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Namibia announces $338M, 5-year renewable energy strategy

Namibia’s state-run utility will build four plants powered by renewable energy over the next five years as the southern African nation seeks to guarantee local supplies and cut its use of fossil fuels.




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Energy industry mourns the death of Global Wind Energy Council’s Steve Sawyer

Steve Sawyer, 63, Senior Policy Advisor and former Secretary General of the Global Wind Energy Council, passed away on July 31, 2019 of a sudden and aggressive lung cancer.




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U.S. announces changes to implementing regulations of the Endangered Species Act

U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt has unveiled changes to the implementing regulations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that Interior says is “designed to increase transparency and effectiveness and bring the administration of the Act into the 21st century.”




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Insight – Investment continues despite perceptions of uncertainty in Mexico

Perceptions of political uncertainty and community opposition continue to weigh heavily on Mexico’s mining sector.




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Insight – Uncorking the growing wine market in India

In a country with a population of 1.3 billion and where around 700 million people are above the legal drinking age – a number growing by 19 million a year – India is a market with many opportunities for Australia’s winemakers.




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ENISA Launches Guide on Building Effective IT Security Public Private Partnerships

The European Network and Information Security Agency has released a new guide on building effective IT security public private partnerships.




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ENISA Launches Information Security Awareness Videos

The European Network and Information Security Agency [ENISA] has launched information security awareness videos in 23 European languages.




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ENISA Launches Guide on Building Effective IT Security Public Private Partnerships

The European Network and Information Security Agency has released a new guide on building effective IT security public private partnerships.




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ENISA Launches Guide on Building Effective IT Security Public Private Partnerships

The European Network and Information Security Agency has released a new guide on building effective IT security public private partnerships.




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ENISA Launches Information Security Awareness Videos

The European Network and Information Security Agency [ENISA] has launched information security awareness videos in 23 European languages.




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ENISA Launches Guide on Building Effective IT Security Public Private Partnerships

The European Network and Information Security Agency has released a new guide on building effective IT security public private partnerships.




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Launching of Mobile Apps developed by Agileum Ltd

​In the context of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Mauritius, the launching ceremony of 3 Mobile Apps was held on Tuesday 6 March 2018 in the Conference Room, Cyber Tower1, Landscope Mauritius, Ebene.


Three (3) Mobile Apps, namely Smart Traffic App, Smart Police App and Consumer Protection App, were launched by the Hon. Y. Sawmynaden, Minister of Technology, Communication and Innovation in the presence of the Hon A K Gungah, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection.​
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ENISA Launches Information Security Awareness Videos

The European Network and Information Security Agency [ENISA] has launched information security awareness videos in 23 European languages.




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RBI: Mobile Banking Security Lab Launches

The Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology has launched the Mobile Banking Security Lab to explore solutions to the evolving challenges in the area of mobile banking and security.




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ENISA Launches Information Security Awareness Videos

The European Network and Information Security Agency [ENISA] has launched information security awareness videos in 23 European languages.




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UK Announces $340 Million Renewable Power Contract Auction

The U.K. said renewable-power projects will compete for guaranteed payments worth more than 200 million pounds ($340 million) a year as part of its first auction of contracts to spur low-carbon electricity.




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Sage Advice is the Highlight of the Women in Power Luncheon

The advice that Pennwell’s 2014 Woman of the Year, Mary Powell, gave to women in the power industry during Tuesday’s Women in Power Luncheon might come as a surprise to some. It was this: Stop undercutting each other. Powell said the most difficult obstacles she has encountered in her various leadership roles have not come from men, but rather from other women. Small comments like “I don’t know how you do it [being a mom and holding a high-level job]”, serve to bring doubt and uncertainty to high achieving women in any industry, and ultimately can lead to women exiting their careers in order to fit what they perceive is the societal norm.




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Obama To Announce $100 Million Grants for Ethanol

The Obama administration is set to pledge $100 million Friday to expand the use of special fuel pumps that allow drivers to blend more ethanol into their gasoline, according to people briefed on the announcement.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which has long championed these so-called blender pumps, may unveil the plan on the same day that the Environmental Protection Agency announces quotas for the use of renewable fuels. With ethanol makers facing a possible cut in their quota below the statutory level of 15 billion gallons, the grant program will let the administration of President Barack Obama demonstrate that it still supports the fuel, which in the U.S. is produced mostly from corn.

“Blender pumps are a huge part of the equation when it comes to the deployment of the second generation biofuels, because investors need a market to invest in,” said Brooke Coleman, the executive director of the Advanced Ethanol Council. “It allows the consumer to choose based on price.”

The grant program would be fast-tracked to states to help defray the cost of installing the pumps, which allow drivers to choose how much ethanol they want to mix with gasoline pumped into their tanks, said the people, who asked not to be identified before the formal announcement.

The USDA, which in 2011 said it wanted to get 10,000 blender pumps installed, has scheduled an announcement Friday on biofuels infrastructure. USDA spokesman Cullen Schwarz said he couldn’t comment on the announcement.

 

Quotas Overdue

 

The EPA is scheduled to issue renewable fuel quotas for 2014, 2015 and 2016 before June 1, and the two people said that announcement will also come Friday. The EPA abandoned its proposal for quotas last year, after ethanol makers bristled at the attempt to cut quotas based on the argument that more than 10 percent ethanol couldn’t be absorbed by the domestic market.

Separately, production of cellulosic ethanol -- a fuel made from wood, grass and other plant material -- is far below the 3 billion gallons set in the legislation for this year. Taken together EPA will have to propose some cuts, analysts say.

“The statutory volume targets of the RFS are now totally implausible, so something has to give,” Jeremy Martin, a senior scientist the Union of Concerned Scientists, wrote in a report released Thursday. “Whatever they do will likely be challenged in court, so the final answer to these questions may take some time to shake out.”

 

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NVIDIA and King’s College London Announce MONAI Open Source AI Framework for Healthcare Research

It’s never been more important to put powerful AI tools in the hands of the world’s leading medical researchers. That’s why we’re introducing MONAI, our latest initiative with King’s College London. This open-source AI framework for healthcare builds on the best practices from existing tools, including NVIDIA Clara, NiftyNet, DLTK and DeepNeuro. MONAI is user-friendly, Read article >

The post NVIDIA and King’s College London Announce MONAI Open Source AI Framework for Healthcare Research appeared first on The Official NVIDIA Blog.




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NVIDIA Announces GTC 2020 Keynote with CEO Jensen Huang Set for May 14

Get Amped for Latest Platform Breakthroughs in AI, Deep Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics and Professional Graphics




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EWC 50 Spotlight: East-West Center Launches 50th Anniversary Celebrations at Dinner Honoring the Founders

EWC 50 Spotlight: East-West Center Launches 50th Anniversary Celebrations at Dinner Honoring the Founders

At the dinner honoring EWC founding leaders and launching the Center’s 50th Anniversary, Maya Soetoro-Ng, sister to President Obama and daughter of EWC alumni Ann Dunham and Lolo Soetoro, speaks about the Center’s importance to her family.




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Asia Pacific Recovery Policies Explored at Economic Council Meeting

Asia Pacific Recovery Policies Explored at Economic Council Meeting
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 14) – The Asia Pacific region is starting to see the effects of various stimulus packages, but a long road still lies ahead before the global economy recovers, experts said at the annual General Meeting of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, hosted this week by the East-West Center in Washington. A survey of more than 400 regional opinion leaders released during the two-day PECC conference also revealed that, while a substantial number of respondents expected much weaker economic growth in the next year, the degree of pessimism has declined compared to a previous survey conducted in October 2008.




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Videoconference with NY High School on APEC Issues Helps Launch Online Exchange Project

HONOLULU (Nov. 4, 2011) -- EWC President Charles E. Morrison participated today in a videoconference with about 80 students and teachers at Scarsdale High School in New York, focusing on issues related to the APEC Leaders Meetings in Honolulu next week. Also participating in the discussion was Robert Koepcke, Deputy Director of the U.S. State Department's Bureau for East Asia and Pacific Affairs.

Video of the discussion will be posted soon as part of the launch of a new online school exchange program called "Open Channels," which will connect more than 60 schools in the U.S., Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and elsewhere.





