1.   Munoz said only minorities and immigrants would be required by employers to present the national ID card if such a system is implemented.

2.   What he found in this huge city was unexpected poverty and discrimination, despite the official propaganda that said all minorities received equal rights.

3.   A State Police superintendent who was fired for saying minorities were more likely to be involved in cocaine and marijuana trafficking is suing the state for discrimination.

4.   Amnesty International said Muslim minorities, Tibetan Buddhists and Chinese Christians had been detained and in some cases executed.

5.   DeHaven-Smith said minorities, immigrants, poor people and younger voters all are more likely to be among these inexperienced voters.

6.   Rebels say minority Tamils can prosper only in an independent nation.

7.   Rebels say the minority Tamils are discriminated against in jobs and education by the majority Sinhalese, who control the government and the army.

8.   The rebels are fighting to divide this tropical island into Sinhalese and Tamil states, saying the minority Tamils are discriminated against by the majority Sinhalese.

9.   The rebels have been fighting for a Tamil homeland where they say the minority Tamils will not be discriminated against by the majority Sinhalese.

10.   The rebels say that minority Tamils are discriminated against by the majority Sinhalese, who control the government and the military.