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Western governments have hit a snag in their demands that Uganda drop a proposal to impose the death penalty for homosexual behavior: it may have been partly inspired by Americans. A draft of the bill was introduced in April, a month after three Evangelical Christians gave talks on "the gay agenda" to politicians and police officers. The Americans have said they had no intention of stoking hatred; one called the bill "horrible...
...snowstorm since 1951. Authorities in the Chinese capital dispatched thousands of workers to help clear snow-covered roads, putting them to work in temperatures as low as 10°F (-12°C). More than 30 highways were closed in northern China, and a train in the Inner Mongolia region hit a snowbank 6 ft. (2 m) high, trapping its 1,400 passengers overnight. Other parts of North Asia also experienced unprecedented winter storms; Seoul received 11 ft. (3.3 m) of snow, the most it had seen since...
Down by 11 in the second half, Harvard rallied to make it an even game, and junior Jackie Alemany hit a lay-up to put the Crimson up by one with 50 seconds remaining in regulation...
...fitting that the two juniors who started the rally, Alemany and Markley, capped it off for the Crimson. First, Markley hit a free-throw shot to bring Harvard within one. Less than a minute later, Alemany converted a layup that looked to be a game changer...
...Crimson had to hit the ground running in Arlington, as the Ivy squad found itself outmatched against a top-25 team. The Sun Devils (7-4) opened the contest with three straight falls, the most devastating of which left Buxton (141) sidelined with a concussion. Given an 18-point cushion, Arizona State was never threatened, despite forfeiting the 197-lbs. bout. The Harvard captains set a strong example for the squad, though, earning decisions in a pair of tough efforts. O’Connor (18-0) held off illness long enough to notch a 6-5 win over Te Edwards...