13:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA734AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 29, 2008
[...] The coalition government's controversial healthcare reform is encountering resistance not only from doctors and the Austrian Medical Association, but also from Parliament. The three parliamentary presidents have dismissed the SPOe-OeVP cabinet's wish to have the reform law passed before Parliam [...]
2008-05-29 14:13:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA741CODEX ALIMENTARIUS: AUSTRIA FAVORS U.S. CANDIDATE, BUT WILL
[...] Post discussed reftel demarche on May 29 with Erhard Hoebaus, Head of the Department for Nutrition and Quality Assurance in the Ministry of Agriculture. Hoebaus, who is the Austrian POC for Codex Alimentarius, will represent the GoA at the 31st session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. D [...]
2008-05-30 15:51:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO AU
08VIENNA746AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 30, 2008
[...] The coalition partners SPOe and OeVP on Thursday agreed on changes to the state pension system following weeks of negotiations. A regulation will be extended until 2013 allowing persons to retire early, who have contributed to the pension scheme for long years, but have not yet reached the offi [...]
2008-06-02 10:18:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENTIANE4Avian Influenza Update
[...] Summary: There have been no new cases of avian influenza in humans or birds since the February-March 2007 outbreak. Progress in enhancing the GOL's laboratory diagnostic capacity continues. The GOL has reiterated its commitment to sharing viral isolates. A PACOM-supported training exercise [...]
2008-01-02 09:56:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU KPAO SOCI ECON SCUL PREL AMED AMGT CASC
08VIENTIANE461LAO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES NEW MEDIA LAW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lao National Assembly (NA) approved a new law on the roles and responsibilities of the media during its July session by a vote of 101 to 2. The new media law codifies the powers of the Ministry of Information and Culture's Mass Media Department. It remains to be seen whethe [...]
2008-08-21 10:09:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO LA SOCI SCUL
08VIENTIANE632 BABY STEPS: U.S. SPEAKER BLONG XIONG OPENS SOME DOORS IN LAOS
[...] SUMMARY. Blong Xiong, President of the Fresno City Council, participated in a U.S. Speaker program in Laos from November 17-21 that Post had planned to focus on local governance and constituent services in the United States for roundtables of smaller audiences from academic and administrative [...]
2008-12-04 10:34:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDLA KPAO PREL
08VILNIUS322EARTH DAY 2008 EFFORTS OF EMBASSY VILNIUS
[...] SUMMARY. For Earth Day 2008, Post organized a park clean up, the Ambassador participated in a tree planting, and several sections began plans to "green" the Embassy. End Summary. 2. Post's CLO office co-organized a park clean up on April 22 with the American International School in Viln [...]
2008-05-05 12:28:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDADM KPAO SENV
08VILNIUS429BELARUS: EMBASSY SEIZES MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES
[...] (SBU) In recent months of escalating tension with the GOB, post has engaged the local independent and state-run press on numerous occasions, ensuring that the USG perspective is heard by as wide a Belarusian audience as possible. A series of attacks by the state-dominated media on the Embassy [...]
2008-06-03 10:32:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO BO
08VILNIUS4382008 TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO LITHUANIAN OFFICIALS
[...] Darius Staniulis, head of the MFA's Human Rights and NGO division, was pleased to learn that Lithuania remained in Tier 1 when we shared the 2008 TIP report with him on June 4. He noted that both police and NGOs noticed a considerable decrease in identified victims over the last two years and [...]
2008-06-06 05:36:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KPAO OSCE LH
08VILNIUS972ESTA OUTREACH IN LITHUANIA
[...] (U) Summary. Post has an aggressive outreach program underway for the Electronic System of Travel Authorization (ESTA). Post introduced the concept of ESTA in spring 2008, in anticipation of Lithuania's admission to the Visa Waiver Program. Post intensified outreach efforts in fall 2008, wh [...]
2008-11-18 12:53:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PREL KPAO KHLS EN LH
08WARSAW1205POLAND NON-COMMITTAL ON ACCEPTANCE OF PALESTINIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-16 12:49:00Embassy WarsawSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO PL
08WARSAW1225MISSION POLAND'S NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S WOMEN
[...] U.S. Embassy Warsaw nominates Stana Buchowska, the Co-Founder and National Coordinator for La Strada Poland (Foundation Against Trafficking in Human Beings and Slavery) for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Stana Buchowska was notified by U.S. Embassy Warsaw of he [...]
2008-10-20 12:52:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM POL
08WARSAW1425Poland - 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence
[...] (U) Summary. Mission Poland actively participated in the 2008 international campaign "16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence" by raising awareness of the problem through a series of profiles posted on Embassy Warsaw's website of individuals and institutions actively working against g [...]
2008-12-16 13:07:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM SCUL PL OIIP
08WELLINGTON125NEW ZEALAND REQUEST FOR SSI U.S. SPEAKER ON U.S.
[...] MSP Theme: MSP Goal 08-01 Mutual Understanding. Description/Purpose: There are close ties between the countries in this region; at the same time there is also a high level of interest in U.S. politics, which is reflected daily in the New Zealand media. New Zealand requests support for a second [...]
2008-04-09 19:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO NZ
08WELLINGTON126DVC Request for "Climate Change and Security Planning for
[...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests a DVC with Marc Levy, CIESIBN, Columbia University. 2. Preferred Activity Date, Fiscal Year, and Quarter: FY09 program, November 13; 1st quarter; Washington time, November 13 at 5.00pm. This is November 14, 9.00am NZ time. 3. PROGRAM JUSTIFICATION: Rece [...]
2008-04-09 19:50:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO NZ
08WELLINGTON130Request for Two Management DVCs in June
[...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests two Management/Business DVCs in June with experts suggested in paragraph 6 below. 2. Preferred Activity Dates, Fiscal Year, and Quarter: FY08 programs, Monday, 9 and 16 June; 3rd quarter; Washington time, at 5:00pm. This is 10 and 17 June at 9:00am NZ time [...]
2008-04-13 23:34:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO NZ
08WELLINGTON145NZ DEFENSE MINISTER COMMENTS ON MILITARY REBUILDING AND THE
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: On April 27 New Zealand's Defense Minister Phil Goff was interviewed on the Sunday morning current affairs program "Agenda TV". Minister Goff emphasized that New Zealand is pouring billions of dollars into rebuilding its defense capacity and he focused on the cooperative dynam [...]
2008-04-28 20:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IO NZ
08WELLINGTON376US ELECTION RESULTS OVERSHADOW NEW ZEALAND
[...] (SBU) Summary. The election of Barack Obama was greeted enthusiastically in New Zealad with extensive press coverage and media commentary. The Embassy-sponsored election viewing events on November 5 in Auckland and Wellington had large crowds who watched the election returns and speeches by [...]
2008-11-06 02:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPAO PREL NZ US
08WINDHOEK338NAMIBIA: NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE (IWOC)
[...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Windhoek is proud to nominate Elizabeth !Khaxas as our candidate for the Secretary of State's 2009 Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Despite threats and harassment, Elizabeth !Khaxas has demonstrated outstanding courage and leadership in promoting the politic [...]
2008-10-28 15:17:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM WA
08YAOUNDE1057 UNCOMMON COURAGE: CAMEROON'S MADELEINE AFITE
[...] (SBU) I am proud to nominate Madeline Afite, the President of Cameroon's Maison de Droits de l'Homme and a extraordinary champion of democracy and human rights, for the Secretary's 2009 Award for International Women of Courage. Madeline is a fearless champion of human rights and democracy. [...]
2008-10-27 16:34:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KPAO PHUM PGOV CM
08YAOUNDE1133TOWARD 2011: FOCUS ON "CHANGE" IN COUNTRY-WIDE ELECTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Yaounde's highest priority Mission Strategic Plan goal is strengthening democracy and good governance, an objective of great importance as President Biya celebrates 26 years in power and 2011 Cameroonian presidential elections approach. To that end, Post used the U.S. e [...]
2008-11-19 15:20:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRC KPAO PREL OIIP SCUL PGOV CM
08YAOUNDE187EMBASSY YAOUNDE TRIPWIRES
[...] (U) Embassy Yaounde informs the Department of specific tripwires Post is monitoring in light of the recent civil unrest and widespread rioting in Cameroon. Today, February 27th, various neighborhoods in Yaounde have reported gunfire, tire burning, destruction of small shops, stores, and ston [...]
2008-02-27 13:58:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE190CAMEROON: UPDATE ON RIOTS, NATIONWIDE TAXI STRIKE,
[...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 09:45 am local time on February 26 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance [...]
2008-02-27 16:49:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE191 CAMEROON: RIOTS AND TAXI STRIKE STILL IN FORCE
[...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 08:30am local time on February 27 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance were [...]
2008-02-27 19:18:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE192 CAMEROON: RIOTS AND TAXI STRIKE STILL IN FORCE
[...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 08:30am local time on February 27 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance were [...]
2008-02-28 09:03:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE193 CAMEROON: BIYA'S SPEECH OUT OF TOUCH AND UNHELPFUL
[...] (SBU) President Paul Biya addressed the Cameroonian people February 27 on the recent violence in Cameroon. He minced no words, blaming opposition politicians (whom he labeled "demons") for manipulating the country's youth to "obtain through violence what they were unable to obtain through the [...]
2008-02-28 11:56:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO ASEC CM
08YAOUNDE194Cameroon: Update on security situation
[...] (U) Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 3:00 pm local time to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. Ambassador Garvey is requesting Authorized Departure for Eligible Family Members from Post. In attendance were DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) Several hot spots t [...]
2008-02-28 16:42:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE195 Cameroon: Update on security situation
[...] (U) Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 3:00 pm local time to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. Ambassador Garvey is requesting Authorized Departure for Eligible Family Members from Post. In attendance were DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) Several hot spots t [...]
2008-02-28 17:07:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE197 Cameroon: Update on security situation
[...] (U) Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 3:00 pm local time to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. Ambassador Garvey is requesting Authorized Departure for Eligible Family Members from Post. In attendance were DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) Several hot spots t [...]
2008-02-28 17:19:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE199CAMEROON: UPDATE ON RIOTS, NATIONWIDE TAXI STRIKE,
[...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 09:45 am local time on February 26 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance [...]
2008-02-29 06:46:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE215CAMEROON: EAC MEETING AND UPDATE ON SECURITY SITUATION
[...] (U) On March 5, 2008, Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 0930 to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. The EAC was chaired by the Ambassador and in attendance were the DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, Peace Corps, Health Unit, Embassy Branch Office, GSO, and MGMT. 2. (U) The situation [...]
2008-03-05 14:15:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE259YAOUNDE EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS REVERSE TRIPWIRES
[...] (SBU) Embassy Yaounde expanded Emergency Action Committee met on March 17 to discuss the security situation and reverse tripwires following recent violent civil unrest in Cameroon. The EAC was chaired by the DCM and in attendance were RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, CONS, PA, HU, MGMT, GSO, CLO and Peace C [...]
2008-03-17 12:29:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE266CAMEROON PRESS FREEDOM AT RISK
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-18 10:02:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM EAID KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL SOCI OPRC CM
08YAOUNDE967CAMEROON'S NORTHERN PROVINCES: EMBASSY TEAM
[...] (U) Summary: During a September 21-27 trip to the Extreme North, North and Adamaoua Provinces, the Ambassador launched a Virtual Presence Post (VPP) for the region and did extensive public outreach. The northern provinces are poor and largely agricultural, suffering from the effects of a d [...]
2008-10-06 16:56:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCM EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EINV KPAO
08YEREVAN1006FROM SURVIVAL TO REVIVAL - EMBASSY EVENTS MARK 2OTH
[...] Two photo exhibits, a Speaker's Program, a message from President Bush and a U.S. military flight bringing humanitarian aid served to recall the devastating earthquake that struck northern Armenia in 1988 and the leading role the USG played as part of the international response. The exhibits [...]
2008-12-16 12:58:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO SCUL AM
08YEREVAN1028TURKISH PERFORMERS WOW ARMENIAN AUDIENCE
[...] The Turkish folk group Kardes Turkuler and the Armenian Sayat Nova Choir, both from Istanbul, gave a moving performance at the Yerevan opera house as part of the Eurasia Partnership Foundation "Music Bridge" project funded by USAID. Playing to a full hall, the groups sang to traditional instr [...]
2008-12-22 12:37:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL AM
08YEREVAN106 ELECTION SEASON HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP (JANUARY-FEBRUARY)
[...] (SBU) In light of the current presidential election in Armenia, scheduled for Tuesday, February 19, this issue of Yerevan's Human Rights Round-up is exclusively dedicated to reported and alleged election-related violations. Reports are organized chronologically. This issue's headlines: [...]
2008-02-11 12:08:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KDEM KPAO KJUS KWMN AM
08YEREVAN16ARMENIAN PM CONTRADICTS PRESIDENCY: EXIT POLL
[...] (C) In a hastily called meeting, Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan told Charge that he still favors the holding of a USAID-funded exit poll during the upcoming presidential election, as long as a key condition be met. Contradicting the presidential administration, which has privately oppo [...]
2008-01-08 13:00:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID KDEM OSCE KPAO AM
08YEREVAN240ARMENIAN OPPOSITIONISTS DEVELOP UNDERGROUND
[...] (C) Supporters of opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian and others disillusioned with Armenia's post-election crackdown are engaged in a spirited technological battle with the authorities to maintain access to independent news sources in the face of the near-total media ban imposed under the [...]
2008-03-19 12:54:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO PREL AM
08YEREVAN3ARMENIAN PRESIDENCY OPPOSES EXIT POLL FOR
[...] (C) During a lengthy, back-and-forth discussion, President Kocharian's Chief of Staff and senior aide conveyed the president's opposition to the exit poll proposed by USAID for the February presidential election. Asking the Mission to understand, and not politicize the president's request to [...]
2008-01-04 09:55:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID KDEM OSCE KPAO AM
08YEREVAN412YEREVAN PRESS CLUB CALL FOR ACTION ON MEDIA FREEDOM,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Yerevan Press Club, a moderate civil society voice often critical of the government, released a public statement May 19 highlighting the urgent need for reforms to bolster media freedom, while enumerating numerous government violations. It also made several recommendations. [...]
2008-05-20 12:56:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO OSCE PACE AM
08YEREVAN494ARMENIAN TV BECOMING FREER ... FOR NOW
[...] (C) As the June 23 session on post-election developments in Armenia by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) approaches, in which Armenia's voting rights could be suspended absent compliance with PACE demands, Armenian broadcast media appear to be taking a somewhat freer p [...]
2008-06-16 15:15:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALOPRC PGOV PHUM PREL KMDR KPAO AM
08YEREVAN50GOAM BACKS OFF ON RADIO LIBERTY
[...] (C) In a meeting with CDA and visiting RFE/RL rep Julia Ragona, Presidential Chief of Staff Armen Gevorkian acknowledged that Radio Liberty's Armenia Service broadcasts had become "more balanced," and backed off his previous threats to take RL off the air. Ragona told Gevorkian that RFE/RL ha [...]
2008-01-23 08:40:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM AM
08YEREVAN544EUROPEAN COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF INDEPENDENT TV STATION IN
[...] (SBU) In a June 17 decision, the European Court of Human Rights upheld the independent A1 Plus television company's complaint against Armenia's National Commission on Television and Radio (NCTR) for improper license revocation. The ruling follows six years of A1 Plus re-applications, all of wh [...]
2008-07-03 03:00:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM OPRC KMDR KPAO AM
08YEREVAN562YEREVAN CELEBRATES ANNUAL JAZZ IN ARMENIA PROGRAM, JUNE
[...] SUMMARY: This June, Embassy Yerevan sponsored its 7th annual American Jazz in Armenia celebration in conjunction with the Armenian Jazz Commission's commemoration of 70 years of jazz in Armenia. The Jerry Bergonzi quintet conducted two master classes, and gave public performances at the Aram [...]
2008-07-11 06:11:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL AM
08YEREVAN665RFE/RL BUREAU CHIEF ASSAULT LATEST IN A SERIES OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The acting Yerevan bureau chief of RFE/RL was lightly injured in an assault August 18 by a man who proclaimed anti-RFE/RL sentiments during the attack. CDA met with RFE/RL officials August 20 to discuss the incident, and the general situation of RFE/RL in Armenia, which had see [...]
2008-08-25 05:25:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM KPAO BBG AM
08YEREVAN674ARMENIAN MEDIA REACTION TO RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA
[...] SUMMARY: Armenian media widely covered Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's August 26 decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. While first reports were strictly factual, by August 27 Armenian media offered lengthy editorials. Most Armenian press focused on how thi [...]
2008-08-27 13:06:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPRC KPAO KMDR AM
08YEREVAN68CLOCK RUNS OUT ON ARMENIA EXIT POLL
[...] (C) Following a weeks-long effort to come to closure with the GOAM on modalities to carry out a USAID-funded exit poll for Armenia's upcoming presidential election, CDA and Presidential Chief of staff Armen Gevorkian agreed in a January 17 meeting to abandon the idea. Despite strong support f [...]
2008-01-31 13:02:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID KDEM KPAO OSCE AM
08YEREVAN709ARMENIAN AND TURKISH PUBLIC TV SIGN MEMORANDUM
[...] (SBU) On August 26, 2008, the directors of Armenian and Turkish Public TV and Radio signed a Memorandum on Cooperation that envisages broadcasting joint musical programs, documentaries, and films depicting life in the two countries. Both sides plan to send permanent news correspondents to each [...]
2008-09-10 12:52:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO TU AM
08YEREVAN770OPPOSITION/MEDIA CRY FOUL OVER CHANGE IN MEDIA
[...] (C) A midnight amendment to Armenia's Law on TV and Radio imposes a two-year moratorium on new TV broadcasting licenses, and has sparked criticism by domestic and international observers. Armenia's opposition and independent media experts say the moratorium constitutes another attempt to muzz [...]
2008-09-26 12:03:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KMDR KPAO AM
08YEREVAN811AMBASSADOR SPEAKS TO RFE/RL HEAD ON NEW YEREVAN
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Yovanovitch expressed her concern to RFE/RL Director Jeffrey Gedmin regarding the recent appointment of Aghasi Yenokyan as Yerevan Bureau Chief of RFE/RL. Gedmin acknowledged that the selection of Yenokyan might present challenges, but said that Yenkoyan deserved a cha [...]
2008-10-06 12:44:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPAO BBG RFE RL AM
08YEREVAN880AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF EDUCATION DISCUSS PRIORITIES
[...] On October 27, the Ambassador and the Minister of Education and Science discussed priority areas of access and quality for all and concurred on the necessity of cooperation to promote development of Armenian society through educational reforms. The Minister stressed the role of education as a [...]
2008-11-05 06:43:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SCUL SOCI KPAO AM
08YEREVAN892ARMENIA SAYS NO TO PALESTINIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEE
[...] (S) Poloff met with Dziunik Aghajanian October 17 to deliver reftel demarche and solicit Armenia's interest in resettling to Armenia the Palestinian Guantanamo detainee Asim M. Al-Aasmi. Aghajanian said Armenia is unable to resettle such cases. 2. (S) Aghajanian said Armenia's refusal in s [...]
2008-11-10 14:07:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO AM
08YEREVAN911ELECTION OPEN HOUSE GETS ARMENIA'S ATTENTION
[...] (U) On the morning of November 5, the Embassy hosted an U.S. Election Open House which packed the hall at a local hotel. Members of Parliament, the President's National Security Adviser, the Deputy Foreign Minister and other MFA officials, senior opposition figures and foreign ambassadors joi [...]
2008-11-13 14:03:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO SCUL AM
08YEREVAN926ANXIETY TRUMPS HOPEFULNESS OVER TURKEY, NAGORNO
[...] (C) Recent initiatives by Turkey and Russia to bolster their respective roles in brokering peace between Armenia and its neighbors have caused significant media speculation -- and suspicion -- regarding the resurgence of the region's "two heavyweights." While reflecting divergent views, the m [...]
2008-11-17 15:20:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL OPRC PBTS KMDR KPAO TU RU AJ AM
08YEREVAN928REQUEST FOR PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE TO COMMEMORATE
[...] This is an action message. See paragraph 4. 2. On December 7, 1988, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck northern Armenia, collapsing hundreds of poorly constructed buildings and killing an estimated 25,000 people, and leaving tens of thousands homeless just as a bitter . Among the victims w [...]
2008-11-18 10:14:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC OPRC KPAO AM
08YEREVAN939EMBATTLED REGIONAL TV STATION SCORES LEGAL VICTORY
[...] (SBU) The regional GALA TV company scored a legal victory on October 31 when Armenia's Cassation Court overruled a lower court's verdict ordering the removal of GALA's antenna from a Soviet-era broadcast tower. While welcoming the victory on the antenna, GALA was less pleased that the Cassation [...]
2008-11-20 10:47:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS KPAO AM
08ZAGREB197ATTACKS ON ETHNIC ALBANIANS IN SERBIA
[...] Following Kosovo's declaration of independence, nationalist protestors have targeted ethnic Albanians and their property in several Serbian cities. Besides Albanians, protestors have also attacked the property of the Gorani ethnic community, who are often mistaken for Albanians. South Serbia, [...]
2008-03-05 05:56:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08ZAGREB198SERBIA: EU-KOSOVO DIVIDE GROWS
[...] (SBU) On the eve of the first parliamentary session of 2008, a resolution proposed by the Radicals that would allow Serbia to join the EU "only with Kosovo" has deepened the rift between Serbia's ruling parties. Officials from Prime Minister Kostunica's party have said they will support the res [...]
2008-03-05 05:57:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08ZAGREB203WHO'S RUNNING SERBIA
[...] (SBU) By keeping Serbians fixated on Kosovo, Prime Minister Kostunica has retained control of Serbian politics despite President Tadic's reelection last month. Kostunica's hard-line nationalist response to Kosovo is obstructing Serbia's path to EU integration by paralyzing the government and e [...]
2008-03-05 09:05:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08ZAGREB22NEW GOC AND NATO: REFERENDUM OUT, ENGAGEMENT IN
[...] During approval of his new cabinet January 12 (septel),PM Sanader stressed his government's commitment to achieving NATO membership during this mandate. In the agreement between his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and the Peasant Party (HSS) and the Social Liberals (HSLS),the new ruling coa [...]
2008-01-14 15:30:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB222SERBIA: KOSOVO RESOLUTION DIVIDES GOVERNMENT, RADICALS MAY
[...] (SBU) A parliamentary majority of Prime Minister Kostunica's party and ultranationalist Radicals supported consideration of a resolution stating that Serbia should only join the European Union with Kosovo as its territory. Parliament's Speaker, from President Tadic's party, suspended session [...]
2008-03-06 06:44:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08ZAGREB301UNSC - GOC SUPPORT FOR STRENGTHENED RENEWAL OF THE
[...] POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on 08 April 2008 to Andrej Dogan, Department for the United Nations in the Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Integration (MFA). The GOC had no issue with strengthening the mandate of the 1540 Committee as outlined. Dogan did not go so far as to say the [...]
2008-04-11 11:20:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP HR
08ZAGREB302UNSC - GOC SUPPORT FOR STRENGTHENED RENEWAL OF THE
[...] POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on 08 April 2008 to Andrej Dogan, Department for the United Nations in the Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Integration (MFA). The GOC had no issue with strengthening the mandate of the 1540 Committee as outlined. Dogan did not go so far as to say the [...]
2008-04-11 11:21:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP HR
08ZAGREB316NATO REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN DIES OF NATURAL CAUSES
[...] SUMMARY: The "Committee for a Referendum on Entry into NATO," an NGO consortium, ended its petition campaign April 12 with less than one-third of the required 450,000 signatures needed to force a referendum. In an April 11 meeting with Pol Counselor, committee spokesperson Aleksandar Hatzivel [...]
2008-04-17 12:11:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO KDEM MARR PHUM NATO HR
08ZAGREB401CROATIA INFORMED OF US CANDIDATE FOR FAO/WHO CODEX
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 10:39:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO HR
08ZAGREB419SCENESETTER FOR DEPSEC ENGLAND DINNER WITH DEFMIN
[...] (C) Sir, this is Minister Vukelic,s second trip to the U.S. since his appointment in January as Minister of Defense in the new Croatian government. Though his tenure as Minister of Economy in the previous government was unremarkable, in his short time as Minister of Defense he has brought a l [...]
