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New US state pass gay marriage bill

Rhode Island lawmakers gave final approval to a bill to legalize gay marriage on Thursday, making it the 10th U.S. state to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples and the last of the six New England states to do so.
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Stop using English - French PM tell ministers

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault wrote a letter to government ministers instructing them to stop using English terms in official communications....
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Moammar Gadhafi's son appears in court

The imprisoned son of Libya's slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi appeared in court on Thursday on charges of harming state security, but the judge adjourned his hearing until Sept. 19 to allow defense lawyers time to study the case....
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North Korea sentences American to 15 years

SEOUL, South Korea - A Korean American detained for six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for "hostile acts" against the state, the North's media said Thursday — a move that could trigger a visit by a high-profile American if history is any guide....
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Pakistan military angered by treatment of Musharraf

Pakistan's powerful army chief has suggested the military is unhappy with how authorities have treated former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf since his return from exile....
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18 killed as bombs hit Kabul after US defense chief visits

A suicide bomber on a bicycle struck outside the Afghan Defense Ministry on Saturday, one of two attacks that killed at least 18 people as U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visited the nation, officials said....
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Court suspends Egypt's parliament election

An Egyptian court on Wednesday ordered the suspension of parliamentary elections scheduled to begin in April, opening a legal battle likely to delay the vote and deepening the political crisis between the Islamist president and his opponents that has polarized the nation for months....
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Vatican Cardinals bar media ahead of conclave

In the end, American-style transparency was no match for the Vatican's obsession with secrecy....
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UN set to crack down on North Korea financing, illicit cargo

In response to North Korea's third nuclear test, the U.N. Security Council is set to tighten financial restrictions on North Korea and crack down on Pyongyang's attempts to ship and receive banned cargo in violation of existing sanctions....
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Syrian rebels seize UN peacekeepers

Syrian rebels have seized a convoy of U.N. peacekeepers near the Golan Heights and say they will hold them captive until President Bashar al-Assad's forces pull back from a rebel-held village which has seen heavy recent fighting....
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