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Stornoway, Scotland shop Wee W announces imminent closure

2013-06-18T23:28:29Z

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

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The Wee W store, located in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, yesterday announced its intention to cease operating "in the next few weeks", subject to any potential acquisition of the company. The store, which is one of the largest retail buildings in Stornoway, is located in a central part of the town. In a statement, the company cited the death of store co-founder Ann MacCallum as primary reason for the decision.

Ann MacCallum was found dead at age 51 on a Lewis shingle beach in May. A statement from Wee W described MacCallum as "a constant inspiration with new ideas and displays, [...] always ...exploring ways of bringing new products to Stornoway". Shortly prior to her death, MacCallum had established a 'Wee Fudge Shop' inside Wee W, which the company deemed successful. The statement explained how her death had "left an unfillable void" in the company, saying that "the family and existing shareholders do not have the heart or desire to try and fill Ann’s shoes."

Wee W, whose building is currently leased from Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, was opened on Cromwell Street in Stornoway during 2009. The store reportedly acted as a replacement for the Woolworths building which closed there when the group entered administration in 2009. Numerous former employees of the store were employed by Wee W, whose title is a play on words of the large-size 'Big W' stores Woolworths Group had. Ann MacCallum was herself once manager of the former Woolworths building in Stornoway.

The statement did not comment on the fate of its employees or give details of how many redundancies the closure of the store would leave, although the group did say, "We would like to offer our heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported Wee W and who will be impacted by this announcement."

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Wee W Ltd.. "Wee W Limited" — Facebook, June 17, 2013
"Stornoway’s Wee W faces closure" — Hebrides News, June 17, 2013
"Stornoway shop WeeW facing closure" — BBC News Online, June 17, 2013
Iain Maciver. "Stornoway’s Wee W store is set to close" — Iain Maciver Writes, June 17, 2013

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Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum arrested for corruption

2013-06-18T17:08:42Z

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Canada

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"Michael Applebaum fait face à 14 chefs d'accusation" — Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, June 17, 2013 (French)
"Éric Forest croit que le maire de Montréal devrait démissionner" — Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, June 17, 2013 (French)
Jessica Nadeau. "Québec demande la démission d'Applebaum, mais n'envisage pas la tutelle" — Le Devoir, June 17, 2013 (French)
Gabrielle Duchaine. "François Legault exige la tutelle pour Montréal" — La Presse, June 17, 2013 (French)

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Duke of Edinburgh leaves UK hospital following exploratory surgery

2013-06-17T18:18:47Z

Monday, June 17, 2013

United Kingdom

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"Duke of Edinburgh leaves hospital" — BBC News Online, June 17, 2013
"Duke of Edinburgh returns home" — ITV News, June 17, 2013
ITN. "Queen’s birthday marked by trooping the colour parade - video" — The Guardian, June 15, 2013 (Video)

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Sunshine Coast Rugby Union, round twelve: Maroochydore defeat University at University

2013-06-17T12:28:46Z

Monday, June 17, 2013

June 15, 2013
University	3

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University of the Sunshine Coast Sippy Downs, Queensland Australia

University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland — Maroochydore defeated University 32 points to 3 this past Saturday in their round 12 A-Grade rugby union match on Australia's Sunshine Coast. Elsewhere in the competition, Noosa defeated Fraser Coast 53–7 and Caboolture defeated Nambour 49–20.

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The game kicked off at 3:20 pm local time (0520 UTC) with University running to the Motorway end of the ground. Maroochydore put on 12 points past the home side before conceding a penalty goal right on half time. University would not score again for the rest of the game.

The score remained the same for the first twenty minutes. After this Maroochydore ran in four tries — 20 unanswered points.

University coach Peter Lau'ese observed, "We looked like a team that didn't train [...] We had a lot of possession and were in a position to score — we just couldn't execute."

Maroochydore coach Simon Lewis remarked, "Very pleased to come here and keep them try-less, and our first half set the platform [...] I asked for more intensity in the second half and that's what I got. We didn't go to sleep and stuck to the game plan by doing everything I asked them and came away with the win."

