| Howard condemns riots in Sydney
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4520218.stm Quote:
Australian Prime Minister John Howard has called for ethnic and religious tolerance in the wake of race riots in Sydney over the weekend.
Attacking people "on the basis of their race, their appearance [and] their ethnicity" was unacceptable, he said.
Thousands of young white men attacked people of Arabic and Mediterranean background on Cronulla Beach on Sunday.
The fighting injured more than 30 people, including police officers, and at least 16 people were arrested.
The clashes follow an assault on two lifeguards last week, reportedly by youths of Middle Eastern origin.
Mobile phone text messages began circulating after the incident, encouraging people to retaliate.
| Sickening.
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
-George Best, on being asked what he did with his footballing fortunes. |