GENEVA — President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad of Iran on Monday used the platform of a U.N. conference on combating racism to disparage Israel as a “cruel and repressive racist regime,” prompting delegates from European nations to desert the hall and earning a harsh rebuke from Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.
As Ahmadinejad began to speak, two protesters wearing rainbow-hued clown wigs pelted Ahmadinejad with red foam noses. Hustled out the door by security agents, they were soon followed by lines of stony-faced diplomats from the 23 European nations attending the conference. They walked out to the sound of some other delegates applauding Ahmadinejad.
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