The race has always had an affinity with New Zealand.

The great thing is that we achieved consensus. And that can be a difficult thing with so many people and so much pressure and stress. Everything is looking a lot more possible than it did two days ago. We all agreed that we're going to get these boats round the track.

There is always the option for the teams to seek redress, but we will not know that until they lodge a protest with the race committee.

(The course) is about race and American society, ... What I want to do is bring all these issues that this Hurricane Katrina debate has brought forward - I want to bring them out. I want to talk about affirmative action, crime and punishment, schools and the test score cap, urban politics and the history of the civil rights movement, and try to bring all these different elements together in a contemporary course.

Displacement based on race is a form of genocide, as recognized under the Geneva Conventions. Destruction of a people's culture, by official action or depraved inaction, is an offense against humanity under international law.

Ethics can get forgotten as other nations and private companies race to fill the void left by the president's reluctance to fund stem cell research. Only a properly funded U.S. stem cell research program will guarantee oversight and the protection of all involved.