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Human Trafficking Awareness Day – Highlights of IREX’s Efforts to Combat Trafficking January 11, 2011 IREX is working to make a better world through its efforts to fight human trafficking.	US Scholar Photo Contest Results! January 10, 2011 Congratulations to Maria Sonevystky, the winner of the 2010 US Scholar Photo Contest! Maria Sonevytsky was a 2008-2009 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) fellow. Her research project was entitled "Civilizing Wilderness: Musical Practices as Political and Economic Resources in Contemporary Ukraine."
IREX Auctions for The Reading Connection January 10, 2011 by Clare Ye Sheng As a way of giving back to the community every year, IREX holds a silent auction of gift donations made by staff and IREX service providers during our annual holiday party. This year, we had the pleasure of making our donations to The Reading Connection......	Pakistani Undergraduate Students Arrive in US for Semester Exchange January 6, 2011 This week 50 undergraduate fellows from Pakistan began their semester in the United States through the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Pakistan (Global UGRAD-Pakistan).
Strategic Focus for BOTA’s programs January 6, 2011 by Troy Johnson The BOTA Project Management team establishes a strategic framework which focuses our three programmatic activities on mutually reinforcing objectives	IREX Expands Work with the Arab World January 5, 2011 IREX and the Arab Thought Foundation (ATF) will launch new social entrepreneurship and library programs in 2011.
Muskie Chosen for State Alumni Award January 3, 2011 Muskie alumna Daniela Munca is being honored as the January 2011 State Alumni Member of the Month.	Happy New Year from IREX! December 23, 2010 Happy New Year from IREX! We’ve put the following short video together to wish you -- our supporters, participants, partners, and alumni -- all of the best in 2011.
IREX Launches Programs in Georgia to Strengthen Independent Media December 21, 2010 by Eleeza V. Agopian Two recently launched programs in Georgia will allow IERX -- with financial support from USAID and the US Embassy in Tbilisi -- to help Georgian media professionals tackle some of the biggest challenges facing their media sector.	World Press Freedom Day 2011 will be Hosted by the United States December 7, 2010 IREX welcomes the announcement that the United States will host World Press Freedom Day for the first time in 2011. As a member of the executive committee organizing the events to be held May 1-3, 2011, in Washington, DC, IREX looks forward to recognizing the advocacy and bravery of those worldwide working to advance media freedom in the digital age.