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| | | | Working With the Elected Government of the Iraqi People Department Spokesman Sean McCormack (Aug. 13): "It's important that they all come together. It's important that they all come together to work on the problems that the Iraqi people sent them to Baghdad to try to resolve and to try to bring some greater strategic stability to that country." Full Text
| | | | U.S.-Chile Equal Opportunity Scholarship Program Secretary Rice (Aug. 8): "Education is the single greatest force for equality and social justice in the world. So last year, when my friend, Foreign Minister Foxley, proposed an idea for a new education partnership between our countries, I was really eager to listen. The idea was simple: give some talented and deserving Chilean students who lack English language skills the opportunity to study in U.S. universities." Full Text
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Sri Lanka
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) is an island in the Indian Ocean about 18 miles off the southeastern coast of India with a population of about 19 million. Density is highest in the southwest where Colombo, the country's main port and industrial center, is located. More...
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