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NEWZ this week: Bhutto legacy; lead toxicity, Dunkin' discrimination?

Here are highlights this week on the New England Ethnic News Wire, as  summarized by Nancy Riordan, editor of the UMass Boston-based project  (nancy.riordan@umb.edu )

Bhutto's Legacy. Professor of international relations Adil Najam believes Benazir Bhutto's popularity was overrated in the U.S., and Pakistani American Assn. of CT founder Saud Anwar says U.S. media is remiss in not covering the economic losses of Pakistanis from the war on terrorism. Read what Najam and Anwar say also about Bhutto's unaccomplished two terms as prime minister, at www.gonewz.com/news/407/15  .

2007 in an Ethnic Glance. What were the most important issues in 2007? Media reps from African American, Latino, Chinese, South Asian and Haitian press told NEWz. Find out what the top ethnic issues in 2007 were, at www.gonewz.com/news/411/15 .

Lead Toxicity in Boston. Lead toxicity is increasingly a problem for immigrant, not just African American, kids. Three areas in Boston accounted for 60% of the city's elevated blood-lead-level cases. Learn more about the lead toxicity and what's being doing about it, in the Bay State Banner report, at www.gonewz.com/news/403/15  .

Dunkin' Discrimination? Dunkin' Donuts franchisees allege that the Mass.-based coffee company has discriminated against them because of their Indian descent. Read more about the discrimination claims, as reported by INDIA New England, at www.gonewz.com/news/408/15  .

This week's stories on New England Ethnic Newswire

Nancy Riordan (Nancy.Riordan@umb.edu) of the New England Ethnic Newswire project at the UMass Center on Media and Society provides this list of new stories out this week:

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Money Talks. What's the impact of withdrawing $40 million of Massachusetts' money from companies helping to fund genocide in Darfur? In a conversation with NEWz, Worcester Senator Hariette Chandler, explains the financial and symbolic impacts of legislation inked last week. http://www.gonewz.com/news/344/15/

AND... The Kids Aren't Alright. In an open letter to Boston's Superintendent of Schools, a local educator calls for staff training in a school system that she says must combat disrespect of Haitian students. Read her letter, first published in the Boston Haitian Reporter
http://www.gonewz.com/news/337/15/ >

Read the Culture Connector's advice for alternatives to flowers at Jewish funerals.
http://www.gonewz.com/news/343/15/

AND... Keeping The Faith. Boston Irish Editor Bill Forry writes of an uncertain future for the local religious institutions that shaped not only his own youth in Dorchester and Mattapan, but also the adult identities of many who came of age within the Catholic Church. Click here for Forry's full article: http://www.gonewz.com/news/338/15/