Archive for April 22nd, 2009

ANC commands early lead in South African election (Reuters)

Written by on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 in 215894.

Boys stand in front of a mural depicting African National Congress leader and South African presidential candidate Jacob Zuma in the township of Guguletu in Cape Town April 21, 2009. REUTERS/Finbarr O'ReillyReuters – South Africa’s ruling ANC was headed for victory on Thursday in an election that will give party leader Jacob Zuma control of the continent’s largest economy as it teeters on the brink of recession.

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back

Miss California Stands By Anti-Gay Marriage Stance

Written by on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 in Latest News.

Miss California said she stands by her anti-gay-marriage comments, even if they may have cost her the Miss USA crown.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

As Bush adviser, Rice delivered OK to waterboard (AP)

Written by on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 in 204927.

FILE -- In this June 6, 2001 file photo, then National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, talks with reporters at the White House 2001 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP – As national security adviser to former President George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice verbally approved the CIA’s request to subject alleged al-Qaida terrorist Abu Zubaydah to waterboarding in July 2002, the earliest known choice by a Bush administration official to OK use of the simulated drowning technique.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back



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