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8:04 AM EST
2/9/2012 The tribulations of being an Ethiopian JewAn estimated 125,000 Ethiopian Jews live in Israel, but while they are supposed to be full citizens with equal rights, their community has continued to face widespread discrimination and socio-economic difficulties, according to its leaders.

Source:IRIN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Civil Unrest, Social Conflict, Religion And Belief, Judaism, Social Issue, Minority Group, National Or Ethnic Minority

7:40 AM EST
2/9/2012 Indigenous groups - stateless and sickThe health of millions of indigenous people across Asia is at risk, experts say, as lack of recognition of their legal status hinders data collection, making their medical problems invisible in most national health surveys.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Government, National Government, Social Issue, Minority Group, National Or Ethnic Minority

11:07 AM EST
2/7/2012 Quetta's Hazara community living in fearWidespread fear of harassment, discrimination and killings has prompted some Hazara community members living in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan Province in southwestern Pakistan, to consider leaving the country, even by illegal means.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Government, National Government, Social Issue, Minority Group, National Or Ethnic Minority

10:56 AM EST
2/1/2012 Debbie Reynolds plans new memoirPublisher William Morrow announced Tuesday that Debbie Reynolds will release her second memoir, titled "Unsinkable," next year.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Entertainment, Literature, Economy, Business And Finance, Media, Book

8:45 AM EST
1/31/2012 Connecticut police chief resigns amid civil rights probeThe police chief in the southern Connecticut town where the U.S. Justice Department says officers systematically harassed and assaulted Hispanics has resigned. Len Gallo officially steps down as head of the police department in East Haven on Friday, less than two weeks after four officers were charged by the FBI with making unlawful arrests, conspiracy and violating the civil rights of Latinos.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Police, Politics, Government, Public Officials, Social Issue, Minority Group, National Or Ethnic Minority

11:18 AM EST
1/26/2012 Basua community battles for survivalThe marginalized western Ugandan Basua community is fighting extinction; forcibly removed from their forest home two decades ago, they have struggled to cope with modern life and have been ravaged by health crises, including HIV.

Source:IRIN Topics:Health, Disease, AIDS, Social Issue, Minority Group, National Or Ethnic Minority, Demographics, Emigrants

8:56 AM EST
1/25/2012 Asylum seekers in Australia suspend hunger strikeAbout 150 asylum-seekers in Australia have suspended their hunger strike after accusing the government of reneging on a promise for community detention and bridging visas for long-term detainees who posed no risk, activists confirm. At least 34 of the participants had been on hunger strike for a week.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Refugee, Unrest, Conflicts And War, Demonstration, Social Issue, Minority Group, National Or Ethnic Minority

3:17 PM EST
1/16/2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial misquotes but still attracts visitorsThe Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial marked its first holiday named for the slain civil rights leader Monday with a controversy.

Source:AHN Topics:Social Issue, Minority Group, National Or Ethnic Minority, Politics, Interior Policy, Planning Inquiries, Human Interest, People, Celebrity

9:28 AM EST
1/13/2012 Rohingyas wary of Burmese reformsWhile the Myanmar government takes significant strides in political reform, Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh fear their condition may not change any time soon.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Refugee, Social Issue, Minority Group, National Or Ethnic Minority

12:52 PM EST
1/5/2012 Robert Lee Carter, civil rights lawyer who won school desegregation, dead at 94Robert Lee Carter, civil rights activist, lawyer and former federal judge who successfully argued the historic Brown vs. Board of Education school desegregation case before the U.S. Supreme Court has died. He was 94.

Source:AHN Topics:Human Interest, People, Accomplishment, Crime, Law And Justice, Justice And Rights, Social Issue, Minority Group, National Or Ethnic Minority