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Opponents of a French bill on asylum and immigration gather by the Constitutional Council as they await its imminent ruling on the text adopted in December under pressure from the right. IMAGES
French Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin told French lawmakers that an immigration bill they were to vote on would regularize the situation of double the amount of undocumented workers. SOUNDBITE
The Law committee at France's National Assembly begins going throught nearly 1,500 amendments to the Immigration bill, some designed to undo the text passed by the Senate, others to make it even tougher. The committee aims to produce a text that can be voted on by a majority of MPs by Sunday. IMAGES
Poland's senate on Thursday passed a controversial Holocaust bill, which was designed to defend the country's image abroad but has instead sparked a diplomatic row with Israel. IMAGES
Thailand becomes the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, in a historic parliamentary vote hailed as a "victory" by campaigners. The senate upper house gives final approval -- by 130 votes to four, with 18 abstentions -- to changes to the marriage law allowing same-sex couples to tie the knot. IMAGES