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The World in CanadaPUBLISHERNeil ReynoldsASSOCIATE PUBLISHERDonna JacobsEDITORJennifer CampbellART DIRECTORPaul CavanaughADVERTISING ADVISORCu Van Hacu@prestoncatalogue.com1-613-262-4908 or 1-416-600-4908COPY EDITORRoger BirdBOOKS EDITORGeorge FetherlingCONTRIBUTING EDITORSDaniel DroletGeorge AbrahamCULTURE EDITORMargo RostonCONTRIBUTING WRITERSMargaret DickensonBetty Nygaard KingJim ParkerMatt RenshawJessie ReynoldsPieter Van Den WegheKarel ZebrakovskyCONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERSUlle BaumBill BlackstoneLarry DickensonDimas FirmantoroSarah OnyangoFrank SchemeDyanne WilsonBen WellandBusiness ManagementJessie ReynoldsWEBMASTERLeslee McCabeDIPLOPORTAL WEB PARTNERSwww.diploportal.comAlastair SweenyRichard Evers(Northern Blue Publishing)PUBLISHER EMERITUSLezlee CribbADVERTISING INQUIRIESContact Neil Reynolds or Donna Jacobsreynolds.diplomat@sympatico.cajacobs.diplomat@sympatico.caSUBSCRIPTIONSDiplomat & International Canada is published four times ayear. Subscription rates: individual, one year $35.70. ForCanadian orders add 5 per cent GST. U.S. orders pleaseadd $15 for postage. All other orders please add $25.SUBMISSIONSDiplomat & International Canada welcomes submissions.Contact Jennifer Campbell, editor,at editor@diplomatonline.com or (613) 231-8476.DIPLOMAT & INTERNATIONALCANADAP.O Box 1173, Station BOttawa, Ontario Canada K1P 5R2Phone: (613) 259-3038Fax: (613) 259-5481E-mail: info@diplomatonline.comwww.diplomatonline.comPublished bySparrow HouseEnterprises Inc.Volume 20, Number 2Table ofCONTENTSDIPLOMATICA|Verbatim: Obama and Blair – on faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Good Deeds: Piano laureates in residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Diplomatic Agenda: The Canada-EU trade agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Questions Asked: Diplomat Arthur Menzies, 92, looks back . . . . . . . 13DISPATCHES|Inside SudanA Canadian finds joy and despair in Africa’s largest country . . . . . . 16DELIGHTS|Books: On Bhutan, Tibet and giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Canadiana: Gershwin's debt to Eva Gauthier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Wine: How to skip texting for wine advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Entertaining: Make Mother’s Day memorable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Residences: The historic Swedish abode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Envoy’s album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Dignitaries|New arrivals in the diplomatic corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41DESTINATIONS|Maine: A great summer destination around the corner . . . . . . . . . . . . 56ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material.No part of this magazine may be reproduced in any form without written permission from thepublisher. The views expressed in the articles are those of the authors. © 2007 ISSN 1190-8343Publication Mail # 40957514. Return undeliverable Canadian copies to: Diplomat Magazine,P.O. Box 1173, Station B, Ottawa, ON K1P 5R2