2008-06-05 13:50:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB492ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 2, 2008
[...] (U) INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EXERCISE DEMONSTRATES CROATIA'S READINESS FOR NATO: On June 26 approximately 1800 troops from Croatia, the US, Macedonia and Albania took part in a complex military exercise, "Adriatic Aurora," at the Croatian military's Gasinci base in eastern Slavonia. The troops, [...]
2008-07-03 11:14:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PHUM KPAO PGOV HR
08ZAGREB597SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. EUCOM,S MEETING
[...] (C) Sir, this is the first meeting since Croatia,s NATO accession protocols were signed. Your host, General Josip Lucic (LOOT-zitch) was unexpectedly reappointed for an unprecedented second five-year term as CHOD in January of this year. Lucic is President Mesic,s most trusted military advis [...]
2008-08-13 09:38:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB659SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY,S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Sir, yours is the highest level visit since President and Mrs. Bush, and Secretary Rice visited after the Bucharest Summit in April 2008. Since that time, Croatia has continued its MAP process with an eye to full membership soon and increased its ISAF contribution from 200 to a maximum of [...]
2008-09-18 08:19:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB688CROATIAN LEADERS FOCUS ON REGIONAL ISSUES DURING
[...] (C) Summary: During his September 29 visit to Zagreb, Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England discussed regional and military issues with Prime Minister Sanader, President Mesic, Foreign Minister Jandrokovic, and Defense Minister Vukelic. Sanader thanked the USG for its help on NATO acces [...]
2008-10-02 08:09:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB69ASSESSMENT OF CROATIA'S NATO READINESS
[...] (U) Following is Post assessment of Croatia's progress on key reform issues related to NATO accession and remaining challenges facing PM Sanader's new government in advance of a possible membership invitation at the Bucharest Summit. REGIONAL LEADERSHIP: COMMITTED TO STABILITY OF NEIGHBORS - [...]
2008-01-31 10:47:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB705SCENESETTER FOR THE COMMANDER, USECOM'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Sir, your visit comes almost on the heels of the visits of DEPSECDEF, COMNAVEUR, and DCOM, USEUCOM. Croatia has continued its MAP process with an eye to full membership soon and increased its ISAF contribution from 200 to a maximum of 300 soldiers on the ground. There are 277 Croatian so [...]
2008-10-07 13:10:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSEREFORM
08ZAGREB721SCENESETTER FOR THE COMMANDER, U.S. JOINT FORCES
[...] (C) Sir, you will meet General Lucic (LOOT-Zitch) at your headquarters the week prior to your visit to Croatia. As of this writing, the itinerary for your time in Croatia has not been finalized. I expect, however, that your meetings in Zagreb will mirror the meetings SACEUR had while he was h [...]
2008-10-16 09:12:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR KPAO MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL DEFENSEREFORM
08ZAGREB739ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 23, 2008
[...] (U) FIFTH, SIXTH (AND SEVENTH?) NATO ALLIES APPROVE ACCESSION PROTOCOL: The parliaments in Poland and Romania approved NATO Accession Protocols for Croatia and Albania on October 21. The votes made them the fifth and sixth NATO member states to approve the Protocols. Croatian Parliament Pres [...]
2008-10-23 13:15:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON PHUM KPAO HR
08ZAGREB86NATO ENLARGEMENT: SUSTAINING CROATIA'S PROGRESS
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Upon formation of PM Sanader's new government, the Ambassador met with President Mesic, PM Sanader (ref A),FM Jandrokovic (ref B),DefMin Vukelic, and Speaker of Parliament Bebic (ref C). At all of these meetings, he discussed the GoC's strategy to address Croatia's [...]
2008-02-06 14:06:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
09ABIDJAN115DEMARCHE ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS UNDER THE
[...] On February 12, econoff delivered reftel demarche to two representatives of the Ministry of the Environment, Water, and Forests: Patrick Pedia, national point of contact for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB),and Augustin Kone, national point of contact for the Biosafety Clearing-House [...]
2009-02-13 14:50:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD PREL TBIO KPAO IV
09ABIDJAN223TEACHERS' STRIKE IN COTE D'IVOIRE REFLECTS FRAYING SOCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 16:27:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI ECON KPAO IV
09ABIDJAN250MEDIA REACTION: DEPARTMENT STATEMENT ON COTE D'IVOIRE'S
[...] Summary: Local press reported positively on the State Department's March 30, 2009, press statement urging Cote d'Ivoire to maintain its economic and political reform commitments under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. Most of the dailies, including pro-government a [...]
2009-04-20 11:10:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SOCI PGOV PREL KPAO IV
09ABIDJAN550Ambassador Addresses Association of International
[...] Description of activity: On September 12, 2009, U.S. Ambassador to the Cote d'Ivoire Wanda L. Nesbitt offered remarks at a conference on development and corruption organized by the Association of International Visitors of Cote d'Ivoire (Association Ivoirienne des Visiteurs Internationaux aux U [...]
2009-09-21 13:28:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO OEXC SCUL IV
09ABUDHABI100UAE DRAFT PRESS LAW HEADLINES AT FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: After lengthy delays and multiple appeals from journalists for the Federal National Council (FNC) to discuss the draft press law (ref B),the FNC took up the issue January 20 and forwarded the law for Cabinet consideration (the FNC's role is consultative, not legislative, so it [...]
2009-01-25 14:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KPAO AE
09ABUDHABI1029UAE Censors Capping Their Black Pens
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the past several years the UAE has noticeably relaxed its censorship of print media images. Perhaps reflecting a generational change in leadership, nowhere is this change more tangible than in advertisements depicting female models. Changes in coverage of political issues ar [...]
2009-11-03 06:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS KPAO SCUL AE
09ABUDHABI1032UAE Censors Capping Their Black Pens
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the past several years the UAE has noticeably relaxed its censorship of print media images. Perhaps reflecting a generational change in leadership, nowhere is this change more tangible than in advertisements depicting female models. Changes in coverage of political issues ar [...]
2009-11-03 11:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS KPAO SCUL AE
09ABUDHABI1105UAE Unblocks Access to Top Israeli Internet Domain ".il"
[...] (SBU) The United Arab Emirates unblocked access to web sites on the Israeli country code top-level domain ".il" earlier this month. Syria and the UAE were the only two countries in the Middle East and North Africa blocking the Israeli domain, a largely symbolic action because internet users can [...]
2009-11-24 08:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM KPAO SCUL TINT IS AE
09ABUDHABI1166UAE SUPPORT - AND SUGGESTIONS - FOR CAIRO INITIATIVE,
[...] (SBU) Mission UAE looks forward to supporting the proposed visit of Science Envoy in first quarter of 2010. As first reported in Ref B, the opportunities for science and technology (S&T) cooperation with the UAE are enormous. UAE entities often enjoy strong financial resources and motivation, [...]
2009-12-17 12:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV ECON KISL KSCA KPAO AE
09ABUDHABI206 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON UAE
[...] Summary: The Department's Report on Human Rights Practices received prominent media coverage, led by a statement from the UAE Foreign Ministry rejecting the report as failing to portray a comprehensive picture of the UAE and calling the methodology of the report into question. End Summary. [...]
2009-03-02 07:05:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP KMDR TC
09ABUDHABI432TFFLU01: UAE H1N1 RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The UAEG has taken a number of steps to combat the spread of H1N1 virus to the UAE and reassure the public. Interagency task forces have been established and are sharing information about their efforts. Residents are concerned, but with no confirmed cases in the UAE, remain calm [...]
2009-05-04 13:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09ABUDHABI449UAE GOVERNMENT COMPLAINS ABOUT USG REGIONAL MEDIA
[...] (SBU) At the end of a meeting on other topics, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash told the Charge May 5 that the UAEG is unhappy with regional USG media interviews using backdrops identified with UAE/Dubai locations. He pointed to two recent examples, both in Dubai, which [...]
2009-05-07 10:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO AE
09ABUDHABI526 UAE MEDIA REACTION TO 123 SIGNING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Obama's May 19 signature of the US-UAE 123 Agreement, and its subsequent movement to Congress, generated broad UAE media coverage. The signing coincided with a commercially organized "GCC Nuclear Summit" of key international and regional officials, including US Nuclear [...]
2009-05-26 13:09:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KTIA KPAO PARM PHUM SENV PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI608UAE LEADERSHIP CONGRATULATES AHMADINEJAD AMIDST PROTESTS AND
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Amid straightforward press reporting of ongoing protests over the Iranian presidential election results, the UAEG's official news agency WAM issued a statement June 15 noting that UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan had cabled a congratulatory message to Mahmoud [...]
2009-06-15 14:31:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO IR AE
09ABUDHABI633 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: H1N1 FLU CASES IN UAE
[...] Summary: UAE Arabic and English newspapers straightforwardly reported on H1N1 flu cases in the UAE involving individuals coming to the UAE from abroad, in particular students coming from the U.S. The general tone assured that the health authorities were able to contain these cases, mitigating a [...]
2009-06-22 04:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP KMDR TC
09ABUDHABI638UAE CONFIRMS 5 H1N1 CASES, WANTS USG TRAINING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health reported publicly on June 21 that it had confirmed five cases of H1N1 influenza, and told us privately that it had a sixth under surveillance. Ministry officials told EmbOffs that the sixth - a nurse - would be the first case of domestic transmission of th [...]
2009-06-22 10:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09ABUDHABI665 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: IRENA HEADQUARTERS IN UAE
[...] Summary: UAE's print and electronic media devoted extensive coverage to the UAE's selection as the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). UAE Supreme Council members and senior officials sent cables of congratulations to the UAE president on this diplomatic success. [...]
2009-07-01 13:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP KMDR TCSENV KGHG
09ABUDHABI713IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH - WE NEED TO
[...] (C) The President's speech in Cairo laid out a vision of intensive engagement with the Islamic world, and the Secretary's subsequent memorandum to the president delineated an extensive array of scholarships and exchange programs to implement the vision. Many if not all of these programs depen [...]
2009-07-13 08:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC CVIS KPAO AE
09ABUDHABI789UAE SPYWARE GOES PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Widespread local and international media coverage of UAE telecom giant Etisalat's reported attempt to install spyware developed by a U.S. firm on local BlackBerries has dominated a normally quiet summer news cycle. Etisalat (Emirates Telecommunications Corporation) denied that t [...]
2009-08-06 12:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS KPAO PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI911 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED'S VISIT TO
[...] Summary: Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed's visit to Washington received prominent coverage in all UAE print and electronic media. His meeting with President Obama made the main front-page headlines in the UAE dailies. End Summary. 2. Print: A. Abu Dhabi-based Arabic semi-official daily "Al-I [...]
2009-09-14 13:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP KMDR AE
09ABUDHABI917UAE SUPPORT FOR AL AZHAR PROGRAMMING OUTREACH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has researched comments on UAE support for Al Azhar University activities, made by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in his September 10 meeting with President Obama. Media sources confirm UAEG support for moderate Islamic broadcasts by Al Azhar University C [...]
2009-09-17 13:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO PTER KISL SCUL AF PK AE
09ABUDHABI995 UNESCO Eternalizes the Tango at Intangible Cultural
[...] (SBU) Summary. UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage named the first intangible cultural heritage elements at its fourth extraordinary session in Abu Dhabi September 28 to October 2. Ambassador Richard Olson attended the opening ceremony [...]
2009-10-22 11:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SCUL UNESCO KPAO AE
09ABUJA1010NIGERIAN REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 4 the Ambassador hosted a group of senior media editors and Muslim and Christian leaders to watch a live broadcast of President Barack Obama's speech "A New Beginning." The speech was extremely well received by the assembled clergy and journalists, as evidenced by comme [...]
2009-06-09 15:33:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KISL KPAO NI SO
09ABUJA106NIGERIA - FUNDING REQUEST FOR FY09 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH
[...] Embassy Abuja is pleased to submit the following project proposal for consideration of funding under the Department's 2009 biotechnology outreach program. . Background ---------- . 2. Nigeria is a natural leader in the African continent due to its size, population, and economic potential. [...]
2009-01-20 15:07:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO BEXP EAID NI
09ABUJA1064NIGERIA: 2009 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel country narrative of the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). NAPTIP's Director of Investigations and Monitoring, Muhammed Babandede, and Executive Secretary, Simon Egede, [...]
2009-06-15 15:15:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KMWN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09ABUJA1256NIGERIA: MISSION PLANS FOR POTUS GHANA SPEECH EVENT
[...] (U) Summary. In response to the Department's request for using the POTUS speech in Accra, Ghana, as an opportunity to highlight U.S.-Africa policy, the Mission will hold simultaneous live viewing events in Abuja and Lagos that incorporate interactive information technology (texting, SMS-servic [...]
2009-07-09 05:37:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR KDEM KPAO NI
09ABUJA1705NIGERIAN PARTICIPANT IN FY-10 MRP "COMBATING
[...] (SBU) Per Reftel Request, please find information on Nigeria's IVLP nomination of Ms. Motunrayo Odepidan to participate in subject program. Surname: Odepidan Given Names: Mutunrayo Omobolanle DOB: 04 April 1971 POB: Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria Passport number: A1046360 Date of ppt issue: 29 June [...]
2009-09-16 05:53:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP KPAO SCUL NI
09ABUJA1768NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
[...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not reported previously. --------------------------------------- DUTCH DELIVER DIGITAL EVIDENCE TRAINING --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Law enforcement and legal [...]
2009-09-24 18:10:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SENV KTIP KPAO NI
09ABUJA1855BIOSECURITY WORKSHOP INVITATION DELIVERED TO
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche, nonpaper and pre-invitation for the Africa Regional Workshop on Biosafety and Biosecurity to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of the First UN Division Maria Laose October 6. Laose ( 234 8059006063) is the POC at the MFA in Abuja. She was not sure w [...]
2009-10-09 12:55:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC NI
09ABUJA1943JOS, NIGERIA INTERFAITH DAY OF SERVICE
[...] On October 17, DCM led a group of 30 inter-agency volunteers to Jos to refurbish sports facilities in fulfillment of the President's call for an Interfaith Day of Service (ref A). This event was one of three community service activities undertaken by the Mission, which included the renovation [...]
2009-10-23 12:14:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL SOCI KPAO NI
09ABUJA1998NIGERIA OIL POLITICS PUBLIC DIPLOMACY A HUGE SUCCESS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-31 11:16:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO EPET KDEM NI
09ABUJA1999NIGERIA OIL POLITICS PUBLIC DIPLOMACY A HUGE SUCCESS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-31 11:16:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO EPET KDEM NI
09ABUJA2000NIGERIA OIL POLITICS PUBLIC DIPLOMACY A HUGE SUCCESS
[...] Summary: Mission Nigeria's Political and Public Affairs Sections hosted artist, playwright, and former Fulbright Scholar Dan Hoyle to perform his critically acclaimed "Tings Dey Happen" one-man play on oil politics, militancy, and corruption in the Niger Delta. Hoyle performed in five Nigeria [...]
2009-10-31 11:17:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO EPET KDEM NI
09ABUJA2145NIGERIA: NOMINATION FOR 2010 WOMEN OF COURAGE
[...] U.S. Mission nominates Veronica K. Umaru for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. 2. Mrs. Veronica Umaru serves as National Coordinator of the Women Trafficking and Child Labor Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF). Under Mrs. Umaru's leadership, WOTCLEF has undertak [...]
2009-11-25 17:21:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM KTIP PINR NI
09ABUJA285NIGERIA: REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S AL-ARABIYA
[...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs reached out to some of Nigeria's Muslim clerics and community leaders on February 3, many of whom are outspoken in their criticism of Israel and the West in relation to the Palestinian conflict, to gauge their reactions to President Obama's interview with Al Arabiya (and [...]
2009-02-13 13:28:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO PHUM NI
09ABUJA618 NIGERIA USES WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY TO BRING FOCUS TO THE
[...] (U) Post provides the following response per reftel request. 2. (U) Summary: In commemoration of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, the Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) held a press conference on March 24, 2009 and briefed the media on Nigeria's TB challenges, efforts underway to combat [...]
2009-04-14 16:38:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAID AMED SOCI KPAO NI
09ABUJA747MGSF01: NIGERIA SAYS IT HAS NO SWINE FLU
[...] (SBU) Contacts at the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health and Avian Flu Lab scientists employed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concur that there are currently NO/NO confirmed cases of swine flu in Nigeria. As a precaution to an outbreak of swine flu, the Governmen [...]
2009-04-30 09:09:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09ABUJA851NIGERIA: PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA'S FIRST PRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: For the first time since his 2007 election, on May 12, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua held a press conference, speaking to reporters at the State House Media Center about electoral reform, the recent elections in Ekiti State, fuel scarcity, and the Halliburton scandal. Following [...]
2009-05-15 10:16:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PREL NI
09ACCRA1297 GHANA'S NOMINATION FOR THE 2010 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] Embassy Accra nominates Mrs. Janet Adama Mohammed for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Mrs. Mohammed's unwavering commitment and courage in promoting peace and inter-faith dialogue in the conflict-ridden Northern Region of Ghana has created an environment for cha [...]
2009-12-08 16:25:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN KPAO GH
09ACCRA312US EXCHANGE AND TRAINING PROGRAM ALUMNI INCLUDE
[...] (U) Summary. Several new members of Ghana's civilian and military leadership have benefited from USG sponsored training and exchange programs. The most senior Ghanaian to participate is President John Atta Mills, who in the early 1970s was a Fulbright scholar at Stanford University. The newl [...]
2009-04-07 16:14:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPROG PREF EAC GH KPAO OIIP SCUL OEXC
09ADDISABABA1060Ethiopian Government Builds Case Against VOA
[...] (SBU) Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu asked the Ambassador May 4 if the United States has now taken an anti-Ethiopia position and Ethiopia is no longer considered an ally of the United States in the region or in counterterrorism programs. Tekeda based his question [...]
2009-05-07 06:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO PHUM ET
09ADDISABABA107ETHIOPIA: MINISTER BEREKET OFFERS EPRDF VIEWS ON
[...] (C) The Ethiopian government (GOE) will not release the re-jailed Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) leader Birtukan Mideksa (Ref A) because the state must uphold rule of law and Birtukan violated the terms of her pardon, long-time Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Advisor and newly ap [...]
2009-01-16 09:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO ET
09ADDISABABA1318UNDERSTANDING THE ETHIOPIAN HARDLINERS
[...] (S) In a rare meeting with the elusive head of the Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) and main hardliner within the powerful executive committee of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) party, Ambassador and NISS chief Getachew Assefa discusse [...]
2009-06-08 12:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPGOV PINR PREL KPAO ET
09ADDISABABA149ETHIOPIA: TPLF STALWART SEBHAT NEGA ON AMCHAM,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 12:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PHUM KDEM KPAO ET
09ADDISABABA1672GROWING WAHABI INFLUENCE IN ETHIOPIA - AMHARA
[...] (C) PAO visited Dessie, in Wello province of the Amhara Region, June 3-5, to visit the Jama Negus Mosque, which is a site for a potential Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) grant proposal for FY-10. A major Sufi shrine, the mosque is the focal point of the &Moulid al-Nebi8 (&B [...]
2009-07-15 13:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKPAO KISL KIRF SCUL PROP ET
09ADDISABABA1674WAHABISM IN ETHIOPIA AS "CULTURAL IMPERIALISM"
[...] (C) Arab Wahabi missionaries, mainly from Saudi Arabia, continue to make inroads into the Ethiopian Muslim community, but are meeting increasing resistance in doing so. Islam has existed in Ethiopia since the time of the Prophet Muhammad and the mainly Sufi Muslim community has enjoyed traditi [...]
2009-07-15 13:40:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKPAO KISL KIRF SCUL PROP ET
09ADDISABABA1675COUNTERING WAHABI INFLUENCE IN ETHIOPIA THROUGH
[...] (C) Every culture that has adopted Islam has its own unique traditions and practices for expressing their Faith. This is manifested through shrines, literature, faith rituals, and objects that include manuscripts, art, and even clothing and other accoutrements. In countries with mixed faith t [...]
2009-07-15 13:43:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKPAO KISL KIRF SCUL PROP ET
09ADDISABABA2535INCREASED INTIMIDATION OF THE PRIVATE PRESS
[...] (C) In recent months, the Ethiopian Government (GoE) has significantly ramped up intimidation of the foreign and private press. In early October, the State Prosecutor requested the file of Washington Post reporter Kassahun Addis from the Government Communications Affairs Office (GCAO),promp [...]
2009-10-26 14:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO ET
09ADDISABABA2872 NOMINATION FOR THE 2010 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] The United States Mission to the African Union (USAU) wishes to nominate Sergeant Angela Nyakeyo for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Sergeant Nyakeyo is serving in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),a critical mission that is trying to restore peace a [...]
2009-12-07 14:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KWMN PHUM AU
09ADDISABABA2873ETHIOPIA'S NOMINATION: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD
[...] (U) Embassy Addis Ababa would like to nominate Ms. Birtukan Midekssa Deme, Chairperson, Unity for Democracy and Justice Party, as our nominee for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. The remainder of this cable is tracked to nomination detail criteria outlined in reft [...]
2009-12-08 05:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM ET
09ADDISABABA32ETHIOPIA'S NEW PRESS LAW: BEWARE "OFFENSES"
[...] (SBU) Ethiopia's new press law, the "Freedom of the Mass Media and Access to Information Proclamation," came into effect December 4, 2008 (although Part Three, the "Access to Information" portion, will enter into force on December 4, 2009 unless that deadline is extended by Parliament). The n [...]
2009-01-06 13:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO PHUM ET
09ADDISABABA84AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN ETHIOPIA
[...] The American Chamber of Commerce in Ethiopia (AmCham Ethiopia) held a successful launch ceremony on January 12, 2009. In prepared remarks, Girma Biru, Minister of Trade and Industry, lauded AmCham Ethiopia as a step forward in Ethiopian-American economic and commercial ties, and the Ambassad [...]
2009-01-14 14:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV KPAO EAID ET
09ADDISABABA85AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN ETHIOPIA
[...] The American Chamber of Commerce in Ethiopia (AmCham Ethiopia) held a successful launch ceremony on January 12, 2009. In prepared remarks, Girma Biru, Minister of Trade and Industry, lauded AmCham Ethiopia as a step forward in Ethiopian-American economic and commercial ties, and the Ambassad [...]
2009-01-14 14:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV KPAO EAID ET
09AITTAIPEI1002MEDIA REACTION: U.S.' RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS FOR TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 09:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1021MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1023MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 09:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI103MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 04:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1030MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 25 on two more confirmed deaths linked to the H1N1 virus, on the threat posed by the H1N1 epidemic to the ongoing rescue and relief efforts in the disaster zones caused by Typhoon Morakot, and on the reconstruction a [...]
2009-08-25 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1033MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 09:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1040MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 27 on the rapid spread of the H1N1 virus in Taiwan and the Taiwan government's plan to cope with the threat of the epidemic; on the possible visit by the Dalai Lama to Taiwan to pray for the victims of Typhoon Morako [...]
2009-08-27 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1044MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S. DEFENSE
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 28 on the Ma Ying-jeou administration's decision to allow the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan from August 30 to September 4, on the reconstruction plans in the areas hit by Typhoon Morakot, and on the H1N1 epidemic in T [...]
2009-08-28 07:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1051MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 29-31 on the visit of the Dalai Lama to Taiwan to offer blessings for the victims of Typhoon Morakot in southern Taiwan; and on the landslide victory of Japan's opposition Democratic Party of Japan in nationwide elec [...]
2009-08-31 09:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1063MEDIA REACTION: DALAI LAMA'S TAIWAN VISIT, JAPAN'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 1 on China's reaction to the visit by the Dalai Lama to Taiwan; on the "surprising" results of the KMT's primary for the year-end Hualien County Magistrate election; and on the H1N1 epidemic in Taiwan. In terms o [...]
