Uganda government outlaws female circumcision
FOX 11 Tucson - Fri Dec 11, 6:19 am ETKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Ugandan official says that parliament has passed a bill banning female genital mutilation.
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Evelyn Leopold: Nuclear Energy - Answer to Global Warming or Status Symbol?
The Huffington Post - Fri Dec 11, 1:13 pm ETIn the search for "green" alternatives to oil or coal, nuclear energy is expected to make a comeback - mainly in Russia, China, India and...
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Holiday Events, Festivities Abound Across Long Beach
Grunion Gazette - Fri Dec 11, 1:09 pm ETThe holiday season is underway. Here’s a rundown of what’s going on in the area.
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China Plans First Gay Pageant
The Advocate - Fri Dec 11, 12:37 pm ETA gay pageant is planned for the first time in China to select the country's entrant in the Mr. Gay World competition.
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GLOBAL: Good news for climate change migrants
IRIN - Fri Dec 11, 12:30 pm ETCOPENHAGEN, 11 December 2009 (IRIN) - After months of negotiations, the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen have good news for countries that might see hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people migrating or being displaced by climate change.
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Uganda parliament outlaws female genital mutilation
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 12:15 pm ETUganda's parliament has unanimously voted to outlaw female genital mutilation, imposing a 10-year penalty on anyone who conducts the procedure and life in prison for those who physically force a woman to submit to the act, one of the bill's main sponsors told AFP Friday.
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NYC Gay-Bashing Victim Speaks
The Advocate - Fri Dec 11, 12:07 pm ETTarlach MacNiallais, the gay Irish activist who says he was assaulted by bouncers in a Queens nightclub on Saturday, spoke about the attack.
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Elton and Judy Voted Top Gay Icons
The Advocate - Fri Dec 11, 11:38 am ETA poll released Thursday listed Elton John and Judy Garland as the greatest gay icons of all time.
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Lola Olley: Has Uganda learned nothing from its Sudanese and Rwandan neighbors?
The Huffington Post - Fri Dec 11, 11:27 am ETAn infrastructure of mass killing is preparing itself for the upcoming decade. There has been an apparent shift from genocide in the region based...
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[ELD] ENGLAND: Anglican coalition calls Canterbury's response to L.A. election, lack of Uganda state
Worldwide Faith News - Fri Dec 11, 11:19 am ET>Episcopal Life Daily >December 10, 2009 Episcopal Life Online is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife . >Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes: * WORLD REPORT - CUBA: New bishop to be announced in January * WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Anglican coalition calls Canterbury's response to L.A. election, lack of Uganda statement 'perverse' * WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND ...
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Uganda government outlaws female circumcision
MSNBC - Fri Dec 11, 11:08 am ETUganda's parliament has approved a bill banning female genital mutilation.
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Rachel Maddow Catches Rick Warren In Blatant Lie (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post - Fri Dec 11, 10:58 am ETWhat's Your Reaction? On Thursday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow reviewed Rick Warren's video condemnation of an anti-gay law in Uganda . While she said the statement was "better late than never," she stated that the famous pastor came up a little short.
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Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Challenges Individual Donors to Join Hosea Feed the Hungry in the Fight Against ...
PR Newswire via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 10:58 am ETFoundation will provide $50,000 challenge grant to support HFTH's operating expenses in 2010
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The Death Penalty in Uganda
Christian News Wire - Fri Dec 11, 10:41 am ETMEDIA ADVISORY, Dec. 11 / Christian Newswire / -- By official count 22 young men were executed under Uganda’s law on homosexuality. The law in question required that all men and boys in Uganda be willing to submit to the homosexual seduction of it’s ruler, King Mwanga.
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Anglican Head Pressed to Stand Against Uganda's Anti-Gay Bill
The Christian Post - Fri Dec 11, 10:31 am ETOver 3,000 Anglicans are lobbying for the head of the worldwide Anglican Communion to retract a recent statement he made on the election of The Episcopal Church’s second openly gay bishop.
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Grassley asks State Department about Ugandan anti-gay legislation
The Gazette - Fri Dec 11, 10:25 am ETAfter Iowans contacted Sen. Chuck Grassley about a Ugandan legislative proposal to criminalize homosexuality his office took those concerns to the U.S. State Department, which said there has been back channel communication with Ugandan officials about the issue.However, Grassley said Wednesday he doesn’t plan to speak out on the issue or appeal to Ugandan parliamentarians [...]
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