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August 12, 2004

Lee Hsien Loong is sworn in as the 3rd Prime Minister Of Singapore . (Taipei Times) (VOA)

New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey resigns his post effective November 15 , saying that his extramarital Homosexual affair would leave the governor's office "vulnerable to rumors, false allegations and threats of disclosure.". (CNN)

Unanimously determining that San Francisco's Same-sex Marriages are illegal, the California Supreme Court votes 5-2 to annul all 4,000 such marriages performed in San Francisco this year. (San Francisco Chronicle) (CNN) (BBC)

EU Commission President-designate José M. Durão Barroso announces the portfolios assigned to the members of his new European Commission . (EU Press Release)

A Roman Catholic Seminary at St Poelten in Austria is shut down following allegations of sexual impropriety. (BBC)

In Najaf , US forces besiege the Imam Ali Mosque , where followers of the radical Shia cleric Moqtada Al Sadr are barricaded. (BBC)