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A Tibetan man protesting China’s occupation fatally set himself on fire outside the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan on Thursday evening, capturing the horrifying scene on livestreamed footage. The protester, identified by a friend as Lobga Rangzen, was dressed in full monastic garb when he planted a Tibetan flag on the sidewalk and then self-immolated along the busy street during the evening rush, according to the video. He scattered pieces of paper as he burned to death. Rangzen, who has lived in the US for about 20 years and worked as an Uber driver, crumbled to the ground less than...

The plan to upgrade the United Nations complex at Turtle Bay involves putting a 35-story building on top of what is listed as a major terrorist target: the Queens Midtown Tunnel. That raised concerns that the tunnel would become an even more appealing target for terrorists, who might bomb the tunnel to collapse it, bringing down with it the U.N. building - perhaps while it housed the offices of the secretary-general and other high-profile U.N. figures during the renovation of the Secretariat. The proposed edifice is a 900,000-square-foot "swing space" that would accommodate Secretariat offices during the renovation of the...

Cheerleaders for TerrorismBy Erick StakelbeckFrontPageMagazine.com | June 17, 2003 Two groups whom Islamic terrorists can count on for sympathy and support are radical lawyers and their counterparts in American law schools. Lynne Stewart is a hero of the National Lawyers Guild and a sought-after campus lecturer. While out on bail under indictment for colluding with a terrorist leader, she has been a sought-after speaker for law school audiences who relish her attacks on Attorney General John Ashcroft as a modern-day fascist and on her country for its imperialist and racist policies. Stewart made national headlines in April 2002 when she...