links for 2006-08-27

• Black students ordered to give up seats to whites – The Shreveport Times
  COUSHATTA — Nine black children attending Red River Elementary School were directed last week to the back of the school bus by a white driver who designated the front seats for white children.
  (tags: racism Lousiana)
• 2 Lodi residents refused entry back into U.S.
  The federal government has barred two relatives of a Lodi man convicted of supporting terrorists from returning to the country after a lengthy stay in Pakistan, placing the U.S. citizens in an extraordinary legal limbo. Muhammad Ismail, a 45-year-old natu
  (tags: Bush US citizens Pakistan)
• The Daily Star – Politics – European nations pledge 7000 troops
  European nations pledged up to 7,000 troops Friday to an expanded peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, as Israel said that only nations that have diplomatic ties with it should be allowed to contribute to the force. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel
  (tags: EU Lebanon troops peacekeepers)

~ by SAP on 27 August 2006.