Reply #31: AP: Columbia won't cancel Ahmadinejad speech

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Source: Associated Press

Columbia won't cancel Ahmadinejad speech

33 minutes ago

NEW YORK - Columbia University said it does not plan
to call off a speech by Iran's president despite pressure
from critics including the City Council speaker, who said
the Ivy League school was providing a forum for "hate-
mongering vitriol."

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is traveling to New York to address
the United Nations' General Assembly. He was scheduled to
appear Monday at a question-and-answer session with
Columbia faculty and students as part of the school's
World Leaders Forum.

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Columbia spokesman Robert Hornsby said Thursday there
was no plan to cancel the appearance, though the
university dropped plans for an Ahmadinejad speech last
year because of security and logistical problems. The
decision came after a Jewish activist group expressed
outrage over the invitation.

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