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NATO for phased transfer of security responsibility to Afghans by 2014

NATO says Afghan forces can take control next year

NATO chief hopes Afghan handover to start in Nov

Saramago's body taken to Portugal for funeral

Lesbian couple weds in Portugal's 1st gay marriage

LISBON - NATO and Afghanistan have agreed to the goal of a phased transfer of security responsibility to the Afghan government by the end of 2014.

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WASHINGTON - U.S.-led NATO troops in Afghanistan should be able to start handing off responsibility for security to the Kabul government sometime next year, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Tuesday.

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LISBON, Portugal - NATO's secretary-general hopes the alliance can begin handing over control of some Afghan provinces to local authorities beginning in November.

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MADRID - The Jose Saramago Foundation says the Nobel-winning Portuguese novelist's body is being flown from his home on on the Spanish Canary Island of Lanzarote for a funeral to be held in Lisbon.

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LISBON, Portugal - A lesbian couple has wed in Portugal's first same-sex ceremony since the predominantly Catholic country introduced a law allowing gay marriage.

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