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Transgender people who request name changes in court generally need to file medical affidavits as well as publish an announcement in a newspaper that outs them as transgender. To change one’s legal sex, one must produce evidence that one has undergone even more medical treatment. These barriers often prevent transgender people from having legal documentation that matches their gender identity. Furthermore, more pressing survival issues such as accessing safe housing and health care and avoiding harassment and violence often take precedence over documentation concerns...
...with the help of a doctor. If necessary, you can secretly call the police department and ask an officer to dissuade your elderly relative from taking to the road, at least for that day. In some states you or a doctor can contact the department of motor vehicles and request a re-examination of an older driver--which can lead to license suspension or even revocation. Loss of mobility is a terrible thing for seniors, but loss of control behind the wheel is even worse...
...again if the government violated the agreement. High Hopes SOLOMON ISLANDS An Australian-led peacekeeping force in Honiara appeared to meet early success in restoring order in the capital. The first 1,000 troops and police out of an expected total of 2,250 arrived in response to a request by the Islands' parliament to try to end a four-year civil war that has brought anarchy and poverty to the Pacific nation. Islanders lined the streets to welcome the peacekeepers, shown above, whose first task was to disarm the militant gangs responsible for much of the fighting. MEANWHILE...
...though he intended to ask the U.S. government to request an American observer at Yang’s trial, Genser said he thought the chances of that were slim...
...independent political base among Palestinians, is sympathetic to the need to build up his standing, and has, at Abbas's behest, urged Israel to cease construction of a security fence that will function as a de facto border penning the Palestinians into about half of the West Bank - a request Israel firmly rebuffed. But pressing the Israelis to release men convicted for killing Israelis won't be easy, with an election season looming. Even if that's what Washington concluded was needed to keep Abbas intact. Because even more importantly, the Bush administration agrees with Israel's position that progress...