Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Your World News Report - September 1, 2011


Hopeless Job Seekers Flee Portugal in Droves Portugal seems to be losing its youth as unemployed professionals migrate to Brazil and Angola due to lack of employment opportunities.

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Prosecutors Request Extension For the Detainment of Man in Missing Woman's Case

Gary V. Giordano will continue to be detained at the request of prosecutors as they try to strengthen their case against him. Giordano has been in custody for nearly a month after he reported that his travel companion Robyn Gardner disappeared while they were snorkeling off the southern tip of Aruba.

Prosecutors are considering a range of possible charges, including murder, manslaughter, accidental death and insurance fraud.

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Department of Justice Hopes To Halt At&T- T-Mobile Merger

The United States Department of Justice hopes to halt a merger between AT&T and T-Mobile claiming that such a venture would reduce market wireless competition. An official announcement made in March stated that AT&T has offered T-Mobile $39 Billion to buy out the company. The Department of Justice believes this buy out will drive wireless prices higher as these two companies make up half of the 4 major wireless carriers in the U.S.

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Malaysia’s First Openly Gay Pastor To Wed on Independence Day


Barely a month after same sex marriage becomes legalized in Malaysia, it’s first openly gay pastor, Rev. Boon Lin Ngeo will marry his partner Phineas Newborn III, 47, a Broadway producer.


The couple has planned for a New York City Hall wedding for their nuptials and plan to celebrate again next year in Chinese-Malaysian tradition.


Malaysia is a predominantly Muslim nation which prosecutes sodomy and “carnal intercourse against the order of nature”.


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