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..... These are very interesting elections. We all know who the next prime minister will be. The question is what kind of government he will form, will it be left or right? Will it be a national Jewish Zionist coalition with us as a major party or will it be a leftist one? We have to be strong enough to make the decision to form a nationalistic coalition the only feasible one. Q. What about those who say you are extremists? Bennett: Quite the opposite. We are the real "centrists"– loving our heritage is centrist, loving the Land of Israel...

People who identify themselves as Hispanic or Latino are now the largest ethnic or racial group in New Mexico, according to new Census figures released Tuesday. In fact, the Hispanic population grew about 10 times as fast as did the number of Anglos, the Census shows. The two groups still dominate New Mexico's population, with about 46 percent of the state calling itself Hispanic or Latino and about 41 percent identifying as non-Hispanic whites. "This is a flip from 10 years ago," when Anglos outnumbered Hispanics, said Brian Sanderoff, president of Research & Polling Inc. The total number of Hispanics...

ALMOST two-thirds of English voters want full independence for Scotland, a dramatic new poll revealed last night. A clear majority on both sides of the Border are in favour of Scotland breaking away from the United Kingdom, according to the survey by ICM. It finds that 59% of English voters want Scotland to go it alone, while independence is backed by 52% of Scots. There is also strong support in both nations for England breaking away completely from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - backed by 48% in England and 45% in Scotland. Meanwhile, 68% of English voters and 58%...

Was Texas built on ethnic cleansing? Assertions in book by an Oklahoma history professor might rile proud Texans. By Mike Cox SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN Sunday, November 20, 2005 Last summer, while I was visiting my bookseller friend Felton Cochran in his San Angelo bookstore, he picked up a copy of the fall University of Oklahoma Press catalog and with clear disdain showed me a blood red photograph of a Comanche chief wearing a U.S. Cavalry hat with a star on its crown. The "X" in the word "Texas" had been superimposed over the Indian's face in red ink. "Have...

Within the next two years, San Diego County's white population will officially become a minority, as increasing numbers of Latinos and Asians transform the region into one in which there is no majority racial or ethnic group. New projections released yesterday by state demographers revealed that the changeover from majority to minority status for non-Hispanic whites by 2006 is happening 12 years earlier than had originally been predicted. Six years ago, when the state last compiled population projections, whites were not expected to become a minority in San Diego County until 2018. They now make up a little more than...

Michael Stravato for The New York Times In 1857, Mexican-American freight haulers were hanged on an oak tree at the courthouse in Goliad, Tex. GOLIAD, Tex., July 16 — In history books, the killing of more than 300 Texan rebels by Mexican troops here has long been known as the Goliad Massacre. But to many residents of Goliad, with its 18th-century Spanish fort and towering monument to the dead, that brutal episode in its history is still open to interpretation. At the heart of the dispute, largely between Anglos and Mexican-Americans, is the porous definition of who is a Texan...

Heated meeting follows allegations of racial bias JOHN REYNOLDS AVALANCHE-JOURNAL MULESHOE — The city manager and police chief have been asked to come up with a plan of action addressing allegations of racism within two months, according to one city councilman. Councilman Juan Chavez said Police Chief Don Carter and City Manager David Brunson agreed to the plan Wednesday night during a heated executive session. The Muleshoe City Council went into closed session with Carter and Brunson to discuss charges of racial profiling and arbitrary actions by the police department. Raised voices could be heard clearly through the double doors...