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Lawbite: Money, money, money…injunctions and rights to light

Beaumont Business Centres Limited v Florala Properties Limited [2018] EWHC 2112 (Ch) The High Court was not persuaded that Beaumont, the Claimant, should be precluded from continuing with its claim for an injunction to restrict works which threatene...




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Special feature - Islamic finance in the credit crunch

In the current climate, whilst many are soul searching about how the financial sector was allowed to get into trouble, Islamic mortgage providers are quietly getting on with their business. The turmoil has had an impact for them but not as devastati...




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Streets Ahead on Devolution? – Consultation Launched on Greater Manchester’s Spatial Framework

Manchester is the City Region that has most enthusiastically embraced the devolution agenda – unsurprisingly, perhaps, given its long standing commitment to the cause of devolved powers and city region autonomy. In addition to embracing the Me...




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Housing for Older and Disabled People – Guides councils in preparing planning policies on housing for older and disabled people

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published new guidance on 26 June 2019 in relation to housing for older and disabled people.  The guidance forms part of National Planning Practice Guidance and will be a material consid...




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Chinese Educators Arrive for Launch of Six-Month Residency in U.S. Schools

Chinese Educators Arrive for Launch of Six-Month Residency in U.S. Schools
HONOLULU (Dec. 1, 2010) – Fifteen elementary and secondary school teachers from China have arrived at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, for the inauguration of a new educational exchange in which the teachers will spend six months living, learning, and working with their counterparts at host schools in six U.S. states. EWC is offering the China-U.S. Educational Exchange Residency Program in cooperation with the Chinese Ministry of Education.




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East-West Center Announces New China-U.S. Journalists Exchange Program

East-West Center Announces New China-U.S. Journalists Exchange Program

Travel and dialogue program is designed to deepen public understanding of the two countries and their relationship

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East-West Center Announces 2010 Media Conference in Hong Kong

East-West Center Announces 2010 Media Conference in Hong Kong
REPORTING NEW REALITIES IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Hong Kong
April 25-28, 2010
EastWestCenter.org/mediaconference

An East-West Center 50th Anniversary Event

As part of the East-West Center's 50th anniversary events, the Center's Asia Pacific Center for Journalists and local co-sponsor the University of Hong Kong Journalism and Media Studies Centre have announced plans for the EWC’s the  at the East-West Center's second biennial international media conference .




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EWC Senior Fellow Fereidun Fesharaki Appointed to National Petroleum Council

EWC Senior Fellow Fereidun Fesharaki Appointed to National Petroleum Council
HONOLULU (Dec. 23) – East-West Center Senior Fellow Fereidun Fesharaki has been appointed by U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman to serve on the National Petroleum Council (NPC). The Council is a self-funded advisory body to the Secretary of Energy whose members represent all sectors of the oil and natural gas industries and related interests.  




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U.S.-Australia Relations Amid Political Change is Topic of East-West Center Luncheon

U.S.-Australia Relations Amid Political Change is Topic of East-West Center Luncheon
HONOLULU (Sept. 19) – Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Kim Beazley will speak on “Political Change and Alliance Continuity in U.S.-Australia Relations” at an Australian American Leadership Dialogue luncheon address on Wed., Sept. 24., at the East-West Center’s Hawai‘i Imin International Conference Center (Jefferson Hall, 1777 East-West Road).

Ten months ago, the Australian Labor Party under Kevin Rudd defeated the decade-long conservative coalition government of John Howard.  This November, the U.S. election will bring in a new American president.  These political transitions bring a new era to U.S.-Australian relations.




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Eminent Journalists to Speak on Post-Olympics China at East-West Center Luncheon

Eminent Journalists to Speak on Post-Olympics China at East-West Center Luncheon
HONOLULU (Aug. 29) – Four leading China-based journalists will speak on the impact and aftermath of the Olympics on China at an East-West Center luncheon on Friday, Sept. 5., at the Center’s Hawai‘i Imin International Conference Center (Jefferson Hall, 1777 East-West Road).
Speaking at the event will be:




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EWC Hosts Honolulu Launch of UN Report on Legal Empowerment of the Poor

EWC Hosts Honolulu Launch of UN Report on Legal Empowerment of the Poor
HONOLULU (July 17) – The East-West Center provided the venue this week for the Honolulu launch of “ Making the Law Work for Everyone ,” a new report on legal empowerment of the world’s poor by an independent commission supported by the United Nations.




