UN expels Jewish students from racism conference

The United Nations says it has expelled a "large number" of members of a Jewish student group from

a global racism conference after some of them disrupted a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Spokeswoman Marie Heuze says the UN acted in response to Monday's disturbance by rainbow-wigged protesters, who shouted insults and threw small red clowns' noses at Ahmadinejad. (AP)