Sri Lanka Ends 26 Year Internal ConflictSri Lankan officials rebuke UN Human Rights Investigation
Earlier this week, Sri Lankan government officials rebuked "western colonizers" for calling a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate allegations of ethnic cleansing and genocide during the 26-year conflict that ended last week with the defeat of the Tamil Tigers.…
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North Korea Conducts Nuclear Test Monday, Missile Tests Tuesday
The United Nations on Monday unanimo usly condemned the test, and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice told CNN's "American Morning," "If they want to continue to test and provoke the international community, they're going to find that they will pay a price, because the international community is very clear -- this is not acceptable, it won't be tolerated, and they won't be intimidated.…
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Challenging Iran with Moderate Views and the People's Version of Michelle Obama
With national elections coming up fast on June 12th, the state of Iran and its political structure could swing in a different direction with the rise of yet another candidate, former Prime Minister and moderate Mir Hussein Moussavi. Moussavi is credited for successfully navigating the Iranian economy during a bloody eight-year war with Iraq in the 1980s, and has even earned the support of another reformer and former president Mohammad Khatami.…
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First-Year From Abroad: Amin MayghaniInterview with the World Views Editor
Amin Meyghani is an Iranian student here at Union. He is complementing his major in computer engineering with a minor in nanotechnology and is a member of the freshman class. Amin studied for two years at Alborz high school in Tehran, Iran. Amin was the first student from his high school to get a scholarship to the United World College of Hong Kong after the Iranian Revolution.…
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