Articles Archive for October 2008
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In California, the biggest campaign ads aren’t from the McCain or Obama camps. One social subject is getting big bucks and big air time: gay marriage.
California voters on Nov. 4 will decide whether to pass Prop. 8–which eliminates right of same-sex couples to marry. Polls show that the race for the proposition is tight and both sides say a loss would be devastating.
If voters next week approve the initiative to ban gay weddings, legal analysts…
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Powerful explosions including a car bomb hit government buildings in northern Somalia killing at least 29 people and leaving several wounded, officials and witnesses say.
According to CNN, most of the victims were in the Somaliland capital, Hargeisa, where the presidential palace, Ethiopian consulate and UN offices were targeted.
Also Wednesday, suicide bombers attacked two intelligence facilities in the northern Somali region of Puntland. The two suicide bombers…
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More than a hundred people have been killed after a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 hit south-western Pakistan, officials say.
The earthquake caused buildings to collapse and prompted widespread panic in Baluchistan province early on Wednesday.
Local mayor Dilawar Kakar says 135 deaths have been confirmed in Baluchistan and that the number will likely go up as rescuers reach remote villages.
In the immediate aftermath, people in Quetta are said to have left their homes and spilled into the streets.





