Last night's leftovers. Today's post tonight. A lot going down in the world these days.



Homosexuals Protest Warren’s Church for His Pro-Marriage Position

Elderly Prop. 8 supporter roughed up, filing charges
An elderly California woman will file charges against homosexuals who attacked her during a protest against the passage of Proposition 8.

Gays Bashing Mormons Over Prop 8 Nationwide

Sign critical of Mormon church burned

Mormons under siege
Gay activists were furious with the Mormons after same-sex unions were banned in California. Now they are venting their anger in the church's spiritual home.

Prop. 8 leaders accuse foes of harassment, intimidation

Feds investigate vandalism at Mormon sites



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Congo May Have Another Civil War

CBNNews.com - Fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo is threatening to plunge the country into another civil war.

There are reports of widespread rape, murder and pillaging.

The United Nations says as many as 100,000 people may be cut off in the fighting and in desperate need of aid.

Many aid organizations have already evacuated to neighboring countries due to the fighting. But Samaritan's Purse is one of the only agencies going in to the country despite the risks.




Congo war goes regional

Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has erupted again over the last several weeks, continuing an ongoing war that has left more than five million people dead. But now, as many times before in Congo's rather dreary history, the region is getting sucked in.

Human Rights Watch reports today that Ugandan rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army are now pillaging northeastern Congo. Zimbabwean and Angolan troops are reported to be involved, too. Bravo to Angolan peacekeepers, who have volunteered for the ongoing U.N. mission there, but the whole thing harkens ominously to the late 1990s, a time when Angolan troops supported the Congolese government against Zimbabwean and Namibian troops in country.




UN delivers food aid to Congo refugees

The UN has delivered the first food aid in two weeks in territory held by rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and says it needs to urgently move 60,000 refugees from the frontline.

Renewed fighting in Nord-Kivu between followers of renegade Tutsi general Laurent Nkunda and the army has displaced more than 250,000 people and left more than 100 civilians dead since August, according to UN and private aid agencies.


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Rioting mob turn on two female cops

A HOWLING mob turned on two female police officers at a pub bonfire and then rioted in the streets.

Officers in full riot gear charged at the 100-strong gang, which spilled from The George, on Windhill Road, Eastmoor, after a frantic call from a collegue who had been bottled in the face.




Why Nicaragua's Capital Is in Flames

The last time rival political forces fought one another street by street for control of the Nicaraguan capital was three decades ago, in July 1979, at the culmination of the Sandinista insurrection that overthrew the Somoza dictatorship. This week, the streets of Managua were once again aflame amid the boom of mortar rounds, as the Sandinistas and their rivals battled for control — but it was the erstwhile revolutionary movement that now stands accused of being a dictatorship.

The prize, this time, is not control of the Nicaraguan state, but simply the mayorships in 146 municipalities, which were up for election on November 9. But allegations of massive vote fraud and conflicting claims of victory have set off several days of violence between rival political bands, leaving Nicaragua's fledgling institutional democracy struggling for its life. The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) has announced a partial recount of votes from last Sunday's mayoral polls, in which it has yet to declare winners in several hotly contested cities, including the capital. But the mobs of activists of the ruling Sandinista party and the opposition Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) aren't waiting idly to hear the outcome.




Zambian police arrest 38 after riots

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian police arrested 38 people on Thursday after violent protests over the arrest of a priest and radio presenter in the country's second-biggest city, Kitwe, a police spokesman said.

Rioters attacked a police station, caused damage at a milling company, barricaded streets and set cars alight in Kitwe, 350 km (219 miles) north of Lusaka.




Top Italy G8 riot police cleared

The most senior police officials charged in connection with the handling of riots at the G8 summit in Genoa, Italy, in 2001 have been cleared.

A court in the northern Italian city sentenced 13 officers to prison and acquitted another 16.

There were cries of "shame" from the public as the acquittal of the police chief was announced.

The clashes were some of the worst in the summit's history. One protester died and hundreds of people were hurt.




Report: Pirates holding Chinese ship, crew of 24

(CNN) -- Somali pirates were holding the crew of a Chinese fishing vessel Friday, hours after hijacking the ship in the fourth reported pirate attack in the region this week, according to a media report.

All 24 crew members were fine, according to China's state-run Xinhua news agency, which quoted a pirate leader who had spoken to a radio station in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.


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Magnitude 4.7 - WESTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
2008 November 14 03:27:09 UTC

Magnitude 4.7 - SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
2008 November 14 06:33:35 UTC

Magnitude 3.1 - NEVADA
2008 November 13 07:42:08 UTC
Earthquakes Rattle Verdi-Mogul Area Again

Magnitude 5.3 - OFF THE COAST OF COSTA RICA
2008 November 13 09:49:54 UTC

Magnitude 2.2 - MAINE
2008 November 13 10:26:36 UTC
Earthquake hits Rumford area

Magnitude 5.0 - FIJI REGION
2008 November 13 10:31:35 UTC

Magnitude 5.0 - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
2008 November 13 11:07:23 UTC

Magnitude 4.7 - PUERTO RICO REGION
2008 November 13 14:53:00 UTC

Magnitude 5.6 - SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
2008 November 13 15:10:16 UTC

Magnitude 5.4 - PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE
2008 November 13 16:02:09 UTC

Magnitude 5.3 - OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
2008 November 14 01:48:37 UTC
USGS reports small earthquake west of Bandon

Magnitude 5.9 - BOUVET ISLAND REGION
2008 November 14 02:05:09 UTC
Magnitude 5.1 - BOUVET ISLAND REGION
2008 November 14 02:43:54 UTC

Magnitude 4.2 - MONTENEGRO
2008 November 14 13:26:04 UTC

Magnitude 2.6 - SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
2008 November 14 18:20:56 UTC

Magnitude 5.6 - SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
2008 November 14 22:53:02 UTC

Magnitude 3.1 - NEVADA
2008 November 15 05:23:21 UTC

Magnitude 5.1 - ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
2008 November 15 04:03:25 UTC

Magnitude 2.3 - ALABAMA
2008 November 15 05:47:03 UTC

Magnitude 4.2 - GULF OF CALIFORNIA
2008 November 15 09:02:47 UTC

Magnitude 4.2 - ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY REG., QUEBEC, CANADA
2008 November 15 10:52:53 UTC
Small earthquake felt in Gaspe

Magnitude 4.2 - MONA PASSAGE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
2008 November 15 11:58:31 UTC

Magnitude 2.6 - ARKANSAS
2008 November 15 13:47:31 UTC
Small quake reported in central Arkansas

Magnitude 5.2 quake shakes New Zealand

Small quake strikes Ventura County



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