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The former Kentucky clerk who refused to grant a gay couple a marriage license must pay an additional $260,104 to the couple, a federal judge ruled last week. David Ermold and David Moore sued former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in 2015 after she declined to issue the couple a marriage license because doing so would violate “God’s definition of marriage” and her religious beliefs as a Christian. The additional fees Davis must pay are on top of the $100,000 in damages she was ordered to pay Ermold and Moore in September after losing the lawsuit the couple brought. Davis’s...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been elected to the country's rubber-stamp parliament with a unanimous vote from his district, state media say. Mr Kim's 100% approval from his Mount Paektu constituency reflects the "absolute support" of people in the country, KCNA news agency says. The elections for the Supreme People's Assembly on Sunday had just one name on the ballot for each district. It was the first time such a poll had been held since Mr Kim assumed power.

    U.N. Set for Unanimous Vote on Iraq ResolutionTue Jun 8, 2004 12:04 PM ET By Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council headed for a unanimous vote in favor of a U.S.- and British-backed resolution on Iraq's future on Tuesday after last-minute changes on military policy met demands by France and Germany. "It will be a unanimous vote," said France's U.N. ambassador Jean-Marc de la Sabliere. His German colleague Gunter Pleuger also said he expected all 15 council members to vote in favor at a late afternoon meeting. The Bush administration was particularly anxious...