conference against racism in Durban Thursday Aug. 30, 2001. (AP Photo/Obed Zilwa) in Durban, South Africa, Friday Aug. 31, 2001 to coincide with the opening of the UN Racism Conference. The series of photographs on the banner show Mohammed Aldura, 12, crouching with his father Jamal Aldura during clashes with Israeli forces in September 2000. Mohammed was fatally shot during the gun battle which was captured on video. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) Friday Aug. 31, 2001, on the first day of the World Racism Conference in Durban, South Africa. About 10,000 demonstrators, many protesting the treatment of Palestinians by Israel and the slow pace of land redistribution in South Africa, marched through the streets of Durban as the conference opened. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) Against Zionism, and Massoud Shadjareh, of the Islamic Human Rights Commission (L), stand outside the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR), in Durban August 30, 2001. The World Conference Against Racism is due to start August 31, despite the absence of the United States which is staying away in protest against proposals equating Zionism with racism, and the issue of reparations for slavery. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings |