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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Race And Ethnicity</title>
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		<title>Georgetown University&#8217;s NAACP chapter among groups who say campus satire is racist</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Zongker</dc:creator>
		
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Georgetown students say campus satire is racist

WASHINGTON — Georgetown University students are slamming a humor magazine for an online satirical piece they say is racist and not funny.
The story in The Georgetown Heckler describes the official campus paper, The Hoya, holding a fictional cross-burning on campus and refers to &#8220;dark, human-shaped pinatas.&#8221; A photograph with ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/georgetown-universitys-naacp-chapter-among-groups-who-say-campus-satire-is-racist-244954/">Read more : Georgetown University&#8217;s NAACP chapter among groups who say campus satire is racist</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Children of Hispanic immigrants less likely to be dropouts than young immigrants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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US-born Hispanics see gains in education, income

WASHINGTON — Young Hispanics born in the U.S. are less likely to drop out of school and live in poverty than Hispanic immigrants of their age, but they have higher exposure to gangs and violence, an independent research group says.
The study released Friday by the Pew Hispanic Center paints ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/children-of-hispanic-immigrants-less-likely-to-be-dropouts-than-young-immigrants-242753/">Children of Hispanic immigrants less likely to be dropouts than young immigrants</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hollywood depicts shining moment for South Africans in Eastwood&#8217;s &#8216;Invictus&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Bryson</dc:creator>
		
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Hollywood depicts shining South African moment

JOHANNESBURG — South Africans say a new Hollywood film about sport, race and Nelson Mandela will tell the world about the country&#8217;s history of struggle and triumph despite some criticism that the lead roles are played by American actors.
Clint Eastwood&#8217;s &#8220;Invictus&#8221; depicts Mandela, South Africa&#8217;s first black president, as a .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hollywood-depicts-shining-moment-for-south-africans-in-eastwoods-invictus-241945/" title="Hollywood depicts shining moment for South Africans in Eastwood&#8217;s &#8216;Invictus&#8217;">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>As S.Africa preps for World Cup, Hollywood depicts shining sports moment in &#8220;Invictus&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Hollywood depicts S.African historic sports moment

JOHANNESBURG — South Africans say a new Hollywood film about sport and togetherness in racially divided South Africa provides a timely lesson as the country prepares to host next year&#8217;s World Cup.
Clint Eastwood&#8217;s &#8220;Invictus&#8221; premiered in Johannesburg Tuesday and depicts Nelson Mandela&#8217;s support of the national rugby team to draw .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/as-safrica-preps-for-world-cup-hollywood-depicts-shining-sports-moment-in-invictus-241880/">As S.Africa preps for World Cup, Hollywood depicts shining sports moment in &#8220;Invictus&#8221;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Movie review: Clint Eastwood&#8217;s &#8216;Invictus&#8217; continues the director&#8217;s late-period streak</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/movie-review-clint-eastwoods-invictus-continues-the-directors-late-period-streak-241206/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Coyle</dc:creator>
		
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Review: Eastwood continues streak with &#8216;Invictus&#8217;

&#8220;Invictus&#8221; is a sports film that is more about what&#8217;s happening in the stands than on the playing field.
It&#8217;s South Africa in 1990 and change — as seen in the first scene of the film — is literally coming down the street. After 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela (Morgan .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/movie-review-clint-eastwoods-invictus-continues-the-directors-late-period-streak-241206/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tensions between black, Asian teens at Philadelphia high school erupted into assaults</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/tensions-between-black-asian-teens-at-philadelphia-high-school-erupted-into-assaults-240113/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Matheson</dc:creator>
		
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Philly school&#8217;s racial tensions lead to fights

PHILADELPHIA — Tensions between black and Asian students at a public high school erupted in a series of assaults over two days, leading to 10 suspensions and several students seeking medical treatment.
Asian students at South Philadelphia High School say two off-campus fights and a lunchroom attack left them feeling ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tensions-between-black-asian-teens-at-philadelphia-high-school-erupted-into-assaults-240113/" title="Tensions between black, Asian teens at Philadelphia high school erupted into assaults">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>From Robben Island to Table Mountain, soccer and South Africa take major leap</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raf Casert</dc:creator>
		
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Ex-prisoners recall soccer on Robben Island

