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...Civil Rights protests, and was even known as the "Klan Capital" of the U.S. In recent weeks, national television cameras have swooped into town. One front-page Times-Picayune headline blared: "Change of heart doomed woman." Joe Culpepper, captain of Bogalusa's 39-member police force, says the whole ordeal "took us by surprise. We have our share of white trash up here. But the community has evolved past Klan-type behavior. Nobody is on that page anymore." Andre Johnson, one of two blacks on the seven-member governing board of Washington Parish, says, "although we have a history...
...governor has received support from elements of the black community throughout his ordeal. One night shortly after Blagojevich's initial arrest, a group of black ministers gathered at his home to hold a prayer vigil. Yet Blagojevich has previously expressed concerns that Burris' race has affected his electoral chances. In a 2002 radio interview, the governor said Burris lost the primary contest for the gubernatorial contest that year because the color of his skin "hurt...
...south Lebanon would not serve the Palestinian cause. "At this time, we will not retaliate from south Lebanon," says Abu Ahmad Fadel Taha, the leader of Hamas in Ain al-Hilweh. "We are counting for now on the support of the Arab people to stand beside us in our ordeal...
...Amnesty International hailed the Portuguese offer as an important step forward in Europe's relationship with the U.S. on human rights. "It helps to end the ordeal of those unlawfully held, but also the international human rights scandal that is Guantánamo," says Daniel Gorevan, who heads Amnesty's Counter Terror with Justice campaign. "The E.U. can now exert a really positive influence as the new Administration tries to clear up the mess not just of Guantánamo but of the other related issues like torture and rendition...
...Each new detail that emerges about the city's three-day ordeal points to multiple failures by the security agencies, including the failure to intercept and heed intelligence; the failure to contain the terrorists and the damage they were able to inflict; and the failure to capture more than one terrorist alive in order to ascertain their identities, motives, origins and affiliations. But these failures are neither startling nor new. Indian security experts have for decades pointed at the need for a better intelligence-gathering system, from the police post up. And they say India needs more police officers...