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Some six thousand miles separate the cities of Gainesville, Florida, and Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq, but the two are ready to reignite a long-distance friendship.
The two cities are participants in a program called Sister Cities International and on Monday morning signed a renewed sister city agreement.
Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe and Ali Tatar, the governor of Duhok, signed an agreement that establishes mutual friendship and collaboration between the public and private sectors in both cities.
Gainesville and Duhok have been linked since 2006, when previous mayors Pegeen Hanrahan and Tamar Fattah established the sister city partnership.
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DALLAS, TEXAS, Jan. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Women s Foodservice Forum (WFF), the leading community for female professionals and the premier gender equity partner for Food Industry employers, will host its 2021 Leadership Conference March 21-24 at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center. This is the first time the Leadership Conference will be a hybrid event, offering both in-person and virtual attendance options, enabling expanded participation to the women employees of global companies and allowing participants to choose the option that works best for them.
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