ROBBEN ISLAND, South Africa — Weeds are about the only thing remaining amid the sandy bumps of the soccer field that served the prisoners on the infamous island where Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid activists were held.
But memories of the inmates&#8217; soccer skills still survive.
&#8220;We would do all the tricks,&#8221; ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/from-robben-island-to-table-mountain-soccer-and-south-africa-take-major-leap-239902/">From Robben Island to Table Mountain, soccer and South Africa take major leap</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lima apologizes to Afro-Peruvians for abuses since 16th century, says exclusion still exists</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lima-apologizes-to-afro-peruvians-for-abuses-since-16th-century-says-exclusion-still-exists-237046/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Lima apologizes to Afro-Peruvians for abuses

LIMA, Peru — The government of Peru is apologizing to its Afro-Peruvian population for the first time for centuries of abuse, exclusion and discrimination.
An executive resolution says discrimination against black Peruvians still exists and is &#8220;a barrier for social, economic labor and educational development.&#8221;
Women&#8217;s and Social Development Minister Nidia Vilchez ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lima-apologizes-to-afro-peruvians-for-abuses-since-16th-century-says-exclusion-still-exists-237046/">Lima apologizes to Afro-Peruvians for abuses since 16th century, says exclusion still exists</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Reports of anti-gay or religious-based hate crimes rise in 2008; more agencies tracking</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/reports-of-anti-gay-or-religious-based-hate-crimes-rise-in-2008-more-agencies-tracking-234630/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devlin Barrett</dc:creator>
		
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More anti-gay, religious-motivated crimes reported
WASHINGTON — Reports of hate crimes against gays and religious groups increased sharply in 2008, according to new FBI data released Monday.
Overall, the number of reported hate crimes increased about 2 percent. These same figures show a nearly 11 percent increase in hate crimes based on sexual orientation, and ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/reports-of-anti-gay-or-religious-based-hate-crimes-rise-in-2008-more-agencies-tracking-234630/" title="Reports of anti-gay or religious-based hate crimes rise in 2008; more agencies tracking">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>FBI seeks public&#8217;s help to find relatives in of those killed in civil rights cold cases</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fbi-seeks-publics-help-to-find-relatives-in-of-those-killed-in-civil-rights-cold-cases-234470/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelia Byrd</dc:creator>
		
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FBI wants public&#8217;s help in civil rights killings

JACKSON, Miss. — Over the last three years, the FBI scoured faded documents, interviewed aging lawmen and tracked down witnesses from killings that occurred decades ago, many of them involving white police officers who shot black men or teenagers.
Now, the agency is at a dead end in the ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/fbi-seeks-publics-help-to-find-relatives-in-of-those-killed-in-civil-rights-cold-cases-234470/">FBI seeks public&#8217;s help to find relatives in of those killed in civil rights cold cases</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal appeals court to consider suit challenging Michigan&#8217;s affirmative action ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Court to consider Mich. affirmative action ban

LANSING, Mich. — A federal appeals court is about to consider a lawsuit challenging Michigan&#8217;s ban against racial preferences in public university admissions and government hiring.
Civil rights groups and University of Michigan students, faculty and applicants say the 2006 ballot measure approved by voters is unconstitutional.
Critics say the constitutional .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-appeals-court-to-consider-suit-challenging-michigans-affirmative-action-ban-231129/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Federal appeals court to consider suit challenging Michigan&#8217;s affirmative action ban</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Alleged line-cutter&#8217;s arrest at Walmart leads to charges of racism in small SE Missouri town</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Arrest at Mo. Walmart leads to charges of racism

ST. LOUIS — Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store and touched off what she calls a racially charged dispute with white customers and authorities, the young black schoolteacher faces a trial that could send her to prison for 15 ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/alleged-line-cutters-arrest-at-walmart-leads-to-charges-of-racism-in-small-se-missouri-town-230761/" title="Alleged line-cutter&#8217;s arrest at Walmart leads to charges of racism in small SE Missouri town">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arrest at Wal-Mart for alleged line cutter leads to charges of racism, ongoing court case</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Arrest at Wal-Mart leads to charges of racism

ST. LOUIS — Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store and touched off what she calls a racially charged dispute with white customers and authorities, the young black schoolteacher faces a trial that could send her to prison for 15 years.
Witnesses .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arrest-at-wal-mart-for-alleged-line-cutter-leads-to-charges-of-racism-ongoing-court-case-230419/">Original article &nbsp;: Arrest at Wal-Mart for alleged line cutter leads to charges of racism, ongoing court case</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New Greenpeace chief brings experience fighting poverty, racism to environmental campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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New Greenpeace chief has fought apartheid, poverty

