Arlington cemetery headstones may contain discrepancies

Thousands of grave markers at Arlington National Cemetery (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk) near Washington may need to be replaced because they contain misspelled names, and incorrect ranks and dates of birth and death, said a US Army report to Congress last week.

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Girls get equal rights to the British throne

The leaders of the 16 Commonwealth countries unanimously agreed on Friday to change succession laws, allowing sons and daughters of any future UK monarch to have equal right to the throne, in a historic blow for women’s rights.

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Saudi women to be allowed to vote and run as candidates

A few days before municipal elections in Saudi Arabia from which women will be excluded, King Abdullah (photo, from lexpress.fr) has said that in the future “women will be able to run as candidates in the municipal election and will even have a right to vote.”

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America marks tenth anniversary of 9/11 attacks

The United States of America marked the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks which killed almost 3,000 people (photo, from tf1.fr). Ten years ago nineteen terrorists hijacked four airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.

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US experiments could have infected 2,500 Guatemalans

US medical experiments in Guatemala (map) in the 1940′s were kept a secret until last year, when Prof Susan Reverby at Wellesley College unearthed hidden records. Now health authorities told the BBC that the extent of those experiments could be greater than previously thought.

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Cambodia brings temple dispute to UN court

Thailand and Cambodia (map, from bbcimg.co.uk) have been fighting for months over 11th Century Preah Vihear temple, and now the dispute arrives before the UN’s highest court.

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War crime suspect Mladic arrested in Serbia

Ratko Mladic (photo, from nytimes.com), Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect, has been arrested early on Thursday in a village in the province of Vojvodina in northern Serbia, after 16 years on the run.

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Indian Supreme Court wants to punish ‘honour’ killers

Hundreds of people are killed in India each year because they fell in love or married against their families’ wishes, said a recent study.(photo, from bbcimg.co.uk)

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Prince William and Kate Middleton marry at Abbey

Prince William and his longtime girlfriend were married on Friday morning at the Westminster Abbey in London (photo, from nytimes.com), a wedding that will shape the future of the British monarchy, some say.

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Tibetans elect new prime minister

Tibetans all around the world voted to elect the prime minister of their government-in-exile. The result of the elections held in March was announced on Wednesday in Dharamsala, India, where the Tibetan government-in-exile is based.

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