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US army dog handler Sgt Michael Smith has been jailed for six months for abusing detainees in an Iraqi prison from 2003 to 2004.

One in three French people say they are at least somewhat racist, an opinion poll suggests.

South African cricket players were met with racial taunts from Australian supporters during a recent series tournament in Australia.

US President George W Bush has said he does not believe Iraq has descended into civil war but urged the nation's leaders to confront sectarian violence.

Northern Ireland sporting bodies are getting behind a fresh drive to stamp out racism.

Students from the University of Leeds have demonstrated against a lecturer who claims black people have a genetically lower IQ than white people.

Eleven people have been arrested for disorder and racist chanting at a Staffordshire football ground.

The first witness in the trial of four alleged members of a racist prison gang in the US has told how he killed as part of his initiation to the gang.

Rønningen Folkehøyskole hedrer Nelson Mandela, den sørafrikanske frihetskampen og sørafrikansk kultur med musikalen ”Song of Freedom” i Oslo i morgen. Søndag drar hele ensemblet til Cape Town for blant annet å spille forestillingen på Robben Island og St. George’s Cathedral.

The UN Development Programme has urged Guatemala to overcome what it called "historically racist attitudes" towards indigenous peoples.