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Ireland becomes the first country in the world to adopt same-sex marriage by popular vote as 62 percent of the electorate backed a referendum, official results show. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Fianna Fail party leader Micheal Martin arrives at a special sitting of Irish parliament at the Convention Centre Dublin where he is to be elected prime minister. Ireland's two historic centre-right rivals forged an unlikely coalition with the Green Party on Friday that shuts the resurgent republicans Sinn Fein out of government. IMAGES
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar hails a "quiet revolution" as this traditionally Catholic country votes to liberalise some of Europe's strictest abortion laws in a historic landslide referendum. SOUNDBITE
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar casts his vote in Dublin on the controversial referendum over abortion laws in Ireland. IMAGES of PM Leo Varadkar casting his vote
Two straight friends named Michael O'Sullivan and Matt Murphy married each other in Dublin last week to avoid paying an inherence tax on the latter's property . The grooms have been friends for almost 30 years, and Michael is now Matt's carer. Matt doesn't have any next of kin, and wanted to hand down his house to Michael without paying any penalties.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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