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BBC OS: Ben Carson Compares Slaves to Immigrants

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Ben Carson Compares Slaves to Immigrants

07/03/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Ben Carson Compares Slaves to Immigrants

On his first day as housing secretary, remarks cause outrage

On his first day as housing secretary, Ben Carson referred to "other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships"

Malaysia's police chief vows to arrest North Koreans suspected of involvement in the nerve gas airport killing "even if takes 5 years"

Melbourne's traffic light symbols are changed to women only

Sri Lanka's navy blamed for the killing of a Tamil Nadu fisherman

(Photo: Ben Carson's first address to employees at the Housing and Urban Development Department in Washington. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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