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| San José, Costa Rica, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, Vol. 12, No. 28 | |||||||||
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| Charles
and Camilla honor Dickens on 200th birthday By
the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
Britain's Prince Charles has led ceremonies marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, one of English literature's most famous and celebrated novelists. The prince laid a wreath at Dickens' grave Tuesday at Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner, where the writer was buried in 1870 alongside Geoffrey Chaucer, Tennyson, Samuel Johnson and other literary greats. The writer's descendants attended the ceremony. His great-grandson Mark Dickens said the writer was very committed to social reform. Prince Charles and his wife Camilla also toured the Dickens Museum in central London where they cut a book-shaped cake and listened to a reading by Actress Gillian Anderson from an old Dickens book. Anderson recently played Miss Haversham in the British TV drama “Great Expectations” based on Dickens' novel. She praised Dickens for describing the human condition in England of his time. More events are being held in the southern city of Portsmouth, where Dickens was born on Feb. 7, 1812. California appeals court rejects same-sex marriage ban By
the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
A California appeals court has ruled that a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The judges said in their ruling Tuesday the ban, known as Proposition 8, “serves no purpose” other than to lessen the “status and human dignity” of homosexuals in the state. The dissenting judge in the 2-to-1 decision said he thought the government could have a legitimate reason to restrict same-sex couples from marrying. Gay marriage supporters cheered the ruling, while Proposition 8's proponents said they would appeal it, either to a higher California court or directly to the U.S. Supreme Court. But some legal analysts said Tuesday the Supreme Court may choose not to weigh in, because Tuesday's ruling only applies to California's specific circumstances. The judges said the Proposition 8 was illegitimate because it took away a right that had already been granted. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California said she thought the ruling, though narrow, was indicative of the broader issue, that no laws can change the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law. Proposition 8 passed in 2008 with 52 percent of the vote, just months after the state had approved gay marriages. Homosexual couples will still be prevented from marrying in California until the appeals process is complete. Several U.S. states and the District of Columbia allow gay couples to marry. Obama campaign to return cash from casino family By
the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign says it is returning some $200,000 in donations made by the family of a Mexican casino owner who fled drug and fraud charges in the U.S. The campaign announced Tuesday that it was refunding all contributions linked to Chicago brothers Carlos and Alberto Rojas Cardona after The New York Times raised questions about them. The newspaper reported Monday that the two Cardonas are the brothers of casino owner Juan Jose Rojas Cardona, known as Pepe, who disappeared after jumping bail in Iowa in 1994 and has since been linked to violence and corruption in Mexico. The Cardona brothers began raising money for the Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee last year. Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said the campaign will return the contributions from the Cardonas and any other donors they brought to the campaign. LaBolt said more than 1.3 million Americans have made donations, which he said are constantly reviewed for any issues. The New York Times cites prosecutors in the state of Iowa as saying Carlos Cardona arranged last year for the former chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party to seek a pardon for his brother Pepe from the governor. The report said no pardon was granted. |
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