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...Brazil Abortion for 9-Year-Old Tests Church A Catholic Archbishop has sparked a bitter debate by excommunicating the mother and doctors of a 9-year-old girl who received an abortion. Brazilians, including President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, assailed the church for hewing to doctrine despite extreme mitigating circumstances--the child, who was carrying twins, had allegedly been raped by her stepfather. While generally illegal in heavily Catholic Brazil, abortion is permitted in rape cases. Critics said the church--whose actions were backed by the Vatican--risked alienating congregants...
...Gordon Brown—fresh off his humiliating trip to Latin America—tussled with Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the priorities of immediate stimulus versus regulation, Paramount Leader Hu Jintao quietly positioned China as the champion of the entire, unrepresented developing world. Meanwhile, President Lula da Silva of Brazil—the planet’s most popular politician, with an 80% approval rating—explicitly blamed the irrationality of white, blue-eyed beasts of prey for the financial crisis...
...it’s a fitting setting for Kanye to pick up a brush and paint a portrait of Hilson as Cleopatra, which manages to look like neither. Needless to say, fine art isn’t the currency of a hip-hop video, and Kanye’s Da Vinci act soon ends. What follows is some semblance of plot. Kanye broods, raves, and rants about Hilson’s new boo (Ne-Yo) and finally engages said boyfriend in a deathmatch of sorts—a staring contest. It’s certainly an unexpected beef, and Kanye?...
...Da'Shena Stevens is killing the Crimson. She had eight in the first half and now she has another eight in the first five minutes of the second. Britney Murphy hits a three and Harvard's down...
Intermission: A couple of halftime stats. Christine Matera leads all scorers with nine points, all of which came off the three-ball. St. John's Da'Shena Stevens is a beast on the boards, pulling down six so far. Both teams are at 50% from behind the arc, and both are around 40% from the field. Free throws haven't been falling for anyone. Harvard is 2-6 and St. John's is 0-2. Emily Tay has been her baller self, but she's giving the rock up too much (five turnovers). Berry is 2-2 from the field...