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France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed it into law following months of bitter political debate.
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Litvinenko UK inquest in doubt after evidence excluded
Marina Litvinenko, widow of murdered former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, in Madrid, in December 2007
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The inquest into the death in Britain of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko is close to being scrapped after the coroner ruled he could not hear evidence about the alleged role of the Kremlin in his poisoning.
Read MoreGreek PM in China touts country as European ‘gateway’
China's President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (L) in Beijing on May 17, 2013
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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Friday touted his troubled but improving economy as an attractive entry point for Chinese investment into the European Union.
Read MoreECB to help businesses, says top central banker
The European Central Bank headquarters on March 7, 2013 in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany
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The European Central Bank is exploring ways to directly help small and medium-sized companies as a way to boost the recession-hit eurozone economy directly, said Benoit Coeure, a member of the bank’s executive board.
Read MoreMexico posts slim growth in first quarter
Flower vendors unload flowers from a truck at the Jamaica market in Mexico City, on October 31, 2012
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Mexico’s economy grew 0.8 percent in the first quarter compared to a year earlier, lower than the government forecast amid a drop in industrial activity, official figures showed Friday.
Read MoreIsraeli taxpayers bankroll Netanyahu home: report
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads the weekly cabinet meeting in his office on May 13, 2013 in Jerusalem
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Israeli taxpayers, already fuming at a draft belt-tightening budget which seeks to slash spending and hike taxes, paid $88,000 last year for upkeep of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s private seaside home, the daily Haaretz reported Friday.
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