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11/25/06

European minorities torn between worlds | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Chron.com - Houston Chronicle:

"European minorities torn between worlds

By JAMEY KEATEN and PALMA BENCZENLEITNER Associated Press Writers
© 2006 The Associated Press

PARIS — Nacera Berrouba, a young Algerian in Paris, says she couldn't get the job she dreamed of until she dyed her hair blond.

Straight-A student Gokboru Ozturk was born in Germany and waved the German flag during last summer's soccer World Cup tournament, but wants to be buried in Turkey because "as much as I feel German, I cannot be buried here." Meanwhile, his mother jokes he should change his name to Schmidt to boost his job prospects."

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