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Racism conference causes controversy
An international conference on how to address racism
boiled into a political brouhaha in South Africa
this week, as nations squabbled over such contentious
topics as Zionism as racism and slavery reparations.
The Zionism issue ending up proving too hot to handle
for the United States, whose mid-level delegation
was ordered by Secretary of State Colin Powell to
leave the conference due to "hateful language"
singling out Israel for its treatment of Palestinians.
Little, however, was made of the United States'
treatment of indigenous peoples. But that didn't
stop American Indian and other activists from making
noise as they protested their lack of recognition
at the United Nations gathering.
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No agreement on
racism talks (9/7)
Slavery
reparations still hot topic (9/6)
Indigenous
activists protest at racism conference (9/5)
Conflict
surrounded racism decision (9/5)
U.S. drops out of
racism talks (9/4)
Interior plays trust fund waiting game
Although Secretary of Interior Gale Norton claims
she has taken steps to advance, not delay, an accurate
accounting of the funds owed
to an estimated 300,000 American Indians throughout
the country, her department wants to wait a month
to tell a federal court about the alleged
progress.
Missing a court-imposed deadline, the Bush administration
is asking U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth for
more time to prepare a trust reform status report.
It seems not all the information contained in
the report so far is agreeable to at least one
top official at the Interior.
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Interior delaying
trust reform report (9/6)
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