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Residents of Lesbos, Greece, Want Their Name Back
Residents of the Greek island of Lesbos have brought a lawsuit against a Greek gay rights group, alleging that the term "lesbian" is an insult to the homeland.
The lawyer representing the three Lesbos plaintiffs says that the group's name — the Homosexual and Lesbian Community of Greece — "causes confusion by using a geographic term" in connection with social action. The island does not want to be associated with the group's "special character."
Greece Grants Gay Marriages, Japan Awards Gender Rights
With a Greek mayor who presided over outlawed gay marriages yesterday saying, "The laws on marriage simply do not specify any genders. To me, therefore, if something is not banned by law it is not illegal," now facing jail time for his actions, Japan's government is actually moving toward broader gender ideas.
Japan’s House of Councillors (like the US Senate) has unanimously passed legislation which will allow people with gender identity disorder to officially change their sex, giving Gender Identity Disordered (GID) people the ability to change the way the world perceives them — on paper.
No Girls Allowed? Women Stumble On All-Male Mount Athos
Are there any ladies in the house? Accidently, yes. Breaching a ban on women dating back to 1060, four Moldovan women were dropped off on the Greek monastic peninsula of Mount Athos over the weekend.
Greeks Quarrel Over Rights of Unmarried Couples
In Athens, a plan to grant unmarried couples increased rights has upset both conservative and progressive forces. The government wants to grant heterosexual "common law" couples rights analogous to marriage, if the couples sign a simple notary contract. So you could have a legally binding relationship, without the big fat Greek wedding.
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Front Page: Italian Prime Minister Calls Obamas "Suntanned"
- Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi calls Barack and Michelle Obama unbelievably "suntanned" after meeting them at the G20. — The Telegraph
- Meanwhile, Barack and Michelle will visit Denmark this week to pitch for Chicago as the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics. — Politico
- Dick Cheney's daughter, Liz Cheney, is a rising star in the GOP.
Front Page: The White House Celebrates Ramadan
- President Obama hosted a Ramadan dinner at the White House last night, where he stressed that "Islam is part of America." — AP
- Donald Trump fixes the Miss Universe pageant to make sure the prettiest women make it through, according to the pageant's choreographer. — Huffington Post
- Tribal leaders are alleging that Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai forged 23,900 votes in the recent election.
Kenyan Man Sues Group For Telling His Wife: No Sex
A Kenyan man is suing activists who urged women to deny their partners sex for a week in protest against their country's political impasse.
In a move that echoed Aristophanes' Greek comedy Lysistrata, a group calling themselves the Women's Development Organization called for the boycott to get political leaders to end their rivalry and work, as the wife of Kenya's prime minister, Raila Odinga, described it, for "the common person."
James Kimondo told reporters outside a Nairobi courthouse that his wife's refusal to have sex with him caused him "anxiety and sleepless nights."
Earth Hour Clocks a Big Success
All around the word people turned off their lights last night for Earth Hour. Landmarks from Australia, to China, to Greece went dark along with millions of households. Fifty-four percent of you said you would turn off your lights in order to shed light on the climate crisis.
Front Page: Illinois Gov. Arrested, Trying to Sell Obama's Seat
- FBI agents arrested Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris today on federal corruption charges alleging that they tried to benefit financially in exchange for Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, among other things.
Front Page: 9/11 "Mastermind" to Plead Guilty Without Trial
- The alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and his four codefendants have asked to plead guilty to the attacks, meaning the current trial would never go ahead. The defendants told a military judge at Guantanamo Bay that they want to confess.
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