Word: ethnicize
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...Liberal leaders were once notorious for handpicking ethnic minority candidates to run in multicultural constituencies, but they're no longer the only ones courting the Asian vote. With a million Chinese and an equal number of South Asians now living in Canada, the two groups constitute half of the country's visible minority population and account for nearly 60% of its new immigrants every year. So the Conservatives, who won 99 seats, ran candidates like the Grewals in British Columbia this year, and the New Democrats (19 seats) aired TV spots featuring their multilingual party leader, Jack Layton, stumping...
...tragedy is that for thousands of Sudanese it may be too late. "That men, women and children uprooted by the war and ethnic cleansing will die in enormous numbers is no longer in doubt due to advanced stages of malnutrition and disease that cannot be reversed," says USAID's Winter. The final death toll will depend largely on "whether the Sudanese government will finally make saving lives in Darfur the priority rather than a chit for negotiation." In such a high-stakes game, few expect that to happen. --Reported by Massimo Calabresi/Washington and Ilona Eveleens/Kailek
DEATH IN SUDAN: Ethnic cleansing has left 10,000 dead...
...AFRICA SUDAN: Ethnic cleansing has left 10,000 dead...
...Interim Government The Players: The top tier of the Interim Government headed by Prime Minister Iyad Allawi are survivors of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council, and the new administration's composition reflects a similar concern by its creators (primarily the U.S.) to balance representation among Iraqi ethnic groups. As a caretaker government, its mandate is strictly limited to organizing elections currently scheduled for January 2 to choose a new government. And it has defined security as its primary concern on the road to elections...