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  • Visit ExchangesConnect to watch more great videos and comment on your favorites! US State Department ExchangesConnect Video Contest

    Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on November 18, 2009 launched the Department of State’s second annual ExchangesConnect Video Contest, “Change Your Climate, Change Our World,” with a video message on the ExchangesConnect social network at http://connect.state.gov.

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  • People are seen walking on the campus of Columbia University. (AP Images) Highlighting International Students in the U.S

    Almost 600,000 international students are enrolled in U.S. higher education institutions. They are spread widely -- 156 U.S. campuses host more than 1,000 international students. But at some universities -- including the University of Southern California (21.3 percent), Columbia University (24.3 percent), Harvard...

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  • Collage of Obama with map of Asia (State Dept.) U.S. Pursuing Renewed Engagement in Asia-Pacific

    The U.S. is pursuing a new era of strengthened engagement in the Asia-Pacific region based on mutual interests and mutual respect, President Obama says. As an Asia-Pacific nation, the United States will be involved in the discussions that are shaping the future of the region, President Obama says in a speech in Tokyo.

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U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on North Korea to return to nuclear talks and he is warning of...

Obama Calls on North Korea to Return to Talks

U.S. Welcomes Armed Repulsion of Pirate Attack
The U.S. on Nov. 18 welcomed the repulsion of a band of pirates by gunfire from a private security team...

U.S. Welcomes Armed Repulsion of Pirate Attack

Muslim Americans Prepare for Hajj
An estimated 10,000 to 12,000 will participate in 2009.

Muslim Americans Prepare for Hajj

Copenhagen Climate Conference as Steppingstone
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sees Copenhagen Climate Conference as steppingstone to a full...


Embassy Highlights
Young leaders seeking democratic change at the Youth Engagement Summit, Nov 16-17 in Kuala Lumpur.

Southeast Asian Youth Seek Democratic Change at YES2009 – Nov 16-17th in KL
The U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur was happy to partner with the organizers of this groundbreaking summit, strategically timed to coincide with President Obama’s trip to the region for APEC and the U.S.-ASEAN Summit.

Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Rapson giving welcoming remark at the workshop.

KL Journalists discuss Reporting on Trafficking in Persons
The Embassy’s Public Affairs Office in partnership with the Malaysian Press Institute (MPI) held a two-day training workshop for the media on “Reporting on Trafficking in Persons.” Media practitioners from Kuala Lumpur’s print and broadcast media attended the event that was aimed at helping journalists better understand the role...

The students and teacher with Embassy officers.

Students Travel to the U.S. to Join Southeast Asia Youth Leadership Program
Three Malaysian student leaders from Aman Islamic school in Kota Bharu, Kelantan will attend a three-week Southeast Asia Youth Leadership program in the United States. The students will travel to De Kalb, Chicago and Washington D.C. where they will join 23 student leaders from Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore and Brunei.

Muslim Teachers and students explore the Lincoln Corner in KL.

Prominent Muslim Academics Visit Lincoln Corner in KL
On November 10, 2009, 50 academics from the Selangor Islamic Teachers Training Institute visited the Lincoln Corner at the Kuala Lumpur library and reviewed the extensive collection on Islam in America.

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Article Alert October 2009 (PDF 367kb)
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