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5 Ways to Celebrate the United Nations International Day of Peace

(Sept. 21) -- Happy International Peace Day! Today marks the ninth annual United Nations International Day of Peace since the holiday was passed by the U.N. General Assembly with the goal "that the Day be observed as a day of global cease-fire and nonviolence, an invitation to all nations and people to honor a cessation...

Ahmadinejad: Muslims 'Are Not Against Americans'

(Sept. 16) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says burning Qurans is "ugly behavior," but it doesn't make Muslims hate all Americans. Despite controversies in the U.S. over a proposed mosque near New York's ground zero and a Florida pastor who wanted to burn copies of the Quran, Ahmadinejad said in a TV interview...

Queen Elizabeth Visits UN, Ground Zero in NYC Tour

UNITED NATIONS (July 6) -- In her first address to the U.N. General Assembly in more than half a century, England's Queen Elizabeth II urged the world body to provide leadership on global challenges like climate change, poverty and terrorism, stressing that "so much remains to be done." At the same time, in her...

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While a diverse Iranian delegation is present in New York, the Obama administration should seize the opportunity to raise its human rights concerns with their Iranian counterparts -- directly, diplomatically and with the same conviction as it has addressed the nuclear file.