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| World Digest: Feb. 18, 2014 | World Digest: Feb. 18, 2014 |
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| UGANDA | UGANDA |
| U.S. admonition on anti-gay law rejected | U.S. admonition on anti-gay law rejected |
| Uganda dismissed President Obama’s call to its president, Yoweri Museveni, not to sign an anti-homosexuality law, saying Tuesday that the United States was trying to blackmail the East African country. | Uganda dismissed President Obama’s call to its president, Yoweri Museveni, not to sign an anti-homosexuality law, saying Tuesday that the United States was trying to blackmail the East African country. |
| On Sunday, two days after Museveni said he would sign the law — widely criticized abroad as harsh and unjust — Obama warned that doing so would complicate U.S. relations with Uganda and be a “step backward for all Ugandans.” | On Sunday, two days after Museveni said he would sign the law — widely criticized abroad as harsh and unjust — Obama warned that doing so would complicate U.S. relations with Uganda and be a “step backward for all Ugandans.” |
| A senior Obama administration official said that Washington — a major aid donor sending more than $400 million a year — would review U.S. relations with Uganda, a key regional ally in the fight against Islamist extremism in Somalia. | A senior Obama administration official said that Washington — a major aid donor sending more than $400 million a year — would review U.S. relations with Uganda, a key regional ally in the fight against Islamist extremism in Somalia. |
| But Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon Lokodo said aid should not be tied to Uganda’s stand on homosexuality. | But Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon Lokodo said aid should not be tied to Uganda’s stand on homosexuality. |
| “We don’t like to blackmail others. It’s very dishonest, very irresponsible and unfriendly of persons to attach behavior of another community to their sharing resources,” Lokodo told Reuters TV in Kampala, the capital. | “We don’t like to blackmail others. It’s very dishonest, very irresponsible and unfriendly of persons to attach behavior of another community to their sharing resources,” Lokodo told Reuters TV in Kampala, the capital. |
| — Reuters | — Reuters |
| TURKEY | TURKEY |
| President approves disputed Internet law | President approves disputed Internet law |
| Turkish President Abdullah Gul has approved a controversial bill that critics said aims to increase government controls over the Internet. | Turkish President Abdullah Gul has approved a controversial bill that critics said aims to increase government controls over the Internet. |
| Gul announced on his Twitter account that he had signed the legislation into law Tuesday after government officials stated that two disputed articles of the legislation would be amended. | Gul announced on his Twitter account that he had signed the legislation into law Tuesday after government officials stated that two disputed articles of the legislation would be amended. |
| The legislation, approved by the parliament this month, allows the telecommunications authority to block Web sites for privacy violations without a court decision. It also forces Internet providers to keep records of users’ activities for two years and make them available to authorities. | The legislation, approved by the parliament this month, allows the telecommunications authority to block Web sites for privacy violations without a court decision. It also forces Internet providers to keep records of users’ activities for two years and make them available to authorities. |
| The European Union, which Turkey hopes to join, had called the legislation “a step back” for media freedom. | The European Union, which Turkey hopes to join, had called the legislation “a step back” for media freedom. |
| — Associated Press | — Associated Press |
| Castaway leaves hospital for undisclosed location: José Salvador Alvarenga, the Salvadoran fisherman who said he drifted at sea for more than a year, has left the hospital where he was being treated for the psychological and physical effects of his journey. Alvarenga said he wouldn’t return to his home town of Garita Palmera, but did not say where he was headed. He appeared strong and walked on his own, surrounded by relatives, doctors and a lawyer. | |
| Libyan militias threaten parliament: Two heavily armed Libyan militias demanded that the country’s parliament hand over power immediately in what the head of the assembly dismissed as an attempted coup that would be confronted by the army if necessary. Tuesday’s deadline of five hours from the statement issued by the al-Sawaiq and al-Qaqa militias passed without incident, but they said they had troops on standby to force the hand of the General National Congress. There was no sign of unrest Tuesday evening in Tripoli, but dozens of Qaqa militia vehicles armed with antiaircraft guns were parked at a circle near the parliament building. | Libyan militias threaten parliament: Two heavily armed Libyan militias demanded that the country’s parliament hand over power immediately in what the head of the assembly dismissed as an attempted coup that would be confronted by the army if necessary. Tuesday’s deadline of five hours from the statement issued by the al-Sawaiq and al-Qaqa militias passed without incident, but they said they had troops on standby to force the hand of the General National Congress. There was no sign of unrest Tuesday evening in Tripoli, but dozens of Qaqa militia vehicles armed with antiaircraft guns were parked at a circle near the parliament building. |
| Fighting flares in South Sudan: South Sudanese rebels and government forces fought Tuesday for control of the capital of oil-rich Upper Nile state, the only region in the world’s newest nation that is still producing crude two months after violence erupted. Both sides claimed control of the town of Malakal after fighting started Tuesday in violation of a cease-fire they signed Jan. 23. Fighting that started Dec. 15 has left thousands dead and forced at least 860,000 more to flee their homes, according to the United Nations. | Fighting flares in South Sudan: South Sudanese rebels and government forces fought Tuesday for control of the capital of oil-rich Upper Nile state, the only region in the world’s newest nation that is still producing crude two months after violence erupted. Both sides claimed control of the town of Malakal after fighting started Tuesday in violation of a cease-fire they signed Jan. 23. Fighting that started Dec. 15 has left thousands dead and forced at least 860,000 more to flee their homes, according to the United Nations. |
| Pistorius attorneys oppose televised trial: Oscar Pistorius’s defense lawyers are strongly opposing applications by South African TV stations to broadcast live the double-amputee Olympian’s entire murder trial. Prosecutors say they have no problem with certain parts of the court case being filmed. At least two stations have applied for permission to show live coverage next month. Their applications are being considered by a judge, who will have the final say over whether the legal battle is aired live. | Pistorius attorneys oppose televised trial: Oscar Pistorius’s defense lawyers are strongly opposing applications by South African TV stations to broadcast live the double-amputee Olympian’s entire murder trial. Prosecutors say they have no problem with certain parts of the court case being filmed. At least two stations have applied for permission to show live coverage next month. Their applications are being considered by a judge, who will have the final say over whether the legal battle is aired live. |
| — From news services | — From news services |