Also, Oneida Nation pressured businesses to support its liquor permit, and Schenectady middle school student suspended over wearing a rosary.
View full sizeWoman protest against a sentence given to two men in Malawi, in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, on Thursday. A judge sentenced a couple to the maximum 14 years in prison with hard labor under Malawi's anti-gay legislation, and crowds jeered the two men as they were driven from the court house to jail. The case has drawn international condemnation and sparked a debate on human rights in this conservative southern African country.
» Malawi gives gay couple 14 years in jail; public cheers [Christian Science Monitor]
» Foreign governments protest as Malawi gays get 14 years [Daily Nation]
» US 'appalled' at Malawi convictions [The Associated Press]
In other news:
» Oneida Nation pressured businesses to support its liquor permit application [Utica Observer-Dispatch]
» Schenectady middle school student suspended for wearing rosary [Albany Times Union]
» Plan to create authority to run Hancock airport is in limbo [centralny.ynn.com]
» Black bear seen in Rochester suburb of Pittsford {Rochester Democrat and Chronicle]
» Audit: New York state OTBs are on the decline [pressconnects.com]
» EPA Orders BP to Use a Less Toxic Chemical in Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup [The New York Times]
» Cayuga Heights to go ahead with controversial plan to control deer population [CNYcentral.com]
» Scientists Create First Self-Replicating Synthetic Life [Wired magazine]