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by Phelim Kine       –     (Global Post) HONG KONG, China — The Chinese government has a novel solution to the growing problem of illegal enforced disappearances. “Legalize” them. The Chinese government is pitching the proposed change as merely an extension of the conditions of the existing practice of residential surveillance, or…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian police say they detained dozens of anti-gay protesters and gay rights activists during a gay pride rally in central Moscow.  Saturday’s protest was one of the few gay rights events sanctioned by authorities. In recent years, several attempts to hold gay pride marches in Moscow and other Russian cities have been…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has decided that military chaplains may perform same-sex unions, whether on or off a military installation.  The ruling announced Friday by the Pentagon’s personnel chief follows the Sept. 20 repeal of a law that had prohibited gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military.     Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MILITARY_GAYS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-09-30-10-08-46
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