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      Sunday 12 February RNW - NEWS, ANALYSIS AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN 10 LANGUAGES, WORLDWIDE 24/7 ON RADIO, TV AND ONLINE
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      Mourners at last year's funeral of Ugandan gay activist David Kato following his murder. A Ugandan lawmaker behind a proposed draconian anti-gay bill that sparked an international outcry said Friday he wanted to drop clauses that would see the death penalty introduced for certain homosexual acts.
      Bulletin: Uganda MP to drop death penalty in anti-gay bill

      Bulletin: Uganda MP to drop death penalty in anti-gay bill

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      Mourners at last year's funeral of Ugandan gay activist David Kato following his murder. Uganda's government has distanced itself from a controversial anti-gay bill calling for severe penalties on homosexuality after it was reintroduced in parliament this week.
      Bulletin: Uganda government denies backing anti-gay bill

      Bulletin: Uganda government denies backing anti-gay bill

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      A gay couple -- who wish to remain anonymous -- who fled persecution in their home country due to their sexual-orientation, during an interview in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on January 12. Gay rights activists on Wednesday condemned the reintroduction before Uganda's parliament of a bill that calls for the death penalty for certain homosexual acts and sparked an international outcry.
      Bulletin: Rights group slams revived Uganda anti-gay bill

      Bulletin: Rights group slams revived Uganda anti-gay bill

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      A general view of the Gabonese Parliament in Libreville, during the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao in 2004. Leaders of the opposition in Gabon claimed Friday that the country had no more functioning parliament because the constitutional mandates of lawmakers expired on January 24.
      Bulletin: Gabon parliament is defunct, opposition says

      Bulletin: Gabon parliament is defunct, opposition says

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      Egypt's newly-elected parliament meets for its first session in Cairo. Egypt's ruling military Monday handed legislative powers to the new Islamist-dominated lower house of parliament, which convened for the first time since a popular uprising ousted Hosni Mubarak.
      Bulletin: Egypt's new parliament elects Islamist as speaker

      Bulletin: Egypt's new parliament elects Islamist as speaker

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      Egypt's newly elected parliament meets for its first session in Cairo on January 23. Islamist MPs took centre stage as the parliament met for the first time since a popular uprising ousted Hosni Mubarak, while their supporters massed outside to cheer the historic event.
      Bulletin: Egypt parliament opens first session

      Bulletin: Egypt parliament opens first session

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      An Egyptian worker cleans the gate leading to the parliament building in Cairo on January 22. A newly elected Islamist deputy was scolded on Monday for adding a religious reference to the swearing-in oath at the opening session of Egypt's first post-revolution parliament.
      Bulletin: Egypt's new Islamist-led parliament to hold first session

      Bulletin: Egypt's new Islamist-led parliament to hold first session

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      Newly elected Somali parliament speaker Madobe Nunow addresses the parliament after a brawl broke out leaving several MPs injured in the capital Mogadishu, late on January 4. Fistfights erupted as lawmakers elected Nunow in a move condemned by the troubled nation's president as "null and void".
      Bulletin: Fistfight in Somali parliament over speaker election

      Bulletin: Fistfight in Somali parliament over speaker election

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      Algerian lawmakers on Thursday approved a raft of contentious reforms laid out by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika -- seen here in October 2011 -- news service APS reported.
      Bulletin: Algerian parliament adopts contentious reforms

      Bulletin: Algerian parliament adopts contentious reforms

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      The Somali Parliament speaker Sharif Hassan Sheik Adan (left) speaks as newly appointed Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali (right) and Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (centre) look on in Mogadishu on June 23, 2011. A rowdy parliament session in war-torn Somalia has degenerated into fistfights and kicks after disagreements over the sacking of the speaker, lawmakers said.
      Bulletin: Punches fly in chaotic Somali parliament session

      Bulletin: Punches fly in chaotic Somali parliament session

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