Obama Signs Landmark US Military Gay Law

President Obama has signed a landmark measure ordering the US armed services to allow gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.Approval of the measure by Congress this month was a victory for Mr Obama after he made the repeal of the so-called 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy...
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Local Pastor Charged with Over 100 Counts of Child Porn

CLEVELAND —Rev. Dr. Mark Griggs, pastor of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Olmsted Falls, has been charged with trading in child pornography.Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason announced that Griggs, 48, faces 112 counts that include downloading, trading and possessing child...
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Faiths Unite To Pray For Rain In Holy Land

Jews, Christians and Muslims have united in the Holy Land to pray for rain.An unusually dry autumn has left Israel and the Palestinian territories perilously parched.Authorities are deeply concerned about the impact on water supplies and agriculture, after years of insufficient rainfall....
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Brazil elects Dilma Rousseff, nation's first woman president

(CNN) Dilma Rousseff has won the election for president in Brazil, according to the country's Supreme Electoral Tribunal Minister, making her the nation's first woman to hold the office. TSE Minister Ricardo Lewandowski made the announcement to the local press around 8 p.m. local...
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Accused pastor crusaded against homosexuals

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- As Bishop Eddie Long poked through a salad in his church office one summer day in 1999, he shot a weary look at a person ticking off his ministry's successes. His Atlanta megachurch had already reached 25,000 members. He had been invited to the White...
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Religious leaders hit back at Hawking

London, England (CNN) -- Religious leaders in Britain on Friday hit back at claims by leading physicist Stephen Hawking that God had no role in the creation of the universe.In his new book "The Grand Design," Britain's most famous scientist says that given the existence of gravity,...
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Hunt for Jamaican drug suspect to resume

Security forces in Jamaica plan to renew a push Monday to arrest an accused drug lord at the center of violence that has now killed 76 people, the country's police commissioner said.CNN Police officers and soldiers plan to launch the second phase of an operation Monday aimed...
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Pope says 'sorry' for Irish church abuse

(CNN) Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday he is "truly sorry" for the abuse suffered by victims at the hands of Catholic priests in Ireland. The pope directly addressed the church abuse crisis that has rocked the Irish Catholic Church in an 18-page letter, which was made public...
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US defends $6.4bn weapons sale to Taiwan

The US has defended a proposed weapons sale to Taiwan following a furious response from China.BBCThe US State Department said on Saturday that the sale contributed to "security and stability" between Taiwan and China, Reuters reported. Beijing announced a series of moves against...
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Haitian doctor takes 100 patients into his home

But a magnitude-7.0 earthquake has brought the 59-year-old pediatrician's involvement to a whole new level. Surena has converted his property into a field hospital for more than 100 quake victims. His patients are treated in the shaded, leafy patio of his undamaged home while thousands...
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BBC:Haiti earthquake survivors await global aid effort

Hundreds of thousands of Haitians are awaiting the start of a global rescue effort in the wake of the country's devastating earthquake.BBC correspondents say the situation is increasingly desperate, with no coordinated rescue plan so far and aid only trickling in. ...
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Brazil truth commission arouses military opposition

A package of reforms put forward by the Brazilian government to improve human rights is causing growing controversy.A proposed truth commission to investigate torture during military rule is said to have so angered forces chiefs that they threatened to resign. Parts of the Catholic...
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BBC News:Alastair Campbell defends 'every word' of Iraq dossier

Tony Blair's ex-spokesman Alastair Campbell has said he "defends every single word" of the 2002 dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.He told the UK's Iraq war inquiry that parts could have been "clearer" but it did not "misrepresent" Iraq's threat. The UK should be "proud" of its role "in changing Iraq...
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Death toll rises to 75 from Brazilian floods

The death toll rose to 75 Sunday on Brazil's southeast coast after three days of torrential rains unleashed a series of deadly mudslides, an emergency official said.CNN / Rede Record InternacionalDozens of people were killed when a large part of a mountain collapsed as mud Friday, sliding into the upscale Sankay...
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Revealed: Height of World's Tallest Building

The world's tallest building has opened in Dubai as the official height was revealed - 828 metres (2717ft).Adam Arnold, Sky News OnlineThe world's tallest building has opened in Dubai as the official height was revealed - 828 metres (2717ft).In a surprise move, the Burj Dubai was...
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Heavy Snow Set To Bring More Travel Chaos

Commuters in London and the south-east are being warned of travel chaos as snow and sleet is expected to spread southwards on Tuesday.Sky NewsHeavy snow already affecting parts of Scotland and Ireland is expected to hit many parts of England by morning and reach the Home Counties and the capital by lunchtime.Sky...
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