Dismisses challenge to gay marriage postal vote
Australia's High Court
Sydney - Emirates Voice
Australia's High Court on Thursday threw out two challenges to a same-sex marriage postal vote planned by the government, paving the way for a national survey on whether such unions should be legalised.
The decision came just days before ballot papers for the voluntary postal vote were due to be sent out to some 15 million people.
The case against the vote was brought by two groups, who argued Canberra exceeded its powers in funding the ballot without parliamentary approval
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France's Carrefour revamps operations
Paris - Emiratesvoice
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Paris - Emiratesvoice
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'Friendly and kind' N. Korean skaters
Taipei - Emiratesvoice
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Paris - Emiratesvoice
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to 'eternal style' of late Alaia
Paris - Emiratesvoice
Two months after legendary designer Azzedine Alaia's sudden death plunged the fashion world into mourning, an exhibition in homage to the "King of Cling" opens Monday in his studios in Paris. The Tunisian-born designer, renowned for the way his clothes hugged the body, died suddenly in November aged 82, reportedly of heart failure after falling down the stairs at his home. The diminutive maverick, who ignored fashion week convention by showing when and where he wanted, in July produced his first couture collection in six years to rapturous reviews. Now some of his most iconic dresses are going on display in the glass-roofed gallery next to his studio and home in the Marais district where he used to show his creations. It includes the dress worn by supermodel Naomi Campbell, his longtime friend and muse, when she led
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