BREAKING NEWS ~ US, Italy fail to agree on shooting investigation News
BREAKING NEWS ~ US, Italy fail to agree on shooting investigation

[JURIST] AP is reporting that the US and Italy have issued a joint statement that they have failed to agree on the circumstances surrounding the shooting of an Italian agent by US soldiers in Iraq. Italy had indicated earlier [AP report] that it might not agree with the US over the results of the investigation.

1:45 PM ET – An AP story is now available online. Read the joint statement issued by the State Department and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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South Africa becomes first country on continent to legalize same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriages became legal in South Africa on November 30, 2006 as the country's Civil Union Act, 2006 went into effect, making South Africa the only country on the African continent to legalize same-sex marriage. Read the Civil Union Act, 2006.