Open World Alumni Aim to Boost Civil Society, THE MOSCOW TIMES

From: The Moscow Times (Russia) | Date: December 15, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Anna Smolchenko
The Moscow Times (Russia)
12-15-2004
URL: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/
James Collins, former U.S. ambassador to Russia and an Open World
trustee, speaking at the conference in Golitsyno last Friday.
GOLITSYNO, Moscow Region -- Lyudmila Ten said her in-your-face
question left Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley momentarily stumped for an
answer.
"What gives you the moral right to run for another term?" she had
asked O'Malley, who was seeking re-election on the same day as U.S. President
George W. Bush.
O'Malley had to give Ten, an NGO leader from Irkutsk on a civil
society exchange in ...

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