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...former Yugoslavia, detail systematic and widespread atrocities committed in Burma in recent years: killings, torture, rape, "epidemic levels" of forced labor, a million people homeless, the recruitment of thousands of child soldiers and the displacement or destruction of more than 3,000 villages. The report urges the U.N. Security Council to establish a Commission of Inquiry to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma, while warning of "the painful consequences of inaction." (See pictures of 19 years of protest in Burma...
...behave better. Last month U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hinted that Suu Kyi's release could encourage Washington to lift its ban on new investment in Burma. That's obviously off the table for now. Post verdict, it has been replaced by growing calls for the U.N. Security Council to approve a global embargo on arms sales to the regime and investigate its atrocities allegedly committed in its long-running war against ethnic insurgents in eastern Burma. But the Security Council can do neither without the support of permanent members China and Russia, both Burma allies...
Undergraduate Council (UC): 1. Self-important but incompetent band of campus politicos whose Sunday-night meetings provide comic relief in the pages of the Monday-morning Crimson. 2. The only readers of The Crimson’s UC coverage...
...Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) to tackle real-world energy problems, while becoming a leading expert on energy innovation. "He's brilliant, and he understands the full breadth of the energy portfolio," says Ralph Cavanagh, co-director of the energy program of the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group. "There's no precedent for that...
...Remained under house arrest in Tripoli with his wife and children until 1999 while Muammar Gaddafi stonewalls international authorities by refusing to extradite him for trial. During this period, the U.N. Security Council imposes sanctions against Libya for refusing to hand the suspects over, and al-Megrahi is added to the FBI's Most Wanted List, which places a $4 million bounty on his head...