García can govern despite Fujimori
LIMA (Reuters):Peruvian President Alan García said yesterday his legislative agenda will not be derailed by a dispute with the political party of disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori, who is facing trial on human-rights crimes and corruption....
Letting Iran go nuclear could cause war - Sarkozy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters): Allowing Iran to acquire nuclear weapons could destabilise the world and lead to war, French President Nicolas Sarkozy told the United Nations (U.N.) yesterday.In his maiden speech to the U.N. yesterday...
US Supreme Court to decide photo ID voting law
WASHINGTON (Reuters): The Supreme Court said yesterday it would rule on whether United States voters must show a government-issued photo identification at the polls, a divisive issue ahead of next year's national elections....
Council of Europe to vote on creationism next week
PARIS (Reuters):Europe's main human rights body will vote next week on a resolution opposing the teaching of creationist and intelligent design views in school science classes. The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly will debate a resolution...
Outrage turns to laughter at Ahmadinejad NY speech
NEW YORK (Reuters):Vilified as a Holocaust denier, a supporter of terrorism and a backer of Iraqi insurgents, the President of Iran was actually able to make New Yorkers burst into laughter - but not at a joke. "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country," Iranian...
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