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...that Ahmadinejad was not very interested in hearing anything but the sound of his own voice,” Carter said. “He gave responses that to me seemed practiced and non-convincing, and in the case of the Holocaust, particularly disturbing.” While Ahmadinejad spoke to the council for the bulk of the meeting, at one point Carter broke in. “I had to interrupt him to say that the issue was not Iran’s right to have nuclear weapons, but human rights,” Carter said. However, Ahmadinejad...
...there are signs that the French are placing an ever greater value on family life. Research done by French sociologist Christine Castelain Meunier has shown that fathers in the 30 to 40-year-old age range are less likely to be remote, disciplinarian figures than their predecessors: "These men spoke to the fetus, were present at the birth; they refuse to accept the idea of their children growing up without them." Professor Chaumier has noted an increasing emphasis on home life. He says "People withdraw into their family as the last bastion capable of giving meaning to their lives because...
India’s Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee spoke before a large crowd about his country’s role in the global economy, its nuclear weapons, and its conflicted relationship with Pakistan last night at the Institute of Politics...
Mukherjee—who has served in Indian politics since the late 1960s—spoke bluntly about his feeling that Pakistan, India’s neighbor, has not done enough to stop terrorism in the region...
...women—all activists of peace and community development in their country—gathered at the Malkin Penthouse of the Kennedy School of Government yesterday to describe the conditions, particularly of education, for women and children in their country. The women, without the aid of an interpreter, spoke about their backgrounds and their roles in promoting women’s rights, with heavy moderation from Swanee Hunt, who runs the Kennedy School’s Women and Public Policy Program. The speakers—Veronica Louis Renzi Tambura, Kamilia Ibrahim Kuku Kura, Buthiana Abbas Kambal Hassan, and Safaa...