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...decree that only Allah “knows the depths our hearts”, rather than secular rights granted to human agents, but international advocates would still be wise to cite and incorporate these elements in their struggle.Deneshyar notes that there is a clause which permits interference if illicit behavior is of a public nature. The public activity of Diadji Diouf and his colleagues, however, was not homosexual behavior. It was fighting AIDS, a disease for which Senegal receives funds from the World Bank to battle. AIDS strikes people indiscriminant of sexual orientation, and is ironically exacerbated by homophobia.Overall...
...speaking and ease in inhabiting their sagebrush environment give them the stature of western-movie archetypes. They support the filmmaker's genius for sanctifying each moment: the milking of cows and harvesting of grain, the children being washed in a stream, a rush through a cornfield for a sweetly illicit tryst, the sobbing of a woman in the forest in the rain. When melodrama intrudes, it has the power of inevitable tragedy - and then of redemption...
...crop are an importance source of finance to terrorism. Yet cracking down on production has never proved effective, as years of effort in Columbia have proved. The only real solution is to decriminalize drug use. Outlawed drugs cannot be regulated, and profits go directly to the enemies of society. Illicit users find it harder to seek treatment, for fear of prosecution, and are at greater risk of losing legitimate sources of income, leading to increased criminality in society. Glenn Lawyer, LUXEMBOURG
...years ago. For Captain Greg Williford, a Texas game warden, deer-hunting is a cultural tradition that has undergone major changes in the past decade; he now finds himself using the same undercover methods employed by federal drug agents to combat deer smugglers, who are lured to the illicit trade by big bucks for, well, big bucks. "It's like everything else in society - people want bigger, better, faster," Williford says. (See the top 10 animal stories...
...detention, there were new calls to investigate modeling agencies and pageant organizers for dirty dollars. "We need to follow the money in these organizations to wherever it takes us," said Representative Francisco Rivera, president of the security committee in the lower house of Congress. "And if we find anything illicit, then punishments must be handed out." In reaction, several companies who had worked with Zuniga ran for cover, denying any knowledge of her actions. She was also stripped of her titles. "This organization separates itself from any activities, situations or personal relations that Laura Zuniga had outside of her participation...