News Roundup - April 20, 2012

Photo of The mayor of Sarny, Ukraine, Serhiy Yevtushok, right, with Honolulu mayor Peter Carlisle.
The mayor of Sarny, Ukraine, Serhiy Yevtushok, right, with Honolulu mayor Peter Carlisle.

News Roundup - April 20, 2012

Open World to honor hosts in Jacksonville, Florida this weekend (press release): http://bit.ly/JsQwoG

"The exchange program has been exceptionally planned to teach them something they are going to use in improvement of the population's health," Russian medical professionals in central Illinois (article): http://bit.ly/HXZo2J

Spartanburg, South Carolina Op-Ed on citizen diplomacy: http://bit.ly/I0Axja

Voice of America interviews Executive Director John O’Keefe about Open World’s Armenia program (video, in Armenian): http://bit.ly/JkTZYc

The mayor of a small town in Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea describes his program in Honolulu, Hawaii in March (article, in Ukrainian, http://translate.google.com/): http://bit.ly/Jqlg6O

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