India 127th country to legalize gay sex The Times Of India | 2 Jul 2009, 1748 hrs IST, PTI Text: NEW DELHI: With Delhi High Court legalising gay sex, India on Thursday become the 127th country in the world to decriminalise homosexuality while 80 nations still consider it as an offence. | The process...
Argentine army in torture ruling BBC News | About 70 Argentine army officers can be charged with torture of their own soldiers during the 1982 Falklands War, a federal appeals court has ruled. | Over 80 cases are under investigation, including allegations of murder and causing death by starvation. | The court upheld an earlier ruling that t...
How Sanford spent state money on last year's Argentina trip The News & Observer | Gov. Mark Sanford heavily mixed business and pleasure during a three-day trip in 2008 to Argentina to visit his lover, records released by the South Carolina Department of Commerce show. | Sanford has reimbursed taxpayers about $3,300 for the trip ...
How Sanford spent state money on last year's Argentina trip The Miami Herald | Gov. Mark Sanford heavily mixed business and pleasure during a three-day trip in 2008 to Argentina to visit his lover, records released by the South Carolina Department of Commerce show. | Sanford has reimbursed taxpayers about $3,300 for the trip ...
Sanford cleared by South Carolina law enforcement The News & Observer | Calling it "pretty dangerous territory" to even do the review, S.C. State Law Enforcement Division Director Reggie Lloyd said today there was no evidence of any crime in four trips made by Gov. Mark Sanford that included visits with an Argentine wo...
Sanford cleared by South Carolina law enforcement The Miami Herald | Calling it "pretty dangerous territory" to even do the review, S.C. State Law Enforcement Division Director Reggie Lloyd said today there was no evidence of any crime in four trips made by Gov. Mark Sanford that included visits with an Argentine wo...
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Phau holds on to beat Haas on clay The Examiner Comments HOUSTON (Map, News) - Bjorn Phau beat Tommy Haas 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Friday to reach the semifinals of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships at River Oaks Country Club. | Phau...
Argentina Mourns an Honest Leader The New York Times | RIO DE JANEIRO - The lines of Argentines waiting to see the body of former President Raúl Alfonsín stretched for more than six city blocks in Buenos Aires last week. As day turne...
Fake faith and epic crimes John Pilger In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes a worldwide movement that is 'challenging the once-sacrosanct notion that imperial politicians can destroy countle...
SC AG: Sanford should publicly release travel docs Philadelphia Daily News | The Associated Press | COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina's top prosecutor is calling on Gov. Mark Sanford to publicly release travel records tied to his affair with an Argentine woman. | State Attorney General Henry McMaster said Thursday that full d...
SC gov plans to spend weekend in Fla. with family Houston Chronicle | COLUMBIA, S.C. - A spokesman says South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will head to Florida to spend the holiday weekend with his family. | Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer said the governor will leave Friday morning. He did not say where the governor wil...
SC AG: Sanford should publicly release travel docs The Miami Herald | COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina's top prosecutor is calling on Gov. Mark Sanford to publicly release travel records tied to his affair with an Argentine woman. | State Attorney General Henry McMaster said Thursday that full disclosure of the infor...
Manchester United fans would forgive Manchester City move, claims Tevez The Guardian | • Tevez insists United fans would not view him as a traitor | • Argentina forward critical of Sir Alex Ferguson's treatment | Carlos Tevez believes Manchester United fans would not mind him joining Manchester City. Photograph: Mike Egerton/Empics Sport | Former striker is confident he will not be viewed as a traitor by the Old Trafford faithf...
Web retailers, states tussle over tax rules Philadelphia Daily News | RACHEL METZ | The Associated Press | NEW YORK - In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence. | Increasingly, states aching under the weight of the recession are seeking a way around that rule. Because companies like Amazon.com Inc. g...
