BAGHDAD — The cellos were once looted by roaming armed gangs and suicide bombers have shattered the ballerinas’ mirror-panelled halls. But love of the arts keeps bringing a group of students to Baghdad’s Music and Ballet school.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — The United States was likely to call a UN vote on Tuesday to impose sanctions on four Sudanese accused of war crimes in Darfur, despite opposition from China and Russia, a US official said.

In the name of God, the Compassionate the Merciful The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Pledges and Commitments on Human Rights The Islamic Republic of Iran, as a founding member of the United Nations and a party to the major International Human Rights Instruments, based on principles enshrined in its Constitution …