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Samantha Power will take over at as ambassador to the United Nations following Susan Rice’s promotion to national security adviser. Here are Power’s five most embarrassing comments. 1. Power called for global apology tour Power wrote that U.S. foreign policy “needs not tweaking but overhauling,” in a 2003 New Republic article. Power recommended that United States officials should apologize to the world for its past failures in order to enhance credibility with foreign countries. “A country has to look back before it can move forward,” Power wrote. “Instituting a doctrine of the mea culpa would enhance our credibility

Prophecy was Given for Fools By Ari Bussel Prophecy, it is said, was given to fools. Allow me then to amuse myself looking at the coming weeks. The usage of the phrase “9/11” refers in our collective minds to the September 11th, 2001, attacks on the United States. The Twin Towers reduced to shambles in an avalanche of dust particles, a section of an outer ring of the Pentagon on fire and Flight 93 disintegrated into fragments, the memory of American heroes. Recently, I referred to September, 2011, as 9/11 of the Jewish People. Two events, scheduled to coincide back-to-back...

President Thabo Mbeki will openthe UN conference in Cape Town South Africa will host a two-day UN conference in support of Palestinian rights beginning on Tuesday, hoping that it will help advance the idea of a negotiated Middle East peace. "We hope this conference will put the message across that no military solution is possible and that the only way forward is through a negotiated settlement," said Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad on Monday. "We want this conference to help people understand what is going on in Palestine," he said. South Africa is a strong supporter of Palestinian rights and...

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, due to wrap up its 59th session this week in Geneva, produced no surprises for Israel, only hostility and the annual condemnatory resolutions, a senior Israeli diplomat said on Tuesday. The annual six-week session, which began on March 17 and is due to end on April 25, was overshadowed this year by the war in Iraq, which began just two days after the session convened. Syria proposed that a special session be held to discuss "U.S. war crimes" in Iraq, but the Arab and Muslim bloc, which usually receives majority support in the...