The shock defeat was officially by less than a single percentage point.
Change, however slow, will be welcome when it comes.
India, one of the top international destinations for couples hoping to hire women as surrogates for pregnancy, is poised to ban the practice in most cases.
Along the River Thames, to the east and the west, new tall buildings shoot up almost monthly.
The death toll in Haiti had exceeded 370.
Pope Francis and the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, together charged 19 pairs of Catholic and Anglican bishops to return to their home countries and work together to promote joint prayer, joint proclamation of the Gospel and especially joint works of charity and justice.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York said on Oct. 6 that it has created a compensation program for people who were sexually abused by priests or deacons.