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" France backs China against Taiwan , urges respect for human rightsAFP reports : " French President Jacques Chirac gave his full backing to China against Taiwan by condemning a planned referendum by the island state as " irresponsible " and a threat to Asia , even as he extracted a promise from Beijing to respect human rights . They seized the three caravels that had arrived under the command of Bartholomew Columbus , and set sail in them for Spain to lay before the Government what they considered their grievances against Columbus and his administration . He is one injury away from starting the first game against Cleveland , " Newsome said . He had twice spoken publicly against too impetuous a course in Morocco , at some risk to his career . As San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer wrote last week in reaffirming his preliminary ruling in March , laws limiting marriage to a man and a woman discriminate against same-sex couples on the basis of gender without a legitimate state interest for doing so . Bobadilla , possibly predisposed against Columbus and his brothers by the reports of others and by the sight of the bodies of Spaniards dangling from gibbets in full view of the port , considered the refusal of Diego as an act of direct insubordination .