Argentine couples wed under new gay marriage law (AP)
AP – After a 27-year courtship, two men on Friday became the first gay couple to wed under Argentina’s historic same-sex marriage law — the first of its kind for a Latin American nation.
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No end for Greek fuel protest, tourism slammed (AP)
AP – Defying an emergency government order, Greek truck drivers vowed Friday to press ahead with a strike that has halted fuel supplies across the country and is hurting tourism during the peak summer season.
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Russia mobilizes army to fight fires that kill 25 (AP)
AP – Vast sections of Russia were under a state of emergency Friday as more than 10,000 firefighters fought to save villages and forests from being reduced to ash and ember during the country’s hottest summer on record.
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Liberia to require registration of new births (AP)
AP – Liberia’s government says it will require all children to get birth certificates, a document most of them lack.
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Officials: Floods kill at least 430 in Pakistan (AP)
AP – The death toll from three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 430 on Friday, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.
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