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...reaction was so intense, it's because people unfortunately know that such a horrific scenario is plausible," says Yonathan Arfi, president of the Union of French Jewish Students. France's hate-crime wave extends far beyond a single well-publicized case. "Whether this is the 10th or 20th assault of its kind changes nothing," says former Socialist Economy and Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn. "We have a real problem." At least the denial stage is now over. For years, officials downplayed the problem of ethnic assaults in France. But the pace of attacks has now escalated to record levels. France...
...little comfort to Jewish leaders. They say French reluctance to denounce anti-Semitism explains why attacks on Jews far outnumber those on France's 5 million Muslims. But Muslim leaders counter that the assumption that French Arabs are behind the rise of anti-Semitism - an idea Leblanc's fictive assault was built upon - is itself a sign of racism. "Anti-Semitism is extremely serious, but when it's discussed today, it's Muslims who fall under suspicion," protests Kamel Kabtane, president of the Rhône-Alps Regional Muslim Council. "Rampant Islamophobia now in France leads everyone to blame...
...officer was sent to Canaday Hall to take a report of a past sexual assault...
...HUPD officers were dispatched to Harvard Square to assist Cambridge Police Department (CPD) officers with a report of a past sexual assault. An investigation is ongoing...
INDICTED. DAVID PASSARO, 38, civilian contractor employed by the CIA; on assault charges, for allegedly beating an Afghan detainee who later died; in Raleigh, N.C. The four-count indictment, which carries a prison term of up to 40 years, is the first against a civilian in the prisoner-abuse investigations in Afghanistan and Iraq...