New Mexico Death Penalty Repealed by Governor Richardson

New Mexico became the 15th state in the union to stop using the capital punishment Wednesday, when Governor Bill Richardson signed a bill repealing the death penalty.  Going forward death penalty crimes will be get sentences of life imprisonment with no chance for...

Peru to vote on divisive land law

" Promises to revise a controversial land law in Peru have halted widespread protests just days before a vote by congress that might see the legislation repealed.Alan Garcia, the Peruvian president, passed the...

Mais considerações sobre "Mais Armas , Menos Crimes"

Aqui um trecho do texto de Mark Steyn para o Sun-Times"Virginia Tech, remember, was a "gun-free zone," formally and proudly designated as such by the college administration. Yet the killer kept his guns and ammo on the campus. It was a "gun-free zone" except for those...

US scraps cotton subsidies after WTO threats (AFP)

" 2 hours, 39 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US government said it had repealed an illegal cotton subsidy program that had drawn the threat of billions of dollars in sanctions from Brazil. The formal repeal of the so-called "Step 2" program of support for US cotton...

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