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This Day in History: Benazir Bhutto
Twenty years ago today, Benazir Bhutto became the first ever female to lead a Muslim country when Pakistan appointed her prime minister December 1, 1988.
Oldest child of Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Al Bhutto, Benazir received a B.A. from Harvard University where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, later studying at Oxford. She was repeatedly to call [...]
Nobel Prize Committee Members Not Always Noble
October marks the advent of autumn* and the approach of Halloween. But since 1901, it’s also heralded the annual announcement of Nobel Prize winners.
The five categories under the prize umbrella are those of peace, chemistry, physics, physiology and medicine and literature.
This year, Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday, the Nobel committee awarded the prize for physiology [...]
P+P @ The DNC: AIDS Still Exists‚ But You’d Never Know It
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender delegates and allies gathered on the 37th floor of the Grand Hyatt in Denver on Monday afternoon to celebrate how far the gay movement has come. There was reason to celebrate— the first openly gay representative to serve in the Alabama statehouse, Rep. Patricia Todd, as well as other openly gay [...]
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