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Jihan Huq's picture
By Jihan Huq at 12:08PM

US Dismisses Treaty To End Korean War

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I am a little surprised that Obama's administration would reject this treaty. This inane conflict was initiated in 1950, but apparently the deaths of thousands of soldeirs and millions of civilians are still not enough to cease this unnessecary conflict.  Isn't more than half a century enough of a long, sensless conflict for Washington?

Us officials have said that "they will not pay North Korea to come back to the six party talks." North Korea abandoned talks in early 2009 after the United States has been critical of its sucessful nuclear weapons test -- a test which was legal under international treaty law.

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By Caleb Kinley at 8:17AM

The Narciccistic Sovereignty Crowd Clarification

In my recent article titled "The Narciccistic Sovereignty Crowd", I inadvertantly failed to let the reader know that I do not agree with nation's, such as Sudan, forcing children to become soldiers. I have witnessed this first hand in several third world countries. The children were armed, and firing their weapons at human targets. The UN Rights of the Child would make it illegal for countries to do such terrible things; recruiting or forcing children into their military. However, would the countries violating this 'childs right' obey a treaty from the UN?
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