By Patricia Zengerle and David Lawder | WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior Republicans on Monday pushed their candidate in the Missouri Senate race, congressman Todd Akin, to quit over his remarks about rape that distracted from the build up to the party's … 6 Flags in NJ to stop letting visitors drive through animal park, end safari season early
JACKSON, N.J. – Six Flags Great Adventure will stop letting park guests use their own vehicles for drive-thru tours of its animal sanctuary, the company said Monday, 38 years after first giving visitors close-up views of giraffes, elephants, rhinos and lions from their family cars.
Mali forms new caretaker government
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s interim president Dioncounda Traore approved a new transitional government on Monday, to move the West African country closer to constitutional order after a military coup in March. The 31-member government will replace a transitional authority that was crippled by political infighting, and failed make progress in setting elections. “The president of the republic, after receiving proposals from the prime minister, decrees the list of members of government,” said a presidential statement read over state radio. …
Pussy Riot-like justice around the world
The two-year prison sentence handed down to punk rock band Pussy Riot for a provocative protest inside a Moscow cathedral called attention to just how hard President Vladimir Putin is clamping down on minor displays of dissent.
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