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Anthony Brand. "Maroochydore underlines title claims" — Sunshine Coast Daily, June 16, 2013
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Gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo comments on North Colorado proposal

2013-06-15T02:57:14Z

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Colorado

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"TANCREDO, Thomas G. - Biographical Information" — Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, June 14, 2013 (date of access)
Monte Whaley. "New state? Weld County floats secession plan for northeastern Colorado" — The Denver Post, June 9, 2013
The Associated Press. "Former Rep. Tancredo running for Colorado governor" — The Denver Post, May 23, 2013
Mary Katharine Ham. "Hickenlooper: Backwards thinking in Western rural areas" — The Daily Caller, October 22, 2010

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Australian Paralympians cycling around Fiji for people with disabilities

2013-06-12T21:21:58Z

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"Victoria stars change wheels for charity" — SportingPulse, June 6, 2013
"Gliders Cycle around Fiji for People with Disabilities" — Sporting Shielas, March 17, 2013

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County Donegal, Ireland crash kills one, injures two

2013-06-12T12:03:00Z

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Ireland

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"Breaking News: Pensioner dies in Barnes collision" — Donegal Democrat, June 10, 2013
"Update: Man dies and two others are injured in Barnesmore crash" — Highland Radio, June 10, 2013

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Wikinews interviews biologist Chris Simon about periodical cicadas

2013-06-12T02:46:50Z

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Chris Simon
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In May, periodical cicadas with 17 years life cycle emerged on the East Coast of the USA after underground development as juveniles since 1996. Researchers and scientists worked to map and study the rare wave, and the locals prepared for the noisy event. First recorded in 1666, the Magicicada septendecim species recently emerged in 1979, 1996, this year, with a next wave due in 2030.

This week, Wikinews interviewed Chris Simon, an ecology and evolutionary biologist at University of Connecticut, about the cicadas.

Wikinews What caused your initial interest in periodical cicadas?

Chris Simon: As an undergraduate student, I was interested in the formation of species so when I went to graduate school I looked for a study organism that was likely to be in the process of forming new species. I chose periodical cicadas because they are broken up into reproductively isolated broods (or year classes). Reproductive isolation leads to speciation so I planned to study biochemical differences among the broods.

WN You study the emergence of the periodical cicadas. What do you study? What observations are you making?

CS: We record exactly where each cicada population emerges (using GPS automated mapping and crowd sourcing). We record the presence or absence of each of the three morphologically distinct species groups of periodical cicadas (Decim group, Cassini group, and Decula group). We collect specimens for DNA analysis. We look for cicadas coming up one and four years early and late. We dig up cicada nymphs and monitor their growth rates.

WN What equipment do you use?

CS: Nets, shovels, automated GPS recorders, cameras, laptop computers, automated DNA sequencers.

Magicicada septendecim headshot
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WN Do you study the periodical cicadas with anyone else? What is their role?

CS: Yes, there are a large number of people studying periodical cicadas in my lab and in other labs. My lab is made up of Research Scientists, Postdoctoral Researchers, a technician, graduate students, and undergraduates. Research Scientist John Cooley is the leader of the GPS mapping project; he invented the automated GPS recorder; he built our crowd-sourcing website, and he is instrumental in public outreach. Postdoctoral research David Marshall also participates in the mapping project and leads the part of the research related to the mapping of stragglers. John and Dave and Technician Kathy Hill all study periodical cicada mating behavior and conduct mating and hybridization experiments. One of my graduate students Beth Wade has participated in the nymph collections and will soon start genetic work involving genome wide association mapping designed to locate genes related to life cycle. My graduate student Russ Meister is studying the genes of the bacterial endosymbionts of cicadas. My current undergraduate honors student Erin Dwyer is also studying the development of Magicicada nymphs and is helping to design a lab exercise for college students around the eastern US to do the same. Many of my past undergraduate students have studied the biochemical genetics and development of periodical cicadas. See the Simon Lab website.

CS: We are collaborating with Teiji Sota at the University Kyoto and Jin Yoshimura at Shizuoka University in Japan. They are studying the phylogeography of Magicicada. We are collaborating with John McCutcheon of the University of Montana who is studying the endosymbiont genomes.

CS: We are also collaborating with ecologists Rick Karban and Louie Yang, both professors at UC Davis who have an interest in cicada population dynamics and nutrient cycling in the ecosystem.

Transformation of the periodical cicada from the mature nymph to the adult.

WN You studied the periodical cicadas in 1979 and 1996 too. What changes with time?

CS: I have studied periodical cicadas since I was a student back in 1974. What changes with time is increased human development constantly shrinking the patch size of cicada populations.

WN What are your thoughts on the long life span of the periodical cicadas? Why could it be so? What advantages and what disadvantages does it have?

