Enlightened legislation passed during the last decade has equalised the age of consent for gay couples and enabled many thousands to be officially recognised through civil partnerships.

当下开明的法律已经通过了允许合法年龄的同性恋恋人结合。

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By the end of last year, we have established different forms of partnerships with over 70 countries and a number of regional organizations, and basically established a global network of partnerships.

到去年年底，我们已经同70多个国家和诸多的地区组织建立了不同形式的伙伴关系，基本形成覆盖全球的伙伴关系网络。

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By the end of last year, we had established different forms of partnerships with over 70 countries and a number of regional organizations, and basically established a global network of partnerships.

到去年年底，我们已同70多个国家和诸多地区组织建立起不同形式的伙伴关系，基本形成覆盖全球的伙伴关系网络。

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"But above all,your visit at this pivotal moment in history speaks to the opportunity before us to build the relationship between our nations born in the last century into one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century,"

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But above all, your visit, at this pivotal moment in history, speaks to the opportunity before us -- to build the relationship between our nations, born in the last century, into one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century.

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For now, Cyprus has pledged to push on with or without regional partnerships they explored over the last year.

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Over the last year, Isis has announced a number of partnerships including point of sale partners ( Verifone (PAY), Ingenico SA (EPA: ING) and ViVOtech) payment networks ( Visa (V), MasterCard (MA), Discover (DFS), American Express (AXP)) and device makers (HTC, LG, Motorola, RIM, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson).

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