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		<title>ILMUNC was A-W-E-S-O-M-E</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2010/02/07/ilmunc-was-a-w-e-s-o-m-e/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2010/02/07/ilmunc-was-a-w-e-s-o-m-e/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you that believe I clap my hands slightly too much at the GBMs, let me assure you that I mean every one of them.  Right now, I want give a round of applause to Maria, Florian, and the rest of the ILMUNC Secretariat for a fantastic job, because last week’s conference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Akshay&#8217;s Cogitations- Profiling for security</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2010/01/29/akshays-cogitations-profiling-for-security/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2010/01/29/akshays-cogitations-profiling-for-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have taken a writing seminar on terrorism and civil liberties this semester and today we discussed the issue of racial profiling. Many of us thought that it did make sense to focus special screening on a section of the global population that come from regions involved in exporting terrorism. Since most terrorist suspects trace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Heck of a Weekend!</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/11/17/841/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/11/17/841/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.penniaa.com/?p=841</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What a weekend for the IAA!  UPMUNC 2009 was absolutely spectacular, and I want to thank and congratulate each and every IAA member that took part for their dedication and enthusiasm.  I also want to pay tribute to the UPMUNC Secretariat and ASGs, who ensured that everything went flawlessly and that we all had a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GBM Recap: It&#8217;s Almost UPMUNC Time!</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/11/05/gbm-recap-its-almost-upmunc-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/11/05/gbm-recap-its-almost-upmunc-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[alumni]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[logistic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mentorship program]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.penniaa.com/?p=834</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Countdown to UPMUNC (PPT)
NEWS FROM THE IAA 
1.       UPMUNC Updates
2.       Conference Excuse Letters, Hotel Rooms, Schedule, Logistics
3.       IAA Mentorship Program
4.       Alumni Homecoming event
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;
1.     UPMUNC Updates
UPMUNC is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So Much to do, so little time!</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/11/04/so-much-to-do-so-little-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/11/04/so-much-to-do-so-little-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.penniaa.com/?p=830</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love the IAA. 
What a few weeks it has been for our amazing club.  Having attended three more Intercol trips and having a healthy mix of newcomers and old-timers winning awards, the IAA has also been active on campus.  From the wonderfully educational and relaxing Senior Wine tour to the Halloween Hayride special event [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ban Ki Croons: Drones Latest Source of Conflict between UN and US</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/11/01/ban-ki-croons-drones-latest-source-of-conflict-between-un-and-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/11/01/ban-ki-croons-drones-latest-source-of-conflict-between-un-and-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Yet again, the United States is battling the UN over human rights issues. This time, the concern is the use of drones on the Afghan border.
Human rights watchdog Phillip Alston has been investigating drone attacks and has found evidence that the United States is not taking proper precautions to avoid civilian casualties. Although the drone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Thoughts on the UN Vote Condemning the US Embargo on Cuba</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/31/some-thoughts-on-the-un-vote-condemning-the-us-embargo-on-cuba/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/31/some-thoughts-on-the-un-vote-condemning-the-us-embargo-on-cuba/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jus Gentium]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago the UN voted to condemn the continued US embargo on Cuba that has been in effect for almost half a century.  This is by no means the first condemnation of the US embargo by the international community, and like the many before it, it will not deter the current US government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angela Merkel is back again&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/30/angela-merkel-is-back-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/30/angela-merkel-is-back-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, Angela Merkel was sworn in for her second term as chancellor of Germany. There is a bit of hype around what she has set to accomplish over the next few years. She and her team claim that they will have tax cuts, more investment on education, health care reform, and a reform of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ban Ki Croons: UN Steps Up on Cell Phone Pollution</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/25/un-steps-up-on-cell-phone-pollution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/25/un-steps-up-on-cell-phone-pollution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
The big story from the United Nations is about the inspectors who are in Iran for a 3-day examination of one Iran’s uranium enrichment sites. At this point, there’s not a lot to say until results come in. So until those results come in I’ll focus on something perhaps a little less critical.
