Azerbaijan doesn’t deserve this anger Since the end of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan has continued to evolve and better itself, dedicating itself to many significant issues. Read more...

The United States and three European allies submitted a draft of a U.N. resolution Wednesday in opposition to Iran’s nuclear program. But the proposed resolution includes a damaging provision that would prevent Iranian students from studying nuclear physics at foreign universities. Read more...

Peals of laughter burst from Room 6275 in Bunche Hall on Thursday afternoon. “What gives a kid the political courage to say that?” bellowed guest speaker Tariq Ali after narrating a story about a rigged election in which a boy refused to play his bugle for the newly elected president and told the general in charge, “You seem keen on playing the bugle; you can play it yourself.” Ali, an author, filmmaker and historian who has been highly critical of the United States and its policies, kept over 80 UCLA students, faculty and guests laughing and engaged in a lecture called “The Latin American Challenge: Chavez, Morales, Castro.” Ali spent more than two hours discussing Latin American policies, including the turbulent events that have occurred throughout Latin America’s history. Read more...

Police were called to Moore Hall on Thursday night after a student group event was interrupted by protests. Protestors entered an event hosted by L.O.G.I.C., a campus organization devoted to pursuing the ideas of Ayn Rand, to decry the statements of a speaker at the group’s previous event. Read more...

Seismic readings, pollution, terrestrial, underwater ecosystems and urban traffic and air quality may soon be precisely monitored through the use of new technology being researched at the Center for Embedded Networked Sensing’s new facility. Read more...

In another case of mismanagement at Los Alamos National Laboratory, officials confirmed Wednesday that there was a potentially major security breach in the University of California-managed lab, one of the nation’s major nuclear research centers. Read more...

With election day just around the corner, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides visited campus Thursday for the second time in just over two weeks, stressing not only his plan to lower college fees but also a variety of national issues. Read more...