Luke Do was a lively 18-month-old awaiting the birth of his first sibling when he was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia.
The hopes of his parents, both doctors in San Jose, Calif., immediately turned to a bone marrow transplant, but they soon learned some distressing news — Luke’s ethnic heritage made him a tough [...]
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Mixed race children have almost no chance of finding bone marrow or organ donors.
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Four black Teens Charged With Hate Crim
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Four black teens were arrested on hate crime charges Friday, after police say they threw rocks at a bus full of Jewish toddlers.
Police say the teens hurled racial slurs and broke windows on the school bus last month in Crown Heights.
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German police in Islamist swoop
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German police have carried out a series of raids targeting homes and cultural associations believed to be used to spread extremist material.
The raids, which took place in several areas, including Bonn and Berlin, were linked to nine suspected Islamists.
The nine men, aged between 25 and 47, are believed to have tried to recruit militants to [...]
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Dutch Islam film website ’shut’
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A website that a Dutch right-wing politician was planning to use to release a film expected to be fiercely critical of Islam has been suspended.
The US hosting service, Network Solutions, said it was investigating complaints that it may have breached guidelines on hate language.
Dutch politician Geert Wilders says the 15-minute film describes Islam as “the [...]
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Muslim Watchdog in the Nederlands to intimidate the public
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According the the Dutch newspaper “De Telegraaf”, Morocan writer Mohammed Jabri will start a new comity whose task will be to monitor everyone who makes derogatory comments about Islam.
Jabri claims he has the support of lawyers, mosk leaders and writers. He is planning to sue everyone who does “racist” comments about Islam. He is aware [...]
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Texan Kills Thieves: Hero or Homicidal?
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[The people killed were black, and home owner was white; so black groups and crying racism as usual-ed]
The cha-chick of a shell entering a shotgun’s chamber rattled through the 911 line just before Joe Horn stepped out his front door.
Horn, 61, had phoned police when he saw two men break into his neighbor’s suburban Houston [...]
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NEW ZEALAND: Maori girls eyes gouged out by family for being the devil
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A 14-YEAR-OLD New Zealand girl has had her eyeballs gouged by relatives who thought she was possessed by the devil.
The girl was the cousin of Janet Moses, a 22-year-old mother of two who died on October 12 during the same ceremony to lift a Maori makutu (curse), the Dominion Post newspaper reported today.
Relatives gouged her [...]
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Ireland: African immigrants spread HIV in Ireland
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ALMOST a third of those diagnosed with HIV in Ireland last year were African - with the majority of victims now identified as non-nationals.
According to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre 2007 Report of the 337 people diagnosed with HIV, almost a third of cases came from African nations, making them the second largest group [...]
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Australia: 11-year-old boy gave STD to young girls
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AN 11-year-old boy forced two pre-school-aged girls to have sex with him, infected them with sexually transmitted diseases, but will not be prosecuted by Western Australian authorities.
Police yesterday confirmed that criminal charges would not be laid against the boy from Balgo, a troubled indigenous community in the northeastern reaches of the Great Sandy Desert 100km [...]
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SWITZERLAND: Zurich introduces “Muslim friendliness” check
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Amid a fierce debate about minarets, public services in canton Zurich are being tested to determine if they discriminate against Muslims.
The cantonal authorities commissioned the fact-finding study to provide a more solid foundation for an ongoing political debate on how Muslims practise their religion in Zurich.
The Zurich chapter of the rightwing Swiss People’s Party put [...]
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