Charge dropped against black Harvard scholar; city says arrest ‘regrettable, unfortunate’BOSTON — Prosecutors dropped a disorderly conduct charge Tuesday against prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., who was arrested after forcing his way into his own house in what he and other blacks say was an outrageous but all-too-common example of how police treat them. APNewsBreak: Source says police recommend dropping charge against black Harvard scholarBOSTON — A person with knowledge of the case against Henry Louis Gates Jr. says police are recommending that the charge against the prominent Harvard University black scholar be dropped. Officials set up protest zones, keep eye over dueling rallies over Paris, Texas dragging deathPARIS, Texas — Members of a black extremist group began assembling Tuesday morning near the courthouse before planned demonstrations in a town where murder charges were dropped against two white men accused in the death of a black friend run over by a vehicle and dragged beneath it. Black separatists, white supremacists could clash in protest over Texas dragging casePARIS, Texas — Members of a black extremist group are assembling in Texas before planned demonstrations over murder charges being dropped against two white men accused in the death of a black friend. Anti-Semitism group in Romania files complaint against mayor over Nazi uniformCONSTANTA, Romania — An anti-Semitism monitoring organization in Romania has filed an official complaint with prosecutors against a mayor for taking part in a fashion show dressed as a Nazi officer and wearing a swastika. China says riot wasn’t there fault, blame it on ’separatists’
Black scholar Gates arrested after reported break-in at Mass. home, raising profiling fearsBOSTON — Police responding to a call about “two black males” breaking into a home near Harvard University ended up arresting the man who lives there — Henry Louis Gates Jr., the nation’s pre-eminent black scholar. Texas town braces for protests of dragging death case by black separatists, white supremacistsDALLAS — Black and white extremists are expected to demonstrate Tuesday in an eastern Texas town where murder charges were dropped against two white men accused in the death of a black friend run over by a vehicle and dragged beneath it. Top black scholar Gates arrested at home in Mass. and accuses police of racismBOSTON — Henry Louis Gates Jr., the nation’s pre-eminent black scholar, is accusing Cambridge police of racism after he was arrested while trying to force open the locked front door of his home near Harvard University. World’s birthday gift to Mandela on his 91st: Helping elderly, children, other charity workJOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Nelson Mandela’s fans celebrated the anti-apartheid icon’s 91st birthday Saturday by emulating him with good deeds, reading to the blind, distributing blankets to the homeless or refurbishing homes for AIDS orphans. US Justice Department reviews allegations of racial discrimination at Pa. swim clubPHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing the case of a suburban Philadelphia swim club that has been accused of racial discrimination. Baltimore rededicates statue of jazz icon Billie Holiday, with once-omitted panels on racismBALTIMORE — A Baltimore statue of Billie Holiday now bears images evoking the anti-racism message of a song recorded by the jazz icon in the 1930s, just as the sculptor intended. Lawyer: Kidnap and murder convict of young French Jew appeals sentencePARIS — The lawyer for the convicted killer of a young French Jew says his client is appealing his sentence. Desmond Tutu: 2010 WCup in South Africa as important as Obama’s electionBERLIN — Archbishop Desmond Tutu believes the 2010 World Cup is a good chance to demonstrate the gains South Africa has made since the end of apartheid. Poor Alabama county banks on coal ash dumping for jobs, at a cost critics say is too highUNIONTOWN, Ala. — Two-lane roads lined with weeds and trees seem to stretch forever in Perry County, where thousands of residents are poor even by Alabama standards and they don’t produce much for the outside world besides timber and catfish. Mosques open for Friday prayers in Urumqi, but China continues to keep tight lid on cityURUMQI, China — More than 100 Chinese riot police with shields and wooden sticks lined up directly across the street from a popular mosque during Friday prayers, warning worshippers not to protest again in this western city rocked by the region’s worst rioting in decades. Fireman at Sotomayor hearing embodies struggle to right racial wrongs without harm to whitesWASHINGTON — He spoke, this 35-year-old firefighter, to frustrations that still ripple in an undercurrent across the nation. Conn. white firefighter says Sotomayor’s ruling ‘divides people’ along racial linesWASHINGTON — Frank Ricci, the white firefighter who recently won his reverse discrimination case at the Supreme Court, said Thursday that an unfavorable ruling by Sonia Sotomayor and other judges “divides people who don’t wish to be divided along racial lines.” Ricci and his firefighting colleague from New Haven, Conn., Lt. Ben Vargas, denounced the appeals court ruling by Sotomayor and two other judges on the federal appeals court in New York. But in testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, neither man voiced opposition to Sotomayor’s confirmation as a Supreme Court justice. White firefighter whom Sotomayor ruled against says her decision sows racial divisionWASHINGTON — Frank Ricci, the white firefighter who recently won his reverse discrimination case at the Supreme Court, said Thursday that an unfavorable ruling by Sonia Sotomayor and other judges “divides people who don’t wish to be divided along racial lines.” On NAACP’s 100th anniversary, Obama urges personal responsibility as well as gov’t partnershipNEW YORK — President Barack Obama says African-Americans are still feeling “the pain of discrimination” despite the many advances blacks have made over the past century. Closure of Russia’s largest market points rising ethnic tensions, murky world of graftMOSCOW — Outside Moscow’s sprawling Cherkizovsky market, tensions are rising almost as quickly as the sweltering summer heat. In message for NAACP centennial, Obama says gov’t, families, communities must work togetherWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is telling the nation’s oldest civil rights organization that government, families and neighborhoods must work together to improve communities. Obama, NAACP both can celebrate making history at group’s 100th annual conventionWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is telling the nation’s oldest civil rights organization that government, families and neighborhoods must work together to improve their communities. Obama to tell NAACP that families, neighborhoods must work together to improve communitiesWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is telling the nation’s oldest civil rights organization that government, families and neighborhoods must work together to improve their communities. In message to NAACP, Obama says government, families, communities must work togetherWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is telling the nation’s oldest civil rights organization that government, families and neighborhoods must work together to improve their communities. Agency concerned about Supreme Court rulings making it harder to prove age discriminationWASHINGTON — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is considering new rules to protect older workers from job discrimination after a spate of recent Supreme Court decisions made it harder to prove age bias in the workplace. Chinese PR campaign promotes harmony in restive region, but many Muslims aren’t listeningHOTAN, China — The chorus of smiling Muslims and Han Chinese wore matching yellow polo shirts and appeared on television Wednesday, singing: “We are all part of the same family.” Kodak agrees to settle lawsuit claiming discrimination against black employeesBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP— Eastman Kodak Co. has agreed to pay $21.4 million to settle legal action brought by black workers who claim the photography products maker paid and promoted them less than their white co-workers. Sotomayor pushes back on GOP bias charges in intense exchanges; court confirmation seen likelyWASHINGTON — Sonia Sotomayor pushed back vigorously Tuesday against Republican charges that she would bring bias and a liberal agenda to her seat as the first Hispanic woman on the Supreme Court, insisting repeatedly she would be impartial as GOP senators tried to undercut her with her own words from past speeches. Analysis: Income gaps and official corruption fuel clashes in China’s streetsBEIJING — Widening income gaps, corrupt local administrations and policies that seem to favor the well-connected few over the disadvantaged many are fueling spasms of violence that spring up in cities across China. |
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BEIJING — China on Tuesday defended its policies on ethnic minorities, saying the violence in Xinjiang that killed nearly 200 people this month was triggered by separatists and not its treatment of Uighurs. During a televised news conference, the vice minister of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission blamed an underground separatist movement of Muslim, Turkic-speaking Uighurs and said China will never tolerate secession in its far western region.
