Business Anti-African street violence surges in Israel Thu, May 24 22:09 PM IST By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Surging street violence against African migrants in Israel, including a rampage that an Israeli broadcaster dubbed a "pogrom", drew statements of empathy for the rioters as well as censure from the government on Thursday. Waving Israeli flags and chanting "Deport the Sudanese", residents of a low-income Tel Aviv neighbourhood where many of the border-jumpers from Eritrea, Sudan and South Sudan live held a march late Wednesday that turned violent. Police said 20 people were arrested for assault and vandalism. Trash cans were set alight, storefront windows were broken and a crowd attacked an African driving through the area, breaking his car's windows. No serious injuries were ... Continue reading →

By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK | Thu May 24, 2012 9:10am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police said on Thursday they have a suspect in custody in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz from his New York City neighborhood, a case that drew national attention to the plight of missing children. The break in the case came one month after the FBI and New York City Police conducted a four-day excavation of a basement in Manhattan's Soho neighborhood near where Patz lived and was last seen. At the time, police said no obvious human remains were found and it remained a missing person case."An individual now in custody has made statements to NYPD detectives implicating himself in the disappearance and death of Etan Patz ... Continue reading →

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM | Thu May 24, 2012 8:40am BST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Surging street violence against African migrants, including a rampage that an Israeli broadcaster dubbed a "pogrom", drew empathy for the rioters from the interior minister on Thursday. Waving Israeli flags and chanting "Deport the Sudanese", residents of a low-income Tel Aviv neighbourhood where many of the border-jumpers from Eritrea, Sudan and South Sudan live held a march late Wednesday that turned violent.Police said 20 people were arrested for assault and vandalism. Trash cans were set alight, storefront windows were broken and a crowd attacked an African driving through the area, breaking his car's windows. No serious injuries were reported.Interviewing Interior Minister Eli Yishai, Army Radio likened the incident to pogrom attacks ... Continue reading →