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St. Patrick’s Day Advances Ireland’s ‘Brand’

Ireland is using St. Patrick’s Day as the basis for a global branding campaign to publicize the country’s cultural and educational assets, Jimmy Deenihan, its minister of arts and heritage,...

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Japanese Consulate Marks Earthquake Anniversary

Japan on March 11 marked the anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that killed nearly 16,000 people, leveled coastal communities and plunged the nation into a nuclear crisis. The Consulate General...

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Latin American Association Gets $50,000

The Latin American Association, a community organization in Atlanta, has received a $50,000 gift from the James M. Cox Foundation to support family programs. The foundation is the charitable arm of media firm Cox...

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Danish Chamber Honors Starlet Scarlett Johansson

The Danish-American Chamber of Commerce Georgia has honored Scarlett Johansson with its Danish-American actress of the year award. The 27-year-old New York native, who has appeared in “Lost in Translation”, “We Bought a...

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Friendship Force Celebrates History, Builds for Future

Friendship Force International is celebrating three and a half decades of history by investing in its future. The Atlanta-based organization, which facilitates home stays and people-to-people exchanges in more than 50 countries,...

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Rialto’s Musical Performance Reveals Turkish-Israeli Ties

The cultural undergirdings of Israel and Turkey are to be on display in Atlanta at an exhibition being held at Southern Polytechnic State University until March 2 titled “Under Vine...

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New Head for UPS Foundation

Eduardo Martinez has been named president of the UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of United Parcel Service Inc. Mr. Martinez, a 52-year-old Cuba native, is being promoted from a program director position to replace Ken Sternad,...

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‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’ to Visit Atlanta in 2013

The High Museum of Art announced that a major exhibition of Dutch masterworks is to be in Atlanta in 2013, including Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” which inspired...

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