JOHANNESBURG — A South African who battled apartheid as a teen, then went on to lead global campaigns to end poverty and protect human rights took over Monday as the new international head of the environmental group Greenpeace.
Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace International&#8217;s new executive director, said climate change makes his ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-greenpeace-chief-brings-experience-fighting-poverty-racism-to-environmental-campaign-230403/">New Greenpeace chief brings experience fighting poverty, racism to environmental campaign</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Calif. lawyers reap financial benefits from voting rights law they wrote</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael R. Blood</dc:creator>
		
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Jackpot: Lawyers earn fees from law they wrote

LOS ANGELES — Every lawsuit filed or even threatened under a California law aimed at electing more minorities to local offices — and all of the roughly $4.3 million from settlements so far — can be traced to just two people: a pair of attorneys who worked together ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/calif-lawyers-reap-financial-benefits-from-voting-rights-law-they-wrote-230043/">Read : Calif. lawyers reap financial benefits from voting rights law they wrote</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Serbian Patriarch Pavle, advocate of tolerance and peace in the Balkans, dies at age 95</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan Stojanovic</dc:creator>
		
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Serb Patriarch Pavle dies, spoke for Balkan peace

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle, who called for peace and conciliation during the Balkan ethnic wars of the 1990s but failed to openly condemn extreme Serb nationalism, died Sunday. He was 95.
There have been reports of an internal struggle over who would succeed Pavle, a .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/serbian-patriarch-pavle-advocate-of-tolerance-and-peace-in-the-balkans-dies-at-age-95-229983/" title="Serbian Patriarch Pavle, advocate of tolerance and peace in the Balkans, dies at age 95">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Serbian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Pavle has died at age 95</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan Stojanovic</dc:creator>
		
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Serbian Orthodox Church head Pavle dies at 95

BELGRADE, Serbia — Patriarch Pavle, who led Serbia&#8217;s Christian Orthodox Church through its post-Communist revival and the turbulent 1990s marked by ethnic conflicts in the Balkans, died Sunday. He was 95.
Pavle, who took over the church in 1990, had been hospitalized for two years with heart and lung .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/serbian-orthodox-church-head-patriarch-pavle-has-died-at-age-95-229934/">Serbian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Pavle has died at age 95</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Power struggle at South African utility sparks charges of racism, political meddling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Bryson</dc:creator>
		
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SAfrica business dispute sets off racism charges

JOHANNESBURG — A struggle over how to manage South Africa&#8217;s state-owned power company has opened debates on racism in the boardroom and political meddling in a country where politics and race remain a volatile mix.
Chairman Bobby Godsell and CEO Jacob Maroga were brought in recently to turn around Eskom, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/power-struggle-at-south-african-utility-sparks-charges-of-racism-political-meddling-227089/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Power struggle at South African utility sparks charges of racism, political meddling</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Man convicted of German court stabbing of Egyptian woman, sentenced to life in prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lars Rischke</dc:creator>
		
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Man convicted of Egyptian woman&#8217;s court killing

DRESDEN, Germany — A Russian-born German man was found guilty Wednesday of murder and sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing a pregnant Egyptian woman in court, an attack that triggered outrage in the Muslim world.
The Dresden state court said in its ruling that because of the particularly .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/man-convicted-of-german-court-stabbing-of-egyptian-woman-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-225848/">Man convicted of German court stabbing of Egyptian woman, sentenced to life in prison</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Man convicted of German courtroom stabbing of Egyptian woman, sentenced to life in prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Man guilty of courtroom killing of Egyptian woman

DRESDEN, Germany — A 28-year-old Russian-born German man was found guilty Wednesday of murder and sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing a pregnant Egyptian woman in a Dresden courtroom, an attack that triggered outrage in the Muslim world.
The Dresden state court said in its ruling that .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/man-convicted-of-german-courtroom-stabbing-of-egyptian-woman-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-225784/" title="Man convicted of German courtroom stabbing of Egyptian woman, sentenced to life in prison">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>LAPD watchdog finds problems with investigations of officers accused of racial profiling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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LAPD watchdog: Racial profiling probes were flawed

