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Talking Peace
by President Jimmy Carter, 2002 Nobel Peace Prize awardee from a speech given 2001 at the Burkle Center for International Relations.
Posted: 7/16/2002
Advisory for Wednesday-Thursday, May 29-30: Bioterrorism: From Foreign Policy to Local Preparedness
Experts to Discuss Political, Clinical and Practical Issues of "Bioterrorism in the New World Order"
Posted: 5/15/2002
Constructive Suggestions on Kashmir Conflict Emerge at UCLA Conference
Despite a ruckus between unruly hardliners, a recent conference on the conflict in Kashmir represented a general sense of cooperation and a willingness to seek consensus.
Posted: 4/26/2002
Britain's Growing Collaboration with the European Union on a Pan-Europe Defense System
Tony Blair commits Britain to join the EU in creating a 200,000 troop military that can deploy 60,000 troops on immediate notice.
Posted: 4/22/2002
Advisory for Thursday, April 25: Nobel Laureate Robert Mundell to Speak
Robert A. Mundell, recipient of the 1999 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, will speak on "Macroeconomic Stabilization Policies and Economic Development" when he delivers the 6th annual Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development.
Posted: 4/18/2002
UCLA International Hosts L.A. Preview Screening of Bringing Down A Dictator
The extraordinary story of the overthrow of the Butcher of the Balkans by an avowedly nonviolent group of student revolutionaries is captured in a one-hour documentary film premiering nationally on Sunday, March 31 on PBS.
Posted: 3/28/2002
Bioterrorism: How Has It Been Used? What Can It Do? How Prepared Are We?
UCLA specialist in infectious diseases outlines the history of bioterror and assesses our available responses.
Posted: 3/19/2002
Gorbachev Warns Los Angeles Meeting of Impending Crisis in World Water Supplies; Panelists Discuss Dangers of Global Warming
Two hundred people at environmental conference hear expert panel on impacts and causes of global warming. Former Soviet President points to Middle East as especially at risk of deadly drought.
Posted: 3/19/2002
Engineers Make Plans to Reconstruct Afghanistan
World Federation of Engineering Organizations Pledges Aid to Afghan Reconstruction
Posted: 2/8/2002
