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  • Gay marriage can now take place in France Gay marriage can now take place in France

    France has legalised same-sex marriage, becoming the 14th country to do so. President Francois Hollande signed the bill into law following months of bitter political debate, including a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition. On Friday the Constitutional Council threw out the challenge, allowing the president to sign the documents. The legislation also legalises gay ...

  • Denmark wins Eurovision song contest 2013

    Denmark has been crowned the winner of Eurovision song contest 2013 that were held in the Swedish city of Malmo. Emmelie de Forest, 20, won the title with 281 points thanks to her splendid rendition of the song 'Only Teardrops', while Azerbaijan stood second 234 points, the BBC reported. UK entrant Bonnie Tyler, 61, who is best known for her 1983 hit 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', had high ...

  • Sectarian Violence Kills 11 in Iraq

    It was a violent day in Iraq Saturday with at least 11 people killed and 10 policemen kidnapped as hatred simmers between the ruling Shi'ite majority and the Sunni minority. Gunmen broke into the home of an anti-terrorism policeman in the Baghdad suburb of Rasheed, killing him, his wife, and two children. Another security officer was killed elsewhere in Rasheed. Police say gunmen killed ...

  • Pope Church Must Help Poorest Not Dissect Theology

    VATICAN CITY Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people on Saturday, telling them he sometimes nods off while praying at the end of a long day and that it "breaks my heartrdquo; that the death of a homeless person is not news. Francis, who has made straight talk and simplicity a hallmark of his papacy, made his unscripted comments in answers to questions by four people at ...

  • Top Pakistani Politician Gunned Down in Karachi

    A top Pakistani politician has been shot and killed in Karachi. Police say Zahra Shahid Hussain was shot twice in the head Saturday during an attempted street robbery outside her home. She died on the way to the hospital. A spokesman for Hussain's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, calls her killing an act of terrorism. Hussain was a senior vice president of PTI, which ...

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The Face of Another (Tanin no kao) [DVD]

The Face of Another (Tanin no kao) [DVD]

There is a great deal of rumination about faces in Hiroshi Teshigahara's The Face of Another (Tanin no kao)--what they are, what they represent, and, most importantly, what happens in their absence. I wonder if losing one's face deranges one's senses? asks the pro ... ...

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  • Syrian TV Troops Enter Rebel Stronghold of Qusair

    Syrian state television says government troops have entered the rebel town of Qusair as part of a weeks-long offensive to recapture the strategic area connecting Damascus to the Mediterranean ...

  • Briton questioned in France over childrens deaths

    A British man is being questioned in France on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two children, local police said. The recently divorced man is alleged to have killed the chidren - aged five and ten - after he was entrusted with them for the first time since separating from his wife. Their bodies were discovered in a flat in a suburb of Lyon yesterday afternoon. The man, who has not ...

  • EU Appeals to Russia Not to Introduce Gay Propaganda Law

    BRUSSELS, May 19 (RIA Novosti) – The European Union appealed to Russia on Sunday not to introduce a law banning so-called "gay propaganda," the EU said. Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, intends to pass a law by the end of the current session (mid-July) banning dissemination of information among minors promoting homosexuality. Amendments will be made on ...

  • Riverside Museum wins European award

    Glasgow's Riverside Museum has been named European Museum of the Year (EMYA) at a ceremony in Belgium. The prestigious award is presented to museums which have been built or extensively refurbished within the previous three years. The 74m Riverside Museum, on the banks of the River Clyde, opened in June 2011 and showcase the city's transport, shipbuilding and engineering heritage. ...

  • Australias got the vision Europe

    No, that's cool, we're not in Europe, we get it.But excuse us for feeling a little jealous when we see all that pageantry and - when it comes to the voting - b*stardry, and we can't have a piece of it.We reckon we could mix it with some of Europe's "finest" musical acts.Surely with Australia's Got Talent, Australian Idol, The X Factor and The Voice Australia we ...

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