Newsline 17 December 2009: Hillary Clinton accuses China of holding back any deal on climate change; a Ugandan MP tells us why he is pushing anti-homosexuality laws; and we announce the winner of our 8 languages competition.

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Copenhagen talks deadlocked, but hope remains
With only one full day left, the climate summit in Copenhagen seems to be in deadlock with no end agreement in sight. Several NGOs joined protestors last night by holding a sit-in in the conference hall, demanding more action from the official delegates. Behind the scenes, several top negotiators are working frantically to come up with some sort of agreement. RNW correspondent Willemien Groot checks in with the latest from Copenhagen.
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For more in-depth converage of Copenhagen, listen to RNW's environment programme Earth Beat.

Pope opposes Uganda death penalty on homosexuality
Pope Benedict is opposed to 'unjust discrimination' against gay men and lesbians, according to a statement addressed to a United Nations panel by the Vatican's legal attache, the Reverend Philip J Bene, today. The statement is being seen as a response to a bill being considered by the Ugandan parliament, which would introduce the death penalty for 'aggravated homosexuality' in the east African country. Newsline interviews the Ugandan MP David Bahati, who supports the bill, and Mark Bromley of the Council for Global Equality.
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More on this story tomorrow in RNW's The State We're In.

Veena Krishna from Mumbai wins RNW's 8-language online competition
RNW received over 500 entries from all over the world in response to our question: share your world with the world - what do you want to change? Veena's entry, called To make the girl child live, tackles the issue of girls being considered inferior to boys in India. Her story and accompanying photo tell the tale of a woman forced to keep baring children until, after five daughters, she produced a son. Veena told us how she felt when she learned she was our winner
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And as her prize, Veena will be coming to The Netherlands next year for an internship with the Newsline team. Read more about her and the other winners in our competition here.