The U.S. calls for a unified condemnation of North Korea’s attack on South Korea. The stakes are high in the global fight against corruption. The online Encyclopaedia Iranica is putting Iranian history at your fingertips. Since last year, the number of partnerships between American and Russian universities has nearly doubled. And finally, learn what a group of students did to raise awareness and money for flood victims in Pakistan.
U.S. Wants A Unified Message to N. Korea
The Obama administration says China and other countries need to join the United States in sending “a clear, direct, unified message” to North Korea’s leadership that its attack upon the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong was “unwarranted, unhelpful and should cease.” The State Department Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Philip J. Crowley says the attack “was a clear premeditated action by North Korea specifically intended to inflame tensions in the region.”
A Global Effort Against Corruption
Officials attending major international gatherings have vowed to turn anti-corruption commitments into action as the stakes in the global fight against bribery, graft and embezzlement have grown greater.
Iranica: An Online Encyclopedia
Encyclopedias have been around for 2,000 years, but websites like the online Encyclopaedia Iranica are reinventing them. With Encyclopaedia Iranica, the reader can click on any of hundreds of featured entries that pop up randomly on the online version’s home page and also jump from one article to another with a click.
U.S.-Russia University Ties
Since the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission was formed by Presidents Obama and Medvedev in July, 2009, the number of partnerships between American and Russian universities has nearly doubled.
Flags for Flood Awareness
To increase awareness of conditions in Pakistan and encourage support for its 160 Pakistani alumni, Plymouth State University student leaders covered the New Hampshire campus lawn with 25,000 neon green flags, each representing 800 persons displaced by flooding. They call the display the “Flood of Flags” and it helped raise more than $3,000 for flood relief. At left, student leaders Bryan Funk (left) and Sam Wisel (right) were among the organizers.