Colombia to Recognize Gay Unions With Extension of Health, Other Benefits
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BOGOTA, Colombia, June 15 -- Colombia's Congress voted to recognize gay unions, approving a bill to give same-sex couples full rights to health insurance, social security and inheritance benefits. The measure would make Colombia the first country in Latin America to extend such rights to gay...
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Colombia agreed Wednesday to allow Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to send his planes and helicopters into its territory to pick up three hostages who have been held for years by leftist rebels.
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BOGOT&#xC1; -- President Bush gave a vote of confidence to Colombia yesterday, promising to secure more aid and a trade deal for his close ally President Alvaro Uribe as he fights a rebel insurgency and drug traffickers.
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South Africa has become the first country on the continent to authorise marriage for gay and lesbian couples when the controversial civil union bill received the final seal of approval.
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MADRID Spainâs cabinet proposed legislation Friday allowing same-sex marriages and for homosexuals to adopt children, pressing ahead with its liberal agenda despite vociferous opposition from the influential Roman Catholic Church.
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A controversial law that would give gay and lesbian couples the same right to marry, divorce and adopt children as heterosexuals was approved by Spain's Socialist government Friday.
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Facing pressure from the state's top court, the New Jersey Legislature voted Thursday to give gay and lesbian couples the rights and privileges of marriage, while using the term "civil unions" to describe the partnerships.
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Spain&#39;s cabinet proposed legislation Friday that would allow same-sex couples to marry and gays to adopt children, pressing ahead with its liberal agenda despite vociferous opposition from the influential Roman Catholic Church.
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TRENTON, New Jersey  - Lawmakers in the U.S. state of New Jersey legalized same-sex civil unions on Thursday to give gay and lesbian couples the same rights as marriage but would not allow such partnerships to be called "marriage".
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Same-sex partners are to gain the same legal rights as married couples to receive survivor benefits from company pension schemes.
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A controversial law that would give gay and lesbian couples the same right to marry, divorce and adopt children as heterosexuals was approved by Spain&#39;s Socialist government Friday.
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Ireland should give greater rights to homosexual couples, Irish PM Bertie Ahern says.
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Congress in Colombia backs a bill to grant homosexual couples the same social security rights.
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A California law taking effect with the new year gives gay couples who register as domestic partners nearly the same responsibilities and benefits as married spouses.
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As France celebrates the fifth anniversary of its "Pacte Civil de Solidarite" (PaCS for short; in English, Civil Solidarity Pact) - a law that gives same-sex couples certain social, legal and financial benefits ...
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Despite repeated criticism from the Catholic Church, Spain's Cabinet has approved a bill that would allow homosexuals to marry and adopt children.
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Homosexual couples in Colombia have the right to share communal property, the Constitutional Court rules.