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...that they feel safer and enjoy a freedom of movement that they have not had in years. Though the area is still desperately poor, the signs of revival are evident. People make their way about the streets with seeming confidence; the dilapidated market street is open, displaying a wide array of colorful goods; and some buildings gleam with newly completed restorations and coats of fresh paint...
...excited, we might pause to consider what the California court did not - and could not - deliver: legal equality for gay couples. As I pointed out in an earlier story, more than a thousand federal laws apply to married couples, and many of them accord substantial benefits in an array of programs, from Social Security to food stamps to federal housing. Gay couples in California will now be able to wed under state law, as those in Massachusetts can, but their marriages will still be something less than what straight Californians enjoy...
...benchmark in the Colombia-style drug carnage that continues to rage from Tijuana to Cancun. Mexico has already logged almost 1,200 drug-related killings this year - putting it well on track to break last year's record of almost 2,500 - as an increasingly chaotic array of drug gangs fight one another for trafficking turf, and against any officials who dare to confront them...
...That this sordid spectacle burst like an errant firework in front of his impressive array of guests will certainly have embarrassed the Israeli Prime Minister. A Monday poll showed that 59% of Israelis now believe that Olmert should resign...
...Psychologists say the bond between the children may help with their treatment. But their macabre upbringing raises an array of emotional concerns, not least for their long-term sexual development. Exposed to perversion from a young age, it may prove difficult for them to navigate future romantic relationships. Kevin Browne, Professor of Forensic Child Psychology at the University of Liverpool, says proximity to such extreme abuse can result in frigidity, promiscuity, or even abuse in later life...