Michael Jackson sued by Sheikh Abdulla Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa

L.A. stops gay marriages – protests on the streets

 The Los Angeles County Registrar's Office stopped issuing same-sex marriage licenses after the passage of a ballot measure to eliminate the right of gay couples to marry, the agency said Wednesday. Three groups have petitioned the California Supreme Court challenging the passage, and thousands of protesters took to the streets of West Hollywood Wednesday to vent their disappointment. Hundreds of protesters staged a half-hour sit-in outside CNN's Los Angeles bureau on Sunset Boulevard. The demonstrators chanted slogans and banged on the building's glass doors but then dispersed without incident.

Soviet women pilots in II world war

Thousands of Russian women and girls courageously fought for their Rodina (Motherland), serving with the Voyenno-Vozdushniye Sily (Air Forces, in Russian).