Racisme

As Europe's ethnic mix begins to change, some countries discover they are not as tolerant of foreign cultures as they once thought they were

Black-clad German skinheads from both parts of the newly united country parade through the streets of Dresden to mourn their hero Rainer Sonntag, killed by a gang of pimps in a dispute over turf. Silent onlookers and 1,500 police watch as the 2,000 neo-Nazis raise their arms and shout, "Sieg heil!" and "Foreigners out!"

-- Bands of young Arab men attack the highways of southern France, setting up barricades, occupying tollbooths, fire-bombing buses. They are the sons of Algerians called Harkis, who served the French colonial government during the war in Algeria, and they are demanding jobs and better living conditions.

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