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KAMPALA, Uganda - 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...
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow takes on the head of the International Healing Foundation, which is tied to the Ugandan bill that calls for the execution of gay people in that country.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Coffee producers in Africa aim to lift production by as much as 50 percent within 15 years, boosting incomes and “social stability” on the continent, an industry official said today.
The violinist's music can range from an acoustic approach to a blend of funkier and world sounds or even classic material.
BEVERLY and mdash; From writing letters to orphans in South Africa to selling bracelets to support indigenous women in Uganda, middle-schoolers in Landmark's Girls Around the Globe class are making a world of difference.
( Case Western Reserve University ) John L. Johnson, M.D., professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and pulmonologist at University Hospitals Case Medical Center has been awarded a 10-year, $19.7 million contract from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an international clinical trials site for the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium.
Oak Middle School students and teachers abandoned their desks, chairs and materials in an effort to raise money and awareness for schools in Uganda and also learned all they have to be grateful for.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Those who think God created man in His own image in the Garden of Eden have a lot of company. According to a 2008 Gallup poll, 44 percent of Americans believe humans and all other life forms were put on earth by a Supreme Being 10,000 years ago.
-Â Jaye Lynn Trapp's fifth-grade Talented and Gifted class at Central Grade School has developed a connection with Uganda through periodic letters received by Margaret Mimnaugh, who is serving in the Peace Corps in a small village called Bulera.
Ugandan police face supporters of opposition presidential candidate Kizza Besigye on February 25, 2006 after dispersing them with live rounds and teargas outside his Forum for Democratic Change headquarters in western Kampala.
A marine biologist has started a company making toys and gifts from reclaimed flip-flop plastic, for sale in eco-fashion boutiques in the United States.
TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Injections of oxytocin into the umbilical vein don't decrease the need for manual removal in women with a retained placenta after giving birth, according to a new study.
Gay porn company Corbin Fisher was reportedly in serious talks with famed Alaskan Levi Johnston for a couple of days of work.
Sesame Workshop announced that the company will be expanding a Nigerian version of Sesame Street with the goal of discussing HIV/AIDS, female empowerment, and the importance of education.
Houston gay mayoral candidate Annise Parker has been the subject of recent antigay mailers — and ethics commission documents show her opponent's campaign staff helped pay for them.
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Abdullah makes his living as a tour guide on Lamu Island, a palm-tree paradise in the Indian Ocean, just off the coast from the heaving port city of Mombassa. Short and bearing a wild, rheumy eye, he's as mellow as a beach bum. But mention soccer, and Abdullah becomes as excited as a kid on a sugar high.