The United Nations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan&#8217;s Presidential run-off</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/25/afghanistans-presidential-run-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/25/afghanistans-presidential-run-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Afghan elections have been fraught with problems from the very beginning. It was expected that any election in Afghanistan would involve a degree of fraud and those suspicions have now been confirmed by the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC). Hamid Karzai who had initially secured a comfortable victory (54.6% of the votes) now has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can &#8220;blackmail&#8221; be a good thing?</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/24/can-blackmail-be-a-good-thing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/24/can-blackmail-be-a-good-thing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pangiaa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Sri Lankan government prides itself on not giving into the demands of Western countries without a fight. This could be admirable, until it begins to harm others. The country is now faced with wide - spread protest to human rights violations that took place in the conflict with the Tamil Tigers. The EU recently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague Can Bring Closure</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/22/war-crimes-tribunal-at-the-hague-can-bring-closure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/22/war-crimes-tribunal-at-the-hague-can-bring-closure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jus Gentium]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.penniaa.com/?p=805</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the early 1990s an unspeakable amount of atrocities were committed during the conflicts that erupted after the breakup of Yugoslavia.  Perhaps the most common image many of us have of those conflicts is what occurred in Bosnia from the Srebrenica Massacre to the bombardment of Sarajevo.  Though no side in these conflicts was without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ban Ki Croons: Afghan Election Harmony</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/20/ban-ki-croons-afghan-election-harmony/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/20/ban-ki-croons-afghan-election-harmony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
The recent UN probe into the Afghan elections turned out to be very successful, evidenced by Karzai’s recent agreement to hold runoff elections. Even though Karzai had denied all accusations of fraud in the previous few months, he has finally agreed to the runoff. According to the Secretary-General, the United Nations will also play a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another financial scandal&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/20/another-financial-scandal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/20/another-financial-scandal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.penniaa.com/?p=799</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Raj Rajaratnam, a Wharton alum and one of the US&#8217;s richest men, was arrested this Friday for insider trading pertaining to hedge funds. Rajaratnam is the manager for a prominent hedge fund known as the Galleon Group, and he was caught sharing and collecting private information about public companies in order to receive greater investment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Diplomat&#8217;s Brazier: Influencing Sudan</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/19/the-diplomats-brazier-influencing-sudan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/19/the-diplomats-brazier-influencing-sudan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consistent with his recent redefinitions of U.S. foreign policy in North Korea and Iran, President Obama today announced U.S.-orchestrated incentives for the Sudanese government to restore peace in Darfur.
That is, he announced the existence of said incentives. Frustratingly enough, the incentives themselves are deemed classified information, such that we really have no idea what they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ban Ki Croons: Countries of Africa Plan to Give $64 Billion to Global Warming Cause</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/18/ban-ki-croons-countries-of-africa-plan-to-give-64-billion-to-global-warming-cause/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/18/ban-ki-croons-countries-of-africa-plan-to-give-64-billion-to-global-warming-cause/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
This edition of Ban Ki Croons is strictly opinionated.
 
It has been reported that African leaders from throughout the continent have raised over $65 billion dollars, which they aim to contribute to the United Nations’ initiative to prevent global warming. I think this is ridiculous.
The African continent is in complete disarray right now. We all know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Berlusconi loses immunity</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/18/berlusconi-loses-immunity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/18/berlusconi-loses-immunity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The words that come to mind when one thinks of Silvio Berlusconi are flamboyant, extravagant and opulent. These are words that you may associate with a movie star or a sports person but certainly not a prime minister. For years, Berlusconi has defied all common perceptions of a figure of authority. His widespread popularity is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN Human Rights Council Commissioner Only Adds to Old Wounds</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/15/un-human-rights-council-commissioner-only-adds-to-old-wounds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/15/un-human-rights-council-commissioner-only-adds-to-old-wounds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey guys, just a brief entry today as everyone heads on break

Today the top UN Human Rights official issued a statement in Geneva endorsing a report on war crimes committed during the 2008-2009 Gaza Conflict. The report is seen as more critical of Israel than it is of Hamas.  Such reports are commonplace for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ban Ki Croons: Is There a &#8216;Right&#8217; Answer for UN Action in Congo?</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/13/ban-ki-croons-is-there-a-right-answer-for-un-action-in-congo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/13/ban-ki-croons-is-there-a-right-answer-for-un-action-in-congo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years the international public called for the United Nations to step up and take action against the atrocities being committed by Rwandan militia groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  The Congolese government has faced opposition from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), and recently they requested help from the United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What now, Kim Jong Il?</title>
		<link>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/12/what-now-kim-jong-il/</link>
		<comments>http://www.penniaa.com/2009/10/12/what-now-kim-jong-il/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Last week, China’s Prime Minister, Wen Jiaboa, visited North Korea. He had a surprisingly warm reception. Kim Jong Il himself apparently came to the Pyongyang airport to greet him, and together they “celebrated” sixty years of  - as The Economist puts it – “fraternal” relations. More importantly, North Korea’s dictator agreed to resume talks [...]]]></description>
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