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East-West Center President Re-Elected Chairman of Pacific Economic Cooperation Council

East-West Center President Re-Elected Chairman of Pacific Economic Cooperation Council

Charles E. Morrison

HONOLULU (Aug. 18) – East-West Center President Charles E. Morrison was unanimously elected to a second term as chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) at a PECC Standing Committee meeting in Bangkok on July 26. He is the first chair to have served a three-year term and the first American to chair PECC since 1993.   PECC also named Mr. Jusuf Wanandi of Indonesia as the Asia co-chair, beginning in 2009.  Mr. Wanandi has served on the EWC’s Board of Governors and has chaired its International Advisory Panel.




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East-West Center Announces Journalism Travel-Study Fellowships on U.S. Election, Beijing Olympics Aftermath

East-West Center Announces Journalism Travel-Study Fellowships on U.S. Election, Beijing Olympics Aftermath
Contacts:

Jefferson Fellowships:
Ann Hartman, Jefferson Fellowships Coordinator
Tel: (808) 944-7600
Email: jefferson@eastwestcenter.org

Hong Kong Fellowships:
Marilyn Li, Seminars Specialist
Tel: (808) 944-7258
Email: seminars@eastwestcenter.org




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EWC Board Member Appointed to Lead Korean Presidential Transition Competitiveness Council

EWC Board Member Appointed to Lead Korean Presidential Transition Competitiveness Council
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 

Media Contact:
Derek Ferrar
Media Relations Specialist
East-West Center
Phone: (808) 944-7204
Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org




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Changing India-U.S. Relations Discussed at EWC Luncheon

Changing India-U.S. Relations Discussed at EWC Luncheon
HONOLULU (September 5) – India’s consul general in San Francisco, (Ambassador) B.S. Prakash will address the changing profile of India and the impact on its relationship with the United States at a luncheon gathering at the East-West Center Monday, September 10.

The luncheon will begin at noon with registration commencing at 11:30 a.m. The venue is the Garden Level of the East-West Center’s Imin International Conference Center (1777 East-West Road). The luncheon is open to the public at a cost of $22 per person. RSVP deadline is Thursday, September 6. Limited parking is available on the lawn between Lincoln Hall and the Imin Center for a cost of $3.

The luncheon forum is sponsored by the East-West Center, Pacific and Asian Affairs Council, Friends of the East-West Center, and the University of Hawai‘i Center for South Asian Studies.




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Geopolitics, Economics, and 'Soft Power' Topics at EWC Luncheon

Geopolitics, Economics, and ‘Soft Power’ Topics at EWC Luncheon
HONOLULU (July 20) – The East-West Center’s 8th Senior Policy Seminar Luncheon, Critical Issues for U.S. Policy in the Asia Pacific Region, will be held Wednesday, August 8. The luncheon is being cosponsored by the EWC, the Pacific & Asian Affairs Council (PAAC), and the Friends of the East-West Center (FEWC).

The featured panelists, all with extensive foreign policy experience, are Amb. Han Sung-Joo, president of Korea University and the Seoul Forum for International Affairs; Amb. Wu Jianmin, president of the China Foreign Affairs University; Dr. Lawrence J. Lau, president of the Chinese University of Hong Kong; and Amb. Stephen W. Bosworth, dean of the Fletcher School, Tufts University.




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Muslim, U.S. Journalists to Speak at EWC Luncheon

Muslim, U.S. Journalists to Speak at EWC Luncheon
HONOLULU (May 14) – Participants in the East-West Center’s  Senior Journalists Seminar representing the United States and Asian countries with substantial Muslim populations will speak at noon on Friday, May 25, at the EWC’s Hawaii Imin International Conference Center (Jefferson Hall, 1777 East-West Road). Cost for the luncheon is $20 for co-sponsor members and $22 for the general public.

The seminar program affords senior U.S. and Asian journalists the opportunity to engage their peers on issues that have hurt relations between these Asian countries and the U.S., especially since 9 / 11. The Asian Muslim journalists travel to the U.S. mainland for a slice of American life, while their U.S. counterparts travel to Asia.




