Obama Pushes Rights With Chinese Students
By MARK McDONALD
President Obama said the U.S. would push for freedom of expression, political participation, respect for ethnic minorities and empowering women.

In China, A Different Brand of Buddhism

Ethnic Han Turning To Tibetan Doctrine For Guidance

World in Progress | 04.01.2009 | 09:30
Armenian Minority In Turkey Hopes For Brighter Future

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Thousands of people, holding placards that read: "We are all Armenians", marched behind the coffin of slain journalist Hrant Dink at his funeral

The mass killings of Armenians in 1915 by Turkey's then Ottoman rulers -- considered by many to have been genocide -- was followed by decades of mistrust and tension between Turks and Armenians.

Today, Turkey's surviving Armenian minority is caught in the middle. Many feel a strong connection to both ethnic groups and want move on from the bitterness and problems of the past. There are hopes in Istanbul that reconciliation is now possible.

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noun [U]
extreme dislike or fear of foreigners, their customs, their religions, etc.
━━ n. 外国人ぎらい［恐怖症］.

Tiny State of Malta Struggles to Cope with Illegal Immigrants
Hundreds of African boat people arrive on the shores of the EU's smallest state, Malta every year. The tiny country is struggling to cope with the influx -- camps are bursting at the seams and xenophobia is on the rise.

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adjective━━ a. （極端に）外国人嫌いの, 外国恐怖症の.
a xenophobic mistrust of everything that isn't British

xenophobe Show phonetics
noun [C]
a person who strongly dislikes or fears foreigners, their customs, their religions, etc.

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ethnic

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adjective
1 of a national or racial group of people:
A question on ethnic origin was included in the census.
The factory's workforce reflects the ethnic mix from which it draws its labour.
Conflicts between the different ethnic groups in the country exploded into civil war.

2 from a different race or interesting because characteristic of an ethnic group which is very different from those that are common in western culture:
ethnic food
ethnic costume

ethnic

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noun [C] US
a person belonging to an ethnic group

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