2009-09-01 08:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1068MEDIA REACTION: JAPAN'S ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 08:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI107MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan celebrated the Lunar New Year holiday from January 24 to February 1, 2009. During this period, news coverage in major Taiwan Chinese-language dailies focused on the weather, traffic and New Year celebrations around the island. In terms of editorials and commentaries, several [...]
2009-02-02 08:14:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI111MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 08:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1110MEDIA REACTION: COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 08:19:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1117MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused September 15 news coverage on the captain of a Taiwan navy submarine being swept overboard during a mission; on the confrontation between Taiwan and Japan vessels over a Taiwan fishing boat's alleged intrusion into Japanese waters; on th [...]
2009-09-15 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1171MEDIA REACTION: BURMA, REBIYA KADEER AND THE UNITED STATES
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 26-28 on the Ma Ying-jeou administration's decision to not allow World Uyghur Congress President Rebiya Kadeer to enter Taiwan; on the Yunlin County's legislative by-election, and on the referendum on opening casi [...]
2009-09-28 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1176MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 08:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1183MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 10:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1199MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 3-5 on Typhoon Parma, which is lingering south of Taiwan and bringing heavy rain to northern and eastern parts of the island; and on the island-wide celebrations of the Mid-autumn Festival Saturday. In terms of edi [...]
2009-10-05 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI12MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their January 7 news coverage on the ongoing probe into former President Chen Shui-bian's legal case, on the dual citizenship controversy surrounding legislator Diane Lee, and on cross-Strait relations. The centrist, KMT-lean [...]
2009-01-07 09:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1203MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1208MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 7 on the 2009 Nobel Physics Prize winners, among whom one holds an honorary position at Taiwan's Academia Sinica; on the upcoming NBA preseason game in Taipei; and on the year-end city mayors' and country magistrate [...]
2009-10-07 09:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1210MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 10:01:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI122MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused February 5 news coverage on the island's sagging economy, on the ongoing probe into former President Chen Shui-bian's legal cases, and on thousands of people in Taiwan paying homage to Dharma Master Sheng Yen, who passed away Tuesday. I [...]
2009-02-05 10:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1222MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 10:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1227MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-14 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1231MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 09:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1239MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, SINO-U.S.
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 17-19 on the Council of Grand Justices' constitutional interpretation regarding former President Chen Shui-bian's legal case; on a seminar held jointly by Taiwan's Foundation on Asia-Pacific Peace Studies (APS) and [...]
2009-10-19 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1247MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 20 on the Taiwan government's plan to impose energy taxes starting in 2011; on President Ma Ying-jeou's remarks on cross-Strait relations during his interview with Reuters Monday; and on the year-end city mayors' an [...]
2009-10-20 09:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1250MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 21 on the controversy revolving around the Taiwan government's plan to impose energy taxes two years from now; on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) that Taiwan is planning to sign with China; and o [...]
2009-10-21 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1254MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1259MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND ASIA, U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 23 on Taiwan re-opening its market to U.S. bone-in beef; on the turmoil inside the ruling KMT over the alleged bribery in the party's recent Central Standing Committee elections; and on the Taiwan military's plan to [...]
2009-10-23 09:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1262MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 24-26 on the Taiwan government's decision to open its market to U.S. bone-in-beef and beef products; on the elections for the KMT's central standing committee; and on the Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball leagu [...]
2009-10-26 08:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1263MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1268MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: On October 28, the Taiwan government's decision to open its market to U.S. beef continued to receive extensive coverage in Taiwan's print media. Major Chinese-language and English-language dailies reported that dozens of trade organizations and hundreds of stores and restaurants in T [...]
2009-10-28 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1272MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 29 on the "storm" over the Taiwan government's decision to allow the import of U.S. beef, offal and spinal cords and its aftermath; on the alleged game fixing by several Taiwan professional baseball players; and on [...]
2009-10-29 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1276MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 30 on prosecutors' investigation into game-fixing scandal in Taiwan's professional baseball league; on the government's warning regarding the hike in prices in the local housing market; and on the upcoming local ele [...]
2009-10-30 07:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI128MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 05:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1284MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage from October 31 through November 2 on the "storm" over the Taiwan government's decision to allow the import of U.S. beef, offal and spinal cords and its aftermath; on the alleged game fixing by several Taiwan pro [...]
2009-11-02 09:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1290MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused November 3 news coverage on Shim Nakagomi, former coach of the Brother Elephants baseball team, who was involved in the game fixing scandal in the Taiwan professional baseball league and who attempted to leave Taiwan on Monday but was de [...]
2009-11-03 09:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1295MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: On November 4, Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies continued to give extensive coverage to the controversy caused by the Taiwan government decision to allow the import of U.S. beef and beef products. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" ran a front-page banne [...]
2009-11-04 09:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1306MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 5 on Premier Wu Den-yih, who was reported to have traveled abroad with a local criminal gang leader in 2008; on the controversy and aftermath of the Taiwan government's decision to allow the import of U.S. beef and [...]
2009-11-05 08:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1315MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 6 on the earthquake that struck Nantou County on Thursday evening, on the breakout of H1N1 swine flu on a pig farm in Taitung, which was the first case of man-to-pig infection in Taiwan; and on Premier Wu Den-yih's [...]
2009-11-06 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1326MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage from November 7 through 9 on the controversy and aftermath of the Taiwan government's decision to allow the import of U.S. beef and beef products; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on U.S. President Barack Obam [...]
2009-11-09 09:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1339MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO TAIWAN, PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 10 on rumors that the United States had halted all U.S. beef exports to Taiwan given the Taiwan government's tight control over the product; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on the unidentified cash f [...]
2009-11-10 09:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1344PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 07:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI135MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their February 7-9 news coverage on the island's sagging economy, on a Central Election Commission decision Friday to revoke the elected status of a former KMT legislator who resigned in January over her U.S. citizenship status; and on t [...]
2009-02-09 08:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1352MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 13 on the Taiwan government's probe into the toxic ducks found in Kaohsiung; on the APEC meetings currently going on in Singapore; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. The KMT-leaning "China Times" ran a [...]
2009-11-13 09:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1356MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN TOKYO
[...] Summary: On November 15, all of Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies reported on U.S. President Barack Obama's speech delivered Saturday in Tokyo, while some put a special emphasis on Obama's remarks regarding China. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" ran a banner he [...]
2009-11-15 23:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1362MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 14-16 on a merger announced Saturday between two major players in Taiwan's LCD panel industry; on the APEC leaders' summit in Singapore and U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to China; on a rally in Taipei Sunday [...]
2009-11-16 12:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1370MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 17 on a financial memorandum of understanding inked between Taiwan and China Tuesday evening; on U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to China and his town hall meeting with Chinese youth in Shanghai Tuesday afterno [...]
2009-11-17 08:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1376MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language papers gave significant straightforward and editorial coverage November 18 to a joint statement released by U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao Tuesday. News coverage also focused on developments in cr [...]
2009-11-18 09:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1380MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 19 on U.S. President Barack Obama's China visit and Taiwan's reactions to the joint statement inked by Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on November 17; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on t [...]
2009-11-19 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1390MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 21-23 on developments in cross-Strait relations; on AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's visit to Taipei; and on several Taiwan fishing boats, which were detained by the Burmese navy on November 19. 2. Editorials a [...]
2009-11-24 04:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1391MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus news coverage November 20 on U.S. President Barack Obama's China visit and Taiwan's reactions to the joint statement inked by Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on November 17; on developments in cross-Strait relation [...]
2009-11-24 04:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1395MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 24 on AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's visit to Taiwan; on the year-end city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island; and on Taiwan's falling unemployment rate from September to October. The pr [...]
2009-11-24 08:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1400MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ASIA TRIP,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 25 on AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's visit in Taiwan; on Premier Wu Den-yih's interview with several major Taiwan papers; and on the year-end city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island. The [...]
2009-11-25 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1404MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-29 23:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1409MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 09:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1411MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 10:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1416MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT, PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 2 on the city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island, which are scheduled to be held on December 5, and on the sudden resignation of Japan's representative to Taiwan. Several papers also repor [...]
2009-12-02 09:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1423MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ADDRESS ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 3 on the lead-up to the local elections scheduled for December 5; on the National Communications Commission (NCC)'s review of Next Media's applications to establish TV channels; and on the resignation Masaki Saito, [...]
2009-12-03 09:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1425MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ADDRESS ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 08:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1439MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S LOCAL ELECTIONS, U.S. PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies from December 5 through 7 gave significant straightforward news reporting and editorial coverage to the city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island on December 5. In the elections, the KMT won 12 of 17 [...]
2009-12-07 09:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI144MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, CROSS-STRAIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies February 11 gave extensive coverage to former First Lady Wu Shu-chen, who appeared in court and pleaded guilty to forgery but denied the corruption charges against her Tuesday. News coverage also centered on the island's sagging economy, and on [...]
2009-02-11 06:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1442MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 8 on the aftermath of the December 5 city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island, its impact on cross-Strait relations; and on the upcoming fourth round of talks between Taiwan's Straits Exchan [...]
2009-12-08 07:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1449MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 9 on the U.S. beef issue, which was stalled at the legislative sessions Tuesday due to a boycott by DPP legislators; on the aftermath of the December 5 city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the isla [...]
2009-12-09 09:31:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1468CONTROVERSIAL COMPUTER-ANIMATED NEWS SERVICE LAUNCHED BY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Taiwan's mass-circulation "Apple Daily" newspaper has come under fire following the launch of its computer-generated graphic motion news service in mid-November. The sensational and make-believe content and graphic animation have been criticized more for depicting violence and [...]
2009-12-11 11:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1470MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 11 on the fourth round of talks between Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation and China's Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait, which will be held in Taichung from December 22-24; on possible U.S. arms [...]
2009-12-11 11:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1503MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S. BEEF IMPORTS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 17 on the fourth round of cross-Strait negotiations, which is scheduled to be held in Taichung from December 22 to December 24; on cross-Strait relations; and on the new Secretary-General of the KMT and DPP, respec [...]
2009-12-17 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1504MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-17 10:06:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1513MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-21 07:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1515MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 07:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1525MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-28 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1529MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-29 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1532MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 09:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1540MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused December 31 news coverage on the United States' statement in response to Taiwan legislature's decision to amend the Act Governing Food Sanitation which violates the beef protocol signed between Taiwan and the United States. Local newspa [...]
2009-12-31 08:06:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI1541MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused December 31 news coverage on the United States' statement in response to Taiwan legislature's decision to amend the Act Governing Food Sanitation which violates the beef protocol signed between Taiwan and the United States. Local newspa [...]
2009-12-31 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI159MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 06:47:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI174MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their February 14-17 news coverage on the possibility of signing a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, on the Taiwan government's efforts to fight the island's mounting unemployment ra [...]
2009-02-17 09:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI191MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S TRIP TO ASIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 09:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI196MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused February 20 news coverage on Taiwan's sagging economy, on the on-going investigation into the corruption case against former President Chen Shui-bian and his family, on the possibility of signing a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agre [...]
2009-02-20 07:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI204MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage February 21-23 on the "national policy conference" organized by the opposition parties; on the local economic downturn plus various government policies; and United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to China. [...]
2009-02-23 09:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI208MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 09:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI211MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-25 09:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI219MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI232MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 09:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI237MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS, SECRETARY OF
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 4 news coverage on the Taipei District Court's decision to extend former President Chen Shui-bian's detention; on former First Lady Wu Shu-chen's appearance in a pre-trial hearing; and on the controversy surrounding Ma Ying-jeou ad [...]
2009-03-04 09:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI242MEDIA REACTION: U.S.'S MIDDLE-EAST POLICY, U.S.'S DEFENSE
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage March 5 on former President Chen Shui-bian's appearance in the pre-trial hearing in his money laundering and corruption cases; on the Cabinet's measures to boost the local economy; and the opening of China's National People [...]
2009-03-05 09:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI245MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S APPOINTMENT OF CHARLES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 05:12:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI25MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-08 08:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI256MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 09:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI269MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 11 news coverage on the unexpected resignation of Taiwan's National Security Bureau Director-General Henry Tsai Tuesday; on Taiwan's sagging economy; and on the controversy over the assassination attempt against former President Ch [...]
2009-03-11 09:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI285MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 09:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI292MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA NAVY SHIPS CONFRONTATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-17 09:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI298MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-18 09:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI306MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA NAVAL SHIPS CONFRONTATION,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 19 news coverage on a meeting between President Ma Ying-jeou and AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt and a press conference hosted by the latter Wednesday; on cross-Strait relations; and on the ongoing investigation into former Presiden [...]
2009-03-19 09:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI31MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-09 09:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI328MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA NAVAL CONFRONTATION, U.S.
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 21-23 news coverage on cross-Strait relations and Taiwan's bid to become an observer in the World Health Assembly in May; on Taiwan's economic situation; and on the controversy caused by the alleged anti-Taiwan remarks by a Toronto [...]
2009-03-23 09:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI333MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 09:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI337MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, U.S.-CHINA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 25 news coverage on Taiwan's economic prospects; on the controversies surrounding the anti-Taiwan remarks by a former Toronto-based Government Information Office official; and on the ongoing investigation into former President Chen [...]
2009-03-25 08:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI359MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI365MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 28-30 news coverage on the legislative by-election in a district of Taipei City Saturday, in which the KMT narrowly defeated the DPP; on Taiwan's economic prospects; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. The pro-unificati [...]
2009-03-30 09:53:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI379MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 09:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI386MEDIA REACTION: G-20
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 08:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI392MEDIA REACTION: G-20, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage April 3 on the agreements reached at the G20 summit in London to rescue the global economy; on the legislators' move to cut tax, and on the year-end Taipei County Magistrate election. 2. In terms of editorials and commen [...]
2009-04-03 08:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI4MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused January 1-2 news coverage on the New Year Eve's celebration in Taiwan and around the world; on Chinese President Hu Jintao's delivering of the "Six Points" of China's Taiwan policy; and on a court ruling on the embezzlement scandal invol [...]
2009-01-02 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI407MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, G-20
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their April 4-6 news coverage on North Korea, which launched a long-range rocket over Japan Sunday; on the Local Government Act passed by the Legislative Yuan Friday, which will allow cities and counties to merge and become special munic [...]
2009-04-06 08:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI413MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 7 news coverage on the fraud scandals involving several high-ranking Taiwan military officials; on the year-end city mayors' and country magistrates' elections; on a Taiwan fishing boat which was hijacked by Somali pirates in the I [...]
2009-04-07 09:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI423MEDIA REACTION: G-20, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 8 news coverage on the ongoing investigations into former President Chen Shui-bian and his family's legal cases; on Taiwan's economic situation; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on the Pentagon's new defense budget pr [...]
2009-04-08 09:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI446MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 10 news coverage on a Taiwan Intellectual Property Court ruling Thursday, in which the defendant is required to compensate Hermes US$7.58 million for her sale of pirated Hermes Birkin handbags; on the corruption scandals involving [...]
2009-04-10 10:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI454MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their April 11-13 news coverage on a series of government-organized events commemorating the 100th birthday of the late President Chiang Ching-kuo; on the developments in cross-Strait relations and the controversy over Taiwan's plan to s [...]
2009-04-14 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI465MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI474MEDIA REACTION: U.S. IMAGE, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their April 18-20 news coverage on the third round of negotiations between Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and China's Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS),which is slated for April 26 in Nanjing; on the [...]
2009-04-20 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI478MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI499MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 07:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI507MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused April 29 news coverage on the swine flu outbreak and the Taiwan government's anti-epidemic plan; and on the developments in cross-Strait relations. Several papers also carried reports from the "Defense News" saying that the United State [...]
2009-04-29 09:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI530MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S OBSERVER STATUS AT WHA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused May 1 news coverage on the world's upgraded alert on the H1N1 flu outbreak and the Taiwan government's anti-epidemic plan; on Taiwan's observer status at this year's World Health Assembly (WHA); and on the surge of the Taiwan Stock Excha [...]
2009-05-01 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI534MEDIA REACTION: 100 DAYS OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 09:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI548MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 23:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI554MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 08:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI574MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND TAIWAN'S STATUS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 08:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI58MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused January 14 news coverage on an AIT statement issued Tuesday confirming that it has discussed with Taiwan the problem of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and that the U.S. Navy has a responsibility to render assistance to any vessel in distress [...]
2009-01-14 09:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI585MEDIA REACTION: THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-15 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI598MEDIA REACTION: U.S. TORTURE OF DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 05:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI613MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS; U.S.'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 20 on President Ma Ying-jeou's one-year anniversary in office; on Taiwan's first participation in the World Health Assembly in 38 years; and on a Taiwan expedition team's attempt to climb to the summit of Mt. Everest. [...]
2009-05-20 09:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI628MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their May 23-26 news coverage on the H1N1 influenza epidemic in Taiwan; on former South KoreaN President Roh Moo-hyun's suicide; on the junior high school students' exams for entering senior high schools; and on developments in cross-Str [...]
2009-05-26 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI63MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, CROSS-STRAIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused January 15 news coverage on the Taipei District Prosecutors' Office's search of the Presidential Office Wednesday and the arrest of two Presidential Office staffers for allegedly spying on behalf of China; and on the Control Yuan's decis [...]
2009-01-15 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI631MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their May 27 news coverage on the meeting between KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung and Chinese Communist Party Secretary-General Hu Jintao in Beijing Tuesday and the developments in cross-Strait relations; on President Ma Ying-jeou's trip to C [...]
2009-05-27 08:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI634MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 04:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI642 MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 2 on President Ma Ying-jeou's visit to El Salvador, including his interaction with United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a dinner hosted by outgoing El Salvador President Elias Antonio Saca; over the cont [...]
2009-06-02 09:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI648MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 3 on President Ma Ying-jeou's trip in Central America, including the Ma Administration's latest foreign aid policies and his interaction with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; on two local companies' alleged ins [...]
2009-06-03 09:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI652MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 08:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI662MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH, NORTH
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 5 news coverage on the change in the board of directors of Formosa Petrochemical Corp. founded by the late business tycoon Wang Yung-ching; on the results of senior high school entrance exams; and on the commemoration of the twentie [...]
2009-06-05 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI666MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 6-8 on the speculation over President Ma Ying-jeou possibly doubling as KMT chairman after July; on the reshuffle of board members in the Formosa Petrochemical Corp; and on several issues concerning the livelihood of p [...]
2009-06-08 09:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI682MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 10 on President Ma Ying-jeou's decision to run for the KMT chairmanship in July; on Ma's suggestion that people across the Taiwan Strait be able to read traditional Chinese and write simplified Chinese characters; and [...]
2009-06-10 09:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI694MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN ARMS SALES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 05:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI7MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 08:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI709MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN CAIRO, NORTH
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 13-15 on the potential hike in commodities prices; on the legislature's passage of the Act Governing the Development of Renewable Energy; and on President Ma Ying-jeou's running in the election for the KMT chairmanship [...]
2009-06-15 08:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI721MEDIA REACTION: IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI728MEDIA REACTION: IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 03:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI74MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION, HILLARY CLINTON'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their January 17-20 news coverage on the Taiwan government's distribution of consumption vouchers Sunday, a move aimed at stimulating Taiwan's economy; on the first of three pre-trial hearings on former President Chen Shui-bian's legal c [...]
2009-01-20 09:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI745MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, IRAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 20-22 news coverage on Tropical Storm Linfa's brush past Taiwan, local economic problems, and on the development of cross-Strait relations. 2. Among editorials and commentary, an editorial in the mass-circulation "Apple Daily" u [...]
2009-06-22 09:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI751MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 23 news coverage on former President Chen Shui-bian's daughter, son-in-law, and son's admission of perjury in the case of embezzlement of the state affairs fund; on Taiwan's historically high 5.82 percent jobless rate; and on the co [...]
2009-06-23 06:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI762MEDIA REACTION: IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 09:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI768MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI777MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 09:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI785MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their June 27-29 news coverage on the sudden death of Michael Jackson last Thursday; on the arrest of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya by the Honduran military Sunday and its impact on President Ma Ying-jeou's upcoming trip to Central Am [...]
2009-06-29 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI792MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF, IRAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 30 news coverage on the Executive Yuan's approval Monday of the merger of Tainan City and Tainan County into one special municipality; on Taiwan-born New York Yankees pitcher Wang Chien-ming's first victory of the season Sunday; on [...]
2009-06-30 09:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI808MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS, IRAQ
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused July 2 news coverage on Taiwan's university entrance exams; on former President Chen Shui-bian's legal case; and on the effect of opening Taiwan to Chinese investment. In terms of editorials and commentaries, a column in the centrist, K [...]
2009-07-02 08:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI814MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, U.S.-JAPAN-TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their July 3-6 news coverage on President Ma Ying-jeou's trip in Latin America; on the developments in cross-Strait relations; on the university entrance examination for senior high school students island-wide; and on the shoulder injury [...]
2009-07-06 08:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI826MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA AND RUSSIA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their news coverage July 7 on the riots and street battles that broke out in China's Xinjiang region Sunday; on the legal cases involving former President Chen Shui-bian and his family; and on the developments in cross-Strait relations. [...]
2009-07-07 09:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI829MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-JAPAN-TAIWAN RELATIONS, XINJIANG
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 8 on a Tuesday Taipei County report saying that traces of arsenic were found in the frying oil of two of the county's McDonald's branches and one Domino's Pizza branch; on the escalating riots in China's Xinjiang regio [...]
2009-07-08 08:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI832MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF AND APPLES, HONDURAS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 9 on the Ma Ying-jeou administration's efforts to fight corruption; on the legal cases involving former President Chen Shui-bian and his family; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. Several newspapers report [...]
2009-07-09 10:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI837MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 06:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI85MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S INAUGURATION
[...] Summary: January 21, Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies gave significant news and editorial coverage to the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday. Almost all papers devoted their first few pages to Obama's taking the helm as the United States' 44th pres [...]
2009-01-21 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI859MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA AND U.S. ECONOMY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-16 07:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI864MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI867MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-20 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI881MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 22 on a security breach in Taiwan's Presidential Office in late June; on the solar eclipse that happened on the morning of the 22nd; and on developments in cross-Strait relations. In terms of editorials and commentarie [...]
2009-07-22 09:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI883MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 08:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI888MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND ASEAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 10:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI89MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ, OBAMA'S INAUGURATION
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their January 22 news coverage on the son, daughter-in-law and brother-in-law of former President Chen Shui-bian, who all pled guilty Wednesday to involvement in the family's money laundering operations; and on the inauguration of U.S. P [...]
2009-01-22 07:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI897MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 25-27 on the 2009 World Games, which closed successfully in Kaohsiung on Sunday; on President Ma Ying-jeou's election as KMT Chairman Sunday; and on the developments in cross-Strait relations. In terms of editorials a [...]
2009-07-27 09:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI908MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 29 on former President Chen Shui-bian, who attended the last hearing for his money laundering and corruption trial Tuesday; on the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue; and on developments in cross-Strait relatio [...]
2009-07-29 10:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI910MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA STRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC DIALOGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 08:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI927MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI932MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 08:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI938MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 5 on the legal cases involving former President Chen Shui-bian and his family; on the Taiwan government's move to take over a financially troubled local insurance company; on the looming water shortage for Taiwan; an [...]
2009-08-05 09:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI942MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI961MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave extensive coverage August 7-10 to typhoon Morakot, which hit Taiwan Friday and Saturday, and the record-breaking torrential rains it brought has triggered the most devastating floods in southern Taiwan in the last fifty years. In terms of [...]
2009-08-10 09:49:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI971MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 08:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI977MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 07:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI989MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 05:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI994MEDIA REACTION: U.S-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 09:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09ALGIERS104SPORTS DIPLOMACY IN ALGERIAN PRISONS: AN IV
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ideas gained through the International Visitor (IV) Program are contributing tangibly to Algerian efforts to reduce violence and combat radicalization within the prison system, through sports diplomacy in particular. Some of Algiers' most notorious prisons have been organizing [...]
2009-01-28 18:20:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SCUL KPAO AG
09ALGIERS106ABC NEWS STORY BREAKS IN ALGERIA
[...] (S/NF) The ABC News story reporting alleged sexual misconduct by the Algiers chief of station first appeared in Algeria the morning of January 29 on the electronic news journal Tout Sur l'Algerie. The story aired late enough in the U.S. on January 28 that it did not appear in the January 29 [...]
