washingtonpost.com - Nora Boustany - Diplomatic Dispatches (washingtonpost.com)Nora Boustany's Diplomatic Dispatches column appears twice weekly in The Washington Post. Read Diplomatic Dispatches for the latest news from the Washington-based diplomatic community.A Transatlantic Conference Tackles Migration's Challenges- May 26, 2006 Many countries are grappling with the complex legal and social issues concerning migration. While Americans debate bilingualism, loyalty and homogeneity, some politicians in Germany fear that a failure to integrate immigrants into society through adequate language training may lead to social problems.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402880_xml/~3/24... In Iran's Ambition, Israel's Dark Cloud- May 24, 2006 D avid Landau , editor in chief of the Israeli daily Haaretz, said Monday that Israel hoped to link its need for a stronger defense against the Iranian nuclear threat to its stated willingness to pull out of more occupied Palestinian land.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402880_xml/~3/24... Saudi Envoy Reconvenes Fellow Georgetown Alumni on the Potomac- May 19, 2006 It was a contemporary Arabian Nights setting, complete with Saudi princes and the air of a fairy tale. Hosting his first major bash as Saudi ambassador at his sprawling residence in McLean, Prince Turki al-Faisal honored his visiting brother, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal . After an hour-long meet-and-greet reception near the entrance to the house, everyone proceeded out back for the main event.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402880_xml/~3/24... CARE's Envoy to the Powerful and the Poor- May 17, 2006 Physician Helene Gayle may have been born with a gift for empathy. It was the trait that was nurtured by her family and has guided her work on child malnutrition, HIVAIDS and diseases among the poor.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402880_xml/~3/24... Bridging Bosnia's Many Divides- May 12, 2006 For the women of Mostar, surviving a war is not the end of the story. With trauma and scars still raw, they are trying to reweave their social fabric and move beyond their differences.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402880_xml/~3/24... Rebuilding a Life and Then a Country- May 10, 2006 It fell to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala , barely 13 at the start of the Nigeria-Biafra war, to save her baby sister, struck down with malaria. Her father had joined the Biafran army, and her mother was too ill and weak to tend to her sick child.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402880_xml/~3/24... At the U.N., a Bid to Reform and Fears of a Rift- May 5, 2006 The U.N. undersecretary general for communications said yesterday that a recent vote to delay action on a U.S.-backed effort to allow more managerial flexibility at the United Nations threatened to divide the institution. He also said the dispute was more about power than reform.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402880_xml/~3/24... Plumbing the Depths of Indian Widowhood- May 3, 2006 It was 11 years ago, but the image of a widow's wretchedness etched itself into the soul of Deepa Mehta , the Indian-born filmmaker who has made a career of deconstructing India's darkest taboos in sparse cinematic works of art.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032402880_xml/~3/24... |