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French Court Extends Parental Rights to Gay Partners

PARIS – France’s highest court ruled Friday that homosexual parents may extend parental rights to their partners, a move long sought by gay rights campaigners. The Cour de Cassation approved such shared rights when the couple is living in a stable union and when it is in the child’s best …

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Priest Wants Michael Jackson on Pope CD

ROME – An Italian priest who runs a music label specializing in religious songs said on Monday that Michael Jackson could be one of several artists to sing on a CD of Pope John Paul II‘s prayers, but cautioned that the project is “only a small idea” that has yet …

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Huge Turnout in Key Haitian Election

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Scuffles broke out and polling stations opened hours late Tuesday as masses of Haitians waited — sometimes in mile-long lines — to vote under the protection of U.N. peacekeepers crouching behind machine guns and patrolling alongside armored vehicles. Outside the gang-controlled Cite Soleil slum, frustrated voters pounded …

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