2009-01-29 13:02:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR KPAO MARR ASEC AG
09ALGIERS107ALGERIA SCANDAL: LOCAL REACTIONS, EAC ACTIONS
[...] (S/NF) As of Friday afternoon, January 30, there has been effectively no Algerian public reaction to the January 28 ABC News story (reftel). This could change in days to come depending on media coverage and government response. Initial government response, per reftel, has been restrained. We [...]
2009-01-30 17:45:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR KPAO MARR ASEC AMGT KMSG AG
09ALGIERS115ALGIERS SCANDAL UPDATE: REACTIONS CALM AS EAC MEETS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Pearce chaired an EAC meeting on January 31 to review the fallout from the ABC news story related to a former Embassy officer who allegedly drugged and raped two Algerian nationals (reftels). Because of the Algerian weekend, the story did not break in the local pres [...]
2009-02-01 19:00:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR KPAO MARR ASEC AMGT KMSG AG
09ALGIERS116ALGERIA MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S Al-ARABIYA INTERVIEW:
[...] As of Thursday, January 29, President Obama's interview received no front page coverage or commentary in the 70 or so daily Algerian newspapers. Many newspapers did, however, print short, primarily factual articles about the interview on Wednesday, January 28. Most articles were hidden on the [...]
2009-02-02 06:27:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDEINO OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL XF AG
09ALGIERS119INITIAL SCANDAL REACTIONS RESTRAINED, LONGER-TERM
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Although initial public and government reaction to the ABC News story regarding misconduct by a former Embassy officer (refs A and B) has been polite and restrained, the medium-term impact on our image and public outreach activities may be linked to how the judicial process pl [...]
2009-02-02 18:35:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR KPAO MARR ASEC AG
09ALGIERS221DEFAMATION CHARGE LANDS NEWSPAPER DIRECTOR IN JAIL
[...] (U) The 2005 defamation case of Ouargla-based El Waha newspaper took a sudden turn on March 2 when El Waha director Hadj Daoud Hadjar was arrested and sentenced to six months in prison. From his cell in Chaabet Ennichene prison in Ghardaia, Hadjar will now wait for the local court to make his [...]
2009-03-03 16:37:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPAO AG
09ALGIERS252FOR THE DISENCHANTED, A FACEBOOK PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Frustrated by the lack of political space in Algeria's real society, some young Algerians are going online, creating an informal political party and engaging on Facebook with someone they believe to be President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Bouteflika's campaign workers tell us "Facebook [...]
2009-03-14 14:11:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPAO SOCI AG
09ALGIERS3GHARDAIA: IDEOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL OASIS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Proud of its independent spirit and unique heritage, the oasis town of Ghardaia stands at the gateway to the Sahara as a example of what a community whose traditional structures continue to thrive can achieve when left to its own devices. During his November 14-16 visit to the reg [...]
2009-01-04 08:46:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PREL KDEM KPAO AG
09ALGIERS331CHASTENED JOURNALISTS ADD TO ELECTION DAY CYNICISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Tunisian journalist and human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine was denied entry at Algiers airport on April 4 after being invited by the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH) to participate in a program monitoring the media in the run-up to the April 9 presid [...]
2009-04-06 17:40:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPAO PHUM AG
09ALGIERS415ALGERIA AND MEPI - MOVING FORWARD
[...] (U) MEPI remains a valuable tool in Algeria, both to continue existing programming and to focus future programming on new opportunities we identify. In response to refs A and B, this cable outlines what programs work in Algeria, today and tomorrow, and why. MEPI programs support USG goals of [...]
2009-04-26 12:35:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALKMPI PREL KPAO KDEM AG
09ALGIERS496GO WEST! AMBASSADOR REACHES OUT BEYOND ALGIERS
[...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS BUSINESS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND IS INTENDED FOR GOVERNMENT USE ONLY. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE ON THE INTERNET. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's recent trip to Oran (Algeria's second largest city) and Tlemcen provided him an excellent platform to highlight existing coo [...]
2009-05-26 13:00:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL PGOV EINV ECON OEXC OIIP SCUL PINR AG
09ALGIERS543ALGERIAN MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 17:12:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KISL SOCI AG
09ALGIERS563ALGERIA OPEN TO DISCUSS TIP LAW IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel non-paper and the 2009 TIP Report country narrative for Algeria to MFA American Affairs Director General Fatiha Selmane the afternoon of June 15. Selmane said the government took seriously USG recommendations for Algeria contained in the 2008 TIP Report, and under [...]
2009-06-16 07:56:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09ALGIERS779MEPI ALGERIA SNAPSHOT: PSP ENGLISH TRAINING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We saw the MEPI-funded Partnership Schools Program (PSP) in action recently in the western Algerian city of Sidi Bel Abbes as MEPI implementers provided training to a group of government language inspectors. The progress we saw, along with anecdotal evidence from participants, [...]
2009-08-26 14:27:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMPI PREL KPAO PGOV AG
09ALGIERS845ALGERIA: AFRICAN REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON BIOSAFETY
[...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points September 24 to Hamza Khelif, in the Security and Disarmament Division of the General Directorate of Political Affairs and International Security. Khelif said he would refer this matter to his superiors, but was fairly certain Algeria would participat [...]
2009-09-27 08:43:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC XA KE AG
09ALGIERS903ALGIERS MEDIA REACTION TO USTR PAUL BURKHEAD'S
[...] (U) On September 27-28, Paul Burkhead, Director of European and Middle Eastern Trade Affairs at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, visited Algiers to meet with senior officials in the GOA and key private sector stakeholders to explore areas of potential cooperation in international t [...]
2009-10-06 07:33:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AG US KPAO
09ALGIERS969ALGERIA'S ATTENDANCE AT THE 2009 G-8 BMENA FORUM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 18:32:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL ECON KPAO KDEM AG
09AMEMBASSYHANOI909Vietnam 'Unfriends' Facebook
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following weeks of speculation that the Government of Vietnam was considering blocking the popular social networking site Facebook, Internet users' worst fears began to materialize in mid November. The blockage began at first with only a few Internet service providers in certain re [...]
2009-11-25 09:30:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALEINT ETTC PHUM KPAO VM CH
09AMMAN112JORDAN: JANUARY 13 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA
[...] SUMMARY: Gaza news coverage by Jordanian media outlets on Tuesday described Israel's "methodical destruction" and the fierce battles between Palestinian militants and IDF units. Arab and international diplomatic efforts also received attention, specifically King Abdullah's consultations with [...]
2009-01-13 13:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN1128DEPLOYMENT OF MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT TEAM TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post requests deployment of a military information support team (MIST) to plan, conduct and execute information programs coordinated through the Embassy Public Affairs Section. MIST programs will support goals of the Embassy's MSP. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) The MIST team will provi [...]
2009-05-14 15:18:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS PGOV PREL KPAO JO
09AMMAN125JORDAN: JANUARY 14 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA
[...] SUMMARY: Clashes between Hamas fighters and IDF units competed for attention with King Abdullah's statements in Wednesday's newspapers published in Jordan. The King reiterated again the urgency of enforcing UNSCR 1860 on Israel and subsequently reaching a two-state solution. Demonstrators nu [...]
2009-01-14 11:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN1264JORDAN: JOURNALISTS BOTH PRAISE AND CRITIQUE CAIRO
[...] (SBU) Ten of Jordan's leading journalists joined the Ambassador for a luncheon to view and discuss the President's speech in Cairo. All responded favorably to the overall substance and tone of the speech. This group also focused in great detail on the language used to deny the legitimacy of [...]
2009-06-04 15:15:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO JO
09AMMAN1399JORDAN REPORTS 13 H1N1 INFLUENZA CASES
[...] (U) Jordan has reported thirteen H1N1 cases as of June 22. The first two cases were reported on June 15, followed by 8 cases of Jordanian and Palestinian students returning from the Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program (ref A). Thermal scanning sensors at Amman's Queen Alia International Air [...]
2009-06-22 12:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09AMMAN145JORDAN: JANUARY 15 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA
[...] SUMMARY: Beneath sorrowful images from Gaza, banner headlines in today's Jordan-based newspapers focused on the apparent disagreement among Arab League member states. King Abdullah's meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon topped local coverage. Public protests were few as the Islamist [...]
2009-01-15 13:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN1518 JORDAN: SPECIAL BBG TRAINING FOCUSES ON BROADCASTING
[...] (U) The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Office of International Media Training arranged for a one-week workshop June 14-18 on Basic Broadcasting Reporting Skills at the offices of Jordan Radio and Television (JRTV). The training was provided under a ten-year technical support and mainten [...]
2009-07-07 06:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYJO KPAO OIIP PREL
09AMMAN164JORDAN: JANUARY 19 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA
[...] SUMMARY: Ceasefire announcements along with rescue and recovery efforts led Jordanian media coverage of developments in and around Gaza over the long weekend. The U.S. - Israel MOU also received front-page attention. King Abdullah's participation at the Sharm El-Sheikh meeting headed local c [...]
2009-01-19 13:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN18JORDAN: JANUARY 4 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA SITUATION
[...] SUMMARY: Over the New Year's holiday weekend, developments in Gaza continued to dominate front and inside pages as well as op-ed pages of Jordanian media outlets. Coverage gave equal treatment to Jordanian public demonstrations and to efforts by King Abdullah and government officials to stop I [...]
2009-01-04 15:30:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN2515JORDAN: Public Diplomacy Engagement Furthers Cairo Speech
[...] This cable is the second of four cables following up on the October visit to Amman of NSC Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy. It outlines aspects of Embassy Amman's efforts to advance goals emphasized in the President's June 4 speech in Cairo. 2. Summary: Public Diplo [...]
2009-11-18 15:10:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP SCUL JO
09AMMAN2559THE APPLE HILL STRING QUARTET RETURNS TO JORDAN AND REACHES
[...] SUMMARY: PAS Amman hosted the award-winning ensemble, the Apple Hill String Quartet, in a series of concerts, performances, and musical workshops in Aqaba, Ma'an and Amman, engaging a diverse audience of more than 1,000 with their inspiring renditions of classical and contemporary chamber musi [...]
2009-11-24 12:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO JO XF XI OEXC OIIP SOCI
09AMMAN2578JORDAN NOMINATES RANA HUSSEINI FOR WOMEN OF
[...] Summary: It is an honor to nominate and strongly recommend Rana Husseini for the 2009 Women of Courage Award. Ms. Husseini is the definition of courage. Ms. Husseini's work single-handedly broke the silence of honor killings in Jordan and her 15-year crusade has resulted in greater justice fo [...]
2009-11-25 15:17:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM JO
09AMMAN270JORDAN MEDIA REACTION TO POTUS ARABIYA INTERVIEW
[...] SUMMARY: The President's interview with Al-Arabiya was broadcast and rebroadcast in Jordan hourly on January 27. Online news outlets reported highlights the same day, while major print outlets gave it front-page attention in January 28 editions. Op-ed commentary was limited, but cautiously p [...]
2009-01-28 13:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN28JORDAN: JANUARY 5 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA SITUATION
[...] SUMMARY: Developments in Gaza and new statements by King Abdullah dominated Monday's news coverage and op-ed commentary in all of one of Jordan's major media outlets. Al-Ghad newspaper led with indications that official protests and public anger are converging into a common repudiation of Isr [...]
2009-01-05 12:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN432Demarche Delivered on Biosafety: Jordan Does Not Plan to
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 10:30:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO JO
09AMMAN46JORDAN: JANUARY 6 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA SITUATION
[...] SUMMARY: Jordanian media coverage today of developments in Gaza returned to sensational photos and news of civilian casualties and suffering caused by Israel's offensive. Coverage by major news outlets focused on deteriorating humanitarian conditions while the vituperative op-ed commentary se [...]
2009-01-06 13:39:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN473Jordan Lifts Restrictions on U.S. Beef
[...] (U) Action Request for USDA/FSIS in paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has removed all product-specific restrictions on U.S. beef imports after over two years of discussions with the USG (reftels). The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has adopted the new World Org [...]
2009-02-22 04:35:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD TBIO KPAO OEXC SCUL JO
09AMMAN498KING DENIES FEAR OF ALTERNATIVE PALESTINIAN HOME
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During a February 16 meeting with community leaders, King Abdullah defiantly asserted that "Jordan is not a substitute homeland for Palestinians." This and related remarks denying any fear of the so-called Jordanian option received front-page attention in all major newspapers and [...]
2009-02-23 10:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAL KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN51JORDAN: JANUARY 7 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA SITUATION
[...] SUMMARY: King Abdullah's diplomatic efforts competed for space against grisly photos from Gaza in today's Jordanian media coverage of the conflict. The King's dark warning of "a conspiracy against the Palestinian people" and his meeting with moderate Islamist cleric Yusef Qardawi topped cover [...]
2009-01-07 13:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN75JORDAN: JANUARY 8 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA SITUATION
[...] SUMMARY: Beneath photos of Palestinian family members grieving over civilians killed in Gaza, Jordan's major media outlets led today's coverage with news of the Israeli security cabinet's decision to extend its military offensive into urban areas. Inside papers were also choked with paid adve [...]
2009-01-11 05:45:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN79JORDAN: JANUARY 11 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA
[...] SUMMARY: Major media in Jordan went into overdrive during the local weekend and Sunday with news coverage of developments in connection with the conflict in Gaza. The major themes of the coverage were Israel's determination to continue its offensive despite the passage of UNSCR 1860 and mount [...]
2009-01-11 13:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN89JORDAN: JANUARY 12 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA
[...] SUMMARY: Accusations that Israel is using white phosphorus in attacking Gaza's populated areas led front-page coverage by Jordan's major news outlets on Monday. King Abdullah's demand that Israel abide immediately by UNSCR 1860 and that the international community "coerce" Israel into doing s [...]
2009-01-12 13:52:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN952JORDAN: MEDIA REACT TO KING'S U.S. VISIT
[...] SUMMARY: Wednesday's newspapers in Jordan led with extensive coverage of the President's meeting with King Abdullah at the White House Tuesday. Beneath banner headlines reading "Jordan, U.S. See Eye To Eye On Peace," reports stressed the two leaders' commitment to moving the Middle East peace [...]
2009-04-23 11:28:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN954JORDAN: MEDIA FURTHER REACT TO KING'S U.S. VISIT
[...] SUMMARY: All major print outlets in Jordan Thursday led with coverage of King Abdullah's activities in Washington on Wednesday. Front-page coverage focused on the King's meetings with House Speaker Pelosi and the Friends of Jordan Caucus. Inside-page analyses cited local experts who perceive [...]
2009-04-23 12:06:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN992MGSF01: EMBASSY AMMAN REVIEWS PREPAREDNESS FOR H1N1
[...] (U) The Embassy's Pandemic Influenza Task Force (PITF) met on April 29 and reviewed Embassy preparedness and Pandemic Tripwires. A message to the Embassy community was sent out with an update on the H1N1 influenza as well as general precautionary guidance. The PITF will continue to monitor the [...]
2009-04-30 10:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09ANKARA1000TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 10:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1008TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 13:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1013TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1022TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-16 12:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1028TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 11:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1039TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 12:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1047TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1054TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 12:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1059TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 10:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1073TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-27 11:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1080TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 13:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1087TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 11:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1096TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 12:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1105TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-31 11:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1119TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 12:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1130TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1135TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-05 11:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1139TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 11:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1144TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-07 10:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1152TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 10:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1157TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-11 10:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1165TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 13:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1184TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1194TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 12:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1207TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 04:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1211TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 12:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1218TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 11:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1229TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-20 11:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1240TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 04:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1245TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 10:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1253TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 10:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1262TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 10:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1267TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 10:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1274TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-28 11:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1288TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 11:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1290TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-01 12:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1294TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 12:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1299TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 12:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1300TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-04 10:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1309TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 10:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1320TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 12:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1336TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 13:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1341TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 10:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1349TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 12:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1357TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 12:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1367TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 13:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1406TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 11:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA141ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1414TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 05:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1418TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 13:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1425GOVERNMENT VS. DOGAN GRUDGE MATCH CHILLS TURKISH JOURNALISM
[...] (U) This cable is a joint Embassy Ankara/Consulate General Istanbul product. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Despite international signals about the press freedom implications of record tax fines levied against the Dogan Media Group, the GOT has upped the ante in its battle with the beleaguered media gian [...]
2009-10-01 13:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KPAO TU
09ANKARA1429TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-02 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1430TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-02 12:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1437TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-05 10:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1445TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 10:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1453TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA146ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1464TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1467TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 13:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1505TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 11:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA151ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1511TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-20 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1519TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 11:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1527TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 12:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1530TURKEY UNDECIDED ON PARTICIPATION FOR BMENA FORUM
[...] (SBU) On October 22 we spoke with Rami Sayliman at the Turkish MFA try of Foreign Affairs concerning Turkish participation in the G-8 Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future on November 2-3 in Marrakech (REFTEL). Sayliman told us the MFA has not yet determined who to [...]
2009-10-23 05:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KDEM KPAO OPDC PREL KMPI TU
09ANKARA1553TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 12:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1554TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 12:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1571TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 12:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1574TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA158ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 12:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1580TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 11:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1593TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 11:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1594TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 11:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA160Following up the President's al-Arabiya Interview - Turkish
[...] Summary: Turkish media coverage of President Obama's al-Arabiya interview last week was overwhelmingly positive. Many news stories focused on his statement that "Americans are not the enemies of Muslims" and commentators praised the interview's unifying spirit. The US Mission supported the int [...]
2009-02-02 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL TU
09ANKARA1602TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 06:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1609TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 11:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1614TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 12:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1619TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1628TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA164ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1640TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 12:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1647TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1665TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 11:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1666TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 11:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1675TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 11:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1703NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE
[...] (SBU) Full Name: Ilknur Ustun Job Titles/ Associations: President of KA-DER Ankara Branch, Turkey Coordinator for the European Women Lobby, and General Coordinator for Women Coalition Date of Birth: May 18, 1965 Country of Birth: Turkey Citizenship: Turkish Address: Bulten Sokak 51/25 Kavakl [...]
2009-11-25 16:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM
09ANKARA1707TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 13:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1712TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1716TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 11:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1726TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 12:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1736TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 11:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1742TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 12:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA175ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 13:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1751TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1759TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 12:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1762TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 11:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1771TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 12:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1778TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-15 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1788TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 12:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1795TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-17 11:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1811TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-21 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1825TURKISH MEDIA CRUCIFY PATRIARCH, THEN RECANT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Turkish media and political figures initially criticized Greek Patriarch Bartholomew for his perceived anti-GOT comments on the December 20 "60 Minutes" program. But the harshness of the commentary ebbed as columnists re-examined the Patriarch's comments through the prism of min [...]
2009-12-22 16:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA189ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-05 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA193ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 11:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA204ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA218ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-11 06:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA234ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 05:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA236TURKEY - RESPONSE TO BIOSAFETY DEMARCHE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Emboffs contacted the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) and Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU). The Directorate of Agricultural Research at MARA, which has been the lead agency [...]
2009-02-13 05:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD KPAO TBIO TU
09ANKARA241ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 05:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA248ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA256ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 12:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA259ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 05:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA266ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 15:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA286ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-23 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA296ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-25 14:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA298TAX FRAUD CHARGE AGAINST DOGAN MEDIA SEEN AS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT Revenue Administration charged Dogan Media with criminal tax fraud on November 18 and imposed a TL 860 million ($505 million) fine. Dogan and the opposition CHP party claim the charges are intended to silence Turkey's largest media company, which has lately been critica [...]
2009-02-25 15:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ECON TU
09ANKARA308ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA319ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA328TURKEY: DOGAN MEDIA GROUP GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara - Consulate General Istanbul message. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Senior Dogan Media Group members went on a quiet offensive last week against what they see as GOT harassment, talking to our Ambassador and European Ambassadors. They denied any ver [...]
2009-03-03 11:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE KPAO TU
09ANKARA331ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA345ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-05 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA351ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 12:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA362ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA363ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-10 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA367ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA372ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-12 13:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA375ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 13:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA386ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA403ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-18 15:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA423ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA435ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 13:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA444ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA454ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 15:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA464ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 12:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA476ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA492ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA495ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 12:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA498ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 12:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA502ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 14:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA508ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-04 05:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA515OBAMA WINS THE HEARTS OF TURKISH MEDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 08:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA519OBAMA'S POSITIVE MESSAGES RESONATE WITH TURKISH MEDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 10:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA532MIXED REACTIONS TO OBAMA'S CALL FOR DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 11:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA535Media Say Turkey and Azerbaijan Will Address Tensions Over
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-10 11:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA545Media Say Turkey and Azerbaijan Will Address Tensions Over
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 10:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA546"Media: Baku Complicates Turco-Armenian Normalization,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 10:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA557ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 11:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA564ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 11:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA569MEDIA SUPPORT PARALLEL STEPS BETWEEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 10:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA575Media: MFA Denies Argument between Babacan and Guliev;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 10:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA583Media Summary
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 11:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA589Ankara Media Summary
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-22 10:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA595Ankara Media Summary
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 10:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA606OBAMA DIDN'T SAY 'GENOCIDE' ... IN ENGLISH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 09:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA611TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 12:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA618TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-29 13:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA624TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 09:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA627 Turkey: FY 2010 IVLP Nomination Slate
[...] Murat Aslan, News Reporter, Konya AA 2. Faruk Balikci, President of the Southeastern Journalists Association 3. Acar Arap Filiz, Broadcasting Director, Kanal A 4. Sevcan Kalipcinden, Reporter and Editor, Hudut Gazetesi 5. Selahattin Sekin, Broadcasting Director, Akdeniz TV 6. M [...]
2009-04-30 10:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL TU
09ANKARA641TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 11:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA650TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-05 10:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA656TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 09:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA659TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA663TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 10:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA672TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 10:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA679TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-11 11:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA686TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 10:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA692TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 10:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA700TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 12:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA710TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-15 10:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA714TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 11:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA719TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 10:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA725TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-21 10:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA731TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 10:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA747TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA751TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-27 13:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA757TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-28 11:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA764TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-29 10:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA769TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 12:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA776TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-02 12:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA782TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 10:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA787TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 10:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA792TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 10:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA803TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 10:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA815TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 12:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA826TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 11:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA835TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 12:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA847TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 10:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA862TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 13:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA868TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 12:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA871TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 10:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA889TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 11:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA899TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 12:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA903TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 10:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA920TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 04:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA922TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 10:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA930TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 13:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA948TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 13:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA957TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 13:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA965TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 10:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA969TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 10:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA976TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 10:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANTANANARIVO74MAYOR'S RADIO STATION CRITICIZES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 14:24:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC KPAO MA
09ANTANANARIVO99MADAGASCAR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE CARTAGENA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 12:50:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO MA
09ASHGABAT1088 TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION TO AUGUST POST EVENTS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: August saw media provide generally accurate and favorable coverage of U.S. Government-related events in Turkmenistan. Media accurately covered the CENTCOM delegation's August 15 visit to Turkmenistan, with most of [...]
2009-08-31 10:16:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1105 TURKMENISTAN: PROMISING RESHUFFLING IN STATE NEWS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 31, President Berdimuhamedov appointed two promising professionals to head the key state media print outlet "Neytralniy Turkmensitan (NT)" and main state news agency "Turkmen Dowlet Habarlary (TDH)." Th [...]
2009-09-01 11:18:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1207 TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA HAILS PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmen State Media painted a positive picture of the short September 21 meeting between Secretary of State Clinton and President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. State TV led their programs with the meeting and a gr [...]
2009-09-24 03:33:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT122TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS USTDA REGIONAL DIRECTOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Director for Europe and Eurasia, Daniel Stein, visited Turkmenistan January 7-10. State media highlighted his visit and meetings at different GOTX ministries. The Turkmen St [...]
2009-01-26 11:58:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO ETRD ECON TX
09ASHGABAT1255 TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA HIGHLIGHT TURKMEN PRESIDENT'S
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov recent visit to the U.S. to attend the UNGA dominated all media outlets for a full week. Coverage was positive and extensive for each meeting and event, including special note of [...]
