Archive for July, 2010
National Peace Conference in Albany, NY (July 23-25)
Link to an article about the conference. Website of the conference: http://www.nationalpeaceconference.org
Sentence of Stoning Delayed ‘for the time being’ in Response to International Protest
The ‘Washington Post’ account is here. (Excerpt) “The world outcry over the death sentence has become the latest issue in Iran’s fraught relationship with the international community.”
The Repression of the Uighur People in China
A Washington Post Op-Ed addresses the destruction of the Uighur society in western China. An excerpt follows: U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called the plan to demolish 22 Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem “provocative” and “contrary to international law.” But the wholesale destruction of Old Kashgar and the entire Uighur culture merits not a […]
NY Times Obituary for Elise Boulding
The NY Times Obituary is here.