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Connecticut Last October a sharply divided state supreme court struck down a civil-union law that limited marriage to heterosexuals...
Massachusetts In 2003, it became the first state to legalize gay marriage, after its supreme court ruled that banning it was unconstitutional...
...person flight in the William and Mary Invitational Tournament in September.“I’m a pretty calm player,” Cao remarked. “I don’t let my emotions overpower me. I tend to think logistically on the court, but I like to hit a lot of winners.”Despite this success, Cao’s freshman year has hardly been easy, with the weather turning out to be the least of her problems.The biggest hurdle Cao faced was overcoming a fractured kneecap from a biking accident...
...March, when gunmen blasted their way into a Darfur compound of MSF Belgium and kidnapped five aid workers, shortly after prosecutors at the International Criminal Court in The Hague had handed down a war-crimes indictment to Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir - its first for a sitting head of state. Enraged at what he claimed was a Western attack on his presidency, Bashir expelled 13 aid organizations operating in conflict-ravaged Darfur in Western Sudan, perhaps the world's most complex humanitarian disaster at the moment, with millions dead or driven from their homes. MSF Belgium was permitted...
...sentenced to 15 years for soliciting bribes for him, and for years Zuma has faced a related prosecution for corruption, racketeering, fraud, money-laundering and tax evasion. Last month, Shaik secured an early release because of hypertension. On April 6, after three years of trying to bring Zuma to court, the National Prosecuting Authority dropped the case. State prosecutors denied yielding to pressure by the incoming Zuma government, while arguing - after years of denial - that their case had been irretrievably compromised by pressure from the old Mbeki administration...