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New Zealand poised to legalize same sex marriage
New Zealand is poised to legalise same-sex marriage in a parliamentary vote that gay rights advocates Tuesday said will represent a milestone in the struggle for equality. A bill that amends the 1955 Marriage Act to describe marriage as “a union of two people regardless of their sex, sexual orientation…
Secretary Clinton: Israeli vote doesn’t nail shut door to peace
Israel’s parliamentary vote did not end hopes for peace with the Palestinians but instead has opened up a new chance for dialogue, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton argued Tuesday. “I actually think this election opens doors, not nails them shut,” she said, during a so-called “global townhall” meeting, in…
Expat French get Internet vote for first time
French citizens will for the first time this year be able to vote in a parliamentary election over the Internet, an experiment that could be extended to other elections if successful. Edouard Courtial, the junior minister for French living abroad, told journalists on Friday that French expatriates would be able…
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