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MOSCOW (WJC)—US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the time had not yet come for more sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. Speaking after a meeting in Moscow with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Clinton praised what she said was Russia's help in tackling the issue. She quoted Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as saying sanctions against Iran might be inevitable, adding: "But we are not at that point yet. That is not a conclusion we have reached.
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And we want to be very clear that it is our preference that Iran works with the international community...to fulfill its obligation on inspections."
State Department officials had said before the talks that Clinton would discuss with Moscow "specific forms of pressure" on Iran if it failed to keep promises not to pursue nuclear weapons but Clinton denied she had made any requests. "We did not ask for anything today. We reviewed the situation and where it stood, which I think was the appropriate timing for what this process entails," Clinton said. Lavrov restated Russia's position that talk of sanctions against Iran at this stage was counter-productive because international efforts should be focused on diplomacy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)--Ohio’s attorney-general Richard Cordray is asking the US Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty for a self-described neo-Nazi who killed three men at the Cleveland State University campus in 1982. The case involving 58-year-old Frank Spisak went to the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Cordray argued that Spisak got a fair trial and deserves to be executed. The death sentence was overturned by an appeals court.
Defense attorney Michael Benza says Spisak's trial lawyer did a bad job and that jurors weren't properly instructed on sentencing. Spisak's trial turned into a spectacle as he had a Hitler-style moustache at his trial, carried a copy of Hitler's
book Mein Kampf, and told the courtroom that he was God's agent in a war against blacks and Jews. When he was sentenced to death, Spisak offered the Hitler salute.
Prevent Holocaust denier from using Jackson City Hall to give his speech, Survivors demand
NEW YORK (Press Release)—The American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants are asking the mayor and residents of Jackson, Mississippi not to host known Holocaust Denier and antisemite David Irving at City Hall. According to the Jackson Free Press, white separatists, including lawyer Richard Barrett, have scheduled Irving to present his views there on October 21. Barret has booked Irving on a number of "conservative" radio programs. Kim Wade, one of the radio hosts, said, "'Racists vote just like people in prison vote. I'm calling out to let people talk," While he did not deny the Holocaust, he said it would make for "good radio."
On July 30 of this year, the American Gathering called attention to Irving's clandestine book tour of the United States. Using cloak-and-dagger methods reminiscent of the way terrorist groups arrange meetings in quasi-public spaces, Irving books venues by labeling his talks as book signings. He uses these events to bring his message of denial and hate to handfuls of Neo-Nazis and others scattered around the country--from Phoenix and Salt Lake City, to San Francisco and Boise and other American towns and cities. Now he is bringing his message of hate to Jackson, and is attempting to hijack City Hall.
In an email to Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson, Elan Steinberg, vice-president of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants wrote: "We are shocked and dismayed that a convicted purveyor of hatred could be given such a public platform," and urged the mayor not to grant Irving and his cohorts permission to use City Hall for their hate-mongering and lies.
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