Draft constitution would shift power to leftist president
QUITO, Ecuador (AP): A proposed new constitution grants Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa broad powers, including the ability to dissolve Congress and set monetary policy, and would let him stay in office through 2017. The charter, expected to be approved...
Billionaires put US$375m into anti-smoking campaign
NEW YORK (AP): Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money to pour US$375 million into a global effort to cut smoking.The billionaire philanthropists, who have a combined worth of more than US$70...
Obama addresses 200,000 in Berlin
WASHINGTON (AP):Tens of thousands of Germans stood below a Berlin war memorial yesterday listening as Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama issued an impassioned call for the world's people to unite in their common humanity. Recalling Berlin's history ...
Judge rules what's in name does matter
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP):A judge expressed dismay about a New Zealand trend of giving children bizarre names, as he made a nine-year-old girl a ward of the court so her name could be changed from TalulaDoes The Hula From Hawaii...
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