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...Republic of the Congo—the former property of Belgian King Leopold II and third largest African nation by land mass—tens of thousands of people are living in displaced peoples’ camps located throughout the eastern region off that nation. According to a Congolese woman interviewed by the BBC, “The fighting began near our home in the middle of the night. There was a lot of gunfire and ‘mabombi’ —explosions [shelling]. Some people were caught in the middle of the fighting. I saw them...
...Ryan has just faked a loud orgasm at a New York City deli. A waitress turns to an older woman, who remarks, "I'll have what she's having." Thus Estelle Reiner, mother of When Harry Met Sally director Rob Reiner and wife of The Dick Van Dyke Show creatoi Carl, entered Aim history with one of cinema's most famous lines. Reiner, who spent her early life as a visual artist, became a cabaret singer at 60 and took lessons with legendary acting coach Lee Strasberg...
Shaheen, the first woman elected governor of New Hampshire, in 1996, becomes the first woman elected Senator there. In a rematch of her narrow 2002 loss to John E. Sununu, Shaheen capitalized on Bush's unpopularity and Sununu's voting record, as the Granite State went solidly blue...
Under the current Arizona statutory law, same-sex marriage is prohibited. Arizonans passed Proposition 102 on Tuesday, further amending the state's constitution to define marriage expressly as "a union between one man and one woman." Although a similar proposition was defeated at the polls in 2006, the initiative passed in this election with 56% of the vote. Three states - Arizona, California and Florida - voted on gay marriage bans this year, down from 11 states four years...
Prompting celebration among conservative activists and dismay among proponents of gay rights, in Florida, 62% of voters cast their ballots in favor of Amendment 2, which also limits the legal definition of marriage to the union between "one man and one woman as husband and wife." The initiative, sponsored by the conservative organization Florida4Marriage, declares that "no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized...