Archive for November 7th, 2008

Protesting Ban on Gay Marriage

Written by on Friday, November 7th, 2008 in Latest News.

Thousands of people marched through the streets of San Francisco to protest the passage of Proposition 8, a ballot measure outlawing same-sex marriage.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Jobless ranks hit 10 million, most in 25 years (AP)

Written by on Friday, November 7th, 2008 in Latest News.

AP – The nation’s jobless ranks zoomed past 10 million last month, the most in a quarter-century, as piles of pink slips shut factory gates and office doors to 240,000 more Americans with the holidays nearing. Politicians and economists agreed on a painful bottom line: It’s only going to get worse.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

50 dead in Haitian school collapse (AFP)

Written by on Friday, November 7th, 2008 in Latest News.

Police and troops from a UN peacekeeping force carry a victim of the College Promesse Evangelique school collapse in Petion-ville, Haiti. About 50 schoolchildren and teachers were killed when the shantytown grade school packed with hundreds of students collapsed during classes, a government official said.(AFP/Thony Belizaire)AFP – About 50 schoolchildren and teachers were killed when a shantytown school packed with hundreds of students collapsed during classes Friday, a government official said.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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