Irish PM backs gay couples' rights
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Ireland should give greater rights to homosexual couples, says Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern.
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MSPs back a new law for Scotland, allowing unmarried couples, including gay couples, to adopt.
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The Spanish government on Friday approved a bill to legalise gay marriages. This makes it only the third country in Europe to condone same sex marriages, cabinet spokesperson Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega ...
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SPAIN MADRID -- Despite vociferous opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, Spain's Cabinet proposed legislation yesterday giving homosexuals the right to marry and adopt children. Parliament was expected to review and approve the legislation promptly. That would make Spain the third nation to legalize gay marriage. ''This proposed law . . . removes a centuries-old barrier,&quot; Justice Minister Juan Fernando ...
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Gay couples in New Jersey get new legal rights as it becomes the latest US state to offer civil unions.
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Gay couples who legally married elsewhere will have all the rights of married people in New Jersey, but they can't call themselves married, the state's attorney general decided Friday.
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Hundreds of gay couples were granted the same legal rights, if not the title, as married couples Monday as New Jersey became the third state to offer civil unions.
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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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Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has given his backing for a plan to revive power-sharing in Northern Ireland. The party confirmed that at a meeting of senior Sinn Fein leaders in Belfast, Mr Adams said he
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Ireland's Green Party voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to back a coalition deal that puts it in government for the first time and guarantees a third term for Prime Minister Bertie Ahern.
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Ireland is witnessing important steps towards peace with Sinn Fein's vote to support the police and Croke Park hosting the England rugby team, reports Kevin Connolly.
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said that opening Ireland's job market to workers from Poland, when it joined the European Union on May 1 last year, has "worked out well" for both countries.
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern has repaid a controversial loan he received from friends during his time as finance minister, the public broadcaster RTE reported on Sunday.Comment
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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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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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The Spanish government approved a bill to legalise homosexual marriages, which will make it only the third country in Europe to condone same-sex marriages -- but the move sparked fury within a still influential ...
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DUBLIN, Ireland  - A lesbian couple who wed in Canada launched a legal battle Monday to have their union legally recognized in Ireland, where homosexuality itself was outlawed until a decade ago.