2009-10-02 03:34:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1265 BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S "OPEN" PRESS CONFERENCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 1, President Berdimuhamedov held his first "open" press conference with state-run and foreign media. The event was heavily controlled and, like most media events in Turkmenistan, designed to develop the President's image. Journalists were forced to repeat questions ha [...]
2009-10-05 03:30:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1277 TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA HIGHLIGHT SEPTEMBER POST EVENTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During September, the Turkmen media provided generally accurate and positive coverage of Embassy activities. TV, print and radio outlets covered Embassy participation in the International Education Fair, the ceremony honoring the National Library with the award of an AFCP (Ambas [...]
2009-10-08 12:22:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT140 TURKMENISTAN: CENTCOM VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN COVERED
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: USCENTCOM Commander General Petraeus made his first official visit to Turkmenistan January 15-16. State media highlighted the visit, especially the General's meeting with Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdi [...]
2009-01-29 09:16:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO MARR TX
09ASHGABAT1418 TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA HIGHLIGHT OCTOBER POST EVENTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In October, Turkmen media provided generally accurate coverage of post conducted activities. At the beginning of month international media widely expressed U.S. concern over Turkmen government's efforts to prevent students from traveling to U.S.-linked schools. Also, internatio [...]
2009-11-05 03:31:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1488 MEDIA HIGHLIGHT DAS GEORGE KROL VISIT TO HEAD U.S.
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The official visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, Ambassador George A. Krol to Turkmenistan on November 16-18 received generally accurate and widespread media coverage. Ambas [...]
2009-11-23 11:47:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1489 MEDIA HIGHLIGHT DAS GEORGE KROL VISIT TO HEAD U.S.
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The official visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, Ambassador George A. Krol to Turkmenistan on November 16-18 received generally accurate and widespread media coverage. Ambas [...]
2009-11-23 11:48:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1605 TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA HIGHLIGHT NOVEMBER POST EVENTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In November, media provided generally accurate coverage of post conducted activities. The graduation of Turkmen law enforcement officers from a U.S. Embassy sponsored-English language program was accurately highlighted on foreign websites. U.S. websites posted the Embassy statem [...]
2009-12-14 03:19:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT191 TURKMENISTAN: JANUARY MEDIA REACTION, MIXED RESULTS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In January, state media highlighted some Embassy events, but at times, omitted any mention of a U.S. role. State media were reluctant to cover donations of musical instruments to local schools, although anything [...]
2009-02-06 12:14:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT20 TURKMENISTAN: DECEMBER MEDIA REACTION - PRODUCTIVE STATE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: State media coverage of post events was positive in December. In fact, in some cases, such as holiday messages, the Embassy had a higher profile than other foreign missions in country. In one case, post was able [...]
2009-01-07 12:09:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT21 TURKMENISTAN LAUNCHES NEW TV CHANNEL
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan launched a new TV channel "Turkmen Owazy" (Turkmen Melody) on January 1. The channel runs 24/7, carrying various musical programming and represents a slight expansion in the cultural space and collabor [...]
2009-01-07 12:28:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT303 TURKMENISTAN: WHY ENGLISH MATTERS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: English Language programs continue to play a vital role in achieving Embassy Ashgabat's MSP goals of assisting civil society development and promoting democratic and economic reforms in a predominantly Muslim countr [...]
2009-03-06 12:53:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT311 TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA COVERAGE OF EUR/ACE COORDINATOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daniel Rosenblum, Coordinator for U.S. Assistance in Europe and Eurasia visited Turkmenistan February 23-24, 2009, holding a number of meetings in Turkmenistan. State media inaccurately reported Rosenblum's title, which was then replicated in many outlets, including non-state [...]
2009-03-09 12:47:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT320 TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON FEBRUARY POST EVENTS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In February, media provided generally accurate coverage of Post-conducted events. Embassy press releases played a large role in shaping the stories carried in state and non-state media. While one TV news program o [...]
2009-03-11 11:52:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT436 TURKMENISTAN: MARCH MEDIA REACTION - MEDIA PRAISE GROWING
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In March, media favorably and accurately covered events reflecting U.S.-Turkmenistan cooperation in education and health care, and highlighted various U.S. visits. The visit by USAID Regional Director William Frej [...]
2009-04-08 12:44:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT498 EDUCATION OFFICIALS EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR COOPERATION, BUT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher's meeting with Turkmenistan's top two education officials successfully presented U.S. views and continued engagement in this area. Unfortunately, it also revealed the continued [...]
2009-04-20 05:55:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL EAID KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT499RFE/RL'S TURKMEN SERVICE: "SALTY" INTERNAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's recent contact with RFE/RL's Turkmen service reveals an alarming dispute related to journalistic integrity within the organization. Post,s main point of contact with RFE/RL in Ashgabat believes he is being marginalized for his lack of "salty" reporting, and despite his sub [...]
2009-04-20 10:37:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT518 TURKMENISTAN: A/S BOUCHER VISIT DRAWS SIGNIFICANT MEDIA
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher visited Turkmenistan April 14-17, holding a meeting with President Berdimuhamedov, and meetings with other high-ranking government officials. The visit [...]
2009-04-23 11:26:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT543TURKMENISTAN: OFFICIAL TRAVEL TO DASHOGUZ PROVINCE IS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: ECA Policy and Evaluation Director, Rick Ruth, visited Turkmenistan in early April to tour sites undergoing restoration thanks to support from the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation. During the visit to Das [...]
2009-04-29 10:03:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PCUL PINR KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT562 TURKMENISTAN: EFFECTIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF DAS KROL AT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia, George Krol, visited Turkmenistan April 22-24, 2009, holding meetings with government officials and heading the U.S. delegation at the "Reliable and Secure Tran [...]
2009-05-04 06:29:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT569TFFLU01: OFFICIAL TURKMEN REACTION TO INFLUENZA A
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Although there have been no reported cases of H1N1 in Turkmenistan or in the Central Asia region, the government has taken certain steps in reaction to the influenza A (H1/N1) scare and has publicized many of these measures i [...]
2009-05-05 11:53:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09ASHGABAT575INFORMATION REGARDING U.S. COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 10:06:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDKIRF PGOV PHUM PREF KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT578 TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON APRIL POST EVENTS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In addition to coverage of visits by Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and DAS George Krol in April (Refs A and B),April saw media provide generally accurate and favorable coverage of numerous U.S. visitors and P [...]
2009-05-08 04:59:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT600 TURKMENISTAN: A REBORN PUSHKIN THEATER PUSHES BOUNDARIES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ashgabat's resurrected Pushkin theater has on its own initiative begun to introduce audiences to a growing variety of international plays, some of which push the boundaries of what is generally acceptable in offic [...]
2009-05-13 04:18:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT720 TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON MAY POST EVENTS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat maintained a high profile in state media during the month of May. Post organized events such as USAID's 15th anniversary celebration of partnership with Turkmenistan in early May, a one-week tour [...]
2009-06-09 09:29:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT722 TURKMENISTAN: EFFECTIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Secretary of State's Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard L. Morningstar visited Turkmenistan May 29, 2009, holding meetings with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and high-ranking government off [...]
2009-06-09 10:52:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT761 TURKMENISTAN: MEJLIS COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, SCIENCE, AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's PAO had a friendly and open meeting with the Chair of the Mejilis (Parliament) committee on Education, Science, and Culture. The discussion revealed that the committee has a massive portfolio of issues, bu [...]
2009-06-17 10:42:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO ECA TX
09ASHGABAT851 TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON JUNE POST EVENTS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: June saw media provide generally accurate and favorable coverage of U.S. government and post conducted events in Turkmenistan. The U.S. Department of Energy-organized workshop on pipeline integrity and management [...]
2009-07-07 11:30:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT857 TURKMENISTAN: ONE MORE MINISTER OF EDUCATION SHUFFLED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the July 3 Cabinet of Ministers meeting, President Berdimuhamedov continued criticism of the Ministry of Education, noting the rampant problem of corruption in admissions at institutions of higher education. During the meeting, he promoted the Deputy Minister of Educati [...]
2009-07-08 10:38:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP TX
09ASHGABAT867 TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) U.S. President Barak H. Obama delivered a speech at a graduation ceremony of New Economic School in Moscow on July 7. While there was no reaction by local Turkmen media or coverage of the event, people with access to Internet [...]
2009-07-10 10:12:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT880CORRUPTION IN EDUCATION - BLESSING FOR SOME, CURSE FOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption in higher education is pervasive and comes at a high cost to the integrity of the educational system, as well as a high cost to parents who are forced to borrow huge sums from family and friends in order [...]
2009-07-15 03:18:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP TX
09ASHGABAT909 TURKMENISTAN FY 2010 IVLP PROPOSAL
[...] Education, focus on adult education, community colleges four (4) slots, approximate date November 2009 This project, designed for academic administrators, civic leaders, student advisors/counselors, and ministry officials involved in education issues, will examine the variety of programs and se [...]
2009-07-20 10:50:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT919 TURKMEN REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S JUNE 4, 2009 SPEECH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post held a series of roundtable discussions with alumni of U.S. programs and representatives of local NGOs to determine local reaction to President Obama's speech. General consensus was that Americans were more likely to hold stereotypes about Muslims in general rather than abo [...]
2009-07-22 12:47:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP TX
09ASHGABAT938TURKMEN STUDENTS PREVENTED FROM EXITING COUNTRY TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Institute of Education, an office within the Ministry of Education, must now approve the foreign post-high school study of all Turkmen students. This new requirement is in direct opposition to President Berdimuhamedov's stated goals of increasing foreign education possibi [...]
2009-07-28 11:41:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO OEXC SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT951 TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON JULY POST EVENTS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In July, media carried accurate and favorable coverage of post events. U.S. Independence Day and the speech which the Charge d'Affaires delivered at Post's official reception were highlighted in state print media. [...]
2009-07-30 08:01:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASMARA142POST'S PD EFFORTS HELP ERITREAN STUDENTS STUDY IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite poor bilateral relations and Eritrea's fledgling education system, Post's PD efforts regularly assist hundreds of Eritreans interested in educational opportunities in the United States. Post operates an educational advising system that provides students with materials on [...]
2009-04-30 13:08:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI PREL KPAO ER
09ASMARA231SUMMARY OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EVENTS FOR APRIL-JUNE 2009
[...] Summary of Public Diplomacy sponsored special events for the time period of April-June 2009: a) Monthly alumni American club lecture over 200 guests in attendance at each event: April: Global Climate Change and Global Warming May: Eritrea's Journey to Independence June: The American [...]
2009-07-16 14:54:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OEXC AMGT ER
09ASMARA298GSE SHUTS DOWN EMBASSY ASMARA IFTAR
[...] (SBU) The Eritrean government (GSE) Office of Protocol sent a note verbale on August 27 expressly forbidding the embassy from hosting a planned Iftar meal and showing the film "Islam in America." The note verbale was in response to the embassy's official protest of the August 20th incident wh [...]
2009-08-27 14:50:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO ASEC ER
09ASMARA317ASMARA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EVENTS FOR AUGUST 2009
[...] A summary of Public Diplomacy sponsored special events for the month of August is as follows: a) Embassy Asmara's summer hire employees, in partnership with Public Diplomacy, taught a successful six week Summer English and art enrichment program that ended on August 13. The program featured [...]
2009-09-18 08:33:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OEXC AMGT ER
09ASMARA397ERITREA'S MFA ISSUES RARE APOLOGY
[...] (SBU) MOI ATTEMPTS TO HALT THE AMBASSADOR'S PRESENTATION --------------------------------------------- --------------- The Eritrean MFA told Embassy Asmara in August to suspend PD outreach activities until further notice (ref). On November 9 MFA informed post in writing that scheduled PD activ [...]
2009-11-16 12:08:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI KPAO ER
09ASMARA406MFA GRANTS FULL PERMISSION FOR PD EVENTS
[...] (SBU) The embassy received a dipnote from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Nov 19 granting permission to resume "all public outreach programs as scheduled as of today." To our surprise, the MFA followed through that evening when notified that the Ministry of Information (MOI) had order [...]
2009-11-20 07:36:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL PGOV ER
09ASMARA423ASMARA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER 2009
[...] A summary of Public Diplomacy sponsored special events for the month of November is as follows: a) On November 12, Ambassador McMullen delivered a lecture titled "Eritrea: Africa's Bridge to the World." The lecture illustrated recent advances in genetic paleoanthropology. Ambassador McMulle [...]
2009-12-10 04:00:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OEXC AMGT ER
09ASTANA1002 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO
[...] SUMMARY: President Obama's Cairo speech has received overwhelmingly positive press coverage in Kazakhstan. Official "Khabar TV" broadcast President Nazarbayev's welcoming comments about the speech, and daily "Liter" published an in-depth, analytical story on the address. The overall coverag [...]
2009-06-12 02:17:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KCRM KPAO KMDR AF KZ
09ASTANA1028 KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 11 PRESS CONFERENCE
[...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador gave a press conference on June 11, in which he highlighted President Obama's Cairo speech, reported on his participation in Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin's visit to the United States, and answered journalists' questions on hot-button political topics. Thi [...]
2009-06-16 11:13:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR AF KZ
09ASTANA1090 KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS REMARKS AT EVENT
[...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled to Semey on June 18 to participate in a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the cessation of Soviet nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk test site. President Nazarbayev's speech at the event received heavy media coverage. He highlighted Kazakhstan's decisi [...]
2009-06-29 08:02:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MNUC SOCI KNNP KPAO KMDR RS KZ
09ASTANA1183 KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV SIGNS INTERNET
[...] (SBU) The Presidential Press Service reported on July 10 that President Nazarbayev has signed pending Internet legislation into law. (NOTE: As a technical matter, this legislation amends several existing Kazakhstani laws. END NOTE.) Nazarbayev's move came despite objections and concerns rai [...]
2009-07-14 09:57:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1184 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION FOR THE ASTANA VISIT OF
[...] SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani media broadly reported Under Secretary of State Bill Burns's July 10 meeting in Astana with President Nazarbayev; however, the majority of the coverage was factual rather than analytical, due to the fact that the event happened on a Friday, after all of the weekly ana [...]
2009-07-14 10:08:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KNNP KDEM KPAO KMDR RS KZ
09ASTANA1207 KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S PRESS CONFERENCE IN AKTAU
[...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador travelled to Aktau on July 15-16. Aktau, located in Mangystau oblast (province) in western Kazakhstan, is a small city known primarily for its oil production and as Kazakhstan's only operational port on the Caspian Sea. While in Aktau, the Ambassador met with Askar Nu [...]
2009-07-21 07:25:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA1339 KAZAKHSTAN: "NEWSWEEK" GOT IT WRONG ON KIMEP
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an on-line article appearing August 1, "Newsweek" magazine accused the Kazakhstani government of suppressing Western-oriented education at what is arguably the country's most prestigious university. The articl [...]
2009-08-05 07:55:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA134 KAZAKHSTAN: DEMOCRACY IN ACTION AT EDITOR'S CLUB
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On January 21, the Ambassador attended a meeting of the Astana Editors-in-Chief Club. Though this organization has been in existence for some time, it has recently risen in profile through increased government ties [...]
2009-01-23 10:21:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KDEM KZ
09ASTANA139 KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 17-23
[...] The following is another of the weekly cables from Embassy Astana with tidbits on daily life in Kazakhstan. UPROAR LEADS TO RETENTION OF NATIONALITY IN PASSPORTS 2. On January 5, Kazakhstan began issuing new, electronic passports. Complying with international conventions, the new documen [...]
2009-01-23 11:23:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KPAO KDEM KZ
09ASTANA140 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA PRAISE INAUGURATION OF "PRESIDENT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani media's reaction to President Obama's inauguration has been overwhelmingly positive and laudatory. The coverage has ranged from detailed accounts of the inaugural speech to human interest stories on [...]
2009-01-26 03:45:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KMDR KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1498 KAZAKHSTAN: THE BOLASHAK REVOLUTION
[...] (SBU) At a September 8 dinner in honor of the UK Minister for Europe, Baroness Glenyth Kinnock of Holyhead, the Ambassador was seated next to the deputy head of Prime Minister Masimov's office, Dauren Toleukhanov. Before moving to the Prime Minister's apparat, Toleukhanov was a diplomat, hav [...]
2009-09-09 09:18:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO KCOR KZ
09ASTANA1517 KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYS FUNDING APPROVED
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 10, Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orenbayev told the Ambassador that the Cabinet approved VAT exemption for all goods and services procured with Cooperative Threat Reduction funds on September 7, and th [...]
2009-09-11 10:30:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KNNP KPAO KZ
09ASTANA1616 KAZAKHSTAN: THE COMPLEXITY OF "OPPOSITION MEDIA"
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a media roundtable the Ambassador hosted in Almaty, independent and opposition journalists detailed their opinions, concerns, and experiences. It was a useful and informative snapshot, but it wasn't the wh [...]
2009-09-23 09:45:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KPAO KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1619 KAZAKHSTAN: INDEPENDENT AND OPPOSITION MEDIA ASK TOUGH
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador answered questions from independent and opposition journalists during a media roundtable in Almaty on September 14 (ref A). The lively group, pleased to have an opportunity to express their concern [...]
2009-09-23 11:02:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1696 KAZAKHSTAN: NEW SCIENCE STRATEGY FACES CONSTRAINTS
[...] SUMMARY: In a new strategic plan, Kazakhstan's Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Education and Science identified future scientific research priorities in the areas of energy, biotechnology, mining and metallurgy, renewable energy, information technology, and agriculture. To achieve it [...]
2009-09-28 10:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON SENV SOCI KPAO KZ
09ASTANA1810 KAZAKHSTAN: PARLIAMENTARIAN SEES GROWING ROLE FOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 23, Parliamentarian Daria Klebanova spoke about the growing role of the Parliament and anticipated domestic violence legislation. Also an active journalist, she contradicted recent negative reports b [...]
2009-10-07 01:21:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA1813 KAZAKHSTAN: U.S.-KAZAKHSTAN JOINT ENERGY PARTNERSHIP
[...] (U) On October 7-8, the United States and Kazakhstan held the sixth meeting of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Energy Partnership. Four working groups -- nuclear security and nuclear power, oil and gas, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and electric power -- took place. After chairing a plenary se [...]
2009-10-09 10:36:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET MNUC KNNP KPAO KZ
09ASTANA191KAZAKHSTAN: DETAINED NEWSPAPER EDITOR YESERGEPOV
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Media reports link Ramazan Yesergepov, the Editor-in-Chief of "Alma-Ata Info" newspaper who has been detained and charged with disseminating classified information, with an unsavory business tycoon, Sultan Makhmadov. One of Makhmadov's companies is under investigation for tax [...]
2009-02-02 10:26:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA1919 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
[...] SUMMARY: On October 20, an Almaty regional court upheld the conviction of prominent Kazakhstani human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis on charges of vehicular manslaughter (reftel). Most major pro-government and government-controlled news outlets did not report the story. Notable among thos [...]
2009-10-23 10:34:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA192 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, JANUARY 24-30
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani media focused during the week of January 24-30 on President Nazarbayev's trip to Davos and his comments on how the global economy needs an international currency to replace the dollar. Analytical writer [...]
2009-02-02 10:26:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN MARR KMDR KPAO KG KZ
09ASTANA2098 KAZAKHSTAN: NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE
[...] In response to ref A, Post submits the following nomination for the International Woman of Courage award: NAME: Galina Morozova TITLE: President ORAGANIZATION: NGO Feminist League DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 15-Apr-1949, Russia ID NUMBER: 000813104 LANGUAGES: Russian ADDRESS: 107, Lubov She [...]
2009-11-30 09:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SMIG SOCI KPAO KTIP KWMN KZ
09ASTANA213 KAZAKHSTAN: NGO HEAD RECOMMENDS MORE ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met on February 4 with Tamara Kaleyeva, director of the media watchdog NGO "Adil Soz." Kaleyeva said the Kazakhstani media are very polarized between pro-government and opposition media outlets, wi [...]
2009-02-05 10:52:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA231 KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - WHAT WEB LINKS ARE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see para six below. 3. (SBU) Embassy Astana noticed that a recent article in "The Washington Post" was an excellent expression of the Obama Administration's traditional family and commun [...]
2009-02-09 01:44:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO KIPR KZ
09ASTANA235 KAZAKHSTANI ACADEMICS DISCUSS RELATIONS WITH CHINA,
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In December, PolOff met with several academics from one of Kazakhstan's most prestigious universities, Al-Farabi National University in Almaty. PolOff's interlocutors stressed the importance of Kazakhstan's balan [...]
2009-02-10 01:39:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KDEM CH KZ
09ASTANA236 KAZAKHSTANI STUDENTS DISCUSS BORAT AND OBAMA
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of our Public Diplomacy Outreach program, PolOff recently gave a talk on American culture and U.S.-Kazakhstan relations with students at one of Astana's elite high schools. In general, the students had ve [...]
2009-02-10 05:22:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA249 KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF MUFTI CRITICISES EXTREMISM, CAUTIOUSLY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 6 meeting, Chief Mufti and Head of the Spiritual Association of Muslims in Kazakhstan (SAMK) Absasttar Derbisali told the Ambassador that Islam is undergoing a renaissance in Kazakhstan. He shar [...]
2009-02-12 01:06:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF KPAO KZ
09ASTANA255 KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS
[...] Emboff delivered reftel demarche on liability and redress under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on February 12 to MFA Americas Department official Alisa Kurmangali, and provided her with a non-paper containing the key issues of concern. She promised to pass this information to Aida Kussai [...]
2009-02-12 08:42:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EAGR ETRD TBIO KPAO KZ
09ASTANA269 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 7-13
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The reported closure of Manas Airbase in neighboring Kyrgyzstan continues to make news in Kazakhstan, spurring a number of stories about regional politics and the announcement of a Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Rapid Response Force. Both the closure decision and [...]
2009-02-13 09:59:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PROP EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA280 ENGLISH LANGUAGE FELLOWS IN CENTRAL ASIA: SURVIVING AND
[...] (U) English Language Fellows across Central Asia are making solid contributions to English departments and communities despite the multiple challenges of living and working in Central Asia. Having visited all the Fellows at their sites during the past 18 months, the Regional English Language [...]
2009-02-17 10:27:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO PGOV SOCI KZ TI UZ TX KG
09ASTANA307 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 11-18
[...] SUMMARY: A perceived delay in the final decision on closing Manas airbase triggered speculation on whether the Kyrgyz Government's announcement on closing the base was simply an attempt to try to squeeze a few more dollars out of the United States. The U.S. stimulus-package legislation also [...]
2009-02-20 09:22:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA345 KAZAKHSTAN: DRAFT LAW WOULD EXPAND STATE REGULATION OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis -- i.e. the lower house of Kazakhstan's parliament -- is currently considering a draft package of amendments that would, if passed in its current form, greatly increase state regulation of Internet co [...]
2009-02-25 06:42:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA351 KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE ON CASES OF YESERGEPOV, ATTACKED
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Several cases recently reported in local and international media have raised concerns about increasing pressure against journalists in Kazakhstans. Three journalists were the victims of physical attacks fro Decem [...]
2009-02-27 01:05:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO KDEM KZ
09ASTANA353 KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF MUFTI'S OFFICE EXPRESSES INTEREST IN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As a follow-up to the Ambassador's recent discussion with Chief Mufti and Head of the Spiritual Association of Muslims in Kazakhstan (SAMK) Abasasttar Derbisali (see reftel),Regional English Language Office [...]
2009-02-27 01:53:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF KPAO EG KZ
09ASTANA371 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 21-27
[...] SUMMARY: During the week of February 21-27, the Kazakhstani media continued to speculate about the regional ramifications of Kyrgyzstan's decision to close the Manas airbase, as well as about the future of both the U.S. dollar and the Kazakhstani tenge amidst the continuing global economic cr [...]
2009-02-27 10:47:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA410 KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE EAGER TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his March 4 introductory call on Minister of Education and Science Zhanseit Tuymebayev, the Ambassador raised U.S.-Kazakhstani cooperation in the field of education, including on the Bolashak program and reg [...]
2009-03-05 08:51:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SCUL SOCI TBIO KNNP KPAO KZ
09ASTANA415 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 6
[...] SUMMARY: During the week of February 28-March 6, Kazakhstani media gravitated away from specific discussions on the Manas base issue in favor of broader analyses of Central Asia's strategic orientation toward Russia and the United States. The Department's recently released 2008 Country Repor [...]
2009-03-06 09:05:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA417 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 6
[...] SUMMARY: During the week of February 28-March 6, Kazakhstani media gravitated away from specific discussions on the Manas base issue in favor of broader analyses of Central Asia's strategic orientation toward Russia and the United States. The Department's recently released 2008 Country Repor [...]
2009-03-06 09:23:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA446 KAZAKHSTAN: THEY AREN'T READING WHAT WE'RE READING
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan is highly oriented toward the Russian language. Much of its media are available only in Russian and come from Russia. Thus, the vast majority of Kazakhstani citizens get their world view from Russia. Eng [...]
2009-03-13 09:39:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OEXC SCUL KPAO KZ
09ASTANA447KAZAKHSTAN: AK ZHOL LEADER BAIMENOV SAYS PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 5, Alikhan Baimenov, the leader of opposition Ak Zhol party, alleged to us that until recently his party was the target of an "information blockade" by both pro-government and opposition media. The recent easing of this blockade allowed Ak Zhol to re-emerge on the publi [...]
2009-03-13 09:48:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR EFIN KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA449 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 7-13
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During the week of March 7-13, Kazakhstani media buzzed with reactions to President Nazarbayev's annual address to the nation on March 6. Coverage was widely positive with criticism coming largely from opposition sources. Issues of media freedom, specifically the court decision [...]
2009-03-13 09:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR AF KZ
09ASTANA484 KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS, PUBLISHES DEMOCRACY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 16, the Ambassador delivered a speech on democracy to approximately 100 students and professors at the Kazakh University of Humanities and Law in Astana. The text of the speech was published in full on pa [...]
2009-03-18 00:09:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA545 KAZAKHSTAN: ADVOCACY GROUP ADDRESSES LETTER TO THE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 3. (SBU) An ad-hoc advocacy group of journalists and NGO activists sent a letter via public mail received at Embassy Astana to the Secretary, expressing concerns about a [...]
2009-03-30 09:12:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA558 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 21-27
[...] SUMMARY: During the week of March 21-27, the Kazakhstani media focused on economic issues, ranging from the U.S. government's stimulus plans to the effect the economy is having on pushing young people out of villages and into the cities. A lengthy analysis was devoted to what Presidents Obama [...]
2009-03-31 11:36:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR AF RS KZ
09ASTANA587 KAZAKHSTAN: OPINION POLL INDICATES PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a U.S. Government-funded survey commissioned by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and conducted by Baltic Surveys/The Gallup Organization, 41 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of the Unit [...]
2009-04-03 10:12:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO RS KZ
09ASTANA596 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 25-APRIL 1
[...] SUMMARY: During the week of March 25-April 1, there was no one topic that dominated the Kazakhstani media. Independent weekly "Delovaya Nedeleya" ran a lengthy interview with Deputy Defense Minister Bulat Sembinov regarding Kazakhstan's participation in Afghanistan, and pro-government weekly [...]
2009-04-06 08:01:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KCRM AF RS KZ
09ASTANA597NEW TIMES REQUIRE NEW METHODS FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) As the Obama Administration moves to implement the policy objectives determined by the Afghanistan-Pakistan strategic review, and also works on the U.S.-Russia relationship, it would be useful to reconsider public diplomac [...]
2009-04-06 11:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PROP PINR KPAO RS ZK
09ASTANA622 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 2-APRIL 8
[...] SUMMARY: This week Kazakhstani media highlighted what the media believes is a possible visit of President Obama to Kazakhstan, spurred by an invitation from President Nazarbayev that Senate Chairman Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev gave the President during his trip to Turkey. The media also focused o [...]
2009-04-12 07:56:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA663 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 9 - 15
[...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstani political commentators focused on the domestic political scene this week, weighing the relative merits of the ruling Nur Otan party and its adversaries in the opposition. "Delovaya Nedelya," an independent weekly, published a wrap-up of the G-20 summit in which it mocked [...]
2009-04-17 11:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA711 KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. PROPOSED PROJECT: COUNTERING YOUTH EXTREMISM 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana requests $100,000 to counter youth extremism in Kazakhstan through English-language training and sustained exposure to the best of American [...]
2009-04-24 10:18:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EFIN PTER KCRM KPAO KHLS AEMR
09ASTANA715 KAZAKHSTAN'S EIGHTH EURASIAN MEDIA FORUM:
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Dr. (sic) Dariga Nazarbayeva organized (or at least it was organized in her name),the Eighth Eurasian Media Forum, April 23-24, in Almaty, co-sponsored by CNN and "The International Herald Tribune," with support from EuroN [...]
2009-04-27 06:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PROP SOCI KPAO RS KZ
09ASTANA756 KAZAKHSTAN: TV CO-OP SUBMISSIONS 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Kazakhstan is proud to submit two proposals for the 2009 TV Co-Op Program. The first is a proposal to produce a series of news stories and a 15-minute documentary on trafficking in persons (TIP) in the United States. They will air both locally and on the popular nationa [...]
2009-04-30 12:06:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC OIIP
09ASTANA828 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 30 - May 6
[...] SUMMARY: A draft law on Internet regulation, which passed the lower house of Parliament this week, drew a fusillade from opposition and independent media outlets who object to what they see as potential for overbearing government control over new media. Though the Internet law was the hot top [...]
2009-05-12 12:04:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA90 KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 10-16
[...] The following is the first in a new series of weekly cables from Embassy Astana with tidbits on daily life in Kazakhstan. MASIMOV JOINS BLOGOSPHERE 2. Prime Minister Karim Masimov has joined the Kazakhstani blogosphere by starting his very own weblog ("primeminister. government.kz"). In [...]
2009-01-16 10:39:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI SCUL KPAO KCRM KZ
09ASTANA953 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MAY 22 - 29
[...] SUMMARY: Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the head of the state nuclear company, Kazatomprom, was arrested this week as a part of a continuing government anti-corruption campaign. The other major story was the publication and banning of "Godfather-in-Law," a book written by the former son-in-law of Presi [...]
2009-06-05 05:46:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KCRM KPAO KMDR AF KZ
09ASTANA959 KAZAKHSTAN: KOSTENAI, THE WHEAT AND SLAVIC HEARTLAND OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 24-26, the Charge d'Affaires visited Kostanai -- a northern city of 250,000 people located in a heavily agricultural area -- to attend a concert by visiting American jazz musicians and to open Kazakhstan's n [...]
2009-06-08 02:37:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAGR ENRG SCUL SOCI KPAO KZ
09ASUNCION17LUGO'S MEDIA STRATEGY - MARXIST, MUDDLED, OR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-12 12:55:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO PHUM ECPS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION187PRESS ASSOCIATION GIVES LUGO GOOD MARKS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA),which held its biannual meeting in Paraguay this month, was harshly critical of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, but Paraguay received good marks. As the IAPA director explained: "Whereas other governments in the region are systematically atta [...]
2009-03-27 13:19:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO PHUM ECPS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION222PRESIDENT SEEKS COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lugo is having serious problems with both internal and external communications (reftels). Ambassador Ayalde discussed this with him in a recent meeting including the possibilities of technical assistance. Subsequently, PAO and USAID Director confirmed the Communications [...]
2009-04-08 14:19:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL AID KPAO PHUM ECPS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION389SUCCESSFUL HIGH-PROFILE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Embassy's Public Diplomacy and Political-Economic Sections, and the local Military Information Support Team, collaborated on a successful anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) campaign launched in conjunction with the June 16 release of the Department's TIP Report. The campaign brought atten [...]
2009-06-23 20:10:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV GTIP KPAO GIWI SNAR MX PA
09ASUNCION54ASUNCION PROPOSAL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY SPEAKER ON
[...] Summary: Post wishes to join Montevideo (REFTEL 2) in the organization of a biofuels speaker program to take place in July 2009. Given Paraguay's interest in energy diversification and a pending bilateral renewable energy and biofuels MOU, post believes this funding possibility could spur d [...]
2009-01-27 19:59:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO ENRG EAGR ECON PGOV KPAO ETRD UR
09ATHENS1389GREECE H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 730 CONFIRMED CASES; NATIONAL ACTION
[...] SUMMARY. As of July 29, according to the Greek Ministry of Health, there have been 730 confirmed H1N1 cases in Greece. Although there have been no fatalities so far, three serious cases of flu implications are being treated in the intensive care units of Greek hospitals. Health Minister Dim [...]
2009-07-31 15:20:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC KFLO KFLU AEMR TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09ATHENS1435Greece: Decision on G-8 BMENA Forum for the Future
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 12:55:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM GR
09ATHENS1439Greek FM Set to Attend G-8 BMENA Forum for the Future
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 15:13:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM GR
09ATHENS1573G-8 BMENA Forum for the Future: New Greek Alternate Foreign
[...] (SBU) On October 21, the Ambassador encouraged Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas to attend the 2009 G-8 BMENA Forum for the Future and noted, per ref. A, that Secretary Clinton is planning to attend. Droutsas expressed interest in the event and asked for more information. Pos [...]
2009-10-23 15:45:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL GR ECON KPAO KMPI
09ATHENS1677GREECE: ENGAGEMENT ON OUR AFGHANISTAN MESSAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Athens took advantage of the Deputy Secretary's October 1-2 visit to press the Greek government for greater contributions in Afghanistan, and reinforce with the media the themes in the President's December 1 announcement. In a bilateral meeting October 2 with Greek PM Pa [...]
2009-12-04 14:12:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO NATO MARR GR AF
09ATHENS1816GREECE H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 7,000 STUDENTS OUT OF SCHOOL; MASS
[...] SUMMARY. The number of confirmed H1N1 cases has exceeded 2,100 in Greece in the period May-October 2009 but the unrecorded infections are estimated at 20 to 30 times that number. Greece had 12 serious cases and 3 fatalities from H1N1 infection to date, however 95 percent of patients have ful [...]
2009-10-06 09:44:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC KFLO KFLU AEMR TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09ATHENS58 FY 2009 Request for Sustaining Funds-American Corners
[...] Introduction and Summary: Embassy Athens requests $58,340 in FY09 funds to strengthen programs at the six American Corners (ACs) in Greece: Xanthi (northeastern Greece),Veria (northwestern Greece),Sparta (southern Greece),Corfu (western Greece),the Hellenic American Union (HAU) in central [...]
2009-01-16 12:50:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP KIRC GR
09ATHENS835MGSF01: GREECE CONFIRMS FIRST CASE OF H1N1
[...] (SBU) Contacts at the Hellenic National Health Operations Center (EKEPY) told EconOff on May 19 that Greece has confirmed its first case of H1N1 in a Greek who returned to Athens to New York on Olympic Airlines flight #412 on Saturday, May 16. EKEPY confirmed that the individual is study [...]
2009-05-19 15:01:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC KFLO KFLU AEMR TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09AUCKLAND22NEW ZEALAND REACTION TO THE END OF THE E-PASSPORT EXEMPTION
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) Summary. New Zealand expects hundreds of its citizens abroad may be inconvenienced by the end of the e-passport exemption for emergency travel and will lobby DHS to use its waiver authority liberally. End summary. 3. (U) [...]
2009-05-06 08:39:00Consulate AucklandUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KPAO PBTS PREL NZ
09BAGHDAD1004Supporting women and artisans in eastern Baghdad
[...] SUMMARY: Baghdad has a vibrant artistic and craft community connected by a network of NGOs, mostly female-run, that help members earn a tenuous livelihood. Baghdad EPRT-2 has undertaken a number of initiatives to assist these NGOs with business and marketing training. With a QRF micro-pur [...]
2009-04-12 12:07:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDECON KPAO SCUL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1110EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 (IRAQ)
[...] (U) The Embassy Science Fellows Program offers an important opportunity to bring US government experts to Iraq, where they would be assigned to teach one- to three-month courses in the area of their expertise within the field of cultural heritage at the newly established National Training Insti [...]
2009-04-26 12:37:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL SENV TSPL TBIO AMGT EAGR ENRG ECON
09BAGHDAD1204DEVELOPING IRAQ'S SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CAPACITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Through a series of meetings over a week-long visit, senior GOI officials told a visiting USG delegation from NEA/I and STAS that the GOI lacks a coherent Science and Technology (S-T) policy development and funding mechanism, and identified three similar but competing options th [...]
2009-05-07 16:00:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TPHY SCUL TBIO TNGD TINT PREL KPAO IZ
09BAGHDAD1331IRAQ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FUNDING INADEQUATE
[...] (SBU) From May 11-13, visitors from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and National Science Foundation met with numerous Government of Iraq (GOI) officials to discuss science and technology (S-T) policy development and funding. GOI officials admitted Iraq lacks a driving force and vision t [...]
2009-05-21 12:44:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TPHY SCUL TBIO TNGD TINT PREL KPAO AORC
09BAGHDAD1467Iraqi Technology Task Force Launches, Ready to Produce
[...] Summary: Thanks to the catalyst provided by the April visit to Iraq of U.S. high tech executives as part of a TechDel led by S/P's Jared Cohen, and at the behest of Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, the Iraqi Technology Task Force (ITTF) formed in early May to seek ways to empower Iraqis to u [...]
2009-06-04 03:01:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OIIP SCUL TINT KPAO IZ ECPS EINT
09BAGHDAD1526Strategic Framework Agreement Landmark Met with GOI
[...] (U) In a ceremony on June 10 announcing the $2.5 million contribution of the GOI to the Fulbright Program, both DPM Barham Salih and the Ambassador lauded the contribution as an important milestone in the implementation of the Strategic Framework Agreement and the ongoing transition of bilatera [...]
2009-06-11 12:06:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO SCUL IZ
09BAGHDAD159 IRAQ'S NOMINATIONS FOR MEPI STUDENT LEADERS PROGRAM
[...] Embassy Baghdad is pleased to nominated six principal candidates and three alternates in rank order for the MEPI Student Leaders Program. 2. First principal candidate: A) Last name: Saudi B) First name: Mustafa C) Middle names: Abdul Haleem Abdul Kareem D) Date of birth: Oct. 7, 1987 E) [...]
2009-01-22 05:32:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDKPMI KPAO PREL SCUL IZ
09BAGHDAD1913PRT SALAH AD DIN: SADDAM'S UNIVERSITY AS A
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Both the SAD PRT and its Coalition Forces (CF) partner have had increasing success in building positive connections with the University of Tikrit, a notable change from the University's previous unwillingness to work with Americans generally and open hostility toward CF. Over t [...]
2009-07-14 19:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINS KPAO SCUL IZ
09BAGHDAD2151IRAQI JOURNALISTS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER DRAFT
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On July 31, the Government of Iraq (GOI) announced a draft law purporting to protect journalists' rights and freedom of the press. Many Iraqi and international media rights groups and individual journalists are concerned that, if passed, the law could be manipulated [...]
2009-08-10 14:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKPAO PHUM PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2279 IRAQI MEDIA PLACEMENT OF PRESIDENT'S RAMADAN GREETING
[...] (U) Summary: President Obama's special Ramadan greeting to the Muslim world was carried in several Iraqi newspapers and news websites, as well as on three Iraqi Television channels that broadcast throughout the region. Reporting of the greeting was immediate and positive. A number of news out [...]
2009-08-23 14:28:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KCUL IZ
09BAGHDAD2285IRAQI JOURNALISTS PROTEST GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iraqi journalists took to the streets on August 14 to protest a perceived Government of Iraq (GOI) crackdown on freedom of the press. Estimates of the number of participants in the demonstration range from 150 to 1,500. GOI police provided security for the event, a [...]
2009-08-24 10:11:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKPAO PHUM PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2484 U.S. OUTREACH TO THE MUSLIM WORLD: FARAH PANDITH DESCRIBES
[...] Summary: The Department's Senior Advisor on Muslim Engagement Farah Pandith conducted a digital video conference with Iraqi media and cultural contacts to explain her office's role in reaching out to Muslim communities. This event engaged major media players in Iraq during Ramadan, allowing for [...]
2009-09-14 13:58:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL KPAO KCUL IZ
09BAGHDAD2685IRAQ CULTURAL HERITAGE PROJECT: CAPACITY BUILDING
[...] Summary: Capacity building is one of the main objectives of the Iraq Cultural Heritage Project (ICHP),a key program in section IV of the Strategic Framework Agreement. Six conservators working for the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) at the Iraq National Museum spent six months [...]
2009-10-06 10:03:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO OEXC PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2701PROGRESS IN THE CULTURAL COOPERATION OF THE STRATEGIC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 12:05:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO OEXC PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2827GOOGLE IMAGES THE IRAQ NATIONAL MUSEUM
[...] (U) Summary: In support of Section IV of the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA),post supports programs to preserve Iraq's cultural heritage. To augment these efforts and harness the interest and expertise of the American private sector, we have partnered with several leaders from the IT ind [...]
2009-10-21 14:30:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEINT KPAO SCUL TINT PGOV ECPS IZ
09BAGHDAD2832OPERATION IRAQI BASEBALL: TIGRIS TIGERS VISIT EMBASSY
[...] Summary: In support of Section IV of the Strategic Framework Agreement, PAS hosts a number of cultural and social exchanges to forge stronger connections between our citizens, with particular emphasis on youth. Baseball and softball are two sports that are central to our culture and form the b [...]
2009-10-22 07:52:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL CVIS
09BAGHDAD2849 INVESTMENT CONFERENCE GENERATES POSITIVE MEDIA COVERAGE IN
[...] SUMMARY: The U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference (USBIC) in Washington was headline news throughout the week of October 19 in Iraq. Arabic-language papers, Radio Sawa and television channels Al-Iraqiya, Al-Hurra, and Al-Sharqiya devoted lead coverage to the Prime Minister's visit to [...]
2009-10-23 13:51:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL IZ ECON EINV
09BAGHDAD2919SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FARAH PANDITH'S VISIT TO IRAQ,
[...] Summary: On her first visit to Iraq, the Secretary's Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith reached out to a broad cross-section of Baghdad's civil society. She emphasized President Obama's promise (as enunciated in his June 2009 Cairo speech) of a renewed U.S. dialogue ba [...]
2009-11-01 15:28:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO KISL PHUM EINT IZ
09BAGHDAD3121NOMINATION FOR 2010 SECRETARY'S WOMEN OF COURAGE
[...] (SBU) Per Reftel, Embassy Baghdad is pleased to submit its nominee for the Secretary's 2010 Award for International Women of Courage, keyed to the priorities in the reference. The nominee has been informed of the Ambassador's intention to nominate her and is available to travel in March 2010. [...]
2009-12-01 14:49:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD3192 Four Iraqi Journalists Given Awards for Courageous
[...] Summary: The leading Iraqi NGO media watchdog, the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory (JFO),held the first ever Press Courage Awards ceremony in central Baghdad on December 6, 2009. Four journalists, one of whom was badly injured in a recent assassination attempt, received awards for reporting [...]
2009-12-13 14:45:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3201SECOND TECHDEL BOOTS UP BAGHDAD
[...] Summary: S/P's Jared Cohen led a technology delegation to Baghdad from November 22-24 featuring Google CEO Eric Schmidt along with Silicon Valley venture capitalist Don Dixon, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace, and YouTube videographer Sophie Schmidt. The delegation came [...]
2009-12-14 14:55:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEINT KPAO SCUL TINT PGOV ECPS IZ
09BAGHDAD3371PRT NINEWA: MOSULIYYA IN A MUDDLE: PRESSURE ON
[...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: With a December 20 announcement to open a new satellite television station, Ninewa Provincial Governor Atheel al-Nujaifi publicized his festering battle with U.S.-supported station, al-Mosuliyya. Pointed in [...]
2009-12-30 15:36:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS KDEM KPAO IZ
09BAGHDAD649PM Barzani Pledges Strong Support for Cultural Heritage
[...] (U) During a 2/19 meeting at his residence, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Barzani told a visiting State Department delegation that he fully supports the establishment of a national cultural heritage preservation training institute in Erbil. The PM said the KRG would cost- [...]
2009-03-12 13:47:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL SOCI PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD650Rock Chalk, Jayhawk! U Kansas Professor Wows Kurdistan
[...] (U) During a jam-packed visit to the Kurdistan Region, University of Kansas Political Science Department Chairman Burdett Loomis spoke to students and faculty at major universities in Dohuk and Erbil on the transition to the new Obama administration and the effects it will have on domestic and [...]
2009-03-12 13:47:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL SOCI PGOV OEXC OIIP IZ
09BAGHDAD700RRT Erbil: The 1991 Generation on College, Jobs
[...] (U) Summary: Given that half of the Kurdistan Region's population is under 25, understanding the concerns of the so-called "1991 Generation" -- those born during or after the Kurdish Uprising -- is key to understanding the Region's future. Right now, the Generation's primary concern is getting [...]
2009-03-16 12:04:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL SOCI PGOV PINR ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD933BAGHDAD U.: STUDENTS TALK POLITICS, OFFER BLUNT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloffs met for two hours on April 2 at Baghdad University with eight professors, the acting president, and approximately 120 students from the political science college. The group offered frank views about the U.S. decision to invade Iraq, what had happened in the country sinc [...]
2009-04-06 07:26:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDIZ PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO
09BAGHDAD972IRAQI MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO IRAQ
[...] (U) Summary: Iraqi media outlets called President Obama's April 7, 2009, visit to Baghdad an opportunity to stress the significance of the next 18 months leading to the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq and to reaffirm his commitment to implement the U.S.-Iraq Security and Strategic F [...]
2009-04-08 15:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
09BAKU123OBAMA CAMPAIGN MANAGER BAKU VISIT SPARK
[...] (C)Summary: A Feb. 8-10 visit to Azerbaijan by former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe sparked a flurry of speculation and protest that bounced between Baku and Washington. Azerbaijan's opposition press speculated that Plouffe's quick visit was a sign that the Obama Administration was re [...]
2009-02-13 11:33:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ KDEM KPAO PREL
09BAKU157PRESIDENTIAL APPARAT EXPLAINS RADIO LIBERTY
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential Apparat insider Elnur Aslanov complained that Radio Liberty's content is unfair and unbalanced, presenting a poor view of Azerbaijan and government officials. Content was markedly pro-opposition during the 2008 presidential campaign, he said. Aslanov, with help fr [...]
2009-02-27 13:52:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL
09BAKU322ANOTHER AZERBAIJANI JOURNALIST FACING COURT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In what press freedom advocates are characterizing as another attempt to crush dissent, Azerbaijani authorities continue the prosecution of opposition daily "Yeni Musavat" columnist Mahal Ismayiloglu. The charges of hooliganism and intentional infliction of bodily harm brought ag [...]
2009-04-21 10:22:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU597AZERBAIJAN: HASANOV SAYS MAYBE TO BBC, VOA FM
[...] 1. (C) Summary: Eight months after Radio Liberty, Voice of America and BBC broadcasts were removed from the FM airwaves, Presidential Administration Political Chief Ali Hasanov has openly indicated that the GOAJ would consider allowing BBC and VOA to broadcast their "alternative" views if a [...]
2009-07-30 06:20:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL
09BAMAKO122MALI: EXTENDING THE AMBASSADOR'S GIRLS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 08:06:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PINS ASEC KPAO ML
09BAMAKO234Eager Malian Audiences Learn about U.S. Civil Rights from
[...] Summary. From March 22 - 27, ARS/IIP Speaker Sheldon Austin delighted Malian audiences with lectures on the American Civil Rights movement from the early days of slavery through the inauguration of President Obama. Whether part of an audience of 600 students or at a roundtable of journalists, [...]
2009-04-17 09:16:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PHUM KPAO ML
09BAMAKO432POTUS ADDRESS TO THE MUSLIM WORLD INSPIRES MALIAN MUSLIM
[...] Summary. The June 4 POTUS address to the Muslim world was extremely well received by Malian Muslim leaders. While a variety of anecdotal evidence indicated that the speech resulted in public blessings for the President and the United States in Friday prayers around Bamako, two letters from im [...]
