Society

Pierre Cossette, 'father' of the Grammys, dies at 85 - 09/13/2009

MONTREAL- Pierre Cossette, a celebrated producer known as the "father" of the Grammy awards ceremony, has died aged 85 in Montreal, according to the hospital where he was being treated. He passed...

French couple jailed for poison pasta child murders - 09/12/2009

AIX-EN-PROVENCE - A French court Friday jailed Marie-Helene Martinez and her husband Jean-Paul Steijns for 20 and 10 years respectively for killing their two children with poisoned cannelloni. The...

Road deaths, suicides, violence reap toll among young - 09/11/2009

PARIS - Traffic accidents, suicide and violence, as well as AIDS and tuberculosis are among the leading causes of early death among the world's under-24s, according to a paper published on Friday in...

British fugitive caught in Netherlands: police - 09/10/2009

THE HAGUE - Dutch police have arrested one of Britain's most wanted men after six years on the run, authorities said Wednesday. Noel Cunningham, 47, was on the run since 2003 after escaping from a...

Uruguay approves Latin America's first gay adoption law - 09/10/2009

MONTEVIDEO, Yanina Olivera - Uruguay lawmakers Wednesday adopted a trailblazing law allowing gay and lesbian couples to adopt children, in an unprecedented move in Latin America. Senator Margarita...

Obama urges kids to stay in school - 09/08/2009

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama planned to urge children to study hard and stay in school in a back-to-school address Tuesday that had some conservatives seeing red. "Every single one of you...

Mexican politician beheaded, family slain - 09/07/2009

MEXICO CITY - A local politician was brutally slain along with his wife and two sons, officials and media in the southeastern Mexican state of Tabasco said Sunday. Jose Francisco Fuentes, 43, was...

White House wades in to calm Obama school speech uproar - 09/07/2009

WASHINGTON, Karin Zeitvogel- The White House tried Sunday to allay some parents' fears that a speech President Barack Obama will deliver at a Virginia school this week is an attempt to ply American...

Seventh man charged over British jewellery robbery - 09/06/2009

LONDON- A seventh man was charged Saturday in connection with what is believed to be Britain's biggest jewellery heist, worth 40 million pounds (47 million euros, 65 million dollars), police said....

Nigerian rights activist Gani dies at 71 - 09/06/2009

LAGOS, Joel Olatunde Agoi- Prominent Nigerian lawyer and rights activist Gani Fawehinmi died Saturday after a prolonged battle with cancer, his colleages said. He was 71. Fawehinmi, a thorn in the...
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