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IREX in the Press 2008

A list of articles in the United States and international press that mention IREX's work.

2008

State teachers US bound
E-PAO.Net. December 16, 2008. India.
Two teachers from Manipur, namely S Shokhothang Haokip of Ibotonsana Girls' Higher Secondary School and Promosini Devi Takhellambam of Motbung High School are among the nine teachers from India who have been selected for the International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP), a six-month long professional development programme slated to begin in the US from January 6, 2009.

Breathe deep and think pink
Al-Ahram Weekly Online. December 3, 2008. Cairo, Egypt.
Women are being invited to attend high-profile business education classes, Nashwa Abdel-Tawab reports.

E-journalism growning but hard to rule - experts
Jordan Times. December 2, 2008. Amman, Jordan.
AMMAN - Despite its rapid rise to prominence as a major source for citizens’ news, electronic media cannot be fully governed under the Kingdom’s current laws and regulations, experts said on Monday.

Living with HIV: Newspaper supplement focuses on HIV/AIDS in Armenia
Armenia Now. December 1, 2008. Armenia.
In marking World Aids Day (December 1), the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) has focused its monthly journal “This Month” on the issue of HIV in Armenia. Officially, the republic has 649 HIV cases registered, though the actual number is believed to be considerably more.

Media in "worrying" state
B92. September 19, 2008.
BELGRADE -- No media reform has been conducted in Serbia, while freedom of speech was less pronounced than in 2006.

Academics, U.S. Culture Subjects for Hundreds of Students from Kazakhstan
Kansas City InfoZine. April 06, 2008
Kamila Issabekova, 25, a graduate student in public administration at American University, wrote in her first letters to a friend in Kazakhstan that relationships between men and women are interesting in the U.S.

Internet Law - Albania Copyright Law
Internet Business Law Services (IBLS). Wednesday, April 02, 2008.
Albania is a smaller state in southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic and Ionian Seas, directly across from Italy, and set between Greece in the south and Montenegro and Serbia in the north. The state is working to create a vibrant economy, in part, by embracing the world standard on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) with some notable successes.

The United States Counts on a Progressive Dialogue with Uzbekistan
Turkish Weekly. March 29, 2008.
"The United States does not have military bases in Uzbekistan and neither has it applied for their establishment in this country," Ambassador Richard Norland said. "This issue was not on the agenda of Admiral Fallon's visit to Tashkent this January. It is not on the agenda of the US Administration at this point.

Professors collaborate to bring online journalism to Jordan
Tennesse Journalist, University of Tennesse. February 29, 2008.
Three Journalism professors from the Middle East University for Graduate Studies in Jordan are working with UT professors on a program that will bring the new world of online journalism to Jordan.

Decision 2008 and Creating Jobs: It’s the economy, stupid
ArmeniaNow.com. February 15, 2008.
It can be difficult to reconcile that Armenia is struggling economically when visiting Yerevan, with its busy construction of modern buildings, new districts and luxurious private estates. However, the Yerevan activity doesn’t represent the full image of Armenia; an excursion to the rural areas shows a picture of economic stagnation.

Concerns over Kosovo Constitution
Balkan Insight. February 14, 2008.
Kosovo’s civil society institutions have expressed their unease over the new constitution, blaming government bodies for manipulating the public debate about it.

Jordan: USAID launches media training programme
Arab Media & Society. February 8, 2008.
Amman (JT): A group of senior media professionals will sharpen their skills as trainers and consultants at a special "training of trainers" course starting next week as part of USAID's Jordan Media Strengthening Programme.

Media Shy: Why “exposure” is a dirty word for businessmen
ArmeniaNow. January 4, 2008.
In contrast to societies in which companies spend millions on public-relation ploys to attract media attention, business practice in Armenia remains an insular, guarded realm in which corporate heads discourage attention rather than solicit it. Efforts to profile businesses for this series of articles was a reminder that even successful businessmen would rather turn off the spotlight than be found in it.