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Wed, Dec 10 2008
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was signed on 10 Dec 1948 at Palais de Chaillot in Paris. The landmark 60th anniversary falls in a period of increased human rights activism. The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), which is pushing for legally-binding measures to fight "Islamophobia,"could use the anniversary to promote this goal. The anniversary also promises to be a focus for indigenous groups wanting teeth in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.
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Wed, Dec 10 2008
Martti Ahtisaari, the former President of Finland, will receive the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony in Oslo, presided over by King Harald V of Norway, on Dec 10. On the same day in Stockholm, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden will present the Nobel prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Economics. Actress Scarlett Johansson and actor Sir Michael Caine will co-host the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo on Dec 11.
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Wed, Dec 10 2008
When the International Olympic Committee Executive Board meets in Lausanne, the United States and some European Union countries could be demanding that the IOC punish Russia by moving the 2014 Winter Games away from Sochi. If the punishment issue comes up, history would be repeating itself. The United States called for the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics to be moved after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. When the IOC refused, the United States led a boycott against the Moscow Games.
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