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Gay marriage laws around the globe

There is no national gay marriage legislation in the pipeline in the US, however, numerous countries around the globe already recognize same-sex marriage or the right to civil unions. Here’s the breakdown by region.
Top 5 ways to save on your summer vacation

If you're pining for a summer vacation but worried about costs, consider how Wayne and Pat Dunlap of Del Mar, Calif., managed to tour 51 countries over two years, marvel at the Egyptian pyramids, scale a New Zealand glacier, and visit Laotian Buddhist monks all for less than $100 a day. "We often stayed at guesthouses and hostels, ate at local family restaurants, took public transportation, and in some cases, traveled on cruise ships offering reduced rates," says Mr. Dunlap, author of the travel book "Plan Your Escape." This year amid price worries and higher summer airfares, especially to Europe such ingenuity could prove essential. Here are five cost-cutting strategies that can help:
International Women's Day: How it's celebrated around the globe

International Women's Day has served for more than a century as a day to honor the achievements of women globally. Here are some ways people are celebrating:
Kim Dotcom: Are such Internet sensations pirates or hactivists?

Copyright law and its enforcement have dominated the news lately, first with the Internet blackout protests against SOPA, and more recently with the arrest of Kim Dotcom in New Zealand. Here are five international file-share players who have been targets of copyright enforcement.
Thirty ideas from people under 30: The Entrepreneurs

They are explorers and activists, artists and educators, farmers and faith leaders – even mayors. And they have trenchant suggestions on how to improve the world.

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Can't resist a cart of free books

Be on time to class – or look through free books? The answer was clear.
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Tribes strive to save native tongues

In the Pacific Northwest, some 40 indigenous languages are at risk of disappearing within a decade.
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Cricket's Indian revolution: fast play and more pay

The Indian Premier League is altering the game and pulling in the best players from around the world.
Reporters on the Job
Letters to the Editor

Readers write about US-Taiwan relations, Taiwan and Tibet, fire and farming, and algae in Vermont streams.
Taiwan's indigenous rights: enough?

Dwindling aboriginal groups enjoy many legal protections, but assimilation remains a looming threat.
On the horizon: News from the frontiers of science

Sugar-powered cars, a downside to bird feeders, and the dark core of Omega Centauri.
Olympic boycotts – a bad idea

They don't work. Instead, promote the Olympic truce.
Terrorism & Security
Counterterror debate turns to troop levels in Afghanistan, Iraq

Democrats say an overemphasis on the war in Iraq has come at the expense of Afghanistan and has allowed Al Qaeda to regroup in that region.
Verbal Energy: Predictable chaos on our cellphones

'Predictive' software and the way language works
Earth Hour: U.S. cities to dim lamps, illuminate climate-change

Twenty-five cities around the world will participate in the World Wildlife Fund campaign.
Earth Hour: U.S. cities to dim lamps, illuminate climate-change

Twenty-five cities around the world will participate in the World Wildlife Fund campaign.
Nauru scrambles as Australia closes island's detention center

The tiny Pacific island is losing a key source of income.
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Reporters on the Job
Essay: Fly away home

As they move from Seattle to New Zealand and home again the next year, a husband and wife follow the migratory pattern of godwits.
Reporters on the Job
Sir Edmund Hillary on top of the world

For kids: more about the first known man to reach the top of Mt. Everest.
Tobacco: an inconvenient weed

WHO cites a 21st -century 'catastrophe' if nations don't act to prevent smoking.
With independence looming, Kosovo to pick a flag

The province, expected to declare statehood in coming days, is also drafting a constitution and will choose an anthem.
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