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...regime’s human rights record and advocate for dialogue with the Dalai Lama. On Tuesday afternoon, the French foreign minister and human rights advocate Bernard Kouchner said that Reporters Without Borders’ idea of boycotting the Olympics opening ceremony should be considered at the next European Union foreign ministers gathering, scheduled for March 28th. Considering the overwhelming power of the Chinese in both economic and military terms, international pressure in the context of the Olympics remains the Tibetans’ best hope, and all Western democracies should jump on this opportunity...
...matter how powerful a regime is, no matter how much radio silence there is around its human rights violations, media exposure and international pressure in this age of globalization works. Just as Hungarians reclaimed their history when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1989 by reburying the tragic heroes of 1956, the Chinese “liberation” of Tibet will one day be re-written: Autonomy will begin to break the silence...
...This is a really complex issue,” he said. “I feel that the court did not take into account the motives of affirmative action. It’s a limitation on progress.” Several nationally prominent groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, brought forth the lawsuit. U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson dismissed the suit, thus temporarily delaying the fight over the constitutionality of the ban. By Any Means Necessary, another group that opposed the 2006 decision, announced yesterday that they would...
Perhaps it is fitting that the 25th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" speech falls on Easter Sunday. After all, many had believed Reagan's grand plan for a system that would render Moscow's nuclear-tipped missiles "impotent and obsolete" died along with the Soviet Union. But "Star Wars" has been resurrected, and has been standing guard over America's skies since 2004. But the more than $120 billion spent over 25 years to build the "Star Wars" missile shield has not left the U.S. less vulnerable to attack - some would argue that it has done exactly...