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Soccer Finals’ Jewish FlavorThe May 21 finals of the European Champions League, soccer’s most prized club competition, will have a decidedly Jewish flavor. Not on the field of the Loujniki stadium in Moscow, where none of the 22 players of English teams Manchester United and Chelsea will be Jewish — but on the sidelines. To wit, in the VIP lounge, Chelsea’s owner, Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich, will square off against American billionaire Malcolm Glazer, who bought Manchester United three years ago.…Read more

Outrage Rises at U.N. Over Libya’s Disruptive Presence On Security CouncilLibya’s place on the United Nations Security Council never promised to be a smooth ride, but the North African nation’s brashness since joining the council last year has become a major headache for the world body.…Read more

U.N. Anti-Racism Conference Won’t Be in Durban This Time AroundThere will be no replay of the infamous Durban conference. After months of quiet lobbying from Western governments and United Nations officials, African countries announced last week that their continent would not host the follow-up meeting of the controversial anti-racism conference that was held in South Africa in 2001. That meeting was marred by anti-Israel outbursts that prompted the American and Israeli delegations to leave.…Read more

New Charges Dim Pollard’s Pardon BidThe arrest this week of an elderly American Jew on charges of spying for Israel appears to have put a serious dent in recent efforts to win a pardon for another American Jew in jail on similar charges.…Read more

Ban Ki-Moon’s Rise at U.N. Eases Tensions With JerusalemSilence can speak volumes, as the secretary general of the United Nations apparently understands.…Read more