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29 April 2006Police forced to intervene in Polish gay rights march + Riot police have been forced to intervene in a march for gay tolerance held in the Polish city of Krakow after counter demonstrations from members of far-right youth groups.Police officers reported that several arrests have taken place after members of the rightwing All Poland Youth Group threw stones and eggs at the participants of march for tolerance. -
29 April 2006Brick 1 Generally speaking, films set around the world of US high schools are to be given a very wide berth, especially when they are using a high school setting for an alternate backdrop to an established genre.There have been hundreds of tediously clichéd standoffs between the jocks and the nerds or the chess club and the cheerleaders over the years, and any number of unimaginative reworkings of Shakespeare, westerns and the rest in the corridors and classrooms of some generic school in a standard suburb. -
29 April 2006Prime + Although at first glance this might seem to be a fairly typical romantic comedy, the utter lack of fame of the male lead compared with that of the two female stars on the poster should be an indication that this is a movie that's not so easy to pigeonhole.Yes, it's set in New York. -
29 April 2006Down In The Valley + Edward Norton is generally regarded as one of the finest actors of his generation, an heir to the likes of De Niro and Brando, with two Oscar nominations to his name by the age of 30, and someone who can turn in performances of great subtlety even with rather sub-par material.Sadly, the past couple of years have seen him working with far more bad material than good, from the dire remake of The Italian Job to Ridley Scott's disappointing Kingdom of Heaven. -
29 April 2006Mission: Impossible III + With the man behind the insanely popular and quirky TV series Lost, JJ Abrams, in the director's chair for this third installment of Tom Cruise's 60s TV show-inspired action series, it is likely that many cinemagoers will be expecting something a bit different.But, lest you forget, the last two Mission: Impossible films were also helmed by big names famed for their idiosyncratic styles, Scarface's Brian de Palma and Hong Kong legend John Woo. -
29 April 2006Confetti + The pitch is not a hard one to imagine - This Is Spinal Tap meets Four Weddings and a Funeral with just a touch of Pop Idol chucked in for good measure. -
29 April 2006The Da Vinci Code + Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code is one of those novels that occasionally appears and inexplicably becomes a phenomenon.
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UKIP leader Nigel Farage: I won’t expel members who call gay sex ‘disgusting’+
Gay Tory MP Stuart Andrew slams Sir Gerald Howarth over his ‘aggressive homosexuality community’ jibe6
David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote37
Yvette Cooper: ‘Let us be loud and proud, celebrate, not discriminate, and pass equal marriage’1
US: Same-sex sponsorship amendment withdrawn from broad immigration bill9
Nick Clegg: Tories need to stop fighting over equal marriage and ‘get back to governing’4
Diane Abbott: ‘Momentous’ equal marriage bill will improve the lives of so many6
MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill38
Maria Miller: The time for equal marriage has finally come11
Angela Eagle: I am so proud that the Commons passed the equal marriage bill in its third reading12
US church blames Oklahoma tornado on gay basketball player Jason Collins47- David Cameron: Gay teenagers will stand that bit taller following equal marriage vote37
- MPs who voted against the third reading of the equal marriage bill 38
MPs pass same-sex marriage bill in final third reading51
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage 84
London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault139
London: Gay sauna denies hosting 'bareback' sex parties 28
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'56
Amendments to equal marriage bill on transgender rights withdrawn at request of Equality Minister15- US: Same-sex sponsorship amendment withdrawn from broad immigration bill9
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London: Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault139
Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion133
Tory MP Gerald Howarth: 'There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who want more than just same-sex marriage'94-
France: Far right activist commits suicide in Notre Dame following legalisation of equal marriage84
Philip Hammond: 'No great demand for gay marriage and it's upsetting vast numbers of people'73
Government to consider abolishing civil partnerships or opening up to straight couples68
Norman Tebbit: David Cameron has 'f**** things up' with his equal marriage bill64
Lib Dem MP Sarah Teather tells Catholic newspaper 'I never went into politics to tackle equal marriage'59
Tory MP David Burrowes: 'I'm not anti-gay; I'm just pro-marriage'57-
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes: 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman'56
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