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...power broker, but his army of critics charges that he has not outgrown a tendency to play the crassest kind of racial politics. Case in point: the convoluted New York imbroglio this month in which Sharpton was reported to have offered to endorse Bronx borough president Fernando Ferrer--a Puerto Rican who's trying to win the Democratic mayoral nomination by building a coalition of Latino and black voters--if and only if Ferrer backed a slate of black candidates Sharpton favored. The New York Times reporter who wrote the story, Sharpton says, left out the fact that his list...
...Puerto Rico Condition for live-fire drills: only one sea turtle fatality per exercise
Instead of giving a speech in the ARCO Forum on May 1, Sharpton and 12 other protesters were arrested for trespassing at a military base in Vieques, Puerto Rico, according to The New York Times...
Miss Israel, ILANIT LEVY, won't catch any flak in the Miss Universe competition May 11--though she may get some piercing stares from the other contestants in Puerto Rico. The blond 18-year-old from Haifa, a soldier in the Israeli army, plans to wear a bulletproof gown created by Tel Aviv designer Galit Levi. The silk animal-print dress, shown here on Levy, is covered with an Israeli army-issue flak jacket embroidered with diamonds and pearls for a "softer look." The designer wants to send a message that everyday life should go on despite the latest outbreaks...
...TIME.com: The Puerto Rican government claims the exercises and bombs have poisoned the island?s water and caused various health problems in islanders. Is the Navy at all sympathetic to these concerns...