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Barondes says Stanton's color played no role in her candidacy, but neither he nor Stanton - a divorced single mother to Shana, 14 - is unaccustomed to the impact of race in America, particularly in the South. Indeed, leaders of the Alabama synagogue where Stanton trained for a year as a student rabbi never believed their white congregation would accept an African-American at the pulpit. Complaints were lodged and calls were made. Yet by the end of her training, the synagogue was deeply saddened to see her go. "Everyone has their initial impressions and outmoded stereotypes," Stanton reflects...
...down-under has come to light, sparking allegations of widespread racism in Australian society, and a failure by law enforcement authorities to act. The first incident occurred in the early hours of May 24 at a suburban party in Melbourne, Australia's second largest city in the country's south. Indian student Sravan Kumar Theerthala, a guest at the birthday party, was confronted by party-crashers, one of whom stabbed him in the head with a screw driver allegedly without provocation. (See pictures of Australia's apology for its past aboriginal policies...
...recent Friday afternoon in south Tehran, an auditorium packed with some 6,000 Ahmadinejad supporters was filled with anthemic music as large video screens showed images of Iran's nuclear-energy facilities and the recently launched Omid satellite - achievements the Ahmadinejad Administration prides itself on. Above the crowd, banners with pictures of the Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khameini and Ahmadinejad covered the walls. (See the photo essay "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Iranian Paradox...
...within the combat zone as late as May 15, according to some reports. Amnesty International said the three had last been seen on the morning of May 15 near Omanthai, where the screening of civilians and others escaping the combat zone was taking place, about 50 miles (80 km) south of the fighting. One of the doctors, Varatharajah, was injured during the latter stages of the fighting...
...officials from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited the doctors at a detention center, according to Monica Zanarelli, the ICRC's deputy head of operations for South Asia during a regular visit to detention sites. ICRC officials in Colombo, the capital, said the organization had access to the doctors but could not confirm whether officials had made any more visits since May 20. Samarasinghe said the three were now being detained at the CID in Colombo...