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East-West Center Launches Cooperative India-Pakistan Research Project

Funded by the U.S. State Dept., cross-border project
focuses on ‘peri-urban’ development issues

HONOLULU (Feb. 3, 2012) – East-West Center environmental researchers have launched a new cooperative project with specialists in India and Pakistan to collaborate on studying development issues in critical ‘peri-urban’ areas that lie between cities and the countryside.

 This project “offers a rare opportunity for Indian and Pakistani researchers to work together on a shared exploration of the challenges and impacts of an issue that deeply affects both nations,” said EWC research fellow Sumeet Saksena, the project’s principal investigator.




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East-West Center Launches Revamped Asia Matters for America Website

HONOLULU (Nov. 13, 2012) -- The East-West Center has launched a new, updated website for its interactive Asia Matters for America initiative, which provides an online hub for viewers to explore user-friendly graphical data on the importance of Asia to specific U.S. areas, and vice versa.

The revamped AsiaMattersforAmerica.org site now consolidates the broad-based original Asia Matters project with several regional modules focusing more specifically on U.S. interactions with ASEAN, Australia, Japan and Korea. Modules focusing on China, India, and Taiwan are under development, with preliminary information included on this expanded website.




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EWC and US-ASEAN Business Council Launch 'ASEAN Matters for America" Online Tool and Publication

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 10, 2014) – At an event on Capitol Hill yesterday, the US-ASEAN Business Council and the East West Center launched a new “ASEAN Matters for America” publication and online tool that outlines the essential role ASEAN plays in American economic prosperity. Senate East Asia and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Ben Cardin and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce spoke at the launch event, which also included a discussion panel with leaders from the Southeast Asia business, media, analysis and diplomatic communities.




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East-West Center Announces 2014 Japan Studies Fellows

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) May 23 -The East-West Center has announced the appointment of three 2014 Japan Studies Fellows at the East-West Center in Washington. The fellowship provides residence of three or six months to scholars and analysts who wish to undertake policy-relevant research and writing on key issues of relevance to the U.S.-Japan partnership, including in the diplomatic, politico-security, economic, social and international fields.

Mary McCarthy is currently an Associate Professor at Drake University. She will conduct research on “Identity Through Historical Memory: The ‘Comfort Women’ Issue in U.S.-Japan Relations.”




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East-West Center Announces 2014 Asia Studies Fellows

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 9, 2014) -- The East-West Center has announced the appointment of four 2014 Asia Studies Fellows at the East-West Center in Washington. The fellowship provides residence of three or six months at the East-West Center in Washington to scholars and analysts who wish to undertake policy-relevant research and writing on key issues of relevance  to the U.S.-Asia relationship, including in the diplomatic, politico-security, economic, social and international fields. 

Mendee Jargalsaikhan is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of British Columbia. He will conduct research on “The U.S.-Mongolia's Comprehensive Partnership: How to Maintain Momentum.”




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East-West Center Announces Scholarship Partnership with Okinawa Prefecture

NAHA, OKINAWA  (Sept. 20, 2014) – At the East-West Center’s 2014 international alumni conference that concluded yesterday  in Naha, Okinawa, Center officials announced a new partnership with the Okinawa Prefecture Government that will continue an established scholarship program that allows several Okinawan students each year to pursue graduate degree or leadership program study at EWC and the University of Hawai‘i.

From left: Hidemasu Goya, Robert Nakasone, EWC Adjunct Project Specialist, and Sayaka Sakuma

 




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East-West Center Announces 2015 Jefferson Fellows

International group of 15 accomplished journalists will travel together to China,
the Philippines, Singapore and Hawai‘i to study South China Sea conflicts

HONOLULU - (March 19, 2015) -- The East-West Center has announced the selection of 15 accomplished international journalists for its 2015 Jefferson Fellowships travel-study seminar. The journalists from 12 countries and territories will travel together in May to China, the Philippines, Singapore and Hawai‘i to study territorial conflicts, resource issues, environmental concerns and more in the South China Sea. Participants represent a range of top news organizations including the Associated Press, Washington Post, PBS NewsHour, Times of India, Straits Times, Kyodo News and others.