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		<title>Bruno banned in Malaysia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The film Bruno, about a gay fashion journalist, has been banned in Malaysia for its gay sex scenes. Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, the film has already been banned in Ukraine for the same reason.]]></description>
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		<title>Vaccine cuts risk of HIV infection &#039;by a third&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers have found that a combination of two experimental HIV vaccines cut infection rates by one third. The seven-year trial, carried out in Thailand on 16,000 people, is the first to cut infection rates.]]></description>
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		<title>Indonesian province introduces severe penalties for homosexuality</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aceh, a devoutly Muslim province of Indonesia, has passed new laws allowing heavy punishments for homosexuality, adultery and alcohol consumption.]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Gay cure&#039; yoga guru to to set up centre on Scottish island</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Indian yoga guru who claimed the practice could cure homosexuality is to set up a yoga and meditation centre on a remote Scottish island. Swami Baba Ramdev recently said homosexuality was a "disease" but could be cured by yoga.]]></description>
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		<title>Indian government tipped to allow gay sex ruling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Indian government will not oppose a recent Delhi High Court ruling decriminalising homosexuality in the capital, according to a report.]]></description>
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		<title>Indian cabinet could report next week on legalisation of gay sex</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Indian government could give its official response to a court ruling that decriminalised homosexual acts as early as next week.]]></description>
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		<title>AIDS chief stresses importance of positive media respresentation of LGBT Indians</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The man leading the fight against HIV and AIDS in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has said that the media should reject sensationalist reporting when dealing with lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans issues.]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Indian prince: &#039;Yoga didn&#039;t turn me straight&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A gay Indian prince has criticised claims made by a yoga guru that yoga can 'cure' homosexuality.]]></description>
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		<title>Bollywood show enters fight for Indian gay rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramsey Dehani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Indian television show is to screen an episode on gay rights. 'Yeh Chanda Kanoon Hai’, an Indian courtroom television show, is to include a court case on gay rights in its new series.
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		<title>Thai boxer may face ban for posing in gay magazine</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Thai boxer who posed on the cover of a gay magazine in his underwear is facing a year-long ban. Worapoj Petchkoom is one of the country's best hopes for a medal at the 2012 London Olympics]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese lesbians protest blood donation ban</title>
		<link>http://gaynews.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13466.html/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lesbians in China have set up an online petition to be allowed to donate blood. According to state-run China Daily, the petition asks the government to repeal the 1998 ban.]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Supreme Court refuses to stay verdict on gay sex</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Indian Supreme Court today decided to reject a petition to put a recent High Court judgement on decriminalising gay sex on hold.]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan court orders equal benefits for trans people</title>
		<link>http://gaynews.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-13279.html/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court in Islamabad has ordered that trans people should receive equal protection and support from the government.]]></description>
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		<title>India&#039;s Supreme Court accepts challenge to ruling on gay sex</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Indian Supreme Court has agreed to consider a petition against a lower court's ruling that homosexuality should be decriminalised.]]></description>
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		<title>Guru challenges Indian ruling on gay sex, saying homosexuality &#039;can be cured by yoga&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent judgement by the Delhi high court that homosexuality should be decriminalised is being challenged. Swami Baba Ramdev, a yoga guru, filed the challenge saying homosexuality was a "disease" and could be cured by yoga.]]></description>
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		<title>Exclusive: Gay Foreign Office minister Chris Bryant welcomes Delhi court decision on decriminalising homosexuality</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an interview with PinkNews.co.uk, the openly gay Foreign Office Minister Chris Bryant has welcomed the Delhi High Court's judgement that homosexuality should be decriminalised.]]></description>
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		<title>Comment: Delhi court&#039;s decision on gay rights is only the first step</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Balaji Ravichandran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It took eight long years, but the verdict gay rights activists in India had long been hoping for was finally delivered by the Delhi High Court this morning.]]></description>
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		<title>Indian court rules to decriminalise gay sex</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Geen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Delhi High Court today ruled that a ban on gay sex between adults violates India's constitution. Section 377 was enacted in 1860 under the British Raj, in line with the anti-sodomy laws in England at the time.]]></description>
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		<title>India moves closer to decriminalisation of homosexual acts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Indian government is to hold talks on repealing the country's colonial laws on gay sex.]]></description>
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		<title>Gay referee divides opinion in Turkish football</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A football referee in Turkey has claimed he was dismissed by the game's governing body for being gay.]]></description>
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