World Lens — Week in Review: April 17
An American will lead the World Bank and France faces race.
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American Jim Yong Kim to Lead World Bank - The 52-year-old health expert Jim Yong Kim was chosen by the World Bank's board Monday to serve as the organization's next president, beating out the developing world’s favorite, Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Okonjo-Iweala’s candidacy marked the first time a non-American was considered for the post. Days prior to the decision, former Colombian finance minister Jose Antonio Ocampo dropped his candidacy for the post, calling the race a “political exercise.”\r(Photo: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino)
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Norway Killer Admits Massacre, Claims Self-Defense - Right-wing fanatic Anders Behring Breivik admitted Monday to a bombing and shooting massacre that killed 77 people in Norway but pleaded not guilty to criminal charges, saying he was acting in self-defense.\r(Photo: AP Photo/Hakon Mosvold Larsen, Pool)
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Minorities Sue France for Racial Profiling - A group of 15 Black and Arab French citizens who say they were unfairly targeted by police because of the color of their skin announced that they will sue the French state. If the case is accepted for investigation by authorities, it will be the first time France will consider claims of racial profiling in a collective action.\r(Photo: AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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French Politician Launches “N----s in Paris” Campaign Ad - French presidential candidate François Hollande recently used Kanye West's and Jay-Z’s ever popular single “N----s in Paris” to boost his campaign. Other than Kanye's and Jay’s verses, the clip also features short comments from Hollande’s supporters. Although people of all races are featured in the clip, an overwhelming majority are Black and Arab.\r(Photo: Francoishollande.fr)
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Mali's New Interim President Sworn in After Coup - Mali's new interim civilian President Dioncounda Traore took office last week, vowing to keep the chaotic country intact even after rebels declared an independent state in the North following a military coup three weeks ago. \r\r(Photo: REUTERS/Malin Palm)
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Sudan Bombs South Sudanese Town - South Sudan has accused Sudan of launching bombing raids on both its civilians and armed forces. South Sudan says its troops came under air attack in the oil-producing Heglig region which they have seized. Sudan's ambassador to the U.K. Abdullahi Al Azreg denies that civilians were targeted in the raids, BBC reports.\r(Photo: HANNAH MCNEISH/AFP/Getty Images)
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British Lord Offers Bounty on Obama - A member of Britain’s House of Lords has been suspended following allegations that he offered a 10 million pound bounty for the capture of President Obama and former President George W. Bush. Lord Ahmed, the first Muslim peer admitted to the U.K.’s upper house of Parliament, reportedly made the statement at a conference in Pakistan in response to news that the U.S. offered a $10 million reward for the capture of Pakistani militant leader Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, founder of the group suspected of orchestrating 2008’s Mumbai attacks which left 166 people dead.\r(Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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Obama Gets Cold Shoulder at Summit of the Americas - The United States emerged from the Summit of the Americas gathering in Colombia this past weekend increasingly isolated as nearly 30 regional heads of state refused to sign a joint declaration in protest against the continued exclusion of communist-led Cuba from the event. "It seems the United States still wants to isolate us from the world, it thinks it can still manipulate Latin America, but that's ending," said Bolivian President Evo Morales, a fierce critic of U.S. policy in Latin America. "What I think is that this is a rebellion of Latin American countries against the United States." \r\r(Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
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Study: Blacks in Britain More Likely to Be Jobless Than in U.S. - According to research presented Friday, during the last three global recessions, unemployment among Black British men was up to 19 percentage points higher than among those in America. The trend was similar for Black women.\r \r"There is greater ethnic inequality in Britain than in the USA for both sexes … If you are Black you are more likely to be without work in the U.K.,” said Yaojun Li, professor of sociology at Manchester University.\r(Photo: REUTERS/Phil Noble)
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Bollywood Star Profiled by Airport Security - Indians spoke out against racial profiling by U.S. airport security when the detention of Bollywood film star Shahrukh Khan shined a spotlight on what many say has been a problem for years. Khan was detained by TSA officials for more than two hours after arriving on a private plane at the airport in White Plains, New York, Thursday. The U.S. State Department said the actor had been merely delayed and said the incident was not a case of racial profiling, but the U.S. embassy in Delhi issued a public apology to Khan for "any inconvenience or delay." \r\r"Whenever I start feeling too arrogant about myself, I always take a trip to America,” he said, according to the L.A. Times. \r\r(Photo: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)