LEBANON: Protests paralyse Beirut
BEIRUT (Reuters): Protesters bent on toppling Lebanon's cabinet blocked highways and roads with blazing tyres yesterday, sparking clashes with government loyalists in which three people were killed and 133 hurt, police said.
BRITAIN: Church fights gay adoption
LONDON (Reuters): Britain's leading cardinal said yesterday the Catholic Church might be forced to close down its adoption agencies if the government insisted they consider placing children with gay couples.
TURKEY - Thousands mourn editor
ISTANBUL (Reuters): As many as 100,000 people filed silently through Istanbul yesterday to pay their last respects to Turkish Armenian editor Hrant Dink, whose murder has stirred debate about the influence of hardline nationalism in Turkey.
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