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Transgender Ga. official wins legal battle

AP — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:07:03 +0000

Georgia’s top court ruled in favor of a transgender politician who was slapped with a lawsuit by two political opponents who claimed she misled voters by running as a...

Georgia transgender politician wins legal battle

AP — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:39:48 +0000

Georgia’s top court has ruled in favor of a transgender politician sued by two political opponents who claimed she misled voters by running as a female.

Raj…the vernacular politician takes the cover of lingo battle

Deepa — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:08:39 +0000

Mr. Raj, Born and bought up in Maharashtra, Mumbai, I am a loyal Mumbaite at core. I have learnt Marathi in school and can also manage to convey any basic message in the same. But am definitely not comfortable in speaking it as fluently as...

Part Deux: Pampered and Spoilt: When Cricketers Become Politicians and Celebrities

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:00:18 +0000

Taking off from where the discussion was left in Pampered and Spoilt: When Cricketers Start Acting like Politicians and Celebrities Part One Pakistan Another man who is finding his time running out is Mohammad...

Part One: Pampered and Spoilt: When Cricketers Become Politicians and Celebrities

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:49:23 +0000

For an ardent cricket aficionado, it is not pleasant to hear this. Yet one must gulp down the bitter truth in order to not get into a rowdy row because no matter how big a fan of the game, it is hard to dismiss that cricketers are not...

Probe sought into No. 2 Texas pol's finances

AP — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:08:37 +0000

A campaign watchdog group in Texas is urging prosecutors to launch a criminal investigation of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst over his failure to disclose his vast wealth.

Watchdog urges probe of Texas official's finances

AP — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:15:03 +0000

A campaign watchdog group in Texas is urging prosecutors to launch a criminal investigation of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst over his failure to disclose his vast wealth.

Texas' No. 2 politician stays mum on his wealth

AP — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:58:37 +0000

He’s said to be the richest man in Texas politics, but the disclosures Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has filed to the state Ethics Commission have only the barest...

Ugandan opposition Politician attacked By A Whopper Wielding Homo

Godfrey Kato — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:48:09 +0000

The flamboyant leader of the Uganda Youth Democrats (Name not disclosed), a political youth wing of Democratic Party had his ass nearly shafted into pieces. This occurred after Dp leader was picked from his residence in that overnight on...

Court convicts Austrian right-wing party leader

AP — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:06:01 +0000

A court ruled Tuesday that a right-wing party leader lied in testimony about a pub brawl between his ex-bodyguard and the former spokesman of a party defector.