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Showing posts with label politico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politico. Show all posts
2/20/2014
Uganda Ethics Minister: homosexual behavior is ‘repugnant’
Homosexual behavior is “repugnant to the lives of the people of
Uganda,” Simon Lokodo, the Minister for Ethics and Integrity, told CNN’s
Hala Gorani, sitting in for Christiane Amanpour, on Wednesday.
A Ugandan bill passed by parliament in December would punish gay and
lesbian people with lengthy prison sentences – including, in some cases,
life behind bars.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has just signed that bill,
according to the minister, but has not yet handed it over to parliament.
“If you want to do your thing, do it yourself,” Lokodo said. “But
please, don’t embarrass, don’t involve, don’t bring any Ugandan to this
activity, because it’s not acceptable.”
U.S. President Barack Obama in a
statement said he was “deeply disappointed” in the law and said that it
will be a “step backward for all Ugandans.”
Obama also made a tacit threat to remove the several hundred million dollars in aid that the U.S. gives Uganda annually.
“As we have conveyed to President Museveni, enacting this legislation
will complicate our valued relationship with Uganda,” he said.
“If Barack Obama likes to help Ugandans,” Lokodo said, “let him help
without strings attached, imposing … a behavior and a culture that is
non-African, non-Ugandan.”
“We had better die poor than lose our dignity.”
Porsche tells owners to stop driving one of its high-performance models after two caught fire.
Porsche is telling owners to stop driving one of its high-performance models after two of the cars caught fire.
A botched cancer surgery and a husband who forgot how to have sex
In 2003, as Richard Bandy prepared for cancer surgery that would bathe
his abdomen in hot tumor-killing chemicals, he and his wife, talked about the possibility of his death, but also about potential impotence.
The couple, then in their 40s, had been sweethearts since high school
and said they enjoyed a close, sexually charged relationship.
Bittersweet tears as divided Koreans meet after 60 years
Bittersweet tears as divided Koreans meet after 60 years
2/19/2014
Why Kiev is on fire
Ukraine's capital Kiev over the last 24 hours has experienced some of
its worst violence since the former Soviet republic became an
independent nation in 1991.
At least 25 people have died and
dozens more have been seriously injured in ongoing clashes between
protesters who are seeking the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych
and security forces loyal to his government.
At least 25 people are dead after deadly clashes in Ukraine
Senior German MP Calls for Sanctions on Yanukovych
A
first senior lawmaker in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party
Wednesday called for sanctions to be imposed on Ukraine President Viktor
Yanukovych and his family as a result of violence in Ukraine.
2/13/2014
3 international airports closed after Mount Kelud erupts in Indonesia
SURABAYA,
Indonesia — Volcanic ash from a major eruption in Indonesia shrouded a
large swath of the country's most densely populated island on Friday and
closed three nearby international airports.
UN team due to visit site of alleged mass killings in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
A UN team is due to visit the site of alleged mass killings in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Another sad loss. Comic legend Sid Caesar, of "Your Show of Shows", has passed away, age 91
Sid
Caesar, a comedic force of nature who became one of television’s first
stars in the early 1950s and influenced generations of comedians and
comedy writers, died on Wednesday. He was 91.
The Associated Press reported that his death was announced by Eddy Friedfeld, a family spokesman.
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