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FrontLines

May 2009

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Welcome to FrontLines, the news publication of the U.S. Agency for International Development. FrontLines features articles about USAID; international development and humanitarian assistance efforts around the world; and the people who are dedicated to these efforts. It is produced monthly and distributed electronically and in print to over 32,000 subscribers. If you’d like to subscribe to the print version of FrontLines, please send your request to frontlines@usaid.gov or fill out the subscription form . To subscribe to the electronic version, please use the “Subscribe” box to the right of this page.

Contents

Front Page

• Obama Boosts Aid, Troops for Afghanistan, Pakistan
• Additional $4.8B Sought for Foreign Assistance in 2009
• Obama Seeks $100B More for IMF

Inside Development/Dialogue

• What They Are Saying: Colin Powell
• Lebanon Cleans Up Oil Spill Along Coast
• Insights From Acting Administrator Alonzo Fulgham

Global Developments

• Briefs
• Nepal Radio Program Lets People Tell of Core Beliefs and Motivation
• Decentralization in Indonesia Shifts Power to Local Leaders
• 20 Foreign Aid Reports Agree on Need to Boost Civilian Force

The Regions

• Timorese Register Land Claims for First Time
• Iraqis Reopen Vocational School in Baghdad
• Peruvian Women Work to End Violence in Coca-Growing Regions
• Anemia, Malaria Rates Drop in Malawi Children
• Moldovans Double Cabbage Yield with New Technology

Focus On Albania

• Albanian Woman Is First Trafficking Victim Admitted as U.S. Refugee
• Report Says Trafficking Victims Come From Mainstream Society
• First Person Report: What Happens to Trafficking Victims Without a Safe Reintegration Plan?

Where In The World...

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets students during her visit to Rosa Duarte Public Elementary School in the Dominican Republic April 17. toured the USAID-supported school and announced that the United States will provide $12.5 million over the next five years for a new Effective School program to include reading, writing, math, and school administration.

• Hometown Diplomats: Hometown Idols
• Personnel: February 15, 2009 – March 14, 2009
• In Memoriam
• Kimm Honored for Housing Work at USAID
• FrontLines Seeks Cartoonist
• Interview with Paul Collier

In-House News

• In Iraq, Kevin Rushing Builds Bridges to Revive Battered City
• Leahy: U.S. Aid to War Victims Is Moral, Beyond Politics
• In-House Briefs
• Sighted at USAID

Spotlight

• U.S. Support Focuses on Afghan Agriculture to Stop Opium and Taliban

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ASIA – Jan Cartwright; CFBCI – Lauren Seely; DCHA – Rebecca Gustafson;
EGAT – Jane Stanley; E&E – Jen Citrolo; EOP – Gloria Blackwell; GC – Harmony Wade ;
GDA – Lorin Kavanaugh-Ulku; GH – Jessica DiRocco, Sandra Jordan, Roslyn Matthews, Chris Thomas;
IG – Debra Scott; LAC – Maxine Hillary; LPA – Barbara Bennett;
M – Jahmal Sands; ME – Hope Bryer, Lori Severens; OTI – Sven Lindholm;
SEC – Dwayne Moore, Lorraine Meehan

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