LOS ANGELES — A police watchdog says he found problems in a third of the internal investigations of Los Angeles police officers accused of racial profiling and other kinds of bias.
Police Commission Inspector General Andre Birotte said Tuesday that investigators did not interview witnesses, failed to ask important questions ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lapd-watchdog-finds-problems-with-investigations-of-officers-accused-of-racial-profiling-225218/">Read : LAPD watchdog finds problems with investigations of officers accused of racial profiling</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>German prosecutors demand life in prison for man who killed Egyptian woman in court</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lars Rischke</dc:creator>
		
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Prosecutors demand life for court killing suspect

DRESDEN, Germany — Prosecutors on Monday demanded a life sentence for a man who admitted to fatally stabbing a pregnant Egyptian woman in a German court in a case that triggered outrage across the Muslim world.
Prosecutor Frank Heinrich said in closing arguments in Dresden state court that the suspect ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/german-prosecutors-demand-life-in-prison-for-man-who-killed-egyptian-woman-in-court-223127/" title="German prosecutors demand life in prison for man who killed Egyptian woman in court">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>China executes first group 9 Uighurs over July&#8217;s deadly riots in far west; 20 more indicted</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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China executes 9 Uighurs over July ethnic riots

BEIJING — Nine Uighurs have been executed for taking part in ethnic rioting that left nearly 200 people dead in July, the first suspects put to death in the unrest, Chinese state media reported Monday.
The nine were put to death recently after a final review of the verdicts .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/china-executes-first-group-9-uighurs-over-julys-deadly-riots-in-far-west-20-more-indicted-223073/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Germany marks 71th anniversary of anti-Semitic pogrom Kristallnacht</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Macpherson Lane</dc:creator>
		
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Germany marks anniversary of anti-Semitic pogrom

BERLIN — As Germany celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Monday, more subdued tributes were held to mark the 71st anniversary of the Nazi&#8217;s Kristallnacht anti-Semitic pogrom.
On Kristallnacht — the Night of Broken Glass — at least 91 German Jews were killed, more than  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/germany-marks-71th-anniversary-of-anti-semitic-pogrom-kristallnacht-223033/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>LatAm Indians struggle to keep identity, native tongues alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Bajak</dc:creator>
		
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Fighting the odds to keep Indian tongues alive

HUAMPAMI, Peru — In his first year at San Marcos University, Hermenegildo Espejo barely spoke, and certainly not in class.
His Spanish was rudimentary, his accent an embarrassment. Classmates in Lima, a two-day trip from his Amazon home town, laughed at his grammatical stumbles, his odd pronunciation.
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t understand ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/latam-indians-struggle-to-keep-identity-native-tongues-alive-221760/" title="LatAm Indians struggle to keep identity, native tongues alive">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russia tries to take the &#8216;nationalist&#8217; out of new National Unity Day holiday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn Berry</dc:creator>
		
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Russia stresses tolerance on national holiday

MOSCOW — Tens of thousands of people took part in Moscow street rallies and concerts Wednesday on a new national holiday that the Kremlin tried to portray as a celebration of Russia&#8217;s ethnic diversity.
The Moscow rallies were peaceful, police said, but a nationalist march of a few hundred people on .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russia-tries-to-take-the-nationalist-out-of-new-national-unity-day-holiday-217874/" title="Russia tries to take the &#8216;nationalist&#8217; out of new National Unity Day holiday">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>LA Clippers owner agrees to pay record $2.73 million to settle housing discrimination lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Jablon</dc:creator>
		
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LA Clippers owner agrees to pay $2.73 million

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Clippers owner and real estate mogul Donald Sterling has agreed to pay a record $2.73 million to settle allegations by the government that he refused to rent apartments to Hispanics, blacks and to families with children, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
The Justice Department .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/la-clippers-owner-agrees-to-pay-record-273-million-to-settle-housing-discrimination-lawsuit-216982/">LA Clippers owner agrees to pay record $2.73 million to settle housing discrimination lawsuit</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>African kings, queens, chiefs claim modern role, call Mandela one of their own</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Bryson</dc:creator>
		
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African kings, queens, chiefs to honor Mandela

