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Added on the 08/10/2016 12:19:10 - Copyright : Reuters EN
As the Italian senate prepares to vote for same sax marriage, tens of thousands marched across Italy over the weekend to support the proposed bill. Italy is the last major western European country to recognize same sex unions.
Thousands rally in the Australian city of Perth calling for a vote to legalise same-sex marriage. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Chad's junta leader, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, greets supporters at his final campaign rally ahead of Monday's vote. The elder Deby died in a gunbattle with rebels in 2021 after ruling the country with an iron fist for 30 years. The 40-year-old Mahamat is now favourite for the presidential election. IMAGES
Supporters of Chad's junta leader, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, attend his final campaign rally ahead of Monday's vote. The elder Deby died in a gunbattle with rebels in 2021 after ruling the country with an iron fist for 30 years. The 40-year-old Mahamat is now favourite for the presidential election. IMAGES
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a rally ahead of the July 28 presidential election. Machado, who overwhelmingly won the opposition primary, was declared ineligible by a Maduro-aligned court. However, she refuses to step down despite being barred from public office for 15 years based on charges widely dismissed as spurious. IMAGES
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).