Archive for October 13th, 2009

Tens of thousands take part in mass wedding (AP)

Written by on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 in 471989.

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 1992 file photo, Unification Church founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his wife wave their hands to some 40,000 believers and supporters during a wedding ceremony at Seoul's Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea. The aging Rev. Sun Myung Moon, one of the world's most controversial Christian figures, is moving to turn over control of his Unification Church to three Harvard-educated sons. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-Joon, file)AP – Brides in white gowns and Japanese kimonos joined grooms in black suits and red ties Wednesday for the Unification Church’s largest mass wedding in a decade — a spectacle church officials say will involve 40,000 people in cities around the world.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Obama EPA releases Bush-era global warming finding (AP)

Written by on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 in Latest News.

AP – A controversial e-mail message buried by the Bush administration because of its conclusions on global warming surfaced Tuesday, nearly two years after it was first sent to the White House and never opened.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Voting again will risk lives, say Karzai tribal allies (AFP)

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Afghan men slaughter a bull at the site of a bomb in Kandahar province in August. Taliban violence -- including grenade attacks on polling stations and amputations of fingers dyed as proof of voting -- kept turnout to below 40 percent nationally and as low as five percent in Helmand and Kandahar.(AFP/File/Hamed Zalmy)AFP – Angered and disillusioned by Afghanistan’s election chaos, many tribal leaders who supported President Hamid Karzai say they would not risk their lives again by taking part in a new vote.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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