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RECOGNIZED. Gay Marriage, under the Civil Union Bill passed by South Africa's national assembly; in Cape Town. If the bill is ratified as expected by Parliament's upper house and President Thabo Mbeki, South Africa will become the first African nation to grant the same legal status to all marriages regardless of partners' sexual orientation. It was proposed after the Constitutional Court ruled last year that laws prohibiting gay marriage violated a guarantee of equal rights in the constitution...
...salary and benefit concessions. US Airways should expect no favors. "Management must first focus on fulfilling the promises made to their investors, customers and employees for the America West--US Airways merger," says Captain Kevin Kent, a representative of America West's pilots union. Then there's Delta's status as a bankrupt. That gives creditors like GE and Boeing a say in the matter, although Delta is the only entity that can make a reorganization or merger proposal to the bankruptcy court between...
After years of being the guy behind the songs, Tomlin is poised to achieve that more Prince-like status as well. He won a bunch of Dove Awards (the Christian Grammys) this year. He's all over Christian radio. And he's a huge draw at the big annual student gatherings known as Passion conferences. But Tomlin doesn't want to be Prince. Music immortality is fine. It's just not the sort he cares about...
...Casey Gerald will answer the call to shut down Mazza, and should expect man-coverage thanks to the premium the Bulldog defense will surely put on stopping Clifton Dawson. It won’t be Mazza’s last edition of game, however–despite his senior status, he has an additional year of medical eligibility to further frustrate the Yale secondary...
...presence of Xiaomei and hundreds of fellow dog lovers was a sign of changing times in China. Once the reviled symbol of bourgeois indulgence during China's Cultural Revolution and largely wiped out, pet dogs - there are an estimated million or more in Beijing - now provide comfort and status to a rapidly swelling middle class. So, the canine crackdown has provoked a struggle that pits the power of Beijing's newly rich against the reflexive authoritarianism of the ruling Communist Party. Just how the contest plays out will provide telling insight into how Chinese society is adapting to the seismic...