Some people still swear they can read the English word "sex" in the fronds of the Coco-de-Mer palm tree that adorns the ten-rupee note issued by the island nation of the Seychelles.
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Known in France as the PACS, or pacte civil de solidarite, the civil union agreement can be entered into by same-sex or straight couples and confers many but not all of the rights of marriage.
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Just a few years ago Batista's sex-symbol ex-wife, former Playboy cover girl Luma de Oliveira, paraded during Carnaval clad in spandex and glitter--and wearing his name proudly on a collar around her neck.