Results for California’s $1 tax increase on cigarettes i.e. proposition 29, is too close to call. According to an unofficial report the bill failed with 51% voters against it and 49% voting in favor of it.
Over the past two weeks there are have been two cases that pertain to same-sex marriage. Rulings in both cases raise the issue of same-sex marriage to the national podium, promoting it from a State issue to a federal one. But is the issue really about gay and lesbian marriage rights?
Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) urged the United Nations Security Council to help with the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and three others accused of genocide in Darfur.
China and Russia reiterate their united stance on the case of Syria during Russian President, Vladmir Putin’s visit to Beijing today.
