The US Marine Corps once again did damage control after a photograph surfaced of a sniper team in Afghanistan posing in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the Nazi SS - the special unit that murdered millions of Jews, gypsies and others.

Nearly four years ago, the US was in crisis. The country had gone to the polls, and the people had spoken, but no one knew who the next president would be.

A FRENCH court nullified the country’s first gay marriage yesterday.