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Saudi judge considers paralysis punishment (AP)

August 19th, 2010

FILE - In this July 30, 2010 file photo, Saudi King Abdullah speaks at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon.  Saudi Arabia enforces strict Islamic law and occasionally metes out punishments based on the ancient legal code of an eye-for-an-eye. However, King Abdullah has been trying to clamp down on extremist ideology. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)AP - A Saudi judge has asked several hospitals in the country whether they could damage a man’s spinal cord as punishment after he was convicted of attacking another man…

Report: Saudi judge considers paralysis punishment (AP)

August 19th, 2010

AP - Saudi media are reporting that a judge has asked several hospitals in the country whether they could damage a man’s spinal cord as punishment after he was convicted…

Argentine Senate considers same-sex marriage law (AP)

July 15th, 2010

Demonstrators wave a gay pride flag outside Congress in support of a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in Buenos Aires, Wednesday July 14, 2010. Argentina's House of Deputies has approved same-sex marriage and sent the legislation to the Senate, which is discussing its consideration Wednesday. President Cristina Fernandez promises not to veto the measure if it reaches her desk. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Argentina’s senators debated in a marathon session early Thursday as they prepared to vote on whether to make their nation the first in Latin America to grant same-sex…