CS: Most or all cicadas have long life cycles compared to your typical annual insect. Examples have been found of two-year to 9-year cycles in different species. Periodical cicadas evolved an even-longer life cycle and I think that part of this relates to the evolution of their synchronized life cycles and peculiar safety-in-numbers strategy for survival. To become synchronized, periodical cicadas had to evolve an exact length life cycle and all adults would have to appear in the same year. Because the nymphs grow at different rates underground, a longer life cycle and a way of counting years must have evolved so that the individuals that get to the last nymphal (underground juvenile) stage first would wait long enough for all other individuals in the population to become ready to emerge.

WN News reports mention this is 'Brood II' of the periodical cicadas. What are the distinctive features of this specific species and what is its full scientific name?

CS: The same species exist in multiple broods. No species is restricted to Brood II. The three species present in Brood II are: Magicicada septendecim, M. cassini, and M. septendecula. These same three species are found in every 17-year brood (except the farthest north which only has M. septendecim).

Three Magicicada septendecim eggs
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WN At what depth do the cicadas juveniles live underground?

CS: Most live within the top foot of soil but some have been found deeper. We do not know if they go deeper in winter. We need to do much more digging to understand the nymphs.

WN How do people prepare for the cicada emergence?

CS: Of course various people prepare in different ways. Ideally, everyone prepares by studying information available on the web (especially on our websites Magicicada Central and Magicicada.org).

WN Do cicadas affect transport in the local area?

CS: No, not really. Occasionally individuals can be seeing flying across highways and sometimes they smash into cars.

Group of Magicicada septendecim
Image: Chris Simon.

WN Do cicadas usually stay outside or do they also invade houses too?

CS: They stay outside. One might accidentally fly in through an open window but that would be rare.

WN What do the cicadas eat?

CS: Cicadas suck xylem fluid (the watery fluid coming up from the roots of plants) in deciduous forest trees and herbs. Essential amino acids in the cicada diet are supplied by their bacterial endosymbionts. There are two species of endosymbionts. One makes 8 essential amino acids and one makes two essential amino acids.

WN Do cicadas damage crops or city vegetation? What damage?

CS: Cicadas do not chew leave so they do not damage crops like other insects. They can inflict some damage by their egg laying. Cicadas lay eggs in pencil-sized tree branches. If there are not enough branches available, too many female cicadas may lay eggs in a single branch weakening it and making it susceptible to breakage by wind. This can sometimes cause damage in fruit orchards. If the branches break, the eggs die so this behavior is selected against by natural selection.

WN Thank you.

CS: You're welcome. I am happy to have this opportunity to communicate with your readers!

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Zach Howard. "They're back: 17-year cicadas to swarm from Georgia to New York" — Reuters, May 6, 2013

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Colorado counties consider forming new U.S. state

2013-06-11T19:24:26Z

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Colorado

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"Poll — Should North Colorado become the 51st State?" — Greeley Tribune, June 11, 2013 (date of access)
Monte Whaley. "New state? Weld County floats secession plan for northeastern Colorado" — The Denver Post, June 9, 2013
Analisa Romano. "Weld County commissioners propose formation of new state, North Colorado" — Greeley Tribune, June 6, 2013

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Man dies in North Uist, Outer Hebrides after being hit by car

2013-06-10T12:56:26Z

Monday, June 10, 2013

United Kingdom

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"A865 Clachan to Carinish Road-Fatal Road Traffic Collision" — Highlands and Islands Strategic Co-ordinating Group, June 10, 2013
"Update: Road traffic collision on the A865 in North Uist" — Highlands and Islands Strategic Co-ordinating Group, June 9, 2013
"Man killed by car in island accident" — Hebrides News, June 9, 2013
Island News and Advertiser. "UPDATE ON ROAD CLOSURE AFETER SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT CARINISH,NORTH UIST" — Facebook, June 9, 2013
Island News and Advertiser. "SERIOUS ROAD ACCIDENT IN NORTH UIST" — Facebook, June 9, 2013
"Road Traffic Collision A865 North Uist" — Highlands and Islands Strategic Co-ordinating Group, June 9, 2013

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Job market in France suffers as unemployment rate hits fifteen year high

2013-06-09T09:51:34Z

France

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"Unemployment in France climbs to 15-year high" — Al Jazeera, June 6, 2013
"France jobless rate continues to climb" — Deutsche Welle, June 6, 2013
"French jobless rate climbs to highest level in 15 years" — BBC News Online, June 6, 2013

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Scottish court jails Joseph Kearins for culpable homicide of Jordan McGuire

2013-06-05T09:51:58Z

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

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A judge at the High Court of Justiciary in Glasgow, Scotland yesterday sentenced Joseph Kearins to eight years in prison after he pled guilty to culpable homicide. The 23-year-old fatally injured his friend, 23-year-old Jordan McGuire, when he stabbed him in a Glasgow apartment on October 1, 2012, according to BBC News Online.

