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...meat is unsafe, but that dog-eaters are—beyond being distasteful to the mainstream—so morally degrading to society as to be worthy of explicit legislation prohibiting their unsavory habits. Worse, such laws discriminate—in effect if not intent—against ethnic groups that traditionally eat dog meat—namely, some East and Southeast Asian cultures. Dog is considered a delicacy in many Asian countries; unfortunately for new immigrants to the Land of the Free, here any savage who disrespects a dog enough to eat one is not wanted. The message...
...debate turn violent? U.S. intelligence czar John Negroponte told a Senate committee in March that a third term could trigger a"disruption of oil supply, secessionist moves by regional governments, major refugee flows and instability elsewhere in West Africa." That's more likely if Nigeria's politicians exploit ethnic divisions, as they have in the past. Chudi Akude, a spokesman for a new opposition party, worries that the ruling party is dominated by retired generals who run what he calls a civilian autocracy. "If [Obasanjo] continues with trying to perpetuate himself in government, I fear chaos and civil...
...year-old Anoja Kugenthirasah, an ethnic Tamil from the village of Poovarasakulam, a few kilometers from the de facto border between government and rebel territory in northern Sri Lanka. Around 1:25 p.m. last Tuesday, Kugenthirasah arrived at the front gate of the Sri Lankan army headquarters in the capital Colombo, produced an identity card, and named an officer she said was her husband. Indicating her bump, she told the guards she was due at the army clinic for a check...
...time police and troop reinforcements arrived from Australia to bolster the Regional Assistance Mission that has been providing security in the Solomons since 2003, most of Honiara's shopping hub had been razed, nine police cars burned and 32 Australian officers injured. Hundreds of ethnic Chinese, the mainstay of the limping economy, fled the country...
...office space. “I think it really reflects poorly on the college because we are the only undergraduate group for American Indians,” said NAHC President Leah R. Lussier ’07. Lussier added that the group was disappointed especially because most other ethnic groups were granted office space, whether single or shared. The Harvard College Democrats was another group that was dissatisfied. Dems President Eric P. Lesser ’07 said the group applied for the largest office space available, but received a significantly smaller assignment.“I don?...