Belgium Horse
US Department Of State Post Report
Cuisine. The local diet is centered on meat and potatoes. In addition to Russian-style shashlik, pork, or chicken kebabs, there are a few unusual specialties such as sheep's head and horsemeat. Horsemeat is considered a delicacy and is served both raw and cooked. The guest of honor at a traditional Kazakh banquet will not only be called upon to carve the roasted sheep's head, but also to eat an eye or ear. Fermented camel's milk and mare's milk are popular drinks, but take some getting used to. Alcohol is more acceptable in Kazakhstan than in many Muslim countries, and Kazakhstanis will continually try to fill your glass and offer multiple toasts. ... [Read More]
Biographical Sketches
Fay Henderson de Diaz is currently Director of Program Relations andAdministration at LASPAU. She recentlyreturned to LASPAU after a 17 year hiatus living in Mexico and working as aconsultant to the Ford Foundation, the Interamerican Foundation and the UnitedNations Social Development Research Program. Most recently, from 1997-2000, she was Director of Programs of the U.S.Mexico Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (COMEXUS) in MexicoCity. She has been engaged inadministration and evaluation of Western hemisphere educational and culturalexchange programs since 1974, and is fluent in Spanish. She has a B.A. from Cornell and an M.S.degree from the University of Colorado/Boulder. [Read More]
Report on Global Anti-Semitism
January 5, 2005 Executive Summary I. Anti-SemitismAnti-Semitism has plagued the world for centuries. Taken to its most far-reaching and violent extreme, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism resulted in the deaths of millions of Jews and the suffering of countless others. Subtler, less vile forms of anti-Semitism have disrupted lives, decimated religious communities, created social and political cleavages, and complicated relations between countries as well as the work of international organizations. For an increasingly interdependent world, anti-Semitism is an intolerable burden. The increasing frequency and severity of anti-Semitic incidents since the start of the 21st century, particularly in Europe, has compelled the international com ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: U.S. Says Do Not Link Fissile Material, Outer Space Talks
Those who call for outer space negotiations are putting the cart before the horse. The next logical step would be for Member States to conduct a thorough discussion of possible measures related to outer space, to identify proposals for further protections -- if there are any -- that may be desirable and feasible. Such discussion would have to take into account the need to enhance international peace and security while simultaneously protecting the security interests of states that have substantial assets in outer space and that carry out important activities there. Unless and until there is a convergence of interests and views on this issue, it is impractical to insist that the Conference must negotiate a treaty. ... [Read More]
USIA - Portrait of the USA, Ch. 5
The sum total of these laws and regulations has changedAmerican capitalism, in the words of one writer, from a "freelyrunning horse to one that is bridled and saddled." There isscarcely anything a person can buy in the United States todaythat is not affected by government regulation of some kind. ... [Read More]
Rice Calls for a New International Partnership on Iraq - US Department of State
QUESTION: At the risk of beating a dead horse, I was with you in Lithuania when you met with the Belarusian opposition leaders. Last week, the President met with a North Korean defector. The activities of those individuals, they're probably against the laws of those countries, so why does the United States have this exception for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt? ... [Read More]
Remarks En Route to Brussels, Belgium
QUESTION: At the risk of beating a dead horse, I was with you in Lithuania when you met with the Belarusian opposition leaders. Last week, the President met with a North Korean defector. The activities of those individuals, they're probably against the laws of those countries, so why does the United States have this exception for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt? ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
A pleasant spring and summer pastime in Belgium is ‘petanque’ or ‘boule,’ an outdoor game played with weighted balls in a marked-off court. It originated in the south of France and reminds Americans of a mixture of bowling and horseshoes. ... Soccer, field hockey, basketball, and horse racing are popular Belgian sports. But game shooting remains the traditional sport, with boar, deer, pheasant, partridge, duck, and other small game hunted. Hunting areas are strictly controlled, either by individuals or by clubs, and shooting is by invitation or by membership. Opportunities exist for camping, boating and sailing, fishing, and skiing in the Ardennes. ... [Read More]
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