Tuesday 22 April 2008

No change in law regarding succession to the throne

The Attorney-General’s office has ruled out any legislation that would give equal rights of succession to the throne to daughters of a monarch. Nor will it repeal the law that bans the heir to the throne from marrying a Roman Catholic.

Wednesday 9 April 2008

Texas strip club owners will no longer have to pay a controversial $5-per-customer "pole tax" after the fee was declared unconstitutional by a judge.

The charge was imposed on clubs in January by officials who hoped to raise about $44 million (£22 million) to fund sexual assault prevention programmes and health care for the uninsured.