Patil named first female president
NEW DELHI (AP): India got its first female president yesterday in a victory hailed as a special moment in a country where discrimination against women is often deep-rooted and widespread.Pratibha Patil, 72, won 65.82...
Doubts remain about cardinal’s role in abuses
NEW YORK (AP): Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony approved a record clergy-abuse payout, opened the files of the Roman Catholic priests involved and looked into the cameras and apologised last week for...
Shaik el-Faisal’s wife speaks out
He is from the plains of Bluefields, Westmoreland, Jamaica. She is from the mountainous Kashmir region of Pakistan, near the disputed border with India. They are Shaik Abdullah el-Faisal and Zubaida Khan, husband and wife.
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