The caning of women has fueled debate about whether Islamic conservatism was intruding into people’s personal lives in this moderate Muslim-majority country. Another woman, Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, a 32-year-old mother of two, was sentenced to caning last year for drinking beer. Kartika’s sentence has not been carried out, but authorities at a women’s prison […]

Ray Gosling said this week in a BBC TV program that he killed the man, who had AIDS, to end his suffering. The 70-year-old journalist did not say where or when the incident took place. He said he believed he had made the right decision and had no regrets. Nottinghamshire Police said Wednesday they had […]

The caning of women has fueled debate about whether Islamic conservatism was intruding into people’s personal lives in this moderate Muslim-majority country. Another woman, Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, a 32-year-old mother of two, was sentenced to caning last year for drinking beer. Kartika’s sentence has not been carried out, but authorities at a women’s prison […]

ABC has the best representation of gays among the five major networks according to a new report. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) said that Fox scored the lowest in their ratings. «While we have made great strides in the ten years since Ellen DeGeneres came out on television, this report shows where […]

«I am incredibly grateful that my surgery went well Friday,» Roberts said in a posting on ABC News’ Web site. «Thanks for all the prayers — I owe you big time!» Roberts, 46, told «GMA» viewers last Tuesday that she had cancer, which she discovered through self-examination. Her mother and sisters traveled from the Mississippi […]