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Joseph Muscat to campaign in run-up to referendum
The concepts of religion and values were often mixed up by speakers when religion did not impose a monopoly on values. Dr Muscat said his position in favour of divorce derived from a simple aspiration – that of living in a European country.
Updated: 03/17/2011 03:32A
JPO defends Divorce Bill and referendum question
Dr Pullicino Orlando criticised Parliamentary Secretary Jason Azzopardi's argument that a divorce law would bring about a pro-divorce mentality. He said that after the introduction of divorce in Ireland the rate of marital breakdown was 15 per cent,
Updated: 03/17/2011 03:31A
Texas beauty queen who says she was harassed about weight asking jurors to
AP SAN ANTONIO — Testimony begins Thursday in the trial of a lawsuit brought by a 17-year-old Texas beauty queen who accused pageant organizers of harassing her about her weight before stripping her of this year's Miss San Antonio title.
Updated: 03/17/2011 03:31A
The long and winding road to a divorce referendum...
Labour MP Evarist Bartolo and Dr Pullicino Orlando jointly present a new divorce Bill, with amendments which better tailor the Irish law for Maltese legislation. The anti-divorce movement is launched by financial services lawyer Andr Camilleri and
Updated: 03/17/2011 03:31A
It is now the people's turn to speak
The Church's teaching about marriage and its resolute stand against divorce are crystal clear. The Church has the right and the duty to practise what it preaches and the faithful are expected to abide by the rules of the body they belong to.
Updated: 03/17/2011 03:31A
China to execute three convicted Filipino drug couriers
Ambassador Liu Jianchiao said the verdict against the three convicts was final and 'the penalty will be carried out sooner or later and everything will be done in accordance with the Chinese law.' 'The purpose is not to take the lives of these people
Updated: 03/17/2011 03:31A
Driver accused in fatal crash makes bail again; another hearing today
Amber Dale Steim, who pleaded not guilty to vehicular homicide under the influence of alcohol March 9, posted a $100000 bail bond Wednesday. She is accused of being drunk when the pickup truck she was driving crossed the centerline on state Highway 112
Updated: 03/17/2011 03:31A
Workers fear contracts will go to US firm
"Simple mechanics like me are going to lose their jobs in Montreal after 30 years service for Air Canada because I fear a pension transfer to Aveos - and a large part of Aveos management comes from Nortel. That doesn't reassure anybody here.
Updated: 03/17/2011 03:31A
Top Lawmaker Protests 'Whistle-Blower' Demotion
WASHINGTON -- The Homeland Security Department demoted a senior career employee who confidentially complained to the inspector general that political appointees were improperly interfering with requests for federal records by journalists
Updated: 03/17/2011 03:28A
Opinion: Civil juries get bad rap when it's the judges who need to own up
Like the apocryphal scalding-coffee ruling in the United States, this judgment will be cited as proof ordinary people are incapable of parsing a complex personal injury case. The $2.86-million product-liability award against McDonald's in 1994 became a
Updated: 03/17/2011 03:27A
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