After Anti-Terror Raids, Belgium Deploys Troops To Guard Cities
After Anti-Terror Raids, Belgium Deploys Troops To Guard Cities
After Anti-Terror Raids, Belgium Deploys Troops To Guard Cities
to decide on
gay weddings
Washington: The US Supreme Court said on Friday it
will decide whether same-sex
couples nationwide have a
right to marry under the Constitution, setting up a potentially historic ruling on one of
the countrys most sweeping
social issues in a generation.
The justices will take up
gay-rights cases that ask them
to overturn bans in four states
and declare for the entire nation that people can marry the
partners of their choice, regardless of gender. The cases
will be argued in April, and a
decision is expected by late
June. Attorney general Eric
Holder said the Obama administration would urge the court
to make marriage equality a
reality for all Americans.
Supporters of same-sex marriage said they expect the
court to settle the matter once
and for all. Advocates for traditional marriage want the
court to let the political process play out, rather than have
judges order states to allow
same-sex couples to marry.
``The people of every state
should remain free to affirm
marriage as the union of a
man and a woman in their
laws,'' said Austin R. Nimocks,
senior counsel for the anti-gay
marriage group Alliance Defending Freedom. Momentum
has shifted dramatically in
the US in recent months . AP
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said in an interview on
French channel BFM TV. Robinet said he didnt know
where Kouachi was buried in
the cemetery, which he didn't
identify.
Kouachi and his brother
Cherif were killed by French
counter-terrorism police Jan.
9 after they killed 12 people at
the offices of Charlie Hebdo.
Saudi woman
beheaded for
sexual abuse
Ben Tufft
Reuters
Rally against
Prophet cartoons
in Russia
round 15,000 people on
Pakistans nuclear
arsenal is
increasing at a
pace faster than
any other country.
It is now reported
to have more
nuclear weapons
than India
Science and International Security (ISIS) said on Friday.
This assessment is based on
the presence of a very specific
signature: steam is venting
from the reactors cooling system, he said.
Pakistans nuclear arsenal is increasing at a pace
Yemen prezs
top aide
abducted
Sanaa: Yemens Houthi movement pulled out of a meeting
with the countrys other main
political and regional factions
on a new constitution after its
fighters abducted a top government official, sources
close to the situation said.
Houthi gunmen seized
Ahmed Awadh bin Mubarak,
office director for President
Abd-Rabbo Mansour Hadi in
the capital Sanaa early on Saturday to stop him from attending the meeting, which was to
discuss a draft of the constitution. The movements representatives then withdrew
from the meet, showing how
wrangling over the constitution threatens to intensify political turmoil in a country
with an al-Qaida wing. REUTERS
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