Buttiglione gets President&#39;s backing after apology for gay row
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Rocco Buttiglione, the incoming EU commissioner for justice and civil liberties, looks set to cling onto his job despite widespread outrage at his recent right wing comments about sexual diversity and women.
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NEW YORK - Republicans endorsed an uncompromising position against gay unions Wednesday in a manifesto that contrasts with Vice President Dick Cheney's supportive comments about gay rights and the moderate face the party will show at next week's national convention.    A panel made up largely of conservative delegates approved platform language that calls for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and opposes legal recognition of any sort for gay civil unions...
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Nearly a week after New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey came out as gay during his resignation speech, many LGBT rights organizations remain largely supportive of the embattled governor and his decision to step down.
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A double rejection for Buttiglione in Brussels. The justice and security commission of the European Parliament has rejected by just one vote, the first resolution that accepted the candidature of Rocco Buttiglione
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JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, the new European commission president, yesterday risked provoking an institutional crisis in the EU by defying MEPs&#39; calls to dump Rocco Buttiglione, an outspoken opponent of gay and women&#39;s rights, as justice and civil liberties
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Rocco Buttiglione, the Italian official who declared homosexuality a sin to the anger of left-leaning members of the European Parliament (MEPs), has withdrawn his nomination as chief of justice for the European Commission.
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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Thursday risked provoking an institutional crisis in the EU by defying calls from members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to dump Rocco Buttiglione, an outspoken opponent of gay and women&#39;s rights, as
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(AGI) - Rome, Italy, Oct 13 - The negative opinion expressed by the Civil Liberties Commission of the European Parliament regarding Rocco Buttiglione, is an attack at Premier Silvio Berlusconi and his government.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi made it clear that he would probably name a new nominee for the post of EU justice chief in place of Rocco Buttiglione, whose views on women and gays have led to veto ...
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ROME - A diplomatic row has erupted between Italy and the European Parliament after the latter rejected an anti-gay Italian minister as a European commissioner.
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Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been acquitted of corruption charges by a Milan court. A three-judge jury backed the billionaire&#39;s fight to clear his name.
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Gay rights activists and a top  Democratic presidential hopeful criticized President George W.  Bush&#39;s surgeon general nominee for &quot;anti-gay&quot; writings on  Thursday, but the White House defended him as well qualified.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who was slightly injured in an attack in a Rome square on New Year s Eve, said on Saturday he felt fine.
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Crisis is looming over the EU's new executive after a key European Parliament committee rejected Italian Rocco Buttiglione as justice and security chief because of his traditional views on homosexuality and ...
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SILVIO Berlusconi has reluctantly backed down in the dispute over senior European Union positions that has paralysed the EU, but is demanding face-saving sacrifices by other nations to ease his embarrassment.
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The confirmation came from a spokesman for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who described the killing as &quot;an act of barbarity&quot;.
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(AGI) - Roma, 1 nov. - I commenti del presidente del Senato Marcello Pera sulla bocciatura di Buttiglione in Europa hanno scatenato aspre polemiche tra centrodestra e opposizione. Difendendo Buttiglione, Pera