Uganda vows to ignore world as it considers anti-gay law

Uganda

Officials in Uganda fired back against human rights groups and foreign diplomats who have blasted a draconian law being considered by the country’s legislative body.
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Is Obama following the Bush policy of appeasement with China?

Is it asking too much to tell Beijing to go Cheney themselves? Whether or not you like the Dalai Lama, it's none of China's business whether or not a US president meets with him.
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Investigating Bad Behavior At The US Embassy In Afghanistan

From MSNBC's 'Lord of the Flies' at U.S. Embassy in Kabul?; Oversight group: Workers subjected to hazing, other inappropriate behavior:

Guards hired by the State Department to protect diplomats and staff at the U.
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Cheney expresses frustration with Bush

Et tu, Darth? Washington Post: In his first few months after leaving office, former vice president Richard B.
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The Next Supreme? (With Apologies To Diana Ross)

Not all young Iranians have the reformist spirit: Iran’s supreme leader’s second son, Mojtaba Khamenei, has emerged as one of the driving forces behind the ­government’s crackdown, diplomats and observers said.
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Gay couples can use married names on passports

Gay couples can use married names on passportsThe Associated PressThe move is separate from steps Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton took this week to grant some of the same benefits to the partners of gay diplomats as those available to spouses in heterosexual marriages.
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Where Is Ahmadi?

Ian Black scratches his chin: Analysts and diplomats say that the fact that Ahmadinejad has not been seen for three days as street protests and political turmoil rage suggests his position may have been weakened.
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Obama to extend some benefits to gay partners of federal employees

Faced with growing anger among gay and lesbian supporters, the Obama administration today announced extension of some benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees, but stopped short of offering full healthcare coverage.
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The Obama Administration's Gamble With Gay Rights

President Obama signed a memorandum on Wednesday that extends benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees, sending mixed messages to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights activists.
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Obama's Challenge

He wasn't the decisive factor by any means in the Lebanon election and is only peripheral in Iran's. But he is already capitalizing on the former, as Fred Kaplan notes: Since Hezbollah's defeat in Lebanon, U.
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Clinton pushes for equal rights

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is preparing to grant spousal benefits and protections to diplomats' gay partners, she said in a recent letter to the group Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies.
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Gay Activists To Picket Obama In Moscow

Well, this is a switch. Gay activists in Moscow say they will seek permission from the city authorities to stage a picket supporting same sex marriage, in both the United States and Russia, in front of the US Embassy in Moscow on July 7 during the State visit of President Obama in the Russian capital.
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Hillary Clinton Eyes Gay Rights at State Dept.

Gay and lesbian diplomats are anxiously awaiting sweeping policy reforms.
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Book examines human tragedy of RCMP gay purge

A new book by Adam Chapnick details the tragic tale of the RCMP's gay purge in the 1950s and 1960s, which destroyed the lives and careers of hundreds of federal civil servants, including one of Canada's most brilliant diplomats.
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