But Tanzania appears to be identifying closely with FDD officials, who are already at the talks venue, Tanzania's White Sands beach resort.

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Race relations in New York were also fractured at the time, especially after a 1986 incident in Howard Beach when white teenagers attacked three black men, killing one.

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And in the lagoon at Tahiti six white wreaths lay all alone, washing in and out, in and out with the wavelets on the beach.

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At the northern end of Whitehaven Beach, Hill Inlet is a spectacular, swirling melange of clear water and dazzling white sand.

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