	If you keep drinking you will have no future and will continue to offend
—Judge Lady Scott

The court was told of how Kearins had got into an argument with McGuire after consuming what judge Lady Scott called a "staggering amount of alcohol" and diazepam. McGuire, who had also been consuming alcohol and drugs at the time, attacked Kearins during the argument. "It was Mr McGuire who started the fight and you were subjected to a quite serious assault," the judge said.

During the fight, Kearins took hold of a knife from the kitchen of the Shettleston Road flat and stabbed McGuire through his heart, causing him to collapse. The judge commented on how Kearins "expressed remorse at the scene". The court was told that as McGuire was dying of his injuries, Kearins said: "Don't die. What the fuck have I done?"

The court was told of how Kearins had experienced a problematic childhood in which he had commenced consuming cannabis when he was aged nine and had been committing offences as young as twelve. Kearins had 23 prior convictions.

After being initially charged with murder, Kearins gave a guilty plea for the lesser charge of culpable homicide. Derrick Nelson, the defence counsel, said Kearins "has always accepted responsibility for stabbing Mr McGuire. He is remorseful for what he did."

As well as the eight year prison imprisonment, judge Lady Scott also sentenced Kearins to a four month supervision order after his release from prison as she considered him a public threat. As she passed sentence, Lady Scott warned Kearins: "If you keep drinking you will have no future and will continue to offend."

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"Joseph Kearins jailed for killing Jordan McGuire" — BBC News Online, June 4, 2013
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Jury finds two men guilty of Liam Aitchison murder

2013-06-04T12:34:26Z

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

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A High Court jury in Glasgow, Scotland yesterday found two men guilty of the murder of Liam Aitchison. 22-year-old males Jonathan MacKinnon and Stefan Millar reportedly committed the murder on November 23, 2011, inside an abandoned building in the village of Steinish on the Outer Hebrides island of Lewis. Outside the court, Aitchison's father Norrie said the guilty verdicts would "finally allow Liam to rest in peace and bring his family some closure." Sentence is scheduled to be passed on the convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh on June 28.

	The cowards who robbed our Liam of his life and his future should never be able to see the outside of a prison ever again
—Norrie Aitchison, father of Liam Aitchison

Liam Aitchison, who originally resided in Lochboisdale on the island of South Uist, moved up to Stornoway in Lewis and began working as a fisherman alongside MacKinnon and Millar after developing a social relationship with them. MacKinnon and Millar were both charged with Aitchison's murder in December 2011. Having pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against them, the court trial for the two suspects started approximately one month ago.

The court was told of how Aitchison and Millar were listening to music and drinking alongside MacKinnon in his residence on November 22, 2011. As "a joke", MacKinnon punched Aitchison during this visit. Upon receiving noise complaints from MacKinnon's mother, the three walked from the house. The court was told MacKinnon commenced fighting with Aitchison after a bottle of aftershave he had apparently stolen from MacKinnon dropped out of his pocket. Prior to the murder, MacKinnon had stolen a meat cleaver from a boat he was working on and had been keeping it in his bedroom, the court was also told. The exact motive for the murder is unclear thus far.

Aitchison's death was caused by him being stabbed twenty times, as well as being hit with a bottle and stomped on his head. After he was killed, some items of clothing he was wearing, that he had borrowed from MacKinnon, were removed from his body; no trace of the items of clothing have been discovered since. Police have yet to recover any murder weapons. Due to a lack of solid physical evidence, the trial was predominantly inferential. The prosecuting side, lead by Iain McSporran, believed Aitchison would have been murdered within a 90 minute period on November 23, 2011, during a "communication silence" in which neither of the accused made use of their mobile phones.

No blood stains were discovered on the clothing of the suspects, although blood stains discovered at the scene of the murder matched MacKinnon's DNA. However, the court was also told that MacKinnon had previously cut his hand in the abandoned building several years prior and that the blood stains could not be dated.

