Hundreds of thousands took to the streets in Paris and Berlin to take part in Gay Pride parades and call for equal rights. US actress and diva Liza Minnelli lent her star power to the event ahead of a performance in the French capital. AFP - Hundreds of thousands on Saturday marched through Paris and Berlin in flamboyant Gay Pride parades with US showbiz diva and gay icon Liza Minnelli mesmerising crowds in the French capital. Minnelli, who takes to the stage later Saturday in the French capital, a city which also holds fond memories for the star of her film director father, dazzled with a brief dance routine. "Freedom," she cried, dancing on a float festooned with multi-coloured balloons in the gay movement's symbolic rainbow hues. Organisers said about 700,000 people attended the event but police put the number at some 200,000.
AFP - Hundreds of thousands on Saturday marched through Paris and Berlin in flamboyant Gay Pride parades with US showbiz diva and gay icon Liza Minnelli mesmerising crowds in the French capital. Minnelli, who takes to the stage later Saturday in the French capital, a city which also holds fond memories for the star of her film director father, dazzled with a brief dance routine. "Freedom," she cried, dancing on a float festooned with multi-coloured balloons in the gay movement's symbolic rainbow hues. Organisers said about 700,000 people attended the event but police put the number at some 200,000.
European leaders have assembled in the Hungarian capital Budapest to mark the 20th anniversary of the symbolic fall of the Iron Curtain that divided the continent during the four tense decades of the Cold War. Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: German President Horst Koehler stressed the role Hungary played in the fall of the Iron Curtain Heads of state and government of over a dozen European nations including Germany, Austria, Finland, Slovenia and Switzerland, as well as top officials from Poland and Britain, were among dignitaries from more than 20 countries joining a commemorative session at the Hungarian parliament. German President Horst Koehler thanked Hungarians for their solidarity with the East Germans and their contributions to German unity. "I would like to express my gratitude to the Hungarian people for their bravery, attitude and support toward the East Germans," he said.
Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: German President Horst Koehler stressed the role Hungary played in the fall of the Iron Curtain
Heads of state and government of over a dozen European nations including Germany, Austria, Finland, Slovenia and Switzerland, as well as top officials from Poland and Britain, were among dignitaries from more than 20 countries joining a commemorative session at the Hungarian parliament.
German President Horst Koehler thanked Hungarians for their solidarity with the East Germans and their contributions to German unity.
"I would like to express my gratitude to the Hungarian people for their bravery, attitude and support toward the East Germans," he said.
Thousands of people lined the streets on Saturday to celebrate Britain's first Armed Forces Day. Side by side they marched, the veterans of World War II and the serving soldiers of more recent conflicts, age and youth united in the pride of service to their country. All across Britain on Saturday, thousands thronged the streets - from Aberdeen to Worthing, from Barnet to Birmingham - to celebrate Britain's first Armed Forces Day.
Side by side they marched, the veterans of World War II and the serving soldiers of more recent conflicts, age and youth united in the pride of service to their country.
All across Britain on Saturday, thousands thronged the streets - from Aberdeen to Worthing, from Barnet to Birmingham - to celebrate Britain's first Armed Forces Day.