JOHANNESBURG — Dancers clad in animal skins opened a royal ceremony Tuesday, a nod to tradition for the forward-thinking kings, queens and chiefs who jetted in to Johannesburg from across Africa to launch an institute they hope will expand their roles on the continent
The two dozen leaders from Morocco ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/african-kings-queens-chiefs-claim-modern-role-call-mandela-one-of-their-own-216396/" title="African kings, queens, chiefs claim modern role, call Mandela one of their own">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ethan Hawke praises Madonna for supporting Gypsies after she was booed at concert in Romania</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison Mutler</dc:creator>
		
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Hawke praises Madonna for Gypsy support in Romania

BUCHAREST, Romania — Actor Ethan Hawke on Saturday praised Madonna for her boldness in speaking out against discrimination against Gypsies, words that provoked boos from thousands of fans at her concert in Romania.
Hawke, visiting Romania to help promote his mother&#8217;s charity supporting education for Gypsy children, placed the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ethan-hawke-praises-madonna-for-supporting-gypsies-after-she-was-booed-at-concert-in-romania-213836/">Original source &nbsp;: Ethan Hawke praises Madonna for supporting Gypsies after she was booed at concert in Romania</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Muslim doctor says officials at Dallas-area clinic told her she couldn&#8217;t wear headscarf</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Clinic to Muslim doctor: Its policy bars headscarf

DALLAS — A Muslim doctor interviewing for a job at a suburban Dallas medical clinic says officials there told her she couldn&#8217;t wear her headscarf in the workplace.
Dr. Hena Zaki of Plano, Texas, said Friday that she was shocked when CareNow officials told her that a no-hat policy ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/muslim-doctor-says-officials-at-dallas-area-clinic-told-her-she-couldnt-wear-headscarf-213343/">Muslim doctor says officials at Dallas-area clinic told her she couldn&#8217;t wear headscarf</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Race re-emerges as Atlanta mayoral election appears headed for a runoff with white candidate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Race re-emerges in tight Atlanta mayoral election

ATLANTA — A neighborhood activist with crossover appeal on the verge of making history. A city leader with a civil rights legacy. A native son seen by some as the heir apparent to the city&#8217;s first black mayor.
Three of Atlanta&#8217;s prominent political personalities are colliding in the race for ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/race-re-emerges-as-atlanta-mayoral-election-appears-headed-for-a-runoff-with-white-candidate-211717/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Race re-emerges as Atlanta mayoral election appears headed for a runoff with white candidate</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>LAPD chief leaving post for lucrative private-sector job after successful 7-year tenure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Watkins</dc:creator>
		
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Architect of LAPD&#8217;s transformation moves on

LOS ANGELES — Crime was rising, officer morale slumping and fallout from a corruption scandal was still smoldering when William Bratton arrived in 2002 to head a police department with a tattered reputation. Even the police buildings were crumbling.
Seven years later, the Los Angeles Police Department is an agency transformed .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lapd-chief-leaving-post-for-lucrative-private-sector-job-after-successful-7-year-tenure-211501/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: LAPD chief leaving post for lucrative private-sector job after successful 7-year tenure</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>St. Louis students: Agreement reached with Chicago bar they accused of racial discrimination</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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Students reach agreement with bar in race dispute

ST. LOUIS — Six black students from Washington University who say they were turned away from a Chicago bar said Wednesday they&#8217;ve reached an agreement with the business that will help them combat racial discrimination.
The students claim a manager at Original Mother&#8217;s bar in Chicago told them earlier ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/st-louis-students-agreement-reached-with-chicago-bar-they-accused-of-racial-discrimination-211284/" title="St. Louis students: Agreement reached with Chicago bar they accused of racial discrimination">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Jewish school asks UK court to quash ruling that it racially discriminated against teenager</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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UK Jewish school denies racial discrimination

LONDON — A leading Jewish school asked Britain&#8217;s Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn a ruling that said it racially discriminated against a boy when it refused to accept him as a pupil because it did not recognize his mother as Jewish.
In June, the Court of Appeal ruled that London&#8217;s .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/jewish-school-asks-uk-court-to-quash-ruling-that-it-racially-discriminated-against-teenager-208639/">Jewish school asks UK court to quash ruling that it racially discriminated against teenager</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Museum celebrates stories of Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit but controversy about racism remains</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorie Turner</dc:creator>
		
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Uncle Remus museum still grapples with race issues

