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The category of payments he would like to legalise are "harassment bribes" , made by a person to get things to which he is legally entitled.

Plans to legalise same-sex marriage and allow gay couples to adopt are to be discussed at a meeting of the French Socialist government.

A proposal to legalise marijuana in California was defeated, but a measure to streamline the state's dysfunctional budget process passed.

Four decades later there is growing momentum in the US and Latin America to abandon the fight and legalise drugs, or at least marijuana.

Chile was the last country to legalise divorce in 2004 after overwhelming public pressure.

Last September, he famously addressed the Conservative party conference with a plan to legalise gay marriage before 2015.

The American Gaming Association says it takes no position on whether more states should legalise gambling.

Reforms could also legalise political parties, which may give conservative Pushtuns a political alternative to fighting.

A charity has hit out at proposals to legalise child pornography in a bid to cut the number of child sex abuse cases.

It is welcome that California is now debating before a referendum on November 2nd, whether to legalise marijuana (see article).

Greece's government recently abandoned plans to legalise private universities, after three months of protests.

Back in 1972 a proposition to legalise the drug was defeated almost two-to-one.

Meanwhile, President Calderon and other regional leaders have urged Californian voters to reject moves to legalise marijuana in their state.

Uruguay's Congress voted overwhelmingly to legalise gay marriage, the second country in Latin America, after Argentina, to do so.

He points out that Sweden's Pirate party, which wants to legalise internet filesharing, has won a seat in the European parliament.

He promises to introduce a professional civil service and legalise the vast mass of informal businesses.

That is why The Economist continues to believe that the least bad policy is to legalise drugs.

Attempts to ban online gaming are doomed to fail. Better to legalise, tax and regulate the habit.

On Friday, the Government unveiled a consultation paper seeking public opinion on whether to legalise soccer betting.

The lower house of Uruguay's Congress has voted to legalise abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

In 2003 Massachusetts became the first American state to legalise gay marriage.

Chase, for example, caused a fuss by excluding a pro-life group and an outfit that wants to legalise cannabis from its competition.

The Government remained neutral about whether to legalise soccer betting.

In New England, proponents are hoping to legalise gay marriage in all six states by 2012.

Few people are realistically looking at measures to legalise hard drugs such as cocaine or heroin.

The way to encourage this is to legalise the sale of kidneys.

In 2003 Massachusetts became the first American state to legalise gay marriage. Connecticut followed suit last year, and Vermont last month.

Maine, Maryland and Washington became the first states to legalise same-sex marriage by a popular vote

One woman's controversial campaign to legalise prostitution

Singapore set to legalise casino gambling

JUST 12 years after the Netherlands became the world's first country to legalise gay nuptials,