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Gay Marriage Puts Mexico City at Center of Debate
Posted on February 6, 2010
A new Mexico City law goes into effect March 4 that will allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt children, propelling the city to the forefront of the global gay rights movement.
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Women Living and Fighting Alongside Men, and Fitting In
Posted on February 6, 2010
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are the first in which tens of thousands of American military women have lived, worked and fought with men for prolonged periods. Wars without front lines, they have done more than just muddle the rules meant to keep women out of direct enemy contact.
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    The Sports Report
    Posted on February 6, 2010
    Football:
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    • Today's comment
    Posted on February 6, 2010
    Ian Burrell: Terry saga is a warning to all footballers
  • Guido Fawkes: Should expense-fiddling MPs be prosecuted?                    
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    Media coverage of the Iraq inquiry
    Posted on February 6, 2010
    On the Listening Post this week, Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister, faces the inquiry on the Iraq war as the media faces tough questions of their own. NB. Video begins at 4 minute marker
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    • Royle Family actor may stand for Socialist Labour party
    Posted on February 6, 2010
    70-year-old Ricky Tomlinson is protesting over a prospective Labour candidate
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    England manager Fabio Capello sacked John Terry for betraying team unity
    Posted on February 6, 2010
    Fabio Capello stripped John Terry of the England captaincy to preserve the unity of the dressing room ahead of the World Cup in South Africa.
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    Weekend Travel Guide
    Posted on February 6, 2010
    Independent
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    Weekend Cinema: Film News and Reviews
    Posted on February 6, 2010
    Independent
    •Telegraph
    •New York Times
    •Guardian
    •Times
    •Film trailers
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    • Weekend book reviews
    Posted on February 6, 2010
    Independent
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    Accused MPs argue they are above the law
    Posted on February 6, 2010
    In a joint statement, the three MPs announced that they would fight the charges by claiming parliamentary privilege over their expense claims. It said: “We maintain that this is an issue that should be resolved by the parliamentary commissioner, who is there to enforce any breach of the rules.”
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    • Afghan police 'kill civilians'
    Posted on February 6, 2010
    Afghan border police have killed seven civilians after opening fire on a group of villagers they mistook for fighters, according to a police official in Kandahar province.
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    • Missionaries turn on their leader over 'kidnapping' of Haiti children
    Posted on February 6, 2010
    The leader of the Baptist missionaries from Idaho charged with trying to remove 33 Haitian children from the country illegally knew many of the so-called "orphans" still had living parents or other close relatives but tried to move them over the border anyway, her own lawyer, Edwin Coq, has claimed.
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    • Convention Is Trying to Harness Tea Party Spirit
    Posted on February 6, 2010
    NASHVILLE — As they opened their inaugural national convention here, Tea Party advocates from across the country declared that they would turn the grass-roots anger that burst onto the streets a year ago into real political power, wielding money and campaign infrastructure as well as sheer energy.
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    • Leading article: The eurozone faces its most difficult test yet
    Posted on February 6, 2010
    It is impossible to rule out a panic by investors in which they stop buying Greek debt altogether. That would plunge the country into a downward spiral and possibly even force it out of the eurozone.
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