ATLANTA — Curtis Richardson hops around the front parlor of the 140-year-old house, animatedly recounting the enchanting tales of Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf.
The elementary school students in the room shriek with delight as he huffs and puffs, stomping around the Wren&#8217;s Nest, the very house where newspaperman ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/museum-celebrates-stories-of-uncle-remus-and-brer-rabbit-but-controversy-about-racism-remains-207311/">Museum celebrates stories of Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit but controversy about racism remains</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Taos, NM hotel owner riles community after telling Hispanic employees to change their names</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie Dabovich</dc:creator>
		
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Hotel owner tells Hispanic workers to change names

TAOS, N.M. — Larry Whitten marched into this northern New Mexico town in late July on a mission: resurrect a failing hotel.
The tough-talking former Marine immediately laid down some new rules. Among them, he forbade the Hispanic workers at the run-down, Southwestern adobe-style hotel from speaking Spanish in ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/taos-nm-hotel-owner-riles-community-after-telling-hispanic-employees-to-change-their-names-206887/" title="Taos, NM hotel owner riles community after telling Hispanic employees to change their names">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Tamil Tiger child soldiers try to reclaim their childhood in postwar Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishan Francis</dc:creator>
		
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Former child soldiers move on in Sri Lanka

AMBEPUSSA, Sri Lanka — Vinojan&#8217;s boyhood ended when Sri Lanka&#8217;s civil war reignited.
Fifteen at the time, he says he joined the separatist Tamil Tigers to save his older brother from forcible conscription, and became a reluctant fighter as the rebels fought their last, desperate battles for survival.
Now, having  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-tamil-tiger-child-soldiers-try-to-reclaim-their-childhood-in-postwar-sri-lanka-205908/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Some ex-workers object to Kodak&#8217;s offer to settle race discrimination lawsuits for $21.4M</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A group of former Eastman Kodak Co. workers objected Friday to a proposed $21.4 million deal to settle two lawsuits by black employees who maintain they were paid and promoted less than white counterparts.

&#8220;We&#8217;ve all been mistreated in some way. &#8230; I was just hoping the settlement would be better,&#8221; said Ora .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/some-ex-workers-object-to-kodaks-offer-to-settle-race-discrimination-lawsuits-for-214m-205178/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>White Kenyan aristocrat released from prison after case that stirred racial tensions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI, Kenya — One of Kenya&#8217;s most prominent white aristocrats was released from prison Friday after more than three years in jail for killing a black poacher on his vast family estate.

Thomas Cholmondeley (CHUM-ley), jailed since the 2006 shooting, was sentenced to eight months in prison earlier this year for manslaughter in the death of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/white-kenyan-aristocrat-released-from-prison-after-case-that-stirred-racial-tensions-204531/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: White Kenyan aristocrat released from prison after case that stirred racial tensions</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Caretaker says Ohio woman who recanted West Virginia torture claim has changed story before</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Breen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio — The caregiver of a black Ohio woman who recanted 2007 allegations of being tortured says the woman has mental issues and has more than once changed her version of what happened.

Valencia Daniels of Columbus said Thursday that Megan Williams &#8220;goes back and forth, back and forth&#8221; about the allegations of being beaten, ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/caretaker-says-ohio-woman-who-recanted-west-virginia-torture-claim-has-changed-story-before-204098/">Caretaker says Ohio woman who recanted West Virginia torture claim has changed story before</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>One-time advocate says woman who recanted West Virginia torture story is being manipulated</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A woman who claims her 2007 kidnapping and torture ordeal was a lie is being manipulated, according to a lawyer who once spoke on her behalf and raised thousands of dollars for her.

Malik Shabazz, founder of the Washington, D.C.-based Black Lawyers for Justice, told The Associated Press Thursday he has no doubt .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/one-time-advocate-says-woman-who-recanted-west-virginia-torture-story-is-being-manipulated-204011/">One-time advocate says woman who recanted West Virginia torture story is being manipulated</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>W.Va. woman says she lied in high-profile torture case with racial implications</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Breen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio — When a black woman told West Virginia authorities in 2007 that seven white people had raped and tortured her over several days in a racially motivated attack, minority rights groups rallied to her support.

The Rev. Al Sharpton and Black Lawyers for Justice urged prosecutors to pursue hate-crime charges. The lawyers organized a ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/wva-woman-says-she-lied-in-high-profile-torture-case-with-racial-implications-202169/">Read more : W.Va. woman says she lied in high-profile torture case with racial implications</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>W.Va. woman says she lied about torture at hands of whites; case raised questions about racism</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Breen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A black woman at the center of a 2007 torture case that raised questions about racism in West Virginia now says she lied about being a victim.

