Agencies STAGING A WALKOUT: European Union delegates leave the Durban Review Conference during the speech of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the United Nations in Geneva. (EPA) 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 yesterday from a speech disrupted by jeeringprotesters in rainbow wigs tossing red clown noses at the hard-line leader. A UN racism...
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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.
Durban II Conference: Ahmadinejad Anti-Israel Tirade Spurs Western Walk-Out (VIDEO)(UPDATED)
The United Nations Durban II anti-racism conference in Geneva this week hit snags early on due to an anti-Israel tirade by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the subsequent walk-out of Western envoys in protest, Haaretz reports.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves next to Ali Reza, head of Iran's mission to the United Nations, after a bilateral meeting with Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations on the sideline of the Durban Review Conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, April 20, 2009. The Conference will evaluate progress towards the goals set by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.
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By CAROL E. LEE | 4/20/09 4:03 AM EDT Photo: AP PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — President Barack Obama left Latin America Sunday with a handful of ...
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Trading their warmest words in a half-century, the United States and Cuba built momentum toward renewed ties on Friday, with President Barack Obama declaring he "seeks a new beginning" _ including direct talks _ with the island's communist regime. As leaders of the Americas gathered for a summit in this Caribbean nation, the head of the Organization of American States even said he'll ask his group to invite Cuba back after 47 years."The United States seeks a new beginning with Cuba," he said at the Summit of the Americas opening ceremony. "I know there is a longer journey that must be traveled to overcome decades of mistrust, but there are critical steps we can take toward a new day."
After a series of overtures by U.S. President Barack Obama, Castro said Thursday ... onTrinidad for the Summit of the Americas — an OAS-sponsored gathering ..
Addressing the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad, President Barack Obama said Friday the United States "seeks a new beginning" with Cuba. "There are critical steps we can take toward a new day," he said. Obama said his administration would be willing to hold direct talks with the island nation's communist regime.
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