The two titans of the race for the Democratic nomination, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton visited the same town yesterday, at the commemoration of a seminal moment in the civil rights movement. The decision to visit Selma, Alabama, was being seen as an indication of their determination to win over African-Americans who could form a key group of voters within the contest. Mr Obama was the first to be invited. A month later, Mrs Clinton decided to attend. Selma became "bloody Sunday" on March 7, 1965 when about 600 civil rights marchers set off for the state capital, Montgomery, in a protest over voting rights. When they reached the Edmund Pettus bridge they were attacked by police enforcing a ban on marches by the then governor George Wallace. The march was repeated successfully two weeks later, led by Martin Luther King, and presaged the passing of the Voting Rights Act by President Johnson in August 1965....
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 Japan won't apologize again for WW2 sex slaves: PM |
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday Japan will not apologize again for forcing women to act as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers in World War 2 even if a U.S. House of Representatives resolution demanding an apology is adopted.But Abe said he stood by a 1993 Japanese government apology that acknowledged that the military played a role in setting up and managing wartime brothels and that coercion was used. "I have to say that even if the resolution passes, that doesn't mean we will apologize," Abe told a parliamentary panel, reiterating the government stance that the U.S. resolution contains factual errors. ...
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| Japanese Government Undecided on Extending Iraq Air Force Mission, to Decide This Month |
Japan's top government spokesman said Monday that Tokyo is undecided about whether to extend the nation's air force mission in Iraq when it expires in July, but that a decision is expected by the end of this month. Tokyo has been airlifting U.N. and coalition personnel and supplies into Baghdad and other Iraqi cities from nearby Kuwait since last year as part of efforts to support the reconstruction of Iraq. The mission is set to end July 31, and debate is already gearing up about whether Tokyo will continue its contributions to a war increasingly unpopular at home. "Discussions are going on, but we have not decided on any specific policy yet," Chief Cabinet spokesman Yasuhisa Shiozaki said. "A decision will be made by the end of this month." ...
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| 'Maoist rebels' shoot Indian MP |
A member of parliament belonging to a prominent regional party in eastern India has been shot dead by suspected Maoists, officials have said. Sunil Mahato of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha was killed while watching a football match in Jharkhand, which has been the scene of a Maoist insurgency. Two security guards and a party leader were also killed in the shoot out. More than 6,000 people have died during the rebels' 20-year fight for a communist state in parts of India. The ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led government in the state has called for India's top federal detective agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), to lead an investigation into Sunday's murder. ...
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| President of major civil rights group resigns |
The president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Bruce Gordon, is stepping down after 19 months at the nation's largest civil rights organization, the NAACP said on Sunday. NAACP board chairman Julian Bond said in a statement the organization was "sad to announce" Gordon's resignation, and said a "widespread search for a replacement" will begin immediately.Bond was quoted in Monday's editions of the New York Times as saying Gordon and the board had different views of the future role of the organization."We want it to be a social justice organization; he wanted it to be more of a social service organization," the newspaper quoted Bond as saying....
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| Troops storm E Timor rebel base |
Australian-led peacekeeping troops in East Timor have taken control of a town where a rebel former army officer and his men have been under siege. The soldiers, backed by helicopters and armoured vehicles, entered the town of Same, 50km (30 miles) south of the capital Dili, under cover of darkness. Four of the rebel force are reported to have been killed but their leader, Major Alfredo Reinado, escaped. East Timor's president agreed the raid after Maj Reinado refused to negotiate. The Timorese authorities are pursuing Maj Reinado for his role in clashes with government forces last May. He was jailed over his role in the unrest, but escaped in a mass breakout from a Dili prison last August. ...
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