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Attack ads launched against Sen. McConnell on guns

Republican Mitch McConnell knows that, as Republican Senate Minority Leader and thus a symbol of the party establishment, he's the target of conservatives, tea partyers and others on the right (which he discussed in his exclusive interview with Yahoo! last week). And now some progressives have him in their sights, believing the Kentucky Republican's opposition [...]

Photos: The face King Richard III revealed

A facial reconstruction of King Richard III is displayed at a news conference in central London February 5, 2013. The reconstruction is based on a CT scan of human remains found in a council car park in Leicester which are believed to belong to the last of the Plantagenet monarchs of Britain who was killed at the battle of Bosworth in 1485. REUTERS/Andrew Winning (BRITAIN - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY ROYALS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

India gang-rape victim's friend testifies at trial

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The trial of five men charged with gang-raping and murdering a young woman on a bus in New Delhi opened on Tuesday with closed-door testimony from her friend who appeared at court in a wheelchair, still bearing the scars of injuries from the attack. The 28-year-old software engineer, who may not be identified, is the prosecution's star witness in a case that has triggered nationwide protests, an intense debate about rampant crime against women in India and tougher anti-rape laws. ...


Gay marriage divides the Prime Minister's party in the U.K.

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to see his ruling Conservative party split in two on Tuesday over his government's plans to legalise gay marriage, a move critics say is not a priority for the public and unnecessarily divisive. Although parliament is likely to vote to give the draft law initial approval, up to half of Cameron's 303 Conservative MPs, including some Cabinet ministers, are expected to vote against it on what they say are moral and religious grounds. ...


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