Day: March 16, 2009

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Måns Zelmerlöw – Hope and Glory
He didn’t make it in Melodifestivalen, but still I can smell a number one hit for Mr. Zelmerlöw. Some says that acoustic version is better than the orginal…. You can decide for your self.

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First Israeli gay man gets ‘maternity’ leave
The National Insurance Institute authorised Israel’s first-ever “maternity” leave for a male couple on Thursday. Yonatan Gher, director of Jerusalem’s nonprofit Open House Pride and Tolerance organisation, has received institute approval of a 64-day leave from work on the occasion of the birth of his biological son, born of a surrogate mother in India.