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Global Agenda 2009-Tinderbox-Understanding The Middle East

posted by jeffers at April 7th, 2009
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This week (#4 of 7): Understanding Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan
Date & Time: April 8, 2009 – 4:30-6:00 PT (7:30pm ET)
Speaker: John Fisher Burns – London
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Delaware/56/150/26
For Questions or TP help: Firery Broome

This is a live simulcast, questions will be taken from the SL audience.

John is London Bureau Chief for The New York Times, where he covers international issues. He has written for The Times since 1975, is winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and is the longest serving western journalist covering Iraq. His assignments have included Afghanistan, Iraq, China, the USSR, Africa and Bosnia.

The series is hosted by Ralph Begleiter, Rosenberg Professor of Communication and Distinguished Journalist in Residence, and former CNN World Affairs Correspondent. 

Global Agenda speakers page:
http://www.udel.edu/global/agenda/2009/Global_Agenda_2009/Speakers.html

John’s web page: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/john_f_burns/index.html

Wikipedia Biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Burns