CARACAS, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — President Hugo Chavez launched a new campaign on Monday to change Venezuela's constitution so he can stay in power for as long as he keeps winning elections, almost exactly a year after voters rejected the proposal. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraq's government tried to quell criticism on Sunday of a security pact which sets deadlines for U.S. military withdrawals, saying opponents could wait to judge how Washington honors commitments to pull back its troops. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — A suicide bomber killed 12 people in an Iraqi mosque on Friday while thousands of followers of anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr demonstrated in Baghdad after parliament passed a pact allowing U.S. troops to remain through 2011. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — Senior members of Iraq's ruling Shi'ite-led coalition on Wednesday said they had no problem with Sunni demands for a referendum in 2009 on a security pact with Washington. ... > full story
CARACAS, Nov. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — Venezuela's growing opposition and President Hugo Chavez's left-wing party shared the spoils from weekend elections, jostling for political advantage in the oil-producing nation on Monday. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. ... > full story
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — California's Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a legal challenge against the state's voter-approved ban on gay marriage and let the ban stand in the meantime. ... > full story
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — California's Attorney General on Monday urged the state Supreme Court to consider whether a gay marriage ban passed by voters this month was legal. ... > full story
SHANGHAI, Nov. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — California's vote last week to ban same-sex marriage will hit the state's economy by making it harder for cutting-edge industries like biotechnology to recruit top talent, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8, 2008 (Reuters) — Several thousand people gathered in Los Angeles on Saturday evening to protest a voter-approved ballot measure that bans same-sex marriage in California. ... > full story
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Sunni bloc demands concessions to support Iraqi-US pact Nov. 25, 2008 (NBC 10 Rochester (KTTC)) — A key group of Sunni lawmakers in Iraq says it will back the Iraqi-US security pact, but only in return for a series of concessions.. . Among other ...
State Supreme Court To Hear Challenges To Prop. 8 Nov. 19, 2008 (San Francisco Chronicle) — The state Supreme Court plunged back into the same-sex marriage wars today, agreeing to decide the legality of a ballot measure that repealed the ...
Prince Gets Sued, "Misquoted," Surprises Q-Tip Nov. 18, 2008 (Paste Magazine) — Prince has stirred up quite a bit of Controversy lately, and with no albums or tours on the docket for the Purple One, we can only credit the ...
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