U.S. Shifts from Military to Civilian-Led Mission in Iraq

President discusses mission change in nationally televised speech
The United States has ended its seven-and-a-half-year-old military operation in Iraq and is [...]

Historic Hermoupolis in Syros once again welcomes international arrivals for the largest Greek animation festival!

For a third consecutive year the animasyros 3.0 International Animation Film Festival & Forum returns to Hermoupolis from September 30 [...]

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Launch of Inaugural Democracy Photo Challenge

The Department of State and its partners are expanding the global Democracy is… conversation on July 7 with the launch [...]

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AHEPA Journey to Greece

Friday, July 9 began with a visit to the U.S. Embassy. We had the opportunity for a briefing from two [...]

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Black Sea Symposium

Dr. Stephen Larrabee from RAND Corporation, attended the Black Sea Symposium organized by the International Centre for Black Sea Studies [...]

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2010 Independence Day Celebration

Secretary Clinton says no nation can meet 21st-century challenges alone
Greetings from Washington and welcome to America’s birthday party!  Every [...]

Ten Years of Partnering to Combat Modern Slavery

“The victims of modern slavery have many faces. They are men and women, adults and children. Yet, all are denied basic [...]

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Isamu Noguchi “Between East and West”

“I find myself a wanderer in a world rapidly growing smaller”
Continuing a tradition of exhibitions-tributes to key figures of nineteenth [...]

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Scientists Pursue Technologies to Feed Earth’s Growing Population

Phillip C Kurata
With the world’s population growing by millions every month, several billion more people will need to be fed [...]

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Online Journalists Increasingly Risk Censorship, Imprisonment

For the first time, the number of online journalists in prison almost surpasses the number of jailed traditional print and [...]

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