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LAS VEGAS 鈥?Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apologized Friday for jokes he made about Asians during a luncheon of business leaders in Las Vegas earlier this week.Reid was addressing the city Asian Chamber of Commerce on Thursday when he told the audience, I don ;t think you ;re smarter than anybody else, but you ;ve convinced a lot of us you are.When another man was summoned to the podium, he grabbed the microphone and quipped, One problem I ;ve had today is keeping my Wongs straight.Both comments were met with laughter from the crowd of abo
stanley cup ut 150 people.The incident was captured on video by a tracker, posted on YouTube and distributed to reporters by America Rising, a Republican opposition research firm.Reid later issued a statement saying: My comments were in extremely poor taste and
stanley cup I apologize. Sometimes I say the wrong thing.Reid later issued a statement saying: My comments were in extremely poor taste and I apologize. Sometimes I say the wrong thing.
stanley cup Asian Chamber of Commerce Director James Yu said Reid has been a longtime friend of the group, which was established in 1986 to promote political, social and economic parity for Nevada Asian Pacific American entrepreneurs, according to its website. Yu said he hadn ;t heard any complaints from attendees about the Senator comments.Someone is making an issue out of a nonissue, he told The Associated Press.Yu Gbum Friday: Ground Zero Workers Reach Settlement; Obama to Delay Asia Trip
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip AP 鈥?When Nima Amraa returned to the Gaza Strip from neighboring Egypt earlier this month, she was surprised to learn she was being placed in a makeshift quarantine center set up by the ruling Hamas group.But her initial
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stanley cup rus 鈥?the first cases to be confirmed in Gaza. Once there were cases of the virus spreading, we started to feel afraid and disappointed, Amraa, a 30-year-old journalist, said by phone from quarantine, where she has spent a week and a half sleeping in a room with five other womenand sharing a bathroom. The virus found a way into Gaza, even though the Mediterranean enclave has been largely cut off from the world by an Israeli-Egyptian blockade since Hamas militants seized it 13 years ago. Yet the ter
stanley cup rifying possibility of an outbreak in one of the world most crowded territories 鈥?2 million people squeezed into an area twice the size of Washington, D.C. 鈥?does not seem to have registered fully. Many in Gaza seem to accept Hamas assurances that the threat is contained.In the meantime, Hamas is racing to build two massive quarantine facilities 鈥?hoping to prevent the disease from spreading and overwhelming Gaza already shattered health system.The construction was ordered after photos surfaced from makeshift centers 鈥?mostly schools 鈥?showing people celebrating birthday parties with visiting relatives, food being
