Protesters Drown Out Carter Speech
<i> Associated Press</i>
VIENNA — A riotous minority drowned out former President Jimmy Carter’s speech Saturday at a forum preparing for a world human rights conference.
The meeting of human rights groups also failed to adopt a final set of demands to be submitted to the U.N.-sponsored World Human Rights Conference that opens Monday.
“Carter no, Carter no,” yelled about 300 people seeking to prevent Carter from taking the floor. They appeared to be motivated by a general anti-American attitude.
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