Obama: Intense health care debate is about government’s proper role _ not about racismWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Friday that angry criticisms about his health care agenda are driven by an intense debate over the proper role of government — and not by racism. China’s Communists vow to crack down on ethnic separatism, strengthen democracy in the partyBEIJING — China’s Communist elite wrapped up their annual conclave Friday without a widely anticipated announcement to promote the country’s vice president and presumed future leader to a powerful military commission. Dueling ‘racist’ claims are changing the meaning of a once powerful wordEverybody’s racist, it seems. Mary Travers, blond beatnik in 1960s folk anthem trio Peter, Paul and Mary, dies at 72NEW YORK — Mary Travers, one part of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, which used beautiful, tranquil harmonies to convey the angst and turmoil of the Vietnam anti-war movement, racial discrimination and more, died after a yearslong battle with leukemia. She was 72. SAfrican health industry sees reform coming, wants to influence shape of governing party planJOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s governing party is looking to phase in government-administered universal health care within the next five years, and unlike the raging battle in the United States most here believe the plan will pass. Second batch of suspects in China needle attacks get 8 to 15 years in prisionBEIJING — A court in western China’s Xinjiang region sentenced four men accused of jabbing a pedestrian with a hypodermic needle to prison terms of eight to 15 years on Thursday, as authorities move swiftly to assuage panic over a string of such attacks. Mary Travers of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dead after battle with cancer at 72BOSTON — Mary Travers, one-third of the popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary who were perhaps best known for their hit “Puff (The Magic Dragon),” died in a Connecticut hospital after battling leukemia for several years. She was 72. Mary Travers of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dead after battle with cancer at 62DANBURY, Conn. — Mary Travers, one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died. White House spokesman: Criticism of Obama is not based on his raceWASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama doesn’t believe he’s being criticized because of his race. Rep. Joe Wilson’s son disputes claim by Carter that Congressman’s outburst ‘based on racism’ATLANTA — U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson’s oldest son defended his father against a claim by former President Jimmy Carter that the congressman’s outburst during a speech by President Barack Obama was “based on racism.” Rep. Wilson’s outburst ‘based on racism’: Carter
Former President Carter says Rep. Wilson’s outburst to Obama ‘based on racism,’ ‘dastardly’ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter says Congressman Joe Wilson’s outburst to President Barack Obama last week was an act “based on racism.” Carter called Wilson’s comment “dastardly” and part of an “inherent feeling” held by some in this country who feel that a black man should not be president. Former President Carter: Congressman’s outburst to Obama ‘based on racism,’ ‘dastardly’ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst to President Barack Obama during a speech to Congress last week was an act “based on racism” and rooted in fears of a black president. Zakes Mokae, champion of the plays of Athol Fugard, dies at 75LAS VEGAS — Zakes Mokae, the Tony-winning South African actor best known for his work with playwright Athol Fugard in such apartheid dramas as “The Blood Knot” and “Master Harold … and the boys,” has died at the age of 75. Kurdish policeman’s family killed in Iraq’s north as Kurdish-Arab tensions buildBAGHDAD — Gunmen killed a Kurdish policeman’s wife and three young children with execution-style shots to the head Sunday as they slept in their home in the northern city of Kirkuk, where tension is building between Arabs and Kurds over land and oil. Afghan commando units slowly overcoming ethnic issues to forge a national identityRISH KHOOR, Afghanistan — Col. Farid stood in front of Afghanistan’s first commando unit two years ago and posed a simple question. NAACP calls for greater police oversight, training after man killed inside Illinois churchThe NAACP is renewing a push for federal standards on police use of force after the shooting of an unarmed black man by two white police officers inside a church while day care children watched. Colleagues defend French interior minister after alleged anti-Arab slurPARIS — Cabinet members rushed Friday to defend France’s interior minister — a key ally of President Nicolas Sarkozy — amid calls for the man’s resignation after he allegedly was caught on camera making anti-Arab remarks. Exiled Uighur Kadeer calls for world pressure to get China to change minorities policyPRAGUE — An exiled Uighur activist accused China on Friday of destroying the cultures of the country’s minorities and urged democratic nations to force China to change its policies on minorities. 12 panelists picked to review Cambridge, Mass., police arrest of black Harvard scholar GatesCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Twelve people from across the country have been chosen to serve on an independent panel to review the arrest of a black Harvard scholar at his home by a white police officer, Cambridge officials said Thursday. France’s top cop defends remark that rights groups denounce as anti-ArabPARIS — France’s interior minister has been caught on camera making what sound like anti-Arab remarks, infuriating anti-racism groups, even as he insisted Thursday that his words were innocent and misconstrued. Kurds demand improved security in northern Iraq after suicide truck bomber kills 19BAGHDAD — Kurdish lawmakers demanded the government step up security in northern Iraq after a suicide truck bomb flattened a neighborhood in a small village Thursday, killing 19 people and injuring 30 others in the most recent in a spate of attacks. Officials say truck bomb kills at least 19, injures 30 in northern Iraqi villageBAGHDAD — A suicide truck bomber hit a Kurdish village in northern Iraq before dawn Thursday, killing at least 19 people and injuring 30 others, officials said, in what appeared to be the latest in a string of attacks targeting Kurds and other ethnic and religious groups in the region. Zombie king Romero’s “Survival of the Dead” is 1st horror flick competing at Venice since 1932VENICE, Italy — George Romero swears his latest zombie installment isn’t a horror-filled commentary on America’s military entanglements in Iraq or Afghanistan. Malaysia court charges 6 Muslims with sedition for parading cow head to protest Hindu templeSHAH ALAM, Malaysia — A Malaysian court charged six Muslims with sedition Wednesday for parading a severed cow head to protest the construction of a Hindu temple in a case that has stoked religious and racial tensions in this multiethnic country. Roadside bombs kill 4 US soldiers in Iraq in deadliest day in weeks for American forcesBAGHDAD — Four U.S. soldiers were killed by roadside bombs Tuesday, the deadliest day for American forces in Iraq since combat troops pulled back from urban areas more than two months ago. China’s riot-hit Xinjiang region tightens rules on sales of dangerous chemicalsBEIJING — The western Chinese region shaken by ethnic rioting and needle attacks is tightening controls over the sale of dangerous chemicals in an effort to improve public safety, state media reported Tuesday. US military says roadside bombs kill 4 American soldiers in northern Iraq and BaghdadBAGHDAD — Roadside bombs killed four U.S. soldiers Tuesday in separate incidents in Iraq, the military said, in one of the most deadly days for American troops in weeks. Roadside bomb in northern Iraqi Shiite town kills police chief, 4 othersBAGHDAD — A roadside bomb killed the head of an anti-terrorism police unit and four of his bodyguards Tuesday in a northern Iraqi town that is home to a large Shiite population, a police official said. Racial tensions rise, rumors abound over manhunt in Mississippi town with troubled pastSUMNER, Miss. — In the Mississippi Delta, nothing spreads faster than a rumor that an armed white mob chased black thieves through a cotton field. Throw in an armored personnel carrier and a racially charged past, and it’s no surprise federal investigators are checking it out. |
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ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst to President Barack Obama during a speech to Congress last week was an act “based on racism” and rooted in fears of a black president.
