Obama Endorses Gay Marriage: ‘I Think Same-Sex Couples Should Be Able to Get Married’ -- Time
President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced his support for gay marriage, becoming the first sitting U.S. President to endorse equal status for same-sex couples and responding to building pressure to clarify his position as his re-election campaign gets underway.
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MIDDLE EAST
Syrian soldiers escorting UN observers wounded in explosion.
Iran may be cleaning suspected nuclear site, analysis says.
Bahrain 'to get tougher' on protest as talks stop.
Pentagon sending military trainers back into Yemen.
Iraq oil industry experiences new boom.
Interpol joins effort to find Iraq official. Turkey: No plans to extradite Iraqi VP.
Palestinians demand UN action on hunger strikers.
Palestinians isolated and short of funds: Fayyad.
First rifts emerge in new Israeli coalition.
ASIA
North Korea leader rebukes amusement park workers.
Russian passenger jet reported missing in Indonesia. Bad weather hampering search for missing Russian plane.
Clinton wraps up trip, presses Pakistan on terrorism.
China warns citizens ahead of Manila protest on Friday
UN official: Plight of Afghan poor may worsen.
Asian markets join global sell-off on Greece concerns.
AFRICA
Sudan 'launches new air strikes against South Sudan'.
Sudan 'blocks aid' to civilians in rebel-held Blue Nile.
Congo warlord Bosco 'Terminator' Ntaganda 'replaced'. Mutinous soldiers in E. Congo announce new group.
Voters skeptical of change in Algeria elections.
Women detainees accuse Egyptian military of sexual assault after recent demonstration.
Kenya joins the great African oil boom with latest discoveries.
South Africa court orders Zimbabwe torture investigation.
EUROPE
Serbia's Democrats, Socialists agree new alliance.
Russian opposition leaders jailed for 15 days. Russian opposition leaders sentenced to jail.
Hollande to meet EU's Van Rompuy, Juncker in Paris.
New Greek poll looms as government efforts founder. Greek Syriza leader hands rivals ultimatum to renounce austerity.
Putin promises a strong Russia on world stage.
Russia: Hundreds of arrests set grim backdrop for Victory Day Celebrations.
Ukraine's jailed Tymoshenko moves to hospital.
AMERICAS
Obama backs same-sex marriage.
Mexico's Pena Nieto holds lead after debate: poll.
Bahamas swears in new leader as ex-prime minister calls it quits.
U.S. targets two sons of Mexican drug lord.
Hugo Chavez looks to God as cancer clouds future.
Tear gas at Venezuela prison after gunfire erupts.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
U.S. lawmakers dismayed over leaks in CIA-infiltrated al-Qaeda underwear bomb plot.
Al-Qaeda 'underpants' bomber was working for CIA.
U.S. drone attacks in Yemen cause political strain.
Al Shabaab in decline?
Radical cleric Abu Qatada loses European appeal bid.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Russian plane goes missing in Indonesia, dealing blow to aviation industry.
U.S. millionaires told go away as tax evasion rule looms.
Toyota quarterly profit quadruples on recovery.
Twitter resists US court's demand for Occupy tweets.