News - Powered by Yahoo NewsSomali Group Frees Japan, Dutch Aid Workers After 108 Days
Keiko Akahane, a doctor from Japan, and Willem Sools, a medical aid worker from the Netherlands were released unharmed after 108 days in captivity, Medecines Du Monde said. The two were kidnapped on Sept. 22 in Ogaden, an area of eastern Ethiopia inhabited by ethnic Somalis and claimed by Somalia.
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:11:55 GMT - (Bloomberg)
Ethnic minorities missing out on top management positions
ETHNIC minorities might never be properly represented in the workplace, especially in management, according to a new report.
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:55:06 GMT - (icWales)
Tajik Activist Calls on Russian Media to Stop Fanning Ethnic Hatr
Paul Goble Vienna, January 8 ? Russian journalists, in violation of their own code of professional ethics, are fanning the flames of ethnic hatred against migrants and thus opening the way for violent actions by extreme nationalist and fascist groups, according to a Tajik activist in the Russian city of Ryazan. In an article posted on Centrasia.ru yesterday, Azim Makhsumov, the head of that ...
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:48:25 GMT - (Moldova.org)
Sri Lanka outlaws rebel group
The Sri Lankan government officially outlawed the Tamil Tiger rebel group Wednesday, a formality that ruled out the possibility of restarting peace talks any time soon to end a brutal quarter-century of civil war.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:05:00 GMT - (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Food for thought: Building a better city with ethnic markets
GREENSBORO - Let's talk food - and a skinny can of mango juice. It's really Louis Allen's idea. He's a criminal defense attorney, famous for his "Andy Griffith defense," who runs the Federal Public Defender office for the Middle District, or 24 counties in central North Carolina. But I'm not here to rattle on about crime and punishment. This is about Allen's vision: the possibility of ...
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:10:05 GMT - (Greensboro News & Record)
Sri Lanka squeezes Tamil Tiger rebels
Government forces sweeping down from the north captured an important Tamil Tiger base on the Jaffna Peninsula on Thursday, further boxing in the retreating rebel group, the military said.
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:14:37 GMT - (International Herald Tribune)
Public health researcher takes on health disparities
Thomas A. LaVeist, professor of Health Policy and Management, and director of the Center for Health Disparities Solutions at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is studying the gaps between ethnic and racial groups and its impact on health care.
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:19:28 GMT - (Baltimore Examiner)
Audio: Ancient Jewish Ethnic Music with Agadetah
Interview with Yaniv Shamay of the group Agadetah. Hear how this hassidic band from Meron and Tzfat creates beautiful melodies on such exotic instruments as the santur, kamancheh, miriam's drum, pantam and more. Plus some classic tracks from Dov Shurin and Mashina.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:23:06 GMT - (Israel National News)
End in sight to Prabhakaran's warped war
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka ? The 30-year-old ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka may well end this year. Thousands of people have been killed, and political leaders, including India's young and charismatic Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, assassinated in the war between majority Sinhala-speaking Buddhists and the largely Christian Tamils. The Tamils, led by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's Vellupillai ...
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:15:34 GMT - (The Japan Times)
Military: Sri Lankan jets hit rebel boats
Sri Lankan air force jets launched a series of attacks against Tamil Tigers, keeping pressure on the beleaguered rebels a day after officially banning the group, the military said Thursday.
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:23:52 GMT - (AP via Yahoo! News)