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photo: US DoS
Michael R. Pompeo meets with Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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Do as I say, not as I do: US double standards on cultural exchanges

China Daily 28 Dec 2020
The US law which encourages cultural exchanges is formally known as the Mutual Education and Cultural Exchange Act (MECEA) and was passed in the same month as a companion act creating the Peace Corps, September, 1961.
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US ends China-funded exchange programs

Asiatimes 05 Dec 2020
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Friday that these programs, conducted under a US law called the MECEA that permits American government employees to travel using foreign government funds, were “disguised as ‘cultural exchanges.'”.
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A day in the life of New York sanitation workers, who get up at 3:30 ...

Business Insider 09 Feb 2020
Joey Hadden/Business Insider. Sanitation workers have the fifth most dangerous job in America — and perhaps one of the most arduous — thanks to hazardous waste, dangerous equipment, and rats. We shadowed two sanitation workers in NYC — one of the filthiest cities in the US — early one morning to see what the job was like.
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Not Real News

Magic Valley 20 Dec 2019
FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010 file photo, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan speaks to an audience at the New York University School of Law in New York, during the "A Dialogue ... .
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

The Pantagraph 20 Dec 2019
FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010 file photo, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan speaks to an audience at the New York University School of Law in New York, during the "A Dialogue ... .
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In attempting to kill its rodent population, New York may be unintentionally creating a new ...

Business Insider 17 Dec 2019
Mark Lennihan/AP. Major cities like New York struggle with rodent infestations in parks, subways, and city streets. Rats can transmit disease, damage city infrastructure, and harass residents. New York City officials use rodenticides to control rat populations. But the rats quickly rebound ... Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories ... See Also.
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