Gypsy Castles - Cluj-Napoca, Romania


	Gypsy Castles - Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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5-25-2008 3:20 PM
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					Gypsies are 'Europe's most hated'
				</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4486245.stm"><DIV class="cap">An effigy of a gypsy caravan is burnt, leading to racial hatred allegations</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4486245.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/AF7A8BB9-2A22-4ACB-A5BB-B5441DFEB82C" alt="An effigy of a Gypsy caravan on fire during bonfire night" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4486245.stm">Gypsies are the most hated minority in Europe despite centuries of persecution and the Holocaust, it has been claimed.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4486245.stm"><FONT size="2">The bonfire society insisted there was no racist intent behind its actions.
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