Assailants fired a rocket at an American helicopter taking President Hamid Karzai on a rare foray into Afghanistan’s troubled provinces Thursday, but it missed and he escaped injury. Karzai has survived at least one previous attempt on his life. He made light of the attack, which renewed concern about the U.S.-backed leader’s safety amid Taliban threats to derail the Oct. 9 presidential election. Officials arrested three suspects.
Manitoba became the fourth Canadian province to legalize same-sex marriage when a judge Thursday declared the province’s current definition of marriage unconstitutional. The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed in August by three couples arguing that the definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman was contrary to the equality provision in the charter. “The traditional definition of marriage in Manitoba is reformulated to mean a voluntary union for life of two persons,” the judge ruled.
France: Eiffel Tower open again
Employees at the Eiffel Tower ended a strike Thursday that shut tourists out of the popular Paris attraction for two days. Public access to the viewing platforms, restaurants and shops was halted after employees walked off the job Tuesday afternoon. They returned to work after negotiations with management, tower officials said. The tower operators offered “apologies to tourists who were prevented from making visits,” officials said.
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