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Nairobi/Abuja - Nigerian police carry out hundreds of extra-judicial killings each year without fear of punishment, an Amnesty International report released Wednesday claimed. Police don't only kill people by shooting them; they also torture them to...
Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail for failing to report them to authorities.
Bill, Decried by Rights Groups, Would also Punish Family Members and Friends who Don't Report Gay Acquaintances
The bill would mandate capital punishment for active homosexuals living with HIV or in cases of same-sex rape. "Serial offenders" also could face death, but the legislation does not define the term. The sponsor of the bill said strict measures were necessary to stop homosexuals from "recruiting" schoolchildren.
The preliminary hearing for a case of fraud, which seems to have been ripped from the annals of Internet urban legend, was postponed in Magistrate Court on Wednesday, Dec. 2.
Nigerian villagers and a Dutch environmental group have pleaded with a Hague court to hear their case against Royal Dutch Shell for allegedly polluting their land with oil that gushed from a broken pipeline.
Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them.
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Financially, Stephen and Arlene Lagos were already having about as rough a time of it as they could handle when Stephen's car broke down. by Jason A. Zwiker Financially, Stephen and Arlene Lagos were already having about as rough a time of it as they could handle when Stephen's car broke down. "We didn't know what to do," Arlene says. "We couldn't afford the repairs right away. How were we both ...
Rising Voices (part of Global Voices) looks at OpenStreetMap mapping in San Javier La Loma, Colombia.
Poliomyelitis is caused by a trivalent enterovirus that has never been able to infect any other life form except humans. If we could inoculate every human child in the world, the viruses would have no chance to propagate and would die out permanently.
Park Heights project to provide services as well as shelter Construction officially begins today on Restoration Gardens, a $6 million, 43-unit building in southern Park Heights that will give youth between the ages of 18 and 24 not only a place to live, but a broad range of services designed to aid them in getting an education, training and jobs so that they can build a life on their own.
Cape Town - Former World Footballer Ruud Gullit on Friday dismissed speculation that he was close to signing as Nigeria coach for the 2010 World Cup. The 47-year-old Dutchman Gullit said that there has been no formal approach from Nigeria. ...
Mehadi Khan, a senior at Gaithersburg High School, listens to a county resident with immigrant roots speak at a Liberty's Promise program Thursday afternoon.
----Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. Who: Aqua Pennsylvania Chairman & CEO Nicholas DeBenedictis What: The LAGOS Heart of Philadelphia Award from the Greater Hotel Association of Philadelphia will be presented to DeBenedictis for his accomplishments in his role as Chairman of the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors’ Bureau.
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