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...outside Spain, some authorities have been unimpressed with that response. The International Automobile Federation, which oversees Formula One, warned that it may impose sanctions against Spain, including possibly removing the country's two Grand Prix races - including one at Montmeló - scheduled for later this year. Calling the events "sickening," British sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe told the BBC that the events "bring in question whether the Grand Prix should be held at this track." He also said that he would be writing to his Spanish counterpart, Jaime Lissavetsky, to express his outrage. "Racism should not be tolerated and this...
...racing, Spanish soccer has an unfortunate recent history of spectator racism. In 2004, Spanish national team coach Luis Aragonés publicly applied the same "negro de mierda" epithet to Arsenal striker Thierry Henry and Spanish fans bellowed monkey chants at black players in a "friendly" match between Spain and England later that year. FIFA fined the Spanish Football Federation $77,000 on that occasion. In 2006, FC Barcelona's Cameroon-born striker Samuel Eto'o walked off the field in protest after Zaragoza fans repeated the noises whenever he took to the pitch...
...legal organ donations remain rare in India. The Multi Organ Harvesting Aid Network (MOHAN), a Chennai-based non-government group that promotes legal organ donation, puts donation rates in India at well under 1 per million, compared to rates of more than 20 per million in places such as Spain, the U.S. and France. The group's head Dr Sunil Shroff rejects the idea that Indian culture or religion is behind the low donation rates. "The reason is we haven't got our act together basically," he says. "The infrastructure is not there. The general perception is lacking...
...World Trade Center collapsed. "Oh ... Sorry, Mourad, I didn't see you standing there." Being lumped in with terrorists has become one of the great work-related hazards for Europe's Muslims. "It's not outright discrimination," says Kamal Halawa, a Palestinian surgeon, who has lived in Spain for 40 years. "It's more like mistrust. You notice it in the way your [work] superiors treat you. You have to be continually demonstrating, day after day, that you are the same as everyone else...
...France has promised to deploy at least 1,350 troops and the Irish Defence Forces are to send a further 450. Further contributions are to come from 12 other countries, including Austria, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain and Sweden...