President Joyce Banda says Malawi will overturn its ban on homosexual acts – the first African country to do so since 1994.

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Malawi to overturn homosexual ban

The year 2008 was a big one — both for the United States and for Katie Ermilio . The then-22-year-old had just graduated from college, and had decided to leave her position as an assistant at Teen Vogue and strike out on her own as a couturier. The country had just elected Barack Obama president — which meant Michelle Obama would need something to wear to the 2009 inaugural ball. So when The Washington Post announced a contest for people to design a gown for her, Ermilio submitted sketches. Read full article > >

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Designing woman: Katie Ermilio

Prepare to sing Taylor Swift’s praises. The country music darling has donated $4 million to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum for the construction and funding of a new education center, the organization said Thursday in a press release . The center, which will be named in her honor and is set to open in 2014, will feature three classrooms and a children’s exhibit gallery. Read full article > >

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Taylor Swift donates $4 million to Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Savers in Greece have been withdrawing hundreds of millions of euros from Greek banks, amid fears the country may have to withdraw from the single currency.

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VIDEO: Greeks withdraw millions from banks

Confusion, fear, frustration — emotions are running high among Greece's people as they face the prospect of new elections next month and massive uncertainty over the country's economic future.

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Fear and confusion rule in Greece

The new election date came as Greece's questionable status in the eurozone prompted what the country's president called “fear that could develop into panic.”

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Vote date set; euros pulled from banks

Syria is losing the information war against the West, President Bashar al-Assad has said, amid continuing violence across the country.

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Syria is ‘losing information war’

A hydroelectric dam supported by the country’s president would send thousands of people to live elsewhere.

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Boca Sanibeni Journal: Dam Project Would Displace Villages in Jungle Valley of Peru

The story of Strikers, the country’s only bowling alley, seems to be that rarest of things, an Afghan good news story.

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Kabul Journal: Bowling Alley’s 12 Lanes Lead to Another Afghanistan

According to Best Lawyers — “the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession” — Emmet Bondurant “is the go-to lawyer when a business person just can’t afford to lose a lawsuit.” He was its 2010 Lawyer of the Year for Antitrust and Bet-the-Company Litigation. But now, he’s bitten off something even bigger: bet-the-country litigation. Read full article > >

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Ezra Klein: Is the filibuster unconstitutional?

Texas Rep. Ron Paul (R) announced today that he is scaling back his presidential campaign operation. He said in a statement that he will continue to fight former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney for delegates at state conventions around the country, but he will no longer spend any money on upcoming primary contests. Read full article > >

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Ron Paul no longer campaigning in primaries

100,000 march in country’s cities.

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Spaniards Rally Against Austerity

The State Department could jettison a multibillion-dollar training effort by the end of 2012 that has emerged as the latest high-profile example of America’s waning influence in the country.

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U.S. May Scrap Costly Effort to Train Iraqi Police

In about two dozen states across the country, the insurance marketplaces at the heart of the 2010 health-care law remain in limbo, with Republican governors or lawmakers who oppose the statute refusing to act until the Supreme Court decides its constitutionality. Read full article > >

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Republican state officials stall on setting up health insurance marketplaces

Yemeni military officials say at least 10 al-Qaeda militants have been killed in two aerial attacks thought to be by US drones in the south of the country.

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