The couples wed at the Municipal Palace in Mexico City, which legalized same-sex marriage in December. The law authorizing such unions has been challenged by the federal government.

The Palace Guard pays their last respects to Michelle Bachelet, about a hundred people were waiting to say goodbye.

Argentine actor Guillermo Francella and director Juan Jose Campanella will attend the tonight’s Oscar Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, where they await the consecration of “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” (The Secret of Their Eyes) as Best Foreign Film.

In the vicinity of the Buildin traffic is already restricted.

Michael Jackson’s two eldest children are scheduled to take the stage this weekend to accept the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for their father.

Evo Morales, 50, re-elected president of Bolivia, was inaugurated Thursday as the “spiritual leader” of the country in an indigenous ceremony before his formal inauguration.

As always, the stars paraded down the red carpet at the Golden Globes with the most sophisticated haute couture designs.

The Club World Cup got off to a colourful start with a spectacular Opening Ceremony prior to the opening match between UAE’s Al Ahli and Auckland City FC at the refurbished Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium on Wednesday night.

A majority of Norwegians consider US President Barack Obama unworthy of the Nobel Peace Prize. They judged him as “impolite” for snubbing parts of the prize’s programme.

A ceremony restricted to about 500 families and a few guests remembered Saturday Air France flight 447’s accident that took place in June a few hours after it took off for Paris.

The coming Oscar show will have as hosts Steve Martin, the versatile comic, and Alec Baldwin, a straight man who sometimes reaches for a laugh.

On October 30, 1983, the presidential formula of the UCR Raúl Alfonsín-Víctor Martínez imposed over that of the PJ, with Italo Luder running for president and Deolindo Felipe Bittel for vice-president.(VIDEO AVAILABLE)

An Ecuadorean air force helicopter has crashed during a military parade in Quito, after a fire was reported in the back end of their aircraft. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)

The deputy elected by Union-PRO, Francisco de Narvaez, apologized today for the outburst he had yesterday when he confirmed that people thanked him for “beating the Kirchnerists’ arse” in the last elections of June 28.

President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner defended today the increase in family allowances and stressed that “those who have more must have greater social responsibility.”

Director Lu Chuan’s harrowing drama “City of Life and Death”, about the atrocities of the Nanjing slaughter, today pulled off the Golden Shell for best film of 57 Festival de San Sebastian. This will impose on Argentina’s fancied “The secret of their eyes”.

Madonna opened the ceremony with a poignant introduction to a tribute to Michael Jackson, who died in June at the age of 50. A musical number featured Jackson clones, dressed in some of his signature outfits. His sister, Janet Jackson, then came out to re-create the moves from their only video together. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)

Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin didn’t want to miss for anything the investiture ceremony of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, first Hispanic to have that post in America who took up her seat on the Supreme Court on Tuesday before a packed courtroom.

President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner attended the ceremony for the refurbishing of Casa del Teatro (Theatre House), and affirmed the new Audiovisual Communication law will promote work for actors, technicicans and it will also boost national and regional identity.

This year’s awarding ceremony, which is set for Wednesday, August 19, will have a new attractive, the Platinum Martin Fierro awarded by the public choosing among those who won the Golden statuette.