Mina Fabulous

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Mina Fabulous follows the news, especially what is going on in the US State Department. Mina turns State Department waffle into plain English. Mina Fabulous is the pen name of Carmen Avalino, the NewsBlaze production editor. When she isn't preparing stories for NewsBlaze writers, she writes stories, but to separate her editing and writing identities, she uses the name given by her family and friends.

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Polish-Jewish Dialogue Enters a Truly Mature Stage

She noted that the Obama administration is attempting through traditional diplomacy, public messaging and grassroots programs all over the world - to confront and combat hatred in all its ugly forms, whether it is hatred directed against people

US Continues to Be Largest Bilateral Donor to UNRWA

She noted that the U.S. contributed a total of $249 million to UNRWA programs, including $145 million to the General Fund to support core programs in education, health, and social services, $75 million for UNRWA's Emergency Appeal for the West Bank

Obama Directs All Agencies to Protect and Promote Human Rights of LGBTs

She cited that the U.S. government has joined the LGBT Core Groups in Geneva and New York. The U.S. government won NGO consultative status for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.

‘Old Fashioned’ Anti-Semitism Alive and Well in South America

She reported that in a recent survey undertaken by the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina, over 50% of the respondents acknowledged that there is discrimination against Jews. In Venezuela, government-affiliated media carry anti-Semitic expressi

‘Bioweapons’ Transnational Threat in The 21st Century

She noted that President Obama has made it a top goal of his Administration to halt the spread of weapons of mass destruction, because it views the risk of a bioweapons attack as both a serious national security challenge and a foreign policy priori

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