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A Hero Who Had A Conceal-Carry Gun Permit

August 30, 2005 | Leave a Comment

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - A fatal shooting at an Albuquerque Wal-Mart last week was the state’s first by someone with a concealed-carry gun permit, authorities said.
Police said Felix Vigil was attacking his ex-wife with a knife near the store’s deli counter where she worked when an armed customer intervened and shot him. The woman, Joyce Cordova, [...]

Aug

30

UN Official Says US Abstinence Policy Is Creating A Disaster

August 30, 2005 | 2 Comments

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The U.S. government’s emphasis on abstinence-only programs to prevent AIDS is hobbling Africa’s battle against the pandemic by downplaying the role of condoms, a senior U.N. official said on Monday.
Stephen Lewis, the U.N. secretary general’s special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, said fundamentalist Christian ideology was driving Washington’s AIDS assistance program known [...]