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On a recent morning at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, secondary-school teachers from Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, and the United States came together to discuss strategies to teach the...

Posted on November 25, 2008 - in Media Development
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In an effort to demonstrate to the Azerbaijani public the importance of debate in a democracy, IREX Azerbaijan worked with Ictimaj, Azerbaijan’s public television broadcaster, to air the...

On November 20, IREX celebrated its 40th anniversary with a special event at the Library of Congress. Ambassador William Burns and Senator Richard Lugar each gave addresses before policymakers,...

Posted on November 12, 2008 - in Civil Society Strengthening, Youth
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Residents of Volgograd, Russia (formerly Stalingrad) are proud of their city’s pivotal role in World War II, but teens there want to make their hometown known for something else: positive...

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October 31, 2008--IREX is pleased to announce that former Ambassador W. Robert Pearson, international affairs expert, business consultant, and career diplomat, has been chosen as president of...

Posted on October 11, 2008 - in Media Development
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Al Akhbar recently published 25,000 copies of its first-ever local edition, Alexandria News supplement, in Alexandria, Egypt. The four-page supplement tackled municipal issues, addressed local...

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As part of the Egypt Civic Education Program, IREX in partnership with the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) has developed a “civic education curriculum kit...

Posted on July 30, 2008 - in Civil Society Strengthening, Youth
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After four months of training, 15 young Moldovan journalists launched the newspaper Scurt Circuit (Short Circuit), which reports on corruption and its effects on youth. As part of their training...

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Two Hatboro-Horsham High School students, Anna Rubenstein and Kenny Pallis, along with the school’s Instructional Technology Specialist James Shield, were chosen to travel to Turkmenistan...

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 Following eight years as president of IREX, Mark Pomar recently accepted the position of president and CEO of the newly created US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule...