Uphold gay ban, Malawi churches say - Beeld
Blantyre - Protestant churches in Malawi on Friday urged the government to uphold laws which outlaw homosexuality, days before the verdict in the trial of a couple who held the country's first same-sex wedding. "We uphold the current penal code that ...
Malawi churches urge government to uphold gay ban - Javno
The deeply conservative southern African nation has made a series of arrests aimed at clamping down on gays. BLANTYRE, March 19, 2010 (AFP) - Protestant churches in Malawi on Friday urged the government to uphold laws which outlaw homosexuality, days ...
Malawi men are "Prisoners of Conscience" - SW Radio Africa
Amnesty International has adopted the Malawian couple, Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, as "Prisoners of Conscience" and is campaigning for their release: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=682 The two men are on trial in ...
Presenting Malawian Girls With A Classroom, Not A ... - Huffingtonpost.com
In Malawi, approximately 17 percent of girls drop out of school as a result of forced marriages , and schools are not safe for girls due to sexual abuse by male teachers and men at large. In extreme cases, the girls are subjected to the "tsempho ...
EDUCATION-MALAWI: Local Language Dictionary Released - Inter Press Service
BLANTYRE, Mar 18, 2010 (IPS) - The thickest book on secondary school teacher Hellen Ndalama’s desk is her indigenous language dictionary. It is also her most-used book. The front cover is partly ripped and the upper end of the spine is secured with ...
MALAWI: Ambitious plans to prolong lives - Reuters AlertNet
The country recently adopted new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines that raise the threshold for starting antiretroviral (ARV) therapy from a CD4 count (a measure of immune system strength) of less than 200, to a CD4 count of 350, regardless ...
U.K. Lawmakers Denounce Malawi Gay Trial - Black Star News
[Global: UK-Africa] Sixty-five British Members of Parliament (MPs) have signed a House of Commons Early Day Motion (EDM 564), which condemns Malawi's arrest and trial of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, who are accused of a homosexual ...
RIGHTS-MALAWI: Country Not Safe for Homosexuals - Inter Press Service
Chimbalanga and Monjeza (r) have been charged under colonial-era laws against homosexuality that are in direct conflict with the constitution. Credit:Claire Ngozo/IPS LILONGWE, Mar. 13, 2010 (IPS) - Malawi is quickly becoming unsafe for homosexuals ...
Malawi churches back strict law and declare same sex ... - Daily Press
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi church leaders say that homosexuality is "sinful" and urge Western nations to withdraw threats to halt aid to this southern Africa country over a court case that could send two gay men to jail for up to 14 years ...
Malawi aid package unveiled - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Projects working to help people in the poverty-stricken nation of Malawi are to receive more than illion, it was announced. External Affairs Minister Fiona Hyslop said that 21 projects had been awarded a total of million over three years. The funding ...
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Iran jails former vice president, reform activist
A former Iranian vice president and prominent reform activist convicted of spreading propaganda against the ruling clerical establishment has begun a one-year prison sentence, a close relative said Friday.
Anger over freeing man convicted in bishop murder
Guatemalan human rights groups expressed outrage Thursday over a judge's decision to release a former army colonel convicted of killing a prominent Roman Catholic bishop more than a decade ago.
Israel strikes targets in Gaza
 Israeli aircraft strikes two targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday a day after a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave killed a Thai worker in Israel, Hamas security officials and witnesses say.
Nuke deal with Russia is close, says Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says that American and Russian negotiators are "on the brink" of agreement on a nuclear arms reduction treaty.
Dutch: Gay troops not to blame for genocide
Dutch government officials reacted angrily to claims by a retired U.S. general that Dutch forces were overrun in Srebrenica in 1995 in part because of the presence of gay soldiers.
Munich diocese faces "tsunami" of abuse claims
Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese is facing new allegations of physical and sexual abuse on a daily basis, the head of its new sex-abuse task force said Friday.
World powers demand Israeli settlement freeze
 The so-called Quartet of Middle East mediators called on Israel to freeze all settlement activities and denounced Israel's aim to build new housing in East Jerusalem.
A child's hope for a new limb, new life
 Two months after the ground shook in Haiti, 4-year-old Schneily Similien still needs a new leg. His greatest hope is at a small hospital in the rural heart of Haiti, he just needs to get there. Msnbc.com is heading to Haiti track the story of Schneily and other amputees as they work to build new lives.
India seeks to question US terror convict
Indian authorities will ask the United States to let them question a Chicago man who pleaded guilty to scouting targets for the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, the government said Friday.
Holocaust survivor stands by memory of Anne Frank
A Holocaust survivor who says she met Anne Frank in a Nazi concentration camp is standing by her story in the face of skepticism from historians, filmmakers and a childhood friend of the diarist.
World Blog: Corruption is Iraq's latest enemy
Skier, who is the first Ghanaian to ever compete in the Winter Olympics, becomes a sensation.
Lawyer to U.S. missionaries in Haiti arrested
A man who acted as a lawyer for U.S. missionaries who were detained in Haiti has now been arrested in the Dominican Republic on migrant-trafficking charges.
Little fanfare for 7th anniversary of war in Iraq
 Almost seven years after the first bombs in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraqis went about their business Friday with little observance of the anniversary, looking to the future with a mixture of trepidation and hope.
Pakistan arrests halt UN contacts with Taliban
The arrests of top Taliban figures in Pakistan abruptly halted secret U.N. contacts with the insurgency at a time when the efforts were gathering momentum, the U.N.'s former envoy to Afghanistan said Friday.
Obama sends Molson beer to cover hockey bet
President Barack Obama followed through on his hockey bet with Canada, sending beer to the prime minister.
Video: Iraq 'more peaceful,' but not stable yet
 "All the hard work we've done over the past few years has paid off," one U.S. soldier tells NBC News' Richard Engel in a discussion about the U.S. military's role in Iraq. He added that knowing his friends "didn't die in vain is a big pay off." (Nightly News)
Losing the battle to keep female flesh off Afghan TV
 Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, who banned television and barred women from appearing in public without an all-enveloping burqa, the Afghan government is fighting a losing battle to keep female flesh off TV.
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