Bloomberg news is reporting that US President Barack Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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The UN Human Rights Council has passed a resolution condemning “stereotyping of religion”. It’s a move that flouts freedom of expression – and it was sponsored by the United States. Roy W Brown reports
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Plans to make a movie about the romance between Jawaharlal Nehru and Edwina Mountbatten may be halted by the Indian government. It has refused to allow filming in the country if there are any scenes that show India’s first prime minister and the wife of the last viceroy holding hands, kissing or saying the word love.
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Three lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual sites have been blocked by the Turkish telecommunications authority. The sites were deemed to incite or encourage suicide, child abuse, drug-use and obscenity. Galibe.com, haydigayri.com and shemaleturk.com, which have a combined membership of 225,000, argue that they were given no advanced warning of the action.
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