MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Five same-sex couples wed in Mexico on Thursday as Mexico City became the first Latin American city to defy religious taboos and macho stereotypes by legalizing gay marriage.
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Mexico's first gay couples wed under landmark law
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Turkey recalls envoy to Sweden over Armenia vote
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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey recalled its ambassador to Sweden on Thursday and canceled an upcoming summit between the countries after the Swedish parliament branded the World War One killing of Armenians by Ottoman forces genocide.
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Somali tied to Islamists worked with two U.N. agencies
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A Somali businessman, who has been linked to Islamist militants and may have pocketed ransom money paid for the release of kidnapped French aid workers, has been a contractor for the World Food Program and UNICEF, a U.N. report said.
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Colombian rebels give hostage handover coordinates
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BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC guerrillas have issued coordinates for the release of two soldiers held in rebel camps deep in the jungles, a leftist senator involved in mediation efforts said on Thursday.
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Two kidnapped foreign aid workers freed in Haiti
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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Two foreign aid workers with Doctors Without Borders in quake-hit Haiti were kidnapped and held for nearly a week before being freed early on Thursday, the international medical charity said.
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U.S. human rights report hits China, Iran
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China and Iran have stepped up their abuses of human rights, targeting both anti-government activists and the free flow of information over the Internet, the State Department said on Thursday.
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U.S. says Iran rights worsen, cites Sri Lanka abuses
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran's human rights record "degenerated" with a crackdown after its disputed June election while Sri Lanka and Tamil Tigers committed abuses against civilians last year, the United States said on Thursday.
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Chile aftershock measured at 7.2 magnitude
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SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - A 7.2 magnitude aftershock struck near Chile's capital Santiago on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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Mexico drug gang hushes killings with news blackout
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REYNOSA, Mexico (Reuters) - A powerful drug cartel is buying off journalists in northern Mexico to work as spies and smother coverage of a spike in killings on the U.S. border in the latest attack on the media in Mexico.
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