EVENT: AIU Lecture Symposium 2009

For those of you in Japan on December 3, 2009, my International Institutions and Law class will be hosting a lecture and discussion regarding Human Rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Lecture Symposium will run for an hour and a half, and will be an excellent opportunity to learn about a conflict situation that has continued to plague the middle east for over fifty years. We will be joined by Saul Takahashi, Deputy Head of Office of the United Nations Office of t...

Antonio’s Biscuit [World Food Program]

And you think you never read any positive news. I guess it just depends on where you look. Following the typhoons that recently swept through the Philippines, the World Food Program has distributed over 230 tons of energy biscuits to relieve the immediate food shortages that plagued many areas of the country. The boy in the picture to the left is Antonio, a 6-year old child at the initial drop-off. The biscuits may not taste good, but they're packed with vitamins and minerals desperate...