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  • G8 Group Photo (White House Photo) G8 Leaders Focus on Global Economic Recovery

    Leaders of the Group of Eight major industrialized nations believe the outcome of the economic crisis is still uncertain and that significant risks remain to global economic and financial stability.

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  • The President of the United States, Barack Obama, right, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (AP Images) President Obama Delivers Major Speech in Moscow

    Over two tumultuous decades, that truth has been borne out around the world. Great wealth has been created, but it has not eliminated vast pockets of crushing poverty. Poverty exists here, it exists in the United States, and it exists all around the world.

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  • Ambassador Philip Goldberg. Ambassador Philip Goldberg on N. Korea Sanction

    The U.S. coordinator for implementing United Nations Security Council resolution 1874, which targets North Korean nuclear and missile technology, says East Asian countries are responding well to efforts to restrict Pyongyang’s ability to continue its programs in defiance of the international community.

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Russia, U.S. to Lead Nonproliferation
President Obama says the United States and Russia are increasing their security cooperation.

Russia, U.S. to Lead Nonproliferation

Building Better Relations with Muslims Worldwide
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has appointed Farah Pandith to serve as special representative...

Building Better Relations with Muslims Worldwide

Trafficking in Persons Report 2009
Sec Clinton announced the release of the ninth annual Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report.

Trafficking in Persons Report 2009

United Nations Imposes Sanctions on North Korea
The U.N. Security Council unanimously voted June 12 to impose additional security and economic sanctions...


Embassy Highlights
Ambassador James R. Keith and YB Tan Sri Bernard Dompok at the July 4th Celebrations in KL.

U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur Celebrates Independence Day
On July 2, US Embassy Kuala Lumpur celebrated the Independence Day of the United States with a reception at the Renaissance Hotel, one of the leading hotels in Kuala Lumpur. Eight hundred-fifty guests, including Malaysian Ministers, members of the parliament, foreign diplomats and government officials attended this traditional and colorful event.

Alert June 2009

ALERT June 2009 (PDF 477kb)
ALERT is an electronic publication of the Lincoln Resource Center (LRC) designed to keep you abreast of U.S. perspectives on domestic and global affairs. Our librarians sift through periodicals, reports and other significant information products available electronically to make them accessible to you at your fingertips via Internet-ready computers.

Professor Steele interacting with participants.

American Professor Worked with 15 Journalists on Narrative Reporting
Professor Janet Steele from George Washington University worked with fifteen journalists from the National News Agency BERNAMA in a three-day workshop on Narrative Journalism on June 22, June 25 and July 1. The workshop focused on narrative news writing as a genre and discussed the goals and the ethics of good journalism in general.

LRC librarian discusses the Web 2.0 tools with MACEE staff.

Lincoln Resource Center Librarians Promote Mass Benefits of Web 2.0
Responding to a request from the Fulbright Commission (Malaysian American Commission on Educational Exchange-MACEE) Lincoln Resource Center (LRC) librarians delivered presentations before executive and support staff on June 26 at MACEE.

Capacity crowd at the Central Market Annexe.

Steve McCurry: Celebrating Multiculturism Through Photography
On June 15 at 8:10pm, world renowned photojournalist Steve McCurry entered the stage at the Central Market Annex greeted by a cheering crowd of over 200 fans anxious to hear him speak about his métier, photojournalism.