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WORLD / NEWS Tue Apr 24, 2007 @ 10:44pm neoform

CNN -- Mexico City lawmakers voted to legalize abortion Tuesday, a decision likely to influence policies and health practices across Mexico and other parts of heavily Roman Catholic Latin America. The proposal, approved 46-19, with one abstention, will take e.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Dec 28, 2007 @ 8:12am neoform

CNN -- Nepal's parliament voted Friday in favor of abolishing centuries-old monarchy from this Himalayan nation and turning it into a republic. Lawmakers voted to endorse an agreement by the main political parties on abolishing the monarchy reached earlier this.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jun 19, 2007 @ 8:26am neoform

BBC News -- The European Parliament has voted down a bid by MEPs from Poland, Finland, the Baltic states, Sweden and Denmark to tighten the legal definition of vodka. The so-called "vodka belt" countries wanted to restrict the term to spirits made only from potato.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri May 11, 2007 @ 1:20am neoform

FOX News -- Pope Benedict XVI's agreement that Roman Catholic politicians in Mexico City who voted to legalize abortion should be denied the rite of Communion could have an effect on the 2008 presidential race in the United States. The pontiff's comments put five.. Read More