What you may not know about MLK

"They are some of the most famous words in American history: "I have a dream ..." And the man who said them has become an icon. Martin Luther King Jr. has certainly gotten his share of attention this year, the...

US Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy

While you're having fun on your day off (that is, if you're a USAian and your company's actually giving you today as a holiday), take some time off to reflect on why it's a holiday. And get to know more about MLK Jr. -- he's not just the guy who gave the "I Have A Dream"...

Civil Rights: Martin Luther King or President Johnson?

"Edwards Takes Side in Clinton-MLK Controversy by Cristina Corbin Speaking before a predominantly African-American congregation at the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Sumter, South Carolina, John Edwards criticized Hillary Clinton and her husband for comments they...

Oprah tries to give Obama a lift with black voters

""We don't have to just dream the dream anymore. We get to vote that dream into reality," Winfrey told a crowd of thousands in a huge football stadium in Columbia, South Carolina on Sunday in a reference to...

Malaysian premier offers Indonesia an apology

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Malaysian government, in this case Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Baidawi, has offered an official apology to Indonesia for the incident in which several Malaysian policemen had beaten...

Malaysia fails to show quality of high Malay civilization

Pekanbaru (ANTARA News) - Malaysia`s refusal to apologize for the torture incident of Indonesian karate referee Donald Peter Luther Kolopita by four Malaysian police last week does not reflect the quality of high...

Minister to support possible boycott of sports events in Malaysia

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Adhyaksa Dault said he would support a possible initiative of Indonesian athletes to boycott all sports events in Malaysia following the Malaysian police...

Hundreds protest Malaysian police`s brutality

Pontianak, West Kalimantan (ANTARA News) - Hundreds of people staged a rally outside the Malaysian consulate in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, on Wednesday, demanding that the neighboring country offer an apology...

Legislators demand minister`s explanation on Malaysian police brutality

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A number of legislators from several parties have demanded the House of Representatives` Commission I to call Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirayuda to explain about Malaysian...

Indonesian karate athletes stage rally in front of Malaysian Embassy

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Hundreds of Indonesian karate athletes staged a demonstration in front of the Malaysian embassy here on Wednesday, demanding a transparent legal process over a recent physical assault...

House slams Malaysia over attack on Indonesian referee

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has reacted strongly to Malaysian police attack on Indonesian karate referee Donald Peter Luther Kolopita in the wee hours of Friday...

Indonesian referee says police beat him up while handcuffed

Tangerang (ANTARA News) - The victim of torture by Malaysian police, Donald Pieters Luther Kolopita, said he was beaten up and kicked in a police car even while he was handcuffed. "I was helpless as I was hit and...

President Yudhoyono calls on Malaysia to punish Indonesian referee`s attackers

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on Malaysia to punish its police officers who attacked and beat up Indonesian karate referee Donald Luther Colopita in Kuala Lumpur...

More Details on Rodriguez's Death at LA Hospital

More information on the woman who died in the floor of an emergency room of a Los Angeles hospital -- while nurses walked around her, apparently oblivious. Her boyfriend was so desperate he called 911, from inside the hospital:" A woman is lying on the floor of a Los Angeles...

Yolanda King, dead at 51

"Yolanda Denise King, daughter and eldest child of civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died, said Steve Klein, a spokesman for the King Center. Ms. King died late Tuesday in Santa Monica,...
 

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