2009-07-01 07:30:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL ML
09BAMAKO640MALI: DEMARCHE ON AFRICA REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON
[...] On October 1, Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Chief of the Europe and America Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hamadou Albachir Toure, and to Colonel Amadou S. Gueye, Counselor in charge of Military Cooperation at the Ministry of Defense. Both Toure and Gueye indicated enthus [...]
2009-10-05 22:07:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC KE ML
09BANGKOK1053Local Broadcast Media Comes Under Fire During Songkran
[...] (SBU) Summary: Local broadcast media was attacked from both sides of the political spectrum for its coverage of the recent anti-government protests in Thailand. Pro-Thaksin sympathizers heavily criticized local television stations for their allegedly one-sided coverage of the violent events th [...]
2009-04-29 05:36:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH
09BANGKOK1060 MGSF01: Good Initial A/H1N1 Response in Thailand
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Royal Thai Government (RTG) has cautioned its public to avoid travel to parts of the U.S. and Mexico. In Thailand there have been no reported cases of A/H1N1 in humans or swine, but Ministry of Public Health officials, with CDC advice, are meeting daily as part of a robust p [...]
2009-04-29 10:42:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR AMGT
09BANGKOK1102 MGSF01: No Thai H1N1, ASEAN Flu Summit May 7
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There remain no reported cases of A/H1N1 in humans or swine in Thailand. The Royal Thai Government (RTG) will host May 7-8 a ministerial summit of ASEAN health ministers, to include Japanese, Chinese and South Korean representation. Thailand has continued its cautionary advisory [...]
2009-05-01 10:12:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR AMGT
09BANGKOK1122 MGSF01: No Thai H1N1; ASEAN Flu Summit May 7
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There remain no reported cases of A/H1N1 in humans or swine in Thailand. Control measures at the airports are in effect. The Royal Thai Government (RTG) will host May 7-8 a ministerial summit of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) + 3 (Japan, China, South Korea) heal [...]
2009-05-06 09:43:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR AMGT
09BANGKOK1158 MGSF01: ASEAN+3 Flu Ministerial May 7-8
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 8 Health Ministers from ASEAN + 3 (including China, Japan and South Korea) gathered in Bangkok for a "Special Meeting on Influenza A(H1N1);" a senior officials meeting took place on May 7. The resulting Joint Ministerial Statement asserted that a pandemic was imminent, th [...]
2009-05-12 10:04:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR AMGT
09BANGKOK124AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ALLEGES TORTURE IN SOUTHERN
[...] (C) Amnesty International (AI) released a report entitled "Thailand: Torture in the Southern Counter-Insurgency" on January 13. The report cited 34 accounts of alleged torture in the four southernmost provinces, including four cases that resulted in the death of the detainee. The report claim [...]
2009-01-16 10:15:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK1359 MGSF01: WHO and GPO Thailand developing vaccines
[...] SUMMARY. Thailand's Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) has been working with World Health Organization to develop its vaccine production capabilities for both seasonal and pandemic influenzas. The technology utilized will be through a sub-license from the American pharmaceutical comp [...]
2009-06-04 10:07:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR AMGT
09BANGKOK140THAI COURT SENTENCES AUSTRALIAN TO THREE YEARS FOR
[...] (C) The Thai Criminal Court sentenced Australian author Harry Nicolaides January 19 to three years imprisonment for the criminal offense of lese majeste, or offense to the monarchy, related to remarks in his 2005 novel Verisimilitude. Nicolaides had remained imprisoned without bail since bein [...]
2009-01-20 10:50:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK141 BANGKOK PROPOSAL: 2009 AG-BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Bangkok requests $5439 in funding from the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs' agricultural biotechnology outreach funds for FY2009. EEB's funding would support a speaker for a workshop, to be co-funded by USDA and USPTO, entitled Biotechnology and Risk Asses [...]
2009-01-20 10:58:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO BEXP SENV TH
09BANGKOK1435 MGSF01: 150 Thai H1N1 cases; Interagency Coordination
[...] SUMMARY. The Thai Ministry of Public Health and Ministry of Education held an interagency coordination meeting on June 9 to discuss preparedness plans for the outbreak of H1N1 within the country. A representative from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) who attended the meeting found th [...]
2009-06-16 07:17:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR AMGT
09BANGKOK164PUSHING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, THAI PM LIGHTS FIRE
[...] (C) Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva ordered top police officers to accelerate investigations into unsolved high-profile crimes during a closed-door meeting on January 21. Abhisit flagged several Thaksin-era cases, including the 2004 disappearance of Muslim lawyer Somchai Neelaipaijit and th [...]
2009-01-22 11:39:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK1763SECRETARY CLINTON'S BANGKOK "TOWNTERVIEW": SUBSTANTIVE,
[...] Summary: During Secretary Clinton's recent trip to Bangkok she participated in a one-hour hybrid media event organized by the Embassy Public Affairs Section. The "Townterview," as some have called it, combined both an exclusive interview and a town hall setting. The program was hosted by two [...]
2009-07-24 06:13:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV OIIP PREL SCUL OPRC TH
09BANGKOK1966 H1N1 Vaccine development in Thailand
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thailand's Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) is moving ahead with its program to produce H1N1 vaccines later this year. H1N1 continues to make headline news with the country's first prenatal infection, 81 deaths, over 10,000 cases and as many as 500,000 suspected cas [...]
2009-08-11 01:07:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR AMGT
09BANGKOK2554NEW MEDIA, OLD DOGS AND NEW TRICKS: EAP PRESS WORKSHOP
[...] (SBU) The EAP Press and Information Officers Workshop held in Bangkok, September 14-16, was an opportunity to review strategic responses to broad regional issues, deepen understanding of key messages and policy objectives from the new administration on global issues, and improve understanding o [...]
2009-10-06 09:31:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OIIP OPRC TH
09BANGKOK26PLOTTER CONVICTED IN 2004 KILLING OF THAI
[...] (C) The Criminal Court sentenced provincial lawyer Thanu Hinkaew to death on December 31 for allegedly orchestrating the 2004 killing of environmental activist Charoen Wataksorn; the court also acquitted two co-defendants due to lack of evidence. Thanu remained in court custody, pending an ap [...]
2009-01-07 07:58:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK3174AMBASSADOR FOR GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES MELANNE
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer's December 4-7 visit to Thailand energized RTG and NGO interlocutors on women's issues and highlighted the invaluable role USG initiatives play in promoting women's empowerment in Thailand. During the first leg of her trip in t [...]
2009-12-17 03:37:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN KPAO TH
09BANGKOK325THAILAND: LESE MAJESTE ARRESTS AND ACTIONS AGAINST
[...] (C) Legal action in the courts and against websites on grounds of lese majeste, or offense to the monarchy, have seemingly increased under the new Democrat-led coalition government, with both the Justice Minister and the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Minister having stated pub [...]
2009-02-06 10:19:00Embassy BangkokSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK364HOPING FOR JUSTICE: FOLLOWING UP ON CASES
[...] (C) There has been some movement in three of the four "cold cases" highlighted by PM Abhisit in January as priorities for resolution to restore a sense of accountability: the 2004 disappearance of Muslim lawyer Somchai; the 2003 murder of a witness in a possible tax evasion case by former PM T [...]
2009-02-12 07:40:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK370THAI CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE U.S. TRADE
[...] (SBU) Commerce Minister Porntiva Nakasai told the Ambassador on February 11 that Thailand is concerned about the potential for trade protectionism represented by "Buy American" provisions in the proposed stimulus bill. In a "Meet the Minister" meeting organized by the Embassy to provide an op [...]
2009-02-13 06:09:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KPAO TH
09BANGKOK380DEMARCHE ON CARTAGENA PROTOCOL (Thailand)
[...] (U) Summary: FAS Counselor delivered Reftel demarche to the Royal Thai Government's (RTG) action agency, the Ministry of Natural Resources, on February 12. Thailand is not likely to have a policy position by the Mexico City meeting and will not send a representative. FAS and State continue [...]
2009-02-13 07:49:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO TH
09BANGKOK610THAILAND: LESE MAJESTE DEBATE ENTERS PUBLIC
[...] (C) Issues associated with implementation of the lese majeste (offense to the monarchy) provisions of the Thai Criminal Code continue to generate headlines and controversy. The police Crime Suppression Division (CSD) arrested Executive Director Chiranuch Premchaiporn of Prachatai.com, an onli [...]
2009-03-10 10:00:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK611 THAILAND HOSTS USG CUTTING EDGE DISEASE PROGRAMS
[...] SUMMARY: With over one-fifth of Mission Bangkok's staff of roughly 2000 working on health issues, the Embassy hosts one of the USG's largest efforts to fight the world's most dangerous diseases: malaria, TB, dengue, HIV/AIDS and avian/pandemic influenza. USAID, HHS/CDC, USDA/APHIS and the Arme [...]
2009-03-10 12:45:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO WHO KPAO KFLU KHIV ECON EAID TH
09BANGKOK636FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF DISAPPEARED THAI HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) March 12 is the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of noted human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaichit, widely presumed to have been kidnapped and murdered by the Thai police in 2004. The Working Group for Justice and Peace (WGJP),headed by Angkhana Neelaphaichit, Somchai's widow, co [...]
2009-03-12 11:27:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK78THAI SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: RECENT COURT RULINGS ON
[...] (C) A Thai civilian court recently ruled that a local Muslim leader from southern Thailand suspected of being an insurgent facilitator died while in Army custody in March 2008, but the court failed to assign responsibility for the death; the case appears headed for further proceedings in a mil [...]
2009-01-12 10:26:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANJUL348Banjul in Brief
[...] Banjul is going nuts: On December 3rd Embassy Banjul convened a meeting of key stakeholders of The Gambia's (TG) cashew industry to introduce them to the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) and urge them to set up a National ACA Committee. The meeting was also convened as part of the efforts by th [...]
2009-12-08 09:45:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV KPAO TG
09BASRAH41BASRA: TWO AMERICAN FIRMS TO HELP BUILD MASSIVE "SPORTS
[...] (U) Summary: According to local officials and media reports, the Government of Iraq (GOI) has selected two U.S. firms to design and provide engineering services for a massive new sports complex in Basra. The site is planned to be completed in preparation for the Basra-hosted 2013 Gulf Cup, an [...]
2009-07-06 13:03:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV SOCI ELAB KPAO SCUL IZ
09BASRAH53BASRA JOURNALIST DISCUSSES MALIKI VISIT, JOURNALISTIC
[...] (C) Summary. Local journalist and close PRT contact Majed Al-Brekan (strictly protect) dismissed Prime Minister Maliki's recent visit to Basra, ostensibly undertaken to deal with water shortages, as "entirely political," and said that that "all his promises were just talk." On the challenges [...]
2009-09-24 06:52:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALSOCI SCUL KPAO KMDR PGOV IZ
09BASRAH55PRT BASRA'S EID AL-FITR CELEBRATION A SYMBOLIC MILESTONE
[...] This is a Basra PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Basra PRT hosted an Eid al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) event on September 23 for an estimated 130 guests from a broad swath of Basrawi society. The event took place at a new downtown Basra luxury hotel, significant itself, as it further demo [...]
2009-10-06 07:25:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO SOCI ASEC EINV IZ
09BEIJING1135 MGSF01 H1N1 SWINE FLU OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 1 - NO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of COB April 28 Beijing time, no cases of swine influenza (AH1N1) virus infection in humans or livestock had been reported by the local press or government authorities. As a precaution, the Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQ [...]
2009-04-28 09:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1171 MGSF01 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 2
[...] (U) The World Health Organization (WHO) China Representative Hans Troedsson reported on April 28 that while an "unspecified number" of suspected H1N1 are cases currently being investigated in China, to date, there still are no confirmed cases of infection by the virus in humans or livestock. [...]
2009-04-30 09:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1191 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 3
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 10:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1192 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 3
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 10:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1197 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 4
[...] (U) As of COB on May 5 Beijing Time, there are no confirmed cases of infection of humans or livestock by the A/H1N1 influenza virus on Mainland China. One case was confirmed in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF D). 2. (SBU) Two American citizens remain under quarantine. Two others who had crossed o [...]
2009-05-05 09:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1210 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 5
[...] (U) As of COB on May 6 Beijing Time, there are no confirmed cases of infection of humans or livestock by the A/H1N1 influenza virus on Mainland China. One case was confirmed in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF E). 2. (SBU) Two American citizens remain under quarantine. --A 38 year-old female has [...]
2009-05-06 10:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1223 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 5 -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 10:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1224 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 6 -
[...] (U) This cable corrects Beijing 1223. Please disregard Beijing 1223. AMERICANS IN QUARANTINE, QUARANTINE CHARGES, AND NOTIFICATION ----------------------- ------------------- ---------------- Â [...]
2009-05-07 10:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1241 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 3 Sent
[...] (U) As of COB on May 4 Beijing Time, there are no confirmed cases of infection of humans or livestock by the A/H1N1 influenza virus on Mainland China. One case was confirmed in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF C). 2. (SBU) Post has become aware of four American citizens who are being or were recent [...]
2009-05-08 08:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1245 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 7
[...] (U) As of COB on May 8 Beijing Time, there are no confirmed cases of infection of humans or livestock by the A/H1N1 influenza virus on Mainland China. One case was confirmed in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF F). 2. (SBU) The 20-year old American citizen who had been in quarantine since May 2 was [...]
2009-05-08 09:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1264 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 8 -
[...] (SBU) On May 11, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported the first confirmed case of H1N1 on Mainland China. (NOTE: One confirmed case had previously been reported in Hong Kong on May 1(REF E) END NOTE). The 30 year-old male, a Chinese national, is a graduate student in St. Louis. He arri [...]
2009-05-11 11:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1274 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 9
[...] (SBU) As of COB May 12, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported one confirmed case of H1N1 on Mainland China, in Chengdu (REF A). One confirmed case had previously been reported in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF F). STATUS OF AMCIT QUARANTINE CASES -------------------------------- 2. (SB [...]
2009-05-12 10:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1283 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 10
[...] (SBU) On May 13, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) posted a travel advisory about travel to the U.S. related to the H1N1 outbreak. Earlier in the day, MFA had notified Embassy Beijing of their intent to issue the travel advisory, noting that the advisory is not a travel warning, but rat [...]
2009-05-13 11:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1298 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 11
[...] (SBU) As of COB May 14, there are two confirmed cases of H1N1 on Mainland China, one in Jinan City (Shandong Province) confirmed on May 13, and one in Chengdu confirmed on May 11 (REF A and C). There had been one confirmed case previously reported in Hong Kong on May 1 (REF F),and Hong Kong c [...]
2009-05-14 10:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1317 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 12
[...] (SBU) Mainland Chinese newspapers (both Chinese and English-language publications) have criticized U.S. government response to the H1N1 outbreak, blaming the "low-key approach" of the government and media for what it sees as ineffective prevention measures against the spread of the virus. The [...]
2009-05-15 10:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1318DASH FOR THE CASH: LOCAL PARTY SECRETARY GETS HIS
[...] (C) Providing a window on the thinking of local officials in China, the Party Secretary of Hulunbeier City in Inner Mongolia on May 12 described to PolOff his successful campaign to obtain a large chunk of PRC stimulus package funding for his city, as well as his efforts to maintain the munic [...]
2009-05-15 12:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KPAO CH
09BEIJING1335 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 13
[...] (U) As of May 18, there are three confirmed cases of H1N1 on Mainland China. China's Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on May 16 the first confirmed case of infection of influenza A(H1N1)in Beijing Municipality. There are two other confirmed H1N1 cases on Mainland China (REF D and F). Hong K [...]
2009-05-18 10:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1352 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 14
[...] (U) As of May 19, there are four confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) on Mainland China. China's Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that the suspected case in Guangzhou reported on May 18 has been confirmed as influenza A (H1N1) positive by China CDC (REF A). There are three other confirmed H [...]
2009-05-19 10:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1362 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 15
[...] (U) China's Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on May 20 that the suspected case in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) was not/not influenza A (H1N1),but was seasonal influenza H3. As of May 20, there are four confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) on Mainland China (REF A, B, E and G). Hong [...]
2009-05-20 10:46:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1377 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 16
[...] (U) China's Ministry of Health (MOH) notified Embassy Beijing on May 21 that the Beijing Health Bureau reported its second confirmed case of influenza A (H1N1) on May 20. This is the fifth confirmed cases on Mainland China. Hong Kong also has three confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1). -- [...]
2009-05-21 10:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1396 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 17
[...] (U) As of May 26, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced twelve confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) on Mainland China. There are five confirmed cases in Beijing, and one case each in the following cities: Chengdu, Jinan City (Shandong Province),Guangzhou, Fuzhou (Fujian Province),[...]
2009-05-26 11:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1466 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 18
[...] (U) As of COB June 2, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially communicated information about 43 confirmed cases of infection by the novel 2009 A/H1N1 influenza virus and one suspected case. Ten of those confirmed cases involve American citizens. Confirmed cases have been detected in e [...]
2009-06-02 09:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1548 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 19
[...] (U) As of COB June 9, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially communicated information about 97 confirmed cases of infection by the novel 2009 influenza A/H1N1. 27 of those confirmed cases involve American citizens. Confirmed cases have been detected in nine provinces and the municip [...]
2009-06-09 10:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1596CHINESE HEALTH OFFICIAL: H1N1 QUARANTINES WILL
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: During a June 12 meeting Beijing Health and Human Services (HHS) Attache had with Director General REN Minghui (please protect),head of the Ministry of Health's (MOH) Department of International Cooperation, to discuss other areas of the bilateral health relationship, [...]
2009-06-15 08:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALKFLU KFLO KSAF KPAO AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO PREL
09BEIJING1620PRC: RELEASE OF UIGHURS TO BERMUDA VIOLATES
[...] (S) The U.S. decision to release four Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility to Bermuda for resettlement had "seriously violated the legitimate sovereignty and national security interests of China" and China urged the United States to withdraw its plan to hand over Uighurs hel [...]
2009-06-16 08:27:00Embassy BeijingSECRETMOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KAWC KISL KPAO CH
09BEIJING1631CHINA -- 2009 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] On June 16, PolOff delivered ref A demarche, outlining the publication of the annual TIP report, to An Gang, Director of the MFA's North American and Oceanian Division. An told PolOff that China hoped that the United States would "stop releasing such annual reports." An informed PolOff that [...]
2009-06-17 03:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAM KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09BEIJING1636 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 20
[...] (U) As of COB June 16, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially communicated information about 227 confirmed cases of infection by the novel 2009 influenza A/H1N1. Of the confirmed cases, 70 are American citizens. Confirmed cases have been detected in 15 provinces and the municipaliti [...]
2009-06-17 07:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1650PRC: MFA SENIOR OFFICIAL PROTESTS RELEASE OF
[...] (S) China firmly opposed the transfer of Chinese citizen Uighur detainees at Guantanamo to a third nation, Chinese MFA Assistant Foreign Minister Wu Hongbo informed the Charge during a strongly-worded demarche June 17. U.S. attempts to "justify itself" were not welcomed and continuing to appro [...]
2009-06-17 23:05:00Embassy BeijingSECRETMOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KAWC KISL KPAO CH PS UK
09BEIJING1705 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 21
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health (MOH) has scaled back its H1N1 reporting system. As of June 21, MOH now only requires daily case tallies from the Health Departments in the municipalities and provinces and no longer requires case-by-case reporting. MOH notification to Embassy Beijing now reflects [...]
2009-06-23 09:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1816 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 22
[...] (U) As of COB July 1, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially communicated information about 867 confirmed cases of infection by the novel 2009 influenza A/H1N1. Confirmed cases have been detected in 19 provinces and the municipalities of Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai and Tianjin. Of [...]
2009-07-01 11:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1885 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 23
[...] (U) As of COB July 7, China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially communicated information about 1151 confirmed cases of infection by the novel 2009 influenza A/H1N1. Confirmed cases have been detected in 19 provinces and the municipalities of Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai and Tianjin. Of t [...]
2009-07-08 03:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1974 H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP #24
[...] (U) China's Ministry of Health (MOH) informed Post on July 13 that as of July 11, it would no longer be sending daily notifications on newly-confirmed H1N1 cases and directed us to the MOH website for the latest H1N1 information. MOH now posts a daily announcement on their website that includ [...]
2009-07-14 03:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09BEIJING2187NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING COMMISSION URGES GREATER
[...] (SBU) At the request of the National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC),ESTHOffs met with Deputy Director General (DDG) of International Cooperation Madam RU Xiaomei on July 31 to share current USG views on international family planning and related policy toward China. ESTHOFF [...]
2009-08-02 23:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI KPAO KPOP PHUM CH
09BEIJING2212NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING COMMISSION URGES GREATER
[...] (SBU) At the request of the National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC),ESTHOffs met with Deputy Director General (DDG) of International Cooperation Madam RU Xiaomei on July 31 to share current USG views on international family planning and related policy toward China. ESTHOFF [...]
2009-08-04 07:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI KPAO KPOP PHUM CH
09BEIJING2795CHINESE MORE FREE TO DECIDE BIRTH TIMING AND SPACING BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China has relaxed some family planning controls and is turning towards more incentive-based mechanisms for the enforcement of family planning policies and targets. Although a restrictive policy, especially for urban areas, still exists, the most significant progress is increasi [...]
2009-09-29 23:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI KPAO KPOP PHUM TBIO UNFPA CH
09BEIJING2808CARROTS AND STICKS IN CHINA'S ENFORCEMENT OF FAMILY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Beijing experts on family planning assert that China's family planning efforts have broadened beyond population targets and include a number of programs and strategies emphasizing a more incentive-based and service-oriented approach. Targets remain, however, as do heavy financi [...]
2009-09-30 08:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI KPAO KPOP TBIO CH
09BEIJING3213 PRC NOMINEE TO THE SECRETARY'S 2010 INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) Embassy Beijing is pleased to nominate Guo Jianmei for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. In her long battle to provide Chinese women with equal rights, protections and opportunities, Guo Jianmei has established herself as a trailblazer and first-generation wom [...]
2009-12-01 15:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO
09BEIJING3306VPP EXPANDS U.S. COOPERATION IN SHANDONG PROVINCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of a Virtual Presence Post (VPP) outreach trip, Ambassador Huntsman traveled to Jinan, capital of China's Shandong Province, to open the Shandong American Week, donate books to the Shandong University law library, draw attention to an exhibition celebrating 30 years of U. [...]
2009-12-11 06:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EFIN KPAO SCUL CH
09BEIJING374DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1540 PROGRAM OF WORK
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A and B non-paper, draft amended text and talking points seeking PRC support in ongoing UNSC Resolution 1540 Committee Program of Work (POW) negotiations to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Second Secretary Zhang Ze on February 13. PolOff [...]
2009-02-13 09:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC CH
09BEIJING412NGO SHAMES FOREIGN MINISTRY TO PROTECT HISTORIC
[...] (C) A plucky Beijing-based NGO, the China Cultural Heritage Protection Center (CHP),has publicly criticized the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for failing to abide by cultural preservation laws in the renovation of an historic property in Beijing. CHP claimed victory after the MFA agreed in Nov [...]
2009-02-18 07:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI CH KPAO
09BEIRUT1155LEBANESE PARTICIPATION IN THE 2009 G-8 BMENA FORUM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 15:03:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL ECON KPAO KDEM KMPI LE
09BEIRUT11992009 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and report to MFA Americas Desk Officer Reina Charbel on October 26. Charbel advised that the report would be shared with relevant GOL offices and said that the GOL remains committed to the principles of religious freedom and tolerance. 2. (SBU) React [...]
2009-11-04 10:02:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO LE
09BEIRUT135 Lebanon -- The Daily Star is Back
[...] Summary: English-language Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star returned to publication on February 2, after having been closed since January 14 in a dispute over unpaid loans with the Standard Chartered Bank. End Summary. 2. The publisher of the Daily Star, Jamil Mroue, told Arab nationalis [...]
2009-02-03 06:45:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT137LEBANON: NOMINATIONS FOR FY-09 MEPI STUDENT LEADERS
[...] (U) On January 23 and 26, a four-member post panel conducted interviews with short listed applicants for this summer's MEPI Student Leaders Program. Due to the large number of applications received this year by highly qualified Lebanese and Palestinian applicants (born and residing in Lebanon) [...]