A key piece of evidence in the trial came from Dominic Long, who recalled how Millar boasted about the murder while conversing with him in a jail. Frances McMenamin, QC for Millar, subsequently claimed Long had exaggerated in his recount and was an unreliable witness as he suffered from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

During closing speeches to the jury, prosecutor Iain McSporran said he believed the two accused were "laying a false trail" and had "linked their fates together" because of their conspiracy, while defence QC Frances McMenamin said the jury should not have been looking for "someone to blame" for Aitchison's death. As the jury gave its guilty verdict, a shout from Aitchison's family could be heard, calling the defendants a "pair of monsters".

Speaking outside the court, Norrie Aitchison said his son "fought to defend himself but he didn't stand a chance against the violence he came against that night." After calling the experience of this murder case one which "no family should have to endure", Aitchison said of the convicted: "The cowards who robbed our Liam of his life and his future should never be able to see the outside of a prison ever again."

Liam "had his whole life in front of him", said Detective Inspector Andy Logan, who was the senior investigator of his murder. He said MacKinnon and Millar had "completely betrayed this trust, and in a most brutal and callous way they killed him in a senseless and sustained attack with weapons." The Detective Inspector called the murder case "a very rare occurrence in what is normally one of the safest places in Scotland". The crime rate in the Outer Hebrides is amongst the lowest for any region in the United Kingdom; the last murder enquiry to take place on the islands was in 1968. "It was therefore, very shocking to the close-knit community," Detective Inspector Logan said.

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"Two men found guilty of murdering Lewis teenager Liam Aitchison" — STV (TV channel), June 3, 2013
"Liam Aitchison murder: Men convicted of killing Liam" — BBC News Online, June 3, 2013
"Two men found guilty of murder" — Hebrides News, June 3, 2013
"Murder trial “star witness” was wrong, jury is told" — Hebrides News, May 31, 2013

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Second man charged in Lee Rigby murder case

2013-06-02T22:24:53Z

Sunday, June 2, 2013

United Kingdom

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First same-sex couple wed in south of France

2013-06-01T07:05:54Z

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The first same-sex couple to be married in France tied the knot on Wednesday in the southern city of Montpellier. Mayor of the city Hélène Mandroux, conducted the ceremony between the two men: Vincent Autin, 40 and partner Bruno Boileau, 39. Mandroux said the day was historic in a fight for a discrimination-free society.

The wedding was the first to occur since the same-sex marriage law was adopted on May 18. It was attended by hundreds of guests and security was tight outside the city hall.

On Sunday, tensions were high in Paris when opponents of same-sex marriage staged demonstrations throughout the city. The French police confirmed that they arrested nearly 100 protesters on the esplanade around the Les Invalides monument in Paris. Police resorted to using tear gas to subdue the crowds and most arrests occurred against civilians for refusing to disperse, occupying private property, and possession of weapons.

Over 150,000 people protested in opposition to the law that was passed last month legalising marriage between gay and lesbian couples. Over 4,500 police officers were on duty to provide security for the event, where activists waved pink and blue flags. A dozen far-right rivals to the ruling Socialist Party hung a banner over their headquarters campaigning for current President Francois Hollande to resign.

Tensions also increased after right-wing historian and writer Dominique Venner, 78, committed suicide by shooting himself inside the Notre Dame Cathedral last week. His suicide was seen as a political protest against same-sex marriage and a note left on the altar before his death calling France to return to their Christian origins.

Protest and debate have continued since last November although activists failed to block the marriage law passed last month. The rally had been planned well in advance as participants had not anticipated the law to be passed and adopted so quickly.

Marchers on Sunday believe the "marriage for all" act will have damaging consequences as it may open pathways for same-sex couples to adopt children. Many hoped the demonstrations would stop the Socialist government implementing laws that may allow assisted procreation and the use of surrogates for gay couples.

Support for same-sex marriage however still remains widespread. A survey published on Sunday showed 53 percent of French citizens polled support adoption of the marriage law and 72 percent called for protests to cease.

The demonstrations happened on the same day the Cannes film festival honoured French lesbian love story La Vie d'Adèle with its most prestigious prize, the Palme d'Or. The sexually graphic film is directed by French-Tunisian filmmaker Abdellatif Kechiche.

Last month, France was the fourteenth country in the world, and the ninth within the EU to legalise same-sex marriage. France joins countries including Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, and Uruguay, and twelve US states, that have legalised same-sex marriage.

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"Notre Dame Cathedral suicide by French writer Dominique Venner a 'gay marriage protest'" — News.com.au, May 22, 2013

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