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Iran's leader sparks Western walkout at UN meeting
Associated Press GENEVA – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the West of using the Holocaust as a "pretext" for aggression against Palestinians, prompting European diplomats to walk out Monday from a speech disrupted by jeering protesters in rainbow wigs tossing red clown noses at the hardline leader. A U.N. racism conference on the eve of Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day disintegrated into chaos moments after Ahmadinejad became the first government official to take the floor.UN expert: US failing to properly probe war crimes
By FRANK JORDANS – 16 hours ago GENEVA (AP) — An independent U.N. human rights investigator said Thursday that the United States is failing to properly investigate alleged war crimes committed by its soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. Although some cases are investigated and lead to prosecutions, others aren't or result in lenient sentences, said Philip Alston, the U.N.UN Torture Official Calls for Prosecution of Bush & Rumsfeld
www.thinkprogress.org 01/21/2009 ((If Obama and the Senate aren't careful, the matter could be taken out of U.S. hands)) U.N. special rapporteur on torture calls on U.S.Comme Un Garcon 3!!
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UN Budgets and Follow the Money
UN Budgets and Follow the Money Kenneth Anderson • November 8, 2009 9:01 pm The New York Times reports on budget season at the UN and various battles hotting up. It’s a good piece by Neil MacFarquhar, dated November 7, 2009. As the article says, that fact that it costs the United Nations an average of $2,473 per page to create every single document in its six official languages, while outside contractors complete the same work for around $450, prompts diplomats to accuse the organization of running amok during a global financial crisis.George Clooney UN Messenger of Peace
Another one of the reasons I love George Clooney."Home" for the Holidays?
Most of my life I've often wondered why Thanksgiving seemed to be for many families a trigger word for family dysfuction. Why individuals couldn't just let that disagreement with another family member go for one bloody day and enjoy some good food and conversation with more pleasant family members. I have to keep reminding my self that I'm pragmatic by nature and that is apparently unusual. I found an article with some helpful tips. Holidays are meant to be happy, joyous and life-affirming times.Liberal Dems Are Elitists and Fat Cats
Sept. 20, 2009 Stein: Democrats Are Elitists and Fat Cats Says Party's Contempt for Tea Party Protesters is Un-American, and Not Helpful at Polling Booths Just who are the Democrats now? Ben Stein says they're the party of fat cat elitists who mock elderly, non-minorities with homes in the sticks.
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