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		<title>Global Handshake</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hurtado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Sooner or later, it happens to everyone running a business. You notice that more and more of your meetings are with people with unpronounceable last names or in cities far removed from North America or Western Europe. You find yourself eating sushi with a big customer in Osaka or jetting off to meet with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al-Jazeera English and Press Interpreter</title>
		<link>http://www.linguisticsolutions.com/2006/11/28/al-jazeera-english-and-press-interpreter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hurtado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I added links to the Al-Jazeera English &#8211; Front Page and Press  Interpreter &#124; The foreign language news in English to the Linguistic Solutions &#8211; Global Culture page, under &#8220;Read a Foreign Newspaper &#8211; Expand Your Point of View,&#8221; one of 7 Strategies for Expanding Your Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity.
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		<title>Al Jazeera English Goes Live</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 03:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hurtado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al Jazeera English, the new international news channel from the Qatar-based television network, has begun broadcasting from its main studios in Doha.
The opening broadcast, which was expected to be available in 80 million households around the world, took place at 3pm Doha time (12:00 GMT) and featured a clip introducing the channel.
Aiming to be the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Pressure Vault</title>
		<link>http://www.linguisticsolutions.com/2006/11/16/iraqi-pressure-vault/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hurtado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a geographic standpoint, Iraq is caught between a rock and a hard place. Its neighbors offer either pressure or non-support. Syria creates pressure by encouraging insurgent elements to freely enter western Iraq. From the east, Iran inflicts pressure on Iraqâ€™s political institutions by funding Shiite militias. Friendly support from Iraqâ€™s northern border has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn Surah Al-Fatihah, Al Fatiha</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hurtado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learn to recite Surah Al-Fatihah off by heart and learn the meaning.
Surah Al-Fatihah, &#8220;The Opening&#8221;, is the first chapter of the Holy Qur&#8217;an. It&#8217;s seven verses are a prayer for God&#8217;s guidance and stress the lordship and mercy of God. This chapter has a special role in traditional daily prayers, being recited at the start [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Arabs: A Westerner&#8217;s Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hurtado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people, especially in the West, have a pre-conceived idea of what constitutes an Arab. These ideas usually fall into the 1970s western image of the urban Arab as excessively wealthy, or the more romantic desert Arab portrayed by Omar Sharif in Lawrence of Arabia. These images may be mixed with those of religious fanaticism, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imperial History of the Middle East</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hurtado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who has conquered the Middle East over the course of world events?
See 5,000 years of history in 90 seconds&#8230;
Read more
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		<title>Translation, Interpretation, Foreign Langauge Instruction, and Cross-cultural Training Resources</title>
		<link>http://www.linguisticsolutions.com/2006/11/13/translation-interpretation-foreign-langauge-instruction-and-cross-cultural-training-resources/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hurtado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Linguistic Solutions &#8211; Resources page has links to translation, interpretation, foreign langauge instruction, and cross-cultural training resources.
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		<title>Found in Translation: King&#8217;s &#8216;Dream&#8217; Plays in Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.linguisticsolutions.com/2006/05/29/found-in-translation-kings-dream-plays-in-beijing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.linguisticsolutions.com/2006/05/29/found-in-translation-kings-dream-plays-in-beijing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 04:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hurtado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For months now, Caitrin McKiernan has gone from place to place in this city to ask Chinese people an unlikely question: What does the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. mean to you?
The questions don&#8217;t end there, either. In most of these gatherings, she gets far more specific, burrowing into the history [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help is a Call Away, Ctizens Taught</title>
		<link>http://www.linguisticsolutions.com/2006/05/29/help-is-a-call-away-ctizens-taught/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 07:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hurtado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newcomers to Canada don&#8217;t always know how to reach emergency services or what to expect when police, fire or ambulance personnel show up at their door.
Some come from countries where the police are perceived as corrupt or oppressive.
That&#8217;s why Halton police have initiated a unique diversity program called Emergency Services Information to New Canadians (ESINC). [...]]]></description>
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