Month: April 2006

National briefs

By Staff and Wire ReportsCalifornia Supreme Court refuses to review domestic partner challenge The California Supreme Court on April 12 refused to review a lower court ruling upholding the state’s domestic partnership law....

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Mohamad says he had "'moral duty' to out deputy

Comments made in response to defamation lawsuit filed by Ibrahim Mahathir Mohamad & Anwar Ibrahim KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said April 14 he had a moral duty to accuse his ex-heir apparent...

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Hong Kong blocks same-sex unions

By Min Lee – Associated Press HONG KONG Hong Kong, home to hundreds of thousands of British nationals, has blocked local residents from entering into same-sex civil unions at the British consulate, a consulate spokeswoman...

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Journalist returns to island after attack

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten A gay American who was beaten with a tire iron on this Dutch Caribbean island returned to St. Maarten on to urge authorities to arrest the “well-known punks” who harmed him and a friend who...

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