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The Daily Princetonian

Antonenko explains long history of Georgian conflict

Though many Americans may have first heard of South Ossetia in August, this summer?s conflict between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway Georgian region is a continuation of a decades-long conflict in the Caucasus, Oksana Antonenko, an expert on Georgian and South Ossetian relations, told a crowd of students, faculty and community members in Jones Hall on Wednesday afternoon.Antonenko, a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies who advises policymakers both in the United States and abroad about conflict resolution in the Caucasus, gave a detailed account of the events surrounding this summer?s war and outlined her proposals for strengthening relations in the region.?There was no turning back,? Antonenko said of the conflict.

NEWS | 10/15/2008

The Daily Princetonian

USG rules Bill Pang '12 overspent on campaign

In a closed-door executive session on Tuesday night, the USG Senate upheld its original decision to declare Austin Hollimon ?12 freshman class treasurer, rejecting an appeal by Bill Pang ?12 to overturn his disqualification.Though Pang received a majority of the votes in the runoff election, he was disqualified after an investigation revealed that he had exceeded campaign spending limits.?The margin was close,? senior elections manager Braeden Kepner-Kraus ?10 said in an interview Wednesday.

NEWS | 10/15/2008

The Daily Princetonian

Coll: Bin Laden shaped by family

Though Americans now view Osama bin Laden as the world?s most wanted terrorist, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Steve Coll reminded a crowd in Dodds Auditorim on Tuesday afternoon that the al-Qaeda leader comes from a charismatic and entrepreneurial family.By focusing on the bin Laden family story, Coll attempted to create a different lens from which to view Osama, since many tend to examine him in the light of the war in Afghanistan and international Islamist movements.Coll, author of ?The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century,? noted that Osama?s father, Muhammed Awad bin Laden, founded the company that would become the sole contractor of the Saudi Arabian royal family.Muhammed passed his ?charismatic genius? to his sons, Coll said.

NEWS | 10/14/2008

The Daily Princetonian

Township to discuss billing of debt

After passing a resolution last week that would formalize debt-billing practices between Princeton Borough and the Township, the Borough Council is now waiting for the Township to respond, Borough Administrator Robert Bruschi said at Tuesday night?s council meeting.The Township will discuss the billing practices at its next meeting, Bruschi said.

NEWS | 10/14/2008

The Daily Princetonian

Bolton: U.N. flaws result in inaction

The United Nations suffers from a number of fatal flaws that render the organization incapable of fulfilling its mandate to address international peace and security, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton told a large audience of students, faculty and community members on Monday afternoon.

NEWS | 10/13/2008