2009-02-03 13:00:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KPAO PREL LE
09BEIRUT143 Media Ethics in the Lebanese Media
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-05 06:46:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT147 Lebanon: Murr TV (MTV) To Resume Broadcasting
[...] (U) Summary: MTV announced it will resume broadcast on March 31, 2009, seven years after its coerced closure. Michel El Murr, the CEO, denied that the Lebanese Forces "or any other foreign or domestic party" was behind the reopening. March 14 contacts, however, have been pushing for the reop [...]
2009-02-05 14:48:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT182 Lebanon: Media Reaction - February 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 11:39:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT190 Lebanon: Power Struggle Over LBCI
[...] (U) Summary: Long standing problems between the Chairman of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI),Pierre El Daher, and the Lebanese Forces Party escalated over the last two weeks. The result was that CEO Pierre El Daher blamed Lebanese security forces of failing to car [...]
2009-02-18 12:20:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT214 Lebanon: Media Reaction - February 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 11:59:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT242 Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 2, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 10:53:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT255 Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 4, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 11:14:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT318LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S INTIMIDATION TACTICS
[...] (C) Summary: Lebanese Shi'a journalist, Tha'ir Abbas, who does not support Hizballah, reported he was harassed by Hizballah following his return from the United States, after covering the November 2008 presidential elections. His visit was funded by his newspaper, Ash-Sharq al-Awsat. End Sum [...]
2009-03-18 14:42:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKISL KMDR KPAL KPAO OPRC PREF PREL LE
09BEIRUT32LEBANON: REQUEST FOR REINSTATEMENT OF NESA UGRAD
[...] Post urges the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to reverse its decision to cancel the one-semester option for the FY09 Near East and South Asia Undergraduate (NESA UGRAD) Exchange Program for students from Lebanon. Embassy Beirut understands that six NESA UGRAD students abandoned the [...]
2009-01-09 10:06:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL LE
09BEIRUT322 Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 12:31:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT333 Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 13:44:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT371 Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 31, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 13:23:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR ORC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT441 Lebanon: Media Reaction - April 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 10:09:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL
09BEIRUT478 Lebanon: Media Reaction - April 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 11:48:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT525FY10 IVLP CANDIDATES FOR LEBANON
[...] The following is the mission's FY10 slate of 21 candidates for multi-regional (MRP) and regional projects (RP),including one nomination for the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists. Nominees have Country Team approval and Front Office clearance. 2. Nominees by program: -Combating Tr [...]
2009-05-12 08:01:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL OEXC KPAO LE
09BEIRUT560 Lebanon: Media Reaction - May 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 14:07:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT662 Lebanon: Media Reaction - June 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 11:37:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT690 Lebanon: Media Reaction - June 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 11:25:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT704LEBANON: EMBASSY DELIVERS 2009 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) On June 23, per reftel instructions, Poloff delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to the Surete Generale's (Immigration) Director of the Nationalities, Passports, and Foreigners Department General Siham Harake. We informed Harake that Lebanon had been downgraded to a Ti [...]
2009-06-25 15:03:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KPAO KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09BEIRUT733 Lebanon: Media Reaction - June 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 07:15:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT95 Lebanon: Media Reaction - January 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 09:52:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT996 LEBANESE PRESS JUMPS ON STORY OF POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH MONEY
[...] Summary: Since August 31, several Lebanese newspapers have been reporting on Salah Ezzeddine declaring bankruptcy. Business tycoon Ezzedine was perceived as a trustworthy businessman because of his Hizballah connections. His bankruptcy caused severe financial damage to Shi'a investors from [...]
2009-09-08 05:10:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BELGRADE1166THE SHIFT IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE: IS SERBIA BECOMING MORE
[...] (SBU) A series of traumatic events in Serbia in recent weeks, including the cancellation of a Pride Parade and the brutal murder of a French tourist, has prompted a new level of introspection among the Serbian public regarding shared values and the country's Euro-Atlantic orientation. Despite [...]
2009-10-09 10:45:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL PGOV KPAO SR
09BELGRADE1388SERBIA: NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD
[...] (SBU) Embassy Belgrade would like to nominate Majda Puaca for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage (Ref A). An interagency group at post met to consider nominees and unanimously endorsed Puaca's nomination. Post informed Ms. Puaca of its intentions, and she would enthusias [...]
2009-11-23 10:09:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN KPAO SR
09BELGRADE357SERBIA'S PRESIDENCY OF THE DECADE OF ROMA INCLUSION A MIXED
[...] (SBU) As Serbia marked International Roma Day on April 8 in its capacity as president of the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015, its record on addressing the plight of Europe's largest ethnic minority remained spotty at best. Continued reports of discrimination, hate speech, and physical viole [...]
2009-04-24 13:38:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO SR
09BELGRADE436MEDIA REACTION TO VPOTUS VISIT TO SERBIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 06:29:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SCUL KPAO SR BK MW YI
09BELGRADE866RECALL 09 BELGRADE 866
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 08:23:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO SR
09BELGRADE867TRIUMPH OVER NEGATIVE IMAGES IN ULTRA-NATIONALIST HEARTLAND
[...] (SBU) In a "tactical strike" on anti-American sentiment, the Embassy brought in a U.S. Navy band to play at the annual brass band festival in Guca, in Serbia's nationalist-leaning heartland. While the appearance of the band in the rowdy, beer-lubricated environment of this festival of traditio [...]
2009-08-14 08:27:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO SR
09BELGRADE868RECALL 09 BELGRADE 868
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 08:27:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO SR
09BELGRADE870RECALL 09 BELGRADE 870
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 09:30:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO SR
09BELGRADE872TRIUMPH OVER NEGATIVE IMAGES IN ULTRA- NATIONALIST HEARTLAND
[...] (SBU) In a "tactical strike" on anti-American sentiment, the Embassy brought in a U.S. Navy band to play at the annual brass band festival in Guca, in Serbia?s nationalist-leaning heartland. While the appearance of the band in the rowdy, beer-lubricated environment of this festival of tradit [...]
2009-08-14 12:05:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO SR
09BELMOPAN186 USG FUNDED CULTURAL HERITAGE SITE OPENS
[...] On May 7, 2009 the Serpon Sugar Mill Archaeological Reserve officially opened. CDA J.A. Diffily and Minister of Tourism Manuel Heredia cut the ribbon to commemorate the event. The event received wide TV coverage. This milestone sees the realization of a restoration project that was made pos [...]
2009-05-14 21:55:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL BH
09BERLIN1019G-8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: GERMANY STRESSES
[...] (SBU) PolOff shared reftel information note and talking points regarding the 2009 G-8 BMENA Forum for the Future (FfF) with Deputy Head of MFA Division, Union for the Mediterranean and BMENA, Andreas Berg, who had already received the information note from the Italian Embassy. Berg's two main [...]
2009-08-21 14:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KMPI KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV GM
09BERLIN1054MEDIA REACTION: JAPAN, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, GERMANY
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Japan) Outcome of Parliamentary Elections 3. (UN) Climate Conference 4. (Mideast) Peace Process 5. (Germany) Outcome of State Parliament Elections  [...]
2009-08-31 11:37:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC
09BERLIN1148MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, EU, ECONOMIC, U.S.-WILSON
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Presidential Elections 3. (EU) Barroso Election 4. (Economic) U.S. Recession, Lehman Bros. 5. (U.S.) Issue of Race in America  [...]
2009-09-17 11:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC
09BERLIN1158MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Missile Defense 3. (Afghanistan) Aftermath of Elections 4. (Lebanon) Formation of New Government  [...]
2009-09-18 12:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC
09BERLIN117MEDIA REACTION: RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, IRAN, DAVOS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Russia Suspends Kaliningrad Missile Plan 3. U.S. Policy on Afghanistan 4. Envoy Mitchell in the Mideast 5. Davos World Economic Forum 6. U.S.-Iranian Relations 7. Clashes Between Sri Lankan Government And Rebels  [...]
2009-01-29 12:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IS XF XH CE IR
09BERLIN1173MEDIA REACTION: Missile Defense, G20, Climate, UN, Mideast
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Missile Defense 3. G20 4. Climate Change 5. UN General Assembly 6. Mideast Peace Process 7. German Elections  [...]
2009-09-22 05:09:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR IS XF
09BERLIN1174MEDIA REACTION: Afghanistan, Missile Defense, G20, Climate
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghanistan 3. Climate Change 4. G20 Summit 5. Missile Defense 6. UN-U.S. Relations 7. Mideast Peace Process 8. Travel Promotion Act 9. German Elections  [...]
2009-09-22 13:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM AF US RS IR IS XF
09BERLIN1180MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, G20, UN CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghanistan 3. UN Climate Change Summit 4. Mideast Trilateral Summit 5. Obama Presidency 6. G20 Summit  [...]
2009-09-23 15:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM AF US IS XF
09BERLIN1185MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-UN, ECONOMIC, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-UN) President Obama's Speech 3. (Economic) G-20 Summit 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Ahmadinejad 5. (Afghanistan) New U.S. Strategy 6. (Mideast) Summit Meeting 7. (U.S.-UK) Relations 8. (Honduras) Zelaya in Brazilian Embassy [...]
2009-09-24 14:55:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR HO UK AF XF
09BERLIN1192MEDIA REACTION: G-20, UNGA, CHINA, HONDURAS, U.S.-TRAVEL,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Economic) G-20 Summit 3. (UNGA) Reaction to Obama Speech, Iran 4. (China) Climate Protection Proposals 5. (Honduras) Power Struggle 6. (U.S.) Travel Alert 7. (Germany) Bundestag Elections/Afghanistan  [...]
2009-09-25 11:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US HO CH
09BERLIN1199MEDIA REACTION: GERMANY, IRAN, ECONOMIC, GUANTANAMO,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Germany) Outcome of Bundestag Elections 3. (Iran) New Enrichment Plant 4. (Economic) Aftermath of G-20 Summit 5. (U.S.) Closure of Guantnamo 6. (Honduras) Escalation of the Situation  [...]
2009-09-28 13:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IR ECON US HO
09BERLIN1205MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, GERMANY;Berlin
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iran) Missile Tests 3. (Afghanistan) Elections, ISAF 4. (Germany) Aftermath of Bundestag Elections  [...]
2009-09-30 06:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF GM
09BERLIN1225MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, GEORGIA, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) P5+1 Talks 3. (Afghanistan) Rasmussen-Obama Meeting 4. (Mideast) Goldstone Report, Hamas-Fatah Relations 5. (Georgia) Final Report on Georgian War 6. (EU) Irish Referendum 7. (China) 60th Anniversary 8. (Germany) Foreign Pol [...]
2009-09-30 13:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF XF GG EU GM
09BERLIN1228MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, GEORGIA-RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Resumption of Talks 3. (Georgia-Russia) EU Report 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy  [...]
2009-10-01 11:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR GG RS AF
09BERLIN1234MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, EU-IRELAND, OLYMPICS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) P5+1 Talks 3. (Afghanistan) German Role 4. (EU) Irish Vote on Lisbon Treaty 5. (U.S.) Chicago's Olympic Bid 6. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform  [...]
2009-10-02 14:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF EU US
09BERLIN1242MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, OLYMPICS, NIDEAST, EU; Berlin
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 3. (Olympics) Impact on Obama Administration 4. (Mideast) Goldstone Report 5. (Ireland) Aftermath of Irish Vote On Lisbon Treaty  [...]
2009-10-05 13:29:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR US XF EU
09BERLIN125MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, DAVOS, TURKEY-ISRAEL, FINANCE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iraqi Elections 3. Davos Global Economic Forum 4. Turkish PM Erdogan Clashes With Israel 5. Financial Markets 6. Protests in Russia  [...]
2009-02-02 13:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IS RS IZ TU XF
09BERLIN1251MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, EU, ECONOMIC,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 3. (Pakistan) Islamabad Bomb Attack 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 5. (EU) Future of Lisbon Treaty 6. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting 7. (U.S.) Economic Policy 8. (U.S.) No Obama-Dalai Lama Meeting  [...]
2009-10-06 11:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR PK AF EU US
09BERLIN1258MEDIA REACTION: DPRK, AFGHANISTAN, IMF, ECONOMIC, HONDURAS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (DPRK) U.S. Relations 3. (Afghanistan) Future U.S. Strategy 4. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting in Istanbul 5. (Economic) U.S. Labor Market Policy 6. (Honduras) Power Struggle 7. (Economic) Weakness of The Dollar 8. (U.S.) Obama A [...]
2009-10-07 12:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KN AF EFIN ELAB HO US EU
09BERLIN1263MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, IMF, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) U.S. Strategic Deliberations 3. (Mideast) Goldstone Report 4. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting 5. (EU) Future of Lisbon Treaty 6. (Italy) Implications of Court Ruling for Berlusconi  [...]
2009-10-08 11:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF EFIN EU IT
09BERLIN1270MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA-NOBEL, AFGHANISTAN, ITALY, UK, U.S.;
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Norway) President Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize 3. (Afghanistan) Future U.S. Strategy 4. (Italy) Implications of Court Ruling on Berlusconi 5. (UK) Tory Party Conference 6. (U.S.) Economic Development  [...]
2009-10-09 12:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO US AF IT UK ECON
09BERLIN1274MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, RUSSIA-U.S.,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Pakistan) Bomb Attack 3. (Afghanistan) New U.S. Strategy 4. (Russia-U.S.) Clinton Visit 5. (Mideast) Aftermath of Goldstone Report 6. (U.S.) Nobel Peace Prize for Obama 7. (Turkey-Armenia) Rapprochement 8. (EU) Future of Lisbon Tr [...]
2009-10-13 15:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PK AF RS XF US AM EU
09BERLIN1280MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, EU, U.S.; Berlin
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Russia) Secretary Clinton in Moscow 3. (Afghanistan) Secret Increase in U.S. Forces 4. (EU) Ratification of Lisbon Treaty 5. (U.S.) Climate Protection  [...]
2009-10-14 12:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO US AF EU
09BERLIN1285MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-RUSSIA, EU-TURKEY, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) British Role 3. (U.S.-Russia) Secretary Clinton in Moscow 4. (EU-Turkey) Progress Report 5. (EU) Future President 6. (U.S.) Future Role in the World 7. (China-Russia) Natural Resources Agreement  [...]
2009-10-15 12:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF US EU TK RS
09BERLIN1292MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, TURKEY-ISRAEL, UNHRC,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Pakistan) Series of Bomb Attacks 3. (Turkey-Israel) Relations 4. (UNHRC) Goldstone Report 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (EU-U.S.) Dollar, SWIFT Â [...]
2009-10-16 12:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PK TK UN EV EU
09BERLIN1300MEDIA REACTION: U.S., IRAN, SUDAN, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Clinton Interview 3. (Iran) Bombings 4. (Sudan) New U.S. Strategy 5. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 6. (Pakistan) Government Offensive 7. (Environment) Copenhagen Climate Talks  [...]
2009-10-20 06:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO US IR SU AF PK
09BERLIN1310MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, SUDAN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Talks in Vienna 3. Afghanistan Election Fraud 4. New U.S. Policy on Sudan  [...]
2009-10-20 12:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IR AF SU
09BERLIN1315MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MISSILE DEFENSE, IRAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghan Runoff Elections 3. VP Biden in Europe, Missile Defense Policy Shift 4. Iranian Nuclear Program 5. Climate Protection  [...]
2009-10-21 12:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF IR EZ PL
09BERLIN1320MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, VP BIDEN IN EUROPE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Nuclear Program 3. VP Biden in New Europe 4. Guantanamo 5. Climate Protection 6. Afghanistan  [...]
2009-10-22 13:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF US PL IR GM
09BERLIN1325GERMAN GOVERNMENT TRANSITION LIKELY TO FORECLOSE
[...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Head of Union for the Mediterranean and BMENA Andreas Berg told Poloff October 21 that it is unlikely that a high-level government official will be able to attend the November 2-3 Forum for the Future since the new German government will likely only have just been sworn the we [...]
2009-10-22 15:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC PREL ECON KPAO KDEM KMPI GM
09BERLIN1327MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, IRAN-ISRAEL, NATO MINISTERIAL, VP
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Secret Meeting between Iran and Israel 3. Afghanistan/NATO Ministerial 4. Taliban in Pakistan 5. Biden in Europe  [...]
2009-10-23 12:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PK AK IR IS GM RO EZ PL
09BERLIN1354MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, UN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iraq) New Violence 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (UN) Karadzic Trial 7. (Germany) Murder Trial Against Man Who Stabbed Muslim Woman 8. (Germany) New Coalition Agreeme [...]
2009-10-27 13:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ IR AF UN GM
09BERLIN1358MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear 3. (Afghanistan) New Strategy 4. (Environment) Climate Change 5. (EU) Future Presidency 6. (Middle East) Conflict Over Water Resources  [...]
2009-10-28 14:44:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF EU XF
09BERLIN1361EMBASSY PRODUCING COUNTER RADICALIZATION VIDEO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Berlin is producing a counter radicalization video that highlights messages from Germany-based Muslim community leaders who reject extremism and promote tolerance and understanding among religions. Mission Germany recently organized ten days of filming by a U.S.-Indonesi [...]
2009-10-29 09:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL ASEC KPAO KHLS GM
09BERLIN1364MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, AFGHANISTAN MIDEAST, IRAN, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Bomb Attack, U.S. Strategy 3. (Afghanistan) Karzai Brother on CIA Payroll 4. (Mideast) Clinton Visit 5. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 6. (EU) Future President 7. (U.S.-Germany) Relations 8. (Environment) Climate Talks [...]
2009-10-29 13:15:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR EU GM KGHG
09BERLIN1371MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Middle East) Secretary Clinton's Visit 3. (Afghanistan) U.S. Strategy, NATO Report on Air Strikes 4. (Iran) Nuclear Program 5. (EU) Summit Meeting, EU President 6. (U.S.) Economic Recovery  [...]
2009-10-30 14:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF AK IR EU US
09BERLIN1381MEDIA REACTION: GERMAN CHANCELLOR IN THE US, CLIMATE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. US-Germany/Climate 3. Afghan Presidential Elections 4. Secretary Clinton in the Mideast  [...]
2009-11-02 13:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG GM US AF XF
09BERLIN1387MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-GERMANY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Mideast) Clinton Visit 3. (Afghanistan) Karzai Winner of Elections 4. (U.S.-Germany) Chancellor Merkel to Address Congress 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 7. (Economic) CIT Collapse 8. (U.S.) Presid [...]
2009-11-03 12:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF AG GM KGHG IR EFIN US
09BERLIN1400MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, GENERAL MOTORS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. GMQs U-turn 3. Chancellor Merkel in the US 4. President Obama Q One year after the elections 5. Lisbon Treaty 6. CIA Q Italian Court 7. Climate Change 8. Iranian Protests 9. Afghanistan  [...]
2009-11-05 13:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF KGHG IR EU GM US IT
09BERLIN1409MEDIA REACTION: GENERAL MOTORS, AFGHANISTAN, GERMANY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. GM's U-turn 3. UN staff in Afghanistan relocated 4. German Foreign Policy 5. Fall of the Wall 6. Mideast Peace Process  [...]
2009-11-06 13:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF AF GM US
09BERLIN1416MEDIA REACTION: 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Fall of the Wall Anniversary 3. Climate Change Copenhagen 4. Afghanistan 5. Health Care Reform  [...]
2009-11-09 12:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG GM US AF
09BERLIN1420MEDIA REACTION: FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall 3. OEF Offensive in Kunduz 4. GM/Opel 5. Top EU Jobs  [...]
2009-11-10 11:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF GM US XG
09BERLIN1429MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, ARMISTICE DAY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. President Obama in Asia 3. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. Armistice Day 5. Muslims in Germany  [...]
2009-11-12 11:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF CH JA FR EU GM
09BERLIN1436MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, SWIFT, RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. President Obama in Asia 3. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. US-EU SWIFT Agreement 5. President Medvedev's address to the nation 6. Turkish-Kurdish Conflict  [...]
2009-11-13 12:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO JP CH AF GM XG US
09BERLIN144MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, CLINTON, PROTECTIONISM, MUSLIMS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iran Launches Satellite 3. Transatlantic Relations 4. Danger Of Protectionism 5. Muslim World/Guantnamo 6. Financial Crisis Hits Russia 7. Turkish-Israeli Relations 9. Controversy over Pope Benedict  [...]
2009-02-04 12:21:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM RS IR US ID TU VT
09BERLIN1449MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN CHINA, BURMA, CLIMATE,
[...] Lead Stories 2. U.S.-Chinese Relations 3. U.S.-Burmese Relations 4. APEC--Climate Protection 5. Iranian Nuclear Conflict 6. Future of Guant namo Prisoners 7. Strategy on Afghanistan  [...]
2009-11-16 13:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG GM US AF BM CH IR
09BERLIN1458MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, FAO-SUMMIT,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Obama Visit 3. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 4. (Mideast) Peace Process, Palestinian State 5. (Environment) FAO Summit Meeting 6. (EU) Future President  [...]
2009-11-17 12:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF GM US XG
09BERLIN1481MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, GUANTANAMO,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Karzai's Inauguration 3. (Environment) Copenhagen Summit 4. (Mideast) Israeli Settlements 5. (U.S.) Closure of Guant namo 6. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 7. (U.S.-Asia) Future Relations 8. (EU) Top Jobs 9. (Economic) [...]
2009-11-23 07:10:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF KGHG XF US IR EU ETRD
09BERLIN1483MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, DPRK,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) President Karzai's Inauguration 3. (Middle East) Israeli Settlement Policy 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 5. (DPRK) Obama Warning 6. (U.S.-Asia) Obama Trip 7. (EU) EU Top Jobs 8. (Environment) Copenhagen Conference à [...]
2009-11-23 07:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR KN US EU KGHG
09BERLIN1487MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S., AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-CHINA,
[...] Lead Stories 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Maneuvers 3. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform 4. (Afghanistan) U.S. Arming Local Militias 5. (U.S.-China) Relations 6. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 7. (EU) Future Leadership  [...]
2009-11-23 12:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR US AF KGHG EU
09BERLIN1499MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE, MIDEAST, IRAN U.S.-INDIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 3. (Mideast) Israel-Palestinian Conflict 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 5. (U.S.-India) Singh in Washington 6. (Economic) Financial Crisis  [...]
2009-11-24 13:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG XF IR IN ECON
09BERLIN1515MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, CLIMATE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) President Obama's Afghanistan Strategy 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (EU) Lisbon Treaty 5. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 6. (Honduras) Elections 7. (U.S.-Germany) Swift Agreement 8. (Switzerland) Swiss Ban on New Minarets [...]
2009-12-01 12:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF IR EU KGHG HO GM SZ
09BERLIN1530MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, SWITZERLAND;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Reaction to Obama Speech 3. (Switzerland) Ban on Minarets  [...]
2009-12-03 12:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF SZ
09BERLIN1539MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE OBAMA, RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Reaction To President Obama's Address 3. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 4. (U.S.) Obama Administration 5. (Russia) Putin Comments 6. (Economic) WTO Talks  [...]
2009-12-04 12:47:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AG KGHG US RS ETRD
09BERLIN155MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, GUANTANAMO, MSC, ISRAEL, ECONOMY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iraqi Reconstruction 3. Fate Of Guantnamo Detainees 4. Munich Security Conference 5. Upcoming Israeli Elections 6. U.S. Economy -- Protectionism 7. Sarkozy Speech 8. Nuclear Energy 9. U.S. Healthcare Insurance 10. Vatican Controversy [...]
2009-02-06 11:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IZ US IS XF FR VT
09BERLIN1559MEDIA REACTION: COP15, German Strategy on Afghanistan,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change Conference 3. Afghanistan 4. Iranian Protests 5. U.S.-Turkish Relations  [...]
2009-12-08 13:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG IR AF GM US TU
09BERLIN1574MEDIA REACTION: Nobel Peace Prize, COP15, Finance;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Nobel Peace Prize 3. Climate Change 4. Levy on Bonuses  [...]
2009-12-11 19:29:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO NO DA KGHG UK FR US
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