Ceija Stojka, a Roma (Gypsy) Holocaust survivor, writer and self-taught artist, has died aged 79.
Mr Clinton appointed Ian Hancock, a Roma who is a professor of linguistics at the University of Texas, to the council at the end of November.
Ceija Stojka - pronounced "Chaya Stoyka" - was a Roma from the Lovari tribe, born in Austria in 1933 - the year Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany.
The killing of a white school teacher at Olaszliszka by a Roma mob in 2006 was even cited by the prosecution as the incident which provoked the serial killing of the Roma.
Last November a similar event in Litvinov, in the north, turned into a riot, with police fighting 500 right-wingers trying to get to a Roma neighbourhood blamed as a hotbed of crime.
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In 2007, the murder of an Italian woman by a Romanian Roma man in Italy created deep tensions in a country where over half a million Romanians live and work.
If the worst outcome a poor Roma from eastern Europe faces on coming to France is a lump sum and a free ticket home, it may just make that initial trip all the more attractive.
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Recently police blocked a confrontation between Roma activists and a neo-Nazi march in Krupka, in the north-west.
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In Italy, AC Milan further strengthened their attacking options with the capture of Bojan Krkic on a year long loan from Serie A rivals Roma.
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But in far-flung villages with a majority Roma population, Roma and non-Roma parents alike are upset when local schools close and children are bussed off each day to towns.
No government in eastern Europe with a substantial Roma minority has done much to deal with the discrimination they face or the hopeless poverty that keeps them excluded from the mainstream, says Rob Kushen of the Budapest-based European Roma Rights Centre.
Ledley, who is also interesting Rangers, Everton, West Ham United, Blackburn Rovers and Wigan Athletic, visited Celtic's training ground on Monday but is to travel to meet officials of Italian Serie A outfit Roma early next week as he considers his options.
"My challenge to central government is to do what other nations in Europe are doing and do a proper undertaking of the Roma population - not just the traveller and gypsy population, " says the former Labour Home Secretary David Blunkett, whose Sheffield constituency has had a significant rise in the Roma population.
"It is incredible, that we had such incidents especially in the Italian Serie A in the San Siro between AC Milan and Roma, a very important match, " continued Blatter, who has been head of world football's governing body since 1998.
That defeat followed a 2-1 home reverse to Roma in Serie A on Saturday.
Nevland had only come on at the start of the second half before being dismissed four minutes later for a tackle on Roma midfielder Daniele de Rossi.
Capello and his family are being investigated for alleged tax fraud over earnings from the period he was coach of Serie A side AS Roma, from 1999-2004.
With time running out it looked as if the home side had held on for victory before a late corner presented Andreolli with a volley, and the Roma defender smashed home to snatch a draw.
Last year Hungarian police sought help from the FBI after a series of attacks on Roma settlements in which six people were killed, including a five-year-old boy, Robika Csorba, and his father, Robert.
Many want them confined in walled ghettos, a growing practice in Slovakia where a far-right politician, Jan Slota, has said that the Roma should have a separate state (he didn't say where).
Lazio move up to fifth after a 2-1 against Catania, while Roma slip to sixth following a 2-0 defeat at relegation-threatened Palermo.
Stade Francais hammered L'Aquila of Italy 92-7, while Colomiers had a togher time overcoming Roma 14-5.
Jose Mourinho's side protected their two-point lead over second-place Roma after a 1-0 away win at Siena.
Before entering management, Ancelotti had a significant playing career as a midfielder with AS Roma and AC Milan.
As a result, increasing numbers of Roma end up in other EU countries in search of a better life.
The Romanian government has pledged to come up with a new plan for Roma inclusion by the end of the year.
In Italy , AS Roma claimed a 2-1 win over Inter Milan in the first leg of its Coppa Italia semifinal.
Now funds are focused on mainstream schools which accept more Roma - though they impose limits of 25% Roma in a class.
Fulham had Stephen Kelly dismissed when Roma snatched a late draw in the meeting between the teams at Craven Cottage on 22 October.
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