The law office of Columbus, Ohio, attorney Byron L. Potts says Megan Williams will attend a Wednesday afternoon news conference there during which Potts or Williams  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/wva-woman-says-she-lied-about-torture-at-hands-of-whites-case-raised-questions-about-racism-202161/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US officials to travel to military-led Myanmar for talks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Wednesday that U.S. officials plan to travel to Myanmar in the next few weeks to talk with representatives from the military-run government, ethnic minority groups and the democratic opposition.

The trip is part of a new U.S. policy that reverses the Bush administration&#8217;s shunning of Myanmar in favor of direct ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-officials-to-travel-to-military-led-myanmar-for-talks-202158/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : US officials to travel to military-led Myanmar for talks</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Texas oil field equipment maker under fire for unfairly denying promotions to black workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LUFKIN, Texas — State historical markers outside the headquarters of Lufkin Industries Inc. tell how the company started repairing sawmill equipment at the turn of the 20th century and grew to make many of the pumps dotting the world&#8217;s oil fields.

But a different history has been written in a class-action lawsuit winding to a close. ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/texas-oil-field-equipment-maker-under-fire-for-unfairly-denying-promotions-to-black-workers-201231/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Texas oil field equipment maker under fire for unfairly denying promotions to black workers</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UK govt in uproar as white supremacist British National Party gets invite to BBC TV program</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Lawless</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — To the outrage of many Britons, a white-supremacist fringe party riding a wave of electoral success has been invited to participate in a BBC prime-time TV show on politics.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown&#8217;s Labour Party government says it is appalled that the far right British National Party will get such high-profile exposure to millions .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/uk-govt-in-uproar-as-white-supremacist-british-national-party-gets-invite-to-bbc-tv-program-200930/">UK govt in uproar as white supremacist British National Party gets invite to BBC TV program</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Medvedev visits Serbia to expand Russian influence in Balkans, approve a $1 billion loan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BELGRADE, Serbia — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev brought a $1 billion loan to recession-hit Serbia on Tuesday, as Moscow sought to expand its political and economic influence in the Balkans with the first-ever visit to Serbia by a Russian president.

The loan deal — to be signed during Medvedev&#8217;s one-day trip — adds to Russia&#8217;s growing .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/medvedev-visits-serbia-to-expand-russian-influence-in-balkans-approve-a-1-billion-loan-200607/">Medvedev visits Serbia to expand Russian influence in Balkans, approve a $1 billion loan</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Guard chief accuses US, Britain, Pakistan of links with militants behind bombing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — The chief of Iran&#8217;s powerful Revolutionary Guard accused the United States, Britain and Pakistan on Monday of having links with Sunni militants responsible for a suicide bombing that killed five senior Guard commanders and 37 others.

Iran&#8217;s president said those behind Sunday&#8217;s bombing are hiding across the border in Pakistan, and in a ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-guard-chief-accuses-us-britain-pakistan-of-links-with-militants-behind-bombing-199645/">Iran&#8217;s Guard chief accuses US, Britain, Pakistan of links with militants behind bombing</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran state radio says death toll rises to 31 in suicide bombing targeting military commanders</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian state radio is reporting that the death toll has risen to 31 in a suicide bombing that targeted commanders of the elite Revolutionary Guard attending a meeting in southeastern Iran.

State media report that Sunday&#8217;s attack killed five senior commanders of the Guard in an area that has been at the center .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-state-radio-says-death-toll-rises-to-31-in-suicide-bombing-targeting-military-commanders-199209/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Iran state radio says death toll rises to 31 in suicide bombing targeting military commanders</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Suicide bomber kills 5 top Revolutionary Guard commanders in southeastern Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — A suicide bomber killed five senior commanders of the elite Revolutionary Guard and at least 26 others in an area of southeastern Iran that has been at the center of a simmering Sunni insurgency, state media reported.

The official IRNA news agency said the dead included the deputy commander of the Guard&#8217;s ground .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-suicide-bomber-kills-5-top-revolutionary-guard-commanders-in-southeastern-iran-199094/">Source &nbsp;: Report: Suicide bomber kills 5 top Revolutionary Guard commanders in southeastern Iran</a>.]]></description>
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