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Australian Parliament Approves Same-Sex Marriage

The vote in Australia's House of Representatives follows passage in the Senate last week. The measure means that same-sex marriages in Australia could take place as soon as January.
A group of women in Federation Square in Melbourne react on Thursday as it is announced that same-sex marriage will be legal in Australia.

Australia's Parliament has voted to approve same-sex marriage following a protracted and often bitter debate that was finally settled in a nationwide referendum last month that overwhelmingly backed the move.

In